My eldest son first went to Jadine when he was one. I was apprehensive about leaving him but needn’t have been as Jadine is a first class childminder. Since then Jadine has looked after both of my sons at various times, and I would not hesitate to place them in her care again.

Jadine’s home is set up for childminding with plenty of toys to play with and books to read, which are always clean and well organised. This makes it a welcoming environment for the children to be in and play together.

Jadine makes it a priority to get to know the children and build genuine relationships with them, at the same time as being a professional, experienced child carer. As well as being warm and friendly with the children, Jadine takes her role very seriously and ensures that she adopts and adheres to the policies and procedures that childminders should, including those regarding health and safety.

Jadine ensures that the children do many fun and varied activities, including plenty of outdoor exercise from simply playing in her secure back garden to walking in the woods!

Although I provided lunches each day, Jadine provided healthy snacks and a variety of light teas, which has been very helpful and one less thing to think about.

Jadine always kept me informed about what my sons has done each day, including what they had eaten, if they had slept (in the early years), how they had behaved and all their activities. This enabled me to form a picture of their day, which helped me to feel involved with their care and enabled me to talk to them about their day.

I am very happy with the level of care my children received. I’m certain that being in such a positive and happy environment helped them to develop in their early years. Now that they are older they still talk about Jadine and we all regard her as a friend.

I would recommend Jadine as a very competent and reliable childminder.