Carina
Childminder in Welwyn Garden City
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Female Member since Jan 2009 Last Updated Sep 2024 Last Login 11 Nov 2024
My Summary
About Me
I got no vacancies until end of 2024
I am an Ofsted registered, police checked, fully insured, inspected childminder in Welwyn Garden City.
Our daughter was 18in January and attend college.
We attend local parks, lakes, toddlergroups, library, children centres and much much more.
Also got a annual pass for willows farm where we visit most weeks.
My aims are to provide a warm and welcoming enviroment. I offer a wide variety of play, learning and developing activities appropriate to each childs individual needs.
We have got plenty of room where the children can play quite or be very noisy as i got a lot of books and instruments.
My Experience
I have been an Ofsted registered childminder since August 2008 and I find it very rewarding to see the children that I care for are having a good time learning through play.
The health and safety of your child is the most important to me and I have therefore procedures and policys in place to support this.
I am a member of Pacey and i have got Public Liability Insurance. My house and car are fully insured for childminding business.
My Qualifications
I have completed
- NVQ level 3 in Children's Care, Learning and Development
- First Aid course for babies and children
- Diploma in Home-based Childcare unit 1
- CHACHE Level 3 in Home-based Childcare
- Risk Assessment
- Letters and sounds
- Working with parents certificate
- About boys course
- Feeding under 5's
- and a lot more
My Availability
Monday to Friday 7.30-1800
Saturday and Sundays has to be booked in advance
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| Afternoon | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
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| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 04/11/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.50 per hour
My fees are
Monday to Friday 07.30-17.30 £6.50/hour
After school care £8 per hour and minimum of 2 hours
I offer free 2, 3 & 4 year old funding
Look forward to hear from you
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Swallow Dell 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
- Childminding Agency Certificate (added 05/03/2020)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 05/03/2020)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Carina. 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.
Carina had our daughter one day a week - she is so warm, kind and fun; our daughter warmed to her immediately! Our daughter comes home happy and exited to tell us what she has been up to with Carina’s many activities! I would highly recommend!
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Carina looked after my daughter during the holidays and my daughter settled in within minutes. Carina is very attentive and made sure my little one felt comfortable at her house. They bonded very quickly and my daughter had an amazing time. It was a stress free experience so I could not recommend
more Carina!
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Carina has taken care of my daughter since my little one was just under 1 year. I cannot recommend her enough. Even my other mum friends comment as to how lucky I am.
Carina is organised, flexible, reliable and upbeat. She is able to accommodate short notice changes and has never let me down. Her home is clean, inviting and safe. Her garden is child friendly and all toys are well taken care of and in great condition. There is plenty to play with to aid development and get curious minds going.
I had met with a number of other childminders, however as soon I met with Carina I knew she would be right for me and my family.
I have an older daughter who also goes to Carina during school holidays. My children come home with lovely drawings, crafts, cards, cookies from baking. She is very active with the children and has great energy. There are lots of outings with the children - trips to the park, farm, walks, children centres, library. My daughter is always excited to go to Carina's. Her development has been great. Carina puts together scrap books of developments, which is a great touch as we are able to see my daughter's progress through the years.
It will be a real shame when my daughter has to go to school in 1 year, it has been a pleasure to have Carina in our lives.
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Carina has been looking after our boy since he was just 15 months old (he’s now 5) and has always been a reliable person for him and us. She has a very kind approach to all children and I’m pretty sure it’s thanks to her that he always has incredibly good manners whenever we take him anywhere. Carina has been able to help us out when I’ve had big difficulties with my health and we don’t know what we would have done without her safe space she provided for my son. He still loves going to her house!
My son met a lovely friend there who is still in the same school with him and we are befriended with the family. We would warmly recommend her as a childminder!
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Carina has been looking after my son for nearly 2 years and she has been amazing. Daniel can be hard work and Carina handled him brilliantly. She has been flexible and always puts the children's needs first. She has also been there to give me help and advice when I've needed it.
They do so many varied activities and Daniel has come on leaps and bounds in her care, he adores her daughter.
I cannot recommend Carina highly enough.xx
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