Premila
Childminder in Wokingham
Female Member since Jun 2010 Last Updated Aug 2024 Last Login 21 Nov 2024
My Summary
About Me
NO SPACES AVAILABLE in 2024 to Sept 2025.
I have been a registered childminder since March 2010.
I’m married with 2 children aged 26 and 20, we all have valid Disclosure and Barring Service checksm (DBS) formly known as Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).
We have been living in Wokingham for 20+ years, near to Wokingham Town Centre and Bracknell, with easy access to the A329(M) and M4.
I ensure that I provide high quality childcare within a positive, safe and happy environment. I work with other childcare professionals and parents to provide a co-ordinated approach to supporting each individual child, observing the child’s progress, development and learning on an on going basis.
I am patient and have a good sense of humour.
I have a wide range of toys, games, craft, etc for all age groups, good size garden for outdoor play and live nextdoor to a local play ground.
Healthy and nutritious meals cooked fresh everyday in the evenings, which are available at an additional cost of £2.50 ranging from traditional roast dinners to Indian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese etc. Children love the dinners and homemade desserts.
Nursery drop off's and collection from Ashridge Nursery and Keep Hatch School ONLY!
References are available on request from previous and present parents or on childcare.co.uk
My Experience
Being a mother of 2 children I throughly enjoy my time with them.
My daughter went to a childminder, part time, and she loved the home to home feeling, so with that in mind when I started my setting, I aimed to provide a similar or better experience for children in my care.
I started part time and thereafter went full time. So far I have looked after many children over the years from 2 months and above.
Planning activities and experiences around the children’s interests and individual needs, ensure I am promoting all aspects of their development in an informal manner.
In my experience children love an outdoor environment as it provides many learning opportunities, plus gives them a sense of freedom, but indoor activities can be fun and engaging also, but this can be child dependent as not all children like the same things.
I like to encourage children to participate in planning activities, so they can come up with ideas and suggestions, as it helps them to understand choices.
I further support children in making good choices around a safe and healthy lifestyle and encourage them to discuss any concerns they have about their health and emotional well-being.
I have really enjoyed my years as a childminder, I get a happiness from seeing the children flourish and become more engaging as they grow. I’m looking forward to looking after your child one day!
My Qualifications
I have taken all the training which is required to become a registered childminder.
I have completed the following training courses:
- Paediatric First Aid
- Safeguarding Children Universal
- Lead Safeguarding
- Child Sexual Exploitation
- Child Neglect
- Female Genital Mutilation
- The Prevent Duty
- Food Hygiene & Safety
- 2 Year Old Progress Check
Above are just a few examples. My training is on going, this helps me to enhance my level of service and the care I can provide.
I am also a member of childcare.co.uk. My policies and procedures all comply with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
My Availability
NO SPACES AVAILABLE in 2024 to Sept 2025.
Opening Times:
TERM TIME ONLY
Monday - Thursday 08:00 - 17:30
Extended hours before 8am may be discussed on application. If you require more information or to arrange a meeting please do not hesitate to contact me.
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| Afternoon | no | no | no | no | no | 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 |
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My Fees
- Childminding from £7.00 per hour
Fees are paid monthly in ADVANCED.
I charge £7 per hour.
Additional £2.50 if you require a home cooked meal.
For school / nursery pickup minimum 2hrs required as I cannot fill the space. Minimum 6hrs required for a full time space.
There is no refund for any absence i.e. child/parent sickness, day off, holiday etc.
There is no fee to be paid when my setting is closed (for my holiday) or if I take time off due to illness for all other reasons full fees apply.
Charges for early drop off or late collection of a child: will charge £7 an hour.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Keep Hatch Primary School
My Ofsted Inspections
The inspection grades below have been obtained from the Ofsted website based upon the registration number the childminder has provided to us. You should verify this information yourself prior to using the childminder.
My Documents
- Ofsted Certificate (added 20/04/2020)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Premila. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk users and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
Prem has taken care of both of my children after preschool/school for the past 4 years. She has been absolutely fantastic with both children who settled extremely well with her. Both of my children have loved the delicious dinners and have enjoyed the variety of choices on offer.
Prem's home is lovely and calm with a wide range of activities for children to enjoy. Prem is extremely organized and very professional. I felt confident from day one that my children would be in good hands and from interacting with the other parents at collection time I know I am not the only one who thinks Prem is brilliant!
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Our daughter has been in Prem’s care for almost two years. She started there when she was 13 months and only left this summer as she will be joining pre-school in September.
These two years our daughter spent in Prem's care have been amazing and we could have not been any happier with our choice. It was really emotional on her last day, as much for me as it was for my child as we feel like part of the family.
Our daughter has two older siblings who went into nursery and going into childminding territory for our last child was very daunting.
From the first visit when we met Prem and her family, I knew our daughter will be in very capable hands. Not only Prem has demonstrated a very robust safeguarding process, she was kind, generous and welcoming and our daughter instantly warmed to her and felt at home.
In the time she has been in Prem’s care, she has become more and more independent, encouraged by Prem to carry out everyday tasks such as washing hands, taking her shoes off and putting her coat away. Prem was also really supportive when she was potty training.
Prem has encouraged her creativity and learning through all sort of themed and seasonal arts such as pumpkin painting or creating a Diwali rangoli with glitter. She is always so proud of her creation and excited to show them to us.
Our daughter social skills have also been nurtured through various encounters whilst playing at toddlers’ groups or meeting up with other childminder’s children.
She has grown into this lovely, clever, and confident little girl and this is all thanks to the love, support and attention Prem pour into her whilst in her care.
She is always happy in the morning when she gets ready as she knows she will be going to Prem and she says beamingly “I am going to Prem Prem today”.
Prem is an extremely qualified childminder, very organised, knowledgeable, loving, and diligent who creates a safe environment for children to flourish. She deeply cares for the children in her care and nourishes them with all the attention a parent would give.
You can only feel lucky to find a childminder like Prem to look after your child!
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Premila has been a superb childminder for both of my girls. My eldest has just left to attend pre school but my youngest still attends. Premila is extremely supportive of the girls and me. She was so helpful when I had my youngest and looked after my eldest for longer hours at the last minute and even came to collect her from my house when I was trying to feed my baby.
Both girls adore going to Prem’s house and really enjoy the varied activities that they do. I’m always kept up to date with how they are on how they are progressing. I totally trust Premila when she has my children and that is what I was looking for with a childminder. She is both extremely professional but also caring and I know she honestly cares about the girls and enjoys their company.
Both my girls settled in extremely well there and slept, eaten and played well. I am extremely happy with the service provided.
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Prem has provided childcare for our daughter for the last 7 years, before and after school. She has also provided child-care services for some full days, on an ad hoc basis, during the school holidays.
She has supplied a comfortable and safe environment for our daughter that has proven to be reliable, dependable and enjoyable. When covering full days she looks for varied places to go and fun things to do. She is keen to encourage arts and crafts, especially for the younger children, and takes time to link them to creating items for notable dates, eg Easter, Mothers Day, Halloween etc.
If requested, she will help supervise our daughter with homework tasks, in order to make efficient use of after school time.
Prem provides evening meals which consist of healthy home cooked foods and include some delicious curries, of which our daughter has become particularly fond.
We have previously recommend Prem’s child-care services to friends, who have also been pleased with the care given.
We have recently ended our contract only due to our daughter now being at Secondary school and no longer requiring the same levels of supervision, but would be very happy to suggest and recommend Prem to others requiring childcare.
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We have had Prem as our Childminder for our daughter at Keephatch since 2016 to 2019. I could not recommend Prem highly enough. My daughter has always been more than happy with Prem and in fact sometimes wanted to stay longer! . She offers a clean and safe environment for the children. Whilst I was pregnant with our second child Prem pulled out all the stops during the latter part of my pregnancy and having a newborn she was a massive support and I don't know how we would have coped without her to assist more with our daughter. She has helped thereafter with our son on an ad-hoc basis who is 18 months now when he wasn't at nursery. Prem is kind, very helpful to parents and always gives a good amount of notice with dates she is unable to do. We are only stopping having Prem look after our daughter due to my husband and I working shift work and it is with a heavy heart to make that decision. Otherwise we would not have stopped. If you are looking for a Childminder I would highly recommend Prem as one of the best!
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