Alberta
Childminder in Gravesham
Female Member since Mar 2019 Last Updated Dec 2024 Last Login 17 Dec 2024
My Summary
About Me
I received OUTSTANDING grade in my recent Ofsted inspection.
I am married and a mother to three children with one of of them in Oxford Universtiy, another in St Andrews in Scotland and the last one in Northfleet School for Girsl . We live in a mid terrace house with no pet. I am a very pleasant, patient, calm and caring individual. I understand that no two days are the same and can adapt to changes to meet the needs of the families that I work with.
My Experience
I am an ex Early Years teacher with 20 years expierence of working in a school environment. I have also worked with Ofsted in inspecting Early Years settings and childminders.This supports my practise and improves outcome for all children. I keep up-to-date with changes through attending weekly webinars and reading blogs . Consequently finding ways to improving the quality of provision.
I understand the importance of working with parents and other agencies to meet the unique needs of young children. I have a good understanding of the Statutory Framework and know how to create a teaching and learning environment to support the specific learning needs of all children.
Children are happy, confident and independent by the time they leave our setting.They all develop the skills needed for reception.
My Qualifications
Qualified teacher's status, Early Years Practitioner, Bachlor in Education, Masters in Marketing
My Availability
I am very flexible and able to adapt to the changing needs of families and their children.
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| Last Updated: 06/12/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £5.00 per hour
Negotiable
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Chantry Community Academy
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend
- I provide pick ups at Holy Trinity Church of England 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 16/04/2020)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Alberta. 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.
A better childminder does not exist! Leaving our daughter with Alberta, we feel reassured that she is in good hands. We were amazed by the weekly activities, educational trips and progress check ins and feel that as well as developing our child’s interactions and play, Alberta is also dedicated to developing her learning and promoting healthy eating. This was a big factor for us choosing a childminder, and Alberta does just what she says. Our daughter enjoys spending the day in the setting and we sometimes have to bribe her to come home with us at the end of the day! We get updates and pictures of her in the setting, which is extremely reassuring, especially as we were so nervous when first starting childcare. Alberta has developed a real relationship with our daughter and ourselves. She’s genuinely outstanding.
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Alberta provided us childcare to cover a short term situation.
We have never left our child in any type of childcare before, but we felt happy to do so and that our child would be left in a safe and caring environment. During our short stay with her, our child experienced outings and educational exercises as well as the usual care you would expect. We were sent photos on the first day to show that our child had settled in and felt that she received an experience that enabled learning and growth.
I felt confident to leave my child with her and felt that I was well informed about the day that they had.
Would 100% recommend Alberta.
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Excellent, kind, professional childminder and very experienced!
Helped with my babies development. Within a matter of weeks my 1 year old was doing loads of new things including feeding himself.
Due to personal circumstances I had to take my baby out of childcare and I was so upset as Alberta was amazing with my son!
Always teaching the children educational things and providing parents with updates on the topics the children are learning about and taking them out on trips to places to see things they’re learning about.
Alberta is an outstanding childminder and would highly recommend her!
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My Husband and I were originally nervous about using a childminder for our son but as shift workers a nursery wasn’t as flexible as we needed. I found Alberta and she has been a life saver.
I thought Childminders literally watched children play safely, how wrong were we with Alberta. Her setting is like a mini school, with projects, trips that are all fun but educational. This review does not do justice on how excellent Alberta actually is. She is kind, patient and very caring and our boy adores her. Anyone would be crazy to not use Alberta. AMAZING ALBERTA
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Our daughter has been with Alberta for nearly 2 months but it feels like she has known her since birth! Alberta helped out little girl settle into her care really quickly by providing a loving, warm, caring and supportive environment. We couldn't be happier! It was/is extremely hard returning to work but after working with Alberta for only a short time, we are completely and utterly reassured that our daughter is in safe hands with someone who clearly cares for her so much already. Our daughter's development and confidence, emotionally, physically and socially, has progressed so much in such a short time. Alberta provides so many wonderful learning experiences, both in and out of the home, for the children in her care and enables them to build positive peer relationships too. Alberta's communication with us as parents couldn't be better. She keeps us up to date with what the children are learning each term but also gives a summary at the beginning of the week of what the children will be learning in the week including visuals of the set up in her home to support the learning. We also get individual updates each day of the progress our daughter is making and Alberta shows a great level of pride in all of our daughters achievements! Of greatest importance to us is our daughter's happiness and her face says it all when she sees Alberta and the other children. We definitely made the right decision with Alberta!!!
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