Owls Nest
Childminder in South Ribble
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Female Member since Sep 2014 Last Updated Mar 2024 Last Login Aug 2024
My Summary
About Me
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Ofsted graded Outstanding 2016 and then again in May 2022. I accept the government vouchers for free childcare for 2,3 and 4 year olds if you are eligible, as well as the tax free childcare.
Hi my name is Carol and I am 50 years old (ouch!). I am Ofsted registered and live in a three bedroomed semi-detached house in a quite cul-de-sac in Leyland. My house has a lovely secure back garden with a flagged area that is roofed where the children can paint or draw, play with small world, construction, sand all year round. The opportunities are endless! I have a lawn and in the corner of the garden there is a mud kitchen where children can create wonderful recipes. I have an area where we plant and grow vegetables through the year. The children enjoy helping take care of them, watching them grow and finally getting to eat them. I provide a warm, loving home environment where the children feel safe and loved. The daily activities and outings are planned with each child's individual needs in mind. These include lots of messy play, play dough, water, arts and craft. We also do baking activities. I take the children on regular walks to the local shops, library and we also go on outings to the parks, Worden, Astley, Witten, Brockholes being my favourites. We go to soft play areas, on the train or bus into Preston, children centres, the library where the children can build on their social skills with an opportunity to interact with other children and broaden their vocabulary by participating in nursery rhymes and songs and also increasing their physical development. The majority of meals I provide are home made, healthy and nutritious as well as a morning and afternoon snack. Water is made available throughout the day, milk/water at meal times. Your child will eat a lot of different fruit and vegetables and they will learn about eating a nutritious balanced diet. I sit and eat with the children as I believe that children learn good eating practice this way, also this is a great opportunity to have wonderful conversations with the children. I pride myself on having a great rapport with parents and guardians and we work together to provide the best care and education to suit each individual child. I do not have children of my own but am godmother to four children! I am very close with my family and friends and often have my nephews and friends' children for sleepovers at my house.
My Experience
I an NNEB qualified and have worked with children from 0-12 years for over twenty five years from nannying in the UK as well as abroad, I was a nursery manager, I have helped set up and run a pre-school unit attached to a school aswell as help run the after school club there. I have helped in a local primary school as well as help run their toddler group.
My Qualifications
NNEB qualified
Pediatric First Aid
Food Hygiene Level 2
Safeguarding (child protection) Level 1 and 2
BSL sign language level 1
Public Liability Insurance is through Childcare.co.uk
My Availability
I work Tuesday to Friday from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
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| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 09/03/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.50 per hour
Full day (Tuesday - Friday ) £50
Before school £12.50
After school £14.50
Holiday care £40 per day
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
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
- Reference: REFERENCE Foy family (added 05/08/2022)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 04/08/2022)
Reviews
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Carol is just amazing! Owls Nest is outstanding in every way!
Our LO started to go when she was 6 months. I was so nervous going back to work and looked at everything from a nanny to a nursery. We didn't feel good about any of them and then we found Owls Nest! From the moment we met Carol her focus was on our LO! As parents that's what we wanted! Someone who cared more about our child then anything else!
That was in 2015, now 2 years on our LO is very outgoing and confident. Our LO stopped going 6 months ago (due to us having another baby) but still looks to go to Carols! We now meet up every now and again so LO can see her friend.
Carol is very caring and loving. She is more than just a childminder, she has become a friend and a role model in my LO's life.
Apart from the comfort of knowing our LO was having fun developing skills and being cared for what we loved the fact we would be kept in the loop with pictures/videos during the day when something extraordinary happened or when we asked.
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Carol is my sister in law, (my husbands sister). We have two boys aged 4 & 2, who absolutely adore their 'Aunty Owl' and she too adores them.
Carol minds our boys regularly for us and mostly has them overnight. Carol always has activities planned for them and they love staying there, when we're droppng them off our 4year old will say "you can go now, goodbye!"
We cannot reccomend Carol highly enough and if we lived closer she would definitely be our childminder.
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