Gina

My Summary

My Experience

With over 20 years of experience working with children, not to mention being one of seven siblings, I previously established a very successful after-school club at an all-girls school in Richmond, London. Additionally, I have enjoyed 7 years of working with blind and partially sighted children, encouraging them to try a range of activities and pushing their boundaries by coordinating activities with Action For Blind. A few years ago, I established Bubaology, which engaged parents and babies in sensory play and reflexology techniques to bond with their baby and alleviate common ailments. There may be a call to re-establish this playgroup in the future. However, currently, with three children over 4, I felt compelled to welcome children into my safe and inviting home to provide an home to home environment with a child led focus and established Little Newts Club and Childminding.
Previously, I ran a very successful after-school care picking up children from Avanti to provide a quieter, more home-like environment with a variety of activities available, including Lego or Brio in the sitting room, a craft on the table, which making snow globes, bookmark, face masks. However, juggling both aspects of the business and as my children get older it currently doesn’t work for me so my focus is now solely upon preschool children between 9 am to 3 pm.

My Qualifications

Diploma in childcare level 3 qualified 2004
City and Guilds Preparing to Teach in the life long Sector 2012
2/3/24 Paediatric First Aid


Further CDP
Bristol Early Years Teaching Hub
29/2/24 Identifying and Supporting speech language and communication needs
12/3/24 ?Understanding and responding to children’s behaviour.
8/5/24 Early Years Conference Session 2 - Be well and do well in the Early Years
11/6/24 Curriculum and Literacy Team
Attachment Aware Practice, Developing a sense of belonging for all children in your setting
13/6/24 Observation and planning in a childminding setting with Sarah Neville
14/7/24 Assessments and the 2 year check for Childminders with Sarah Neville

October 2025 update my Food Hygiene, Child Protection, Prevent and FGM training

Reading Schemas by Sarah Neville – explaining children’s schematic play and how we can support their learning.
Birth to Five Years by the Early Years Coalition

My Availability

Avanti park school Term time
9-3 contracted hours, with the option to extend your hours to an early start of 8 -3pm
I also provide various dates of holiday club.
do reach out to enquire what to learn more.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £13.00 per hour
• Childminding from £9.00 per hour

Childminding fee varies per age.
I match the funding of Somerset for 9 months to 2 years if paying privately. I accept Early Years Finding. Please enquire about fees

Babysitting £13 per hour Late Night £15 Per Hour if it goes beyond midnight.