Jent
Childminder in Thatcham
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Female Member since Jan 2010 Last Updated Oct 2023 Last Login 20 Nov 2024
My Summary
About Me
Now offering two year funding.
My name is Jen, and I have been an Ofsted registered childminder since 2003. I am in my thirties, and married with three children. We enjoy activities as a family such as weekends camping and days out.
The children and I also enjoy the activities that I undertake during my working week as a childminder. These include things such as visiting the cinema, cake making/cooking, visiting other local childminders, walks, days out at a farm, soft play areas, arts/craft, messy play, growing vegetables and much more. I am enjoying my career as a childminder and have enjoyed watching the children I care for grow and develop.
My Experience
I have been childminding for 14+ years during which I have completed a NVQ3 in child care. I've got experience caring for children from newborn to the age of 18 years old. I maintain a good professional relationship with both the parents and the children I care for, and I feel this has been reflected in the length of time that I have had most children for, for example. I cared for one of the children for 10+years and only moving on as she went to secondary school. I currently care for another family with two children for 6+ years. I'm registered with ofsted and have been since 2003.
I had a inspection in March 2013 and November 2019 and received Outstanding on both inspections.
My Qualifications
NVQ3 in child care.
Minding Your Own Business a Childminding Pre-Registration Course
I have public liability insurance
Im on the food hygiene register with West Berkshire Council.
I have been CRB Checked along with my husband.
Im a NCMA Member.
12-Hour Paediatric First course.
Health and safety, including risk assessment.
Promoting Positive Behaviour course.
Child Protection course
Birth to three Matters course
Play Activities for under three course
Early years Language development
Planning process in early years
My Availability
I have 1 part time spaces for under five years.
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| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
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| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 08/02/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £5.00 per hour
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
- First Aid Certificate (added 10/08/2023)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 10/08/2023)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for JenT. 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.
We used Jen as the child-minder for our two children for eight years.
When the kids started they were aged 1 and 4 and they were immediately made to feel welcome. In fact they have always been made to feel like part of the family, and now count Jen's own children amongst their friends (a quick word here for Jen's children, who are really fantastic with other kids of all ages and are friendly, polite and generally good influences). They were always talking about the fun things they have been up to, and are often bringing little gifts and pictures home that they had made.
Both of the kids started as full time attendees, and Jen took them to school every day and picked them up. Jen provides snacks and drinks as required, and cover on school inset days.
Jen uses the Babys Days software, which means we could quickly review any admin and easily track the kids’ progress, including photographs that Jen regularly uploaded.
The children always had plenty of activities, often outdoors, and regularly attended meetings and groups with other child-minders and their wards. As a result they grew a large circle of new friends. Their progress socially was really noticeable since Jen had been looking after them.
Jen has a no nonsense and trustworthy character that promotes good behaviour. The kids certainly seemed to behave themselves and any discipline was always been appropriate and measured. As well as respecting her rules, the kids were very comfortable in her company and happy to be comforted by her if they were upset or hurt.
One of the most apparent things about Jen's character is how much she enjoys her job and really enjoys the company of the children. She never talks down to them, is calm and patient in dealing with them, and involves them in all aspects of her work, as well as providing a safe, hygienic and stimulating environment. She was always willing to discuss any concerns we had and was honest and flexible in her approach when requested.
Even though our kids have graduated to high school and are no longer cared for by Jen, our daughter still talks about her often, and likes to visit occasionally for cookies and to catch up.
We have no doubt that the quality and consistency of Jen’s care has been instrumental in our children developing into friendly, inquisitive, polite and adventurous kids, and we have no hesitation in recommending her to others.
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Jen has been an absolute life saver for us!!! Our Little girl was extremely shy and not very confident at all...and wow is she a fussy eater! Jen was absolutely amazing in the support she gave, encouragement with exploring different foods, even giving me ideas on how to go about tackling this issue at home! I have no idea what magic she has done, but now my daughter is more confident and such a chatter box!!! every step of the way Jen would send pics, updates as to what they were doing and took them to really nice parks or treated them to Costa a few times. Jen has an amazing way with kids and is always there for extra support! You never feel alone (for all those single parents out there) when raising your child. Honestly she is one in a million!!!
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Sherry
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on 16/06/2022
Response by
JenT
on 16/06/2022:
Thank you for the lovely reference. It was pleasure to care for your child.
Our daughter has been with Jen since she turned 1 and recently started primary school. She loved her time and made lots of friends, had great experiences and learnt lots of new things. They were always going to group sessions, days out and doing lots of fun activities - often coming home with pictures and cakes and all other things they had been doing. Jen is full of good ideas and puts a lot of work in to making sure her children are entertained and educated.
Jen made sure she was ready to start school when the time came and she has quickly settled in there.
We were kept informed with photos and updates so always knew what was happening.
We would not hesitate to recommend Jen and the service provided. Thanks Jen!
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Jen is an outstanding childminder, we call her Mary Poppins!!! :-)
Our son started with Jen only a few month ago, but from our first visit we knew she was the childminder for us. She is friendly, well organised, professional and takes great pride in what she does. She makes us feel very welcome and is incredibly reassuring with providing regular updates. Jen uses an app called Baby Days, which as a parent is wonderful as you have an online dairy of your child's day with lots of lovely photos!
Jen provides a friendly, loving, home-from-home environment and we cannot thank her enough for making our son settle in so quickly. Our son is always happy to be dropped off and Jen and her 3 children always him feel so welcome.
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Parent
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on 27/07/2017
Response by
JenT
on 28/07/2017:
Aww, thank you for such a lovely reference. Finley is a pleasure to look after and we love having him here in the day with the other children.
My son stayed with Jen for just under two years before moving onto pre-school. He absolutely loved it!
Jen provides a vast array of activities and her garden is well equipped with a variety of equipment including a playhouse, wooden teepee, nature kitchen, swing/slide/climbing frame set and veg/flower bed for gardening.
Jen is brilliant with the kids and always goes above and beyond to create memories and keepsakes to bring home and share with the family on special days. I was always confident that my son was in safe hands and Jen kept us up to date with regular diaries, photos and safety policies. Safeguarding is definitely a top priority for Jen which is very reassuring. She also supports the children with their emotional development and builds a respectful and caring relationship - always reinforcing good manners and high expectations of behaviour and independence which complimented our expectations at home perfectly.
Jen takes the children to lots of different playgroups and activities, and regularly meets with other childminders so my son was able to build a wide group of friends and was happy and confident with Jen's back up childminder (although in 2 years we never needed this as she was never ill) showing her reliability and dedication to her job.
Jen regularly says how much she genuinely loves her job, and this is evident in her setting. She is outstanding with ofsted, and outstanding with us!
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