Corinne
Childminder in Winchester
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Female Member since Nov 2010 Last Updated Sep 2024 Last Login 10 Dec 2024
My Summary
About Me
**September 24 - currently no spaces available**
My names is Corinne and I am an Ofsted registered Childminder. I have been an established Childminder in Winchester since 2010 and we moved to Colden Common in 2020. I am married and have three daughters of my own, born in 2006, 2009 and 2014.
I offer a home from home environment, where children are warmly welcomed and become part of the family. Children are given a wide range of experiences from being in a home environment and being out and about in the local community. I have many toys and resources available for the children to enjoy at home, including messy play, craft & baking and I love to take the children out, so we regularly visit the many parks in and around the Winchester area. We like to feed the ducks, jump in the puddles on rainy days and go exploring in the woods. I also like to take the children on outings to Marwell Zoo, Hillier Gardens, Lakeside Railway and Itchen Valley Country Park whenever possible, to give them more learning opportunities and experiences.
We go out at some point everyday, whatever the weather!
I plan our days around the children attending, their needs and interests and help them to develop and expand their ideas.
However, if your child is feeling a little tired or not really up to having a fun packed day then plans can always change and we can have a calmer, quieter day instead that will suit everyone attending.
I have a good size house and dedicated play room with plenty of space for children to play and have fun with the many toys and resources I have available for them to choose from. I also have a spacious garden with lots of outdoor toys, games and resources. With the woods just a stones throw away we spend a lot of time out and about exploring nature too.
I thoroughly enjoy looking after children and working alongside their parents to help them learn, develop and thrive. Everyday is a new and fun adventure!
My main working hours are 8am-5.30pm, though this can be flexible depending on the hours you need. I am open year round, but can also offer term time only contracts if required.
Please get in touch and we can have a chat about your childcare needs.
Schools - I only offer school wrap around care for Colden Common Primary School.
My Experience
I have been childminding since 2009 and have looked after children ranging from newborn to 11 years old in that time, as well as caring for my own three children.
I have a level 3 childcare qualification, up to date paediatric first aid and safeguarding training.
My Qualifications
Childminding Introduction Programme course
Paediatric First Aid
Safeguarding level 3 and 4
Food Hygiene
Diploma in children and young peoples workforce level 3
Prevent Duty
Plus many more child development courses such as Schemas, Supporting early language development, Outside play and the EYFS, Sensory play & learning and Improving children’s learning through play, to name just a few.
My Availability
Please contact me to find out current availability and to discuss your requirements.
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My Fees
- Childminding from £6.00 per hour
To be discussed upon meeting.
I am a registered provider of the Early Years Education funding and Tax Free Childcare.
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
- UK Passport (added 06/06/2023)
Reviews
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Corinne was just a blessing to me and my daughter. She had the most amazing time with the whole family and she loved every minute of it. I was so worried at first to leave her, but Corinne made the whole process so easy for us both. And was so accommodating to my situation. She was so happy in the morning for drop off and I got lots of communication and phots during the day. I can’t thank her and her family enough for the love they showed my little girl everyday she was there. I would highly recommend Corinne to anyone. I was very sad when we left as I felt so comforted knowing my daughter was well taken care of.
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My daughter was with Corinne for 9 months ending in Spring 2020, only due to the fact she started preschool. From my first communication with Corinne, she was professional, friendly, empathetic and supportive. My nearly 2 year old daughter (at the time) had never been left with anyone outside of the family, yet after two playdates with me there (great settling in process as suggested by Corrine), she went straight in with barely a backwards glance to me! I believe Corrine's caring, calm and enthusiastic manner paid a large part in this. From then on my daughter really looked forward to her one (and then two days) with Corrine and her family, enjoying playing with all the toys inside and out and with Corrine's daughters after school, as well as the other children. They were always out and about at toddler groups and things, but which Corrine structured around the kids' eating and nap times. Corrine always ensured she created a home from home and tweaked routines when they naturally changed at home, for example. Corinne also always updated the app we had with thorough information and photos of the day's activities and discussed the day and anything at pick up time so we always felt that we had a real understanding of what our daughter had been doing, which was important to us. Corrine also supported us through our daughter's potty training and therefore this continued well even at her own home.
All in all, I would thoroughly recommend Corrine to anyone! It was sad for us all when our daughter's time with her naturally came to end - she is an excellent childminder!
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Corinne has been such a fantastic childminder for our family and we will miss her so much! Our daughter loves going to her house, she definitely sees it as a second home. She adores Corinne's daughters who have welcomed her into the family - I think she considers them to be adopted sisters! She has been with Corinne for over 2 years, since she was only 8 months old, and has flourished in that time.
Corinne is very calm and clearly extremely experienced and made us feel confident in leaving our child for long days while at work. She has been able to offer us advice on various things which has been helpful as first time parents. Her communication is excellent and I love checking the app she uses to record all our daughter's milestones, achievements, activities and lots of gorgeous photos. Corinne plans lots of fun activities which I would never think to do e.g. visiting the fire station, visiting the airport, seasonal crafts, pumpkin picking etc as well as regular trips to Marwell zoo, Hilliar's gardens, local parks, toddler groups and walks in the forest etc. They spend a lot of time outdoors, but she also has a huge range of amazing toys which our daughter loves. Corinne appropriately encourages independence which has been so helpful e.g. teaching our daughter to put on her own shoes and coat, walking longer distances etc.
On an evening when we were delayed collecting our daughter due to travel problems, Corinne was more than happy to care for our daughter into the evening and included her in her family's evening routine. She is extremely flexible and accommodating which has relieved us of a lot of stress.
My daughter has been so happy with Corinne and often doesn't want to come home in the evening! The thing we have appreciated most is how homely Corinne's setting is - it really feels like a home from home where our daughter has felt loved and secure, as well as having lots of fun.
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Corrine began looking after my son 2 years ago when I returned to work from being on maternity leave. We initially started him in a nursery but quickly realised this wasn’t the right setting for him & Corrine came to our rescue! She has been absolutely brilliant with him from day 1 and I am so glad we decided to change to using her.
Corrine is calm, warm, organised and professional at all times. My son is my 3rd and youngest child (my baby!) and I feel confident that he is always well looked after and happy when he’s with her. She also childminds my two older girls after school & during the holidays. I have such a huge amount of respect & gratitude for how effortlessly & brilliantly she cares for the number & varying ages of children she has. Her whole family have welcomed mine into her home & allowed them to have fun with the variety of activities she arranges. But also enabled them to relax, feel comfortable & safe.
Cannot recommend Corrine highly enough!
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I moved to Winchester three years ago and was looking for someone to take my then-18 month old daughter. We'd had a stressful experience with settling my daughter into a nursery previously but she settled extremely quickly into Corinne's setting as it really is a home from home. Corinne's three girls made my daughter very welcome and she has become very close to them all - they really are like extended family to her. My daughter tends towards the shy and sensitive which can sometimes be a struggle! But Corinne has helped to nurture her and bring out her confidence in preparation for school. Since moving I had another child and was delighted that Corinne was able to take them both when I returned to work.
I love the wide variety of activities Corinne undertakes with them. Her focus on early years education is really impressive. She also gives them lots of real world experiences - such as trips to the zoo, the woods, playgroups and even pumpkin picking in the autumn! They are always out and about in the fresh air and I love seeing the amazing pictures of their adventures on the 'app' Corinne uses to keep me updated on their progress. She's also an amazing photographer and many of the app pictures are some of my favourites of the kids.
In terms of my interaction with Corinne she's great at communicating with us a s parents and frankly I use her as an advisor on all things childhood. I'm massively learning on the parenting front and don't have my family nearby so having such an experienced mum to talk to and ask for advice has been so helpful. We often find ourselves discussing issues we having with the kids and find ourselves saying "well let's ask Corinne for advice".
In terms of meals Corinne is very focussed on healthy eating and I credit her for the fact that my kids eat all their veggies. In fact my daughter often says she misses Corinne's food when she's at home!
All in all I think the fact that we put both of our children in Corinne's care speaks volumes.
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