Natalieh
Childminder in Littlehampton (also available for babysitting)
Female Member since Jun 2013 Last Updated Jul 2025 Last Login 21 Jul 2025
My Summary
About Me
I am an OFSTED registered childminder for 10 years. I work with my wonderful husband Stuart, we are a childminding team!
We can mind babies, early years, and school aged children. We live in a three bedroom house in Littlehampton, West Sussex, with our daughter Lauren aged 14 and 2 beautiful, very friendly cats. We also have a son who is 23.
Stuart and I are both DBS checked, Ofsted registered, first aid and safeguarding trained.
We follow the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage, so the planned activities that I do with the children under 5 (early years) will be covering the seven areas of learning and development: Communication and language, Physical development, Personal, social and emotional development, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the world, and Expressive arts and design. I will ensure that these planned activities are stimulating, and that they are adapted to your child's interests and their next steps. I teach your children through play. I will observe their development and record these observations in a system I use called Babysdays, which you can see at any time as you will be given your own log in details. I will also like to review their development with you at regular intervals. Your child will also have a daily diary which will also be on Babysdays, i will note down what we have done that day and add photos.
Our days will be filled with a mixture of adult and child led activities, but also lots of free play, arts and crafts, baking, music, reading, garden play, and outings.
I have a ever expanding wide range of toys, equipment and books for all ages and abilities.
I have many policies and risk assessments that i have produced to ensure the safety of your children, these are very important and are shown to you when your child starts with me, and available at any time to look at on Babysdays. I review these on a regular basis.
I also offer a settling in arrangement where you and your child can spend a couple of 2 hour sessions with me for free of charge before he/she officially starts with me.
Our childminding setting is our family home in Littlehampton, the children that i mind will have the the whole of the downstairs, which includes a beautiful playroom, plus bedrooms upstairs for napping, and a lovely garden.
My setting is a cosy homely environment that will make your child feel secure and happy. 'It is a home from home'.
We follow the 'Hygge' approach, and have completed the 'Hygge in the early years accreditation', this helps us to provide a calm, beautiful, and natural environment for the children to learn and be cared for in.
I am lucky enough to be within walking distance to parks, the library, the museum, and the beach, which we will regularly go on outings to.
We offer before and after school care for River Beach Primary School children.
My Experience
I am an OFSTED registered childminder, and a mother of two children. Being a mother for the past 23 years has given me the most valuable experience in my opinion to be a successful childminder, i am sure that all of you mothers will agree with that- being a mother is the most hardest job there is but it is also the absolute most rewarding too! I have been registered as a childminder since 2013, and my husband joined me at the start of 2022.
I have completed my Level 3 in working with children, and my husband has started his level 3. We also do regular training courses to expand our knowledge to offer the best possible childcare.
My Qualifications
Level 3 in working with children, Hygge in early years accreditation, both DBS checked, both first aid trained, both safeguarding trained and many, many more courses completed.
My Availability
My usual working hours are 7:30am till 6:00pm Monday to Thursday and on a Friday 7:30am till 2:30pm, however i can be flexible so please just ask.
I do currently have limited spaces, but this can change.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Morning | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no |
| Afternoon | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 21/07/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £10.00 per hour
- Childminding from £5.00 per hour
Fees:
£5.00 per hour for all early years children.
£4.50 per hour before school (minimum of 1 hour) and after school (minimum of 2 hours)
£3.75 per hour for school aged children during the school holidays
Prices include healthy snacks, milk and water, but not meals.
You can provide your children with their own meals for breakfast and lunch, which i would be happy to serve to them provided they are healthy and nutritious, or i can provide them for £1.25 for breakfast and £2.25 for lunch and £3.25 for dinner.
Healthy Eating:
I will not offer or encourage any unhealthy snacks such as sweets, chocolate, biscuits, cakes or crisps, instead i will offer bread sticks, fresh fruit, crackers, rice cakes, yogurts, vegetable sticks, raisins, and cheese. I do make an exception to biscuits and cakes when we have baked them ourselves, as i try to adjust recipes to reduce sugar etc and it is part of the learning experience for them to try their finished product.
The drinks i provide will only be water and milk, to prevent tooth decay.
The meals i will provide to your child will be home made, nutritious, and part of a balanced diet. I will encourage your children to help me plan the meals ahead and help me prepare them too, as advised in the Physical development area of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Some examples of the breakfasts i could provide are healthy cereals, porridge, toast, eggs, pancakes, fresh fruit and yogurt.......
Some examples of the lunches i could provide are sandwiches/rolls/wraps (preferable wholewheat but i understand children can be fussy) with healthy fillings, soups, pasta......
Some examples of the dinners we may have are Spaghetti bolognese with hidden vegetables , Stir Fries made with lean meat and vegetables, Homemade chicken nuggets and homemade chips served with peas and sweetcorn, Shepherds pie served with vegetables, Macaroni Cheese served with vegetables, Risottos made with vegetables, Homemade pizzas with healthy toppings.......
With regards to babies (under 1), i would like parents to provide the bottles, and milk formula/breast milk. Parents can provide me with any of the babies 3 meals for the day and i would be happy to feed it to them, and i would be equally happy to provide their dinners.
I will also follow any weaning, dietary or allergy requirements you advise me of.
My Local Schools
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My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 17/07/2023)
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