Joanne
Childminder in Wycombe
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Female Member since Apr 2014 Last Updated Jul 2024 Last Login 03 Nov 2024
My Summary
About Me
**spaces available and I can accept funding for 9 months - 2 year olds, 3 and 4 year-olds**
My name is Joanne and I set up my business ‘Jo’s Little Sunflowers Childcare’ in January 2016. I am Ofsted graded 'Good' (June 2024).
Before childminding, I worked at the BBC in London for 20 years in Customer Services, IT and Facilities Management. Since beginning my family in 2007 and moving to Buckinghamshire, I developed a passion for caring and nurturing children.
My experience as a parent of 3 children aged 11, 14 and 17 and over 8 years of professionally caring for children from the age of 3 months to 12 years has provided me with strong skills in childcare.
Having used the services of other childminders myself, I fully understand how important it is to leave your child with someone who prioritises their safety and wellbeing, supports their learning and development and encourages them to be the best that they can be.
I am a very honest and reliable person with a warm, approachable and friendly personality and have lots of patience and time for children and adults. I am extremely flexible so please do get in touch to enquire.
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My Setting:
I am based in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, just a short drive from junction 3 of the M40 and just off the London Road. I live with my husband, 3 children, 2 friendly pet cats and 4 outdoor bunnies in a 3 bedroomed house.
Our road is a very safe and quiet with no through traffic apart from residents or the farmer. We are situated less than 2 minutes’ walk to farmland, nature trails, woodland and grassed adventure playground for ages pre-school upwards. We are a short drive from Carrington Junior school, which is where my youngest child attends.
Children have access to the whole downstairs open planned area which includes toy units with a variety of educational and fun toys, mark making and reading areas. Also play rugs and train table, play kitchen and home corner, wooden dolls house, craft trolly, white/chalk board easel and plenty of areas for children to do their fun activities.
The downstairs area opens out to a secure patio area accessed by a patio door, which includes a mud kitchen and tuff tray or sand/water table. All activities inside can be experienced in the open air. The gated outside patio area leads down some steps to a 120’ garden (the top third is surrounded by a 6ft fence and has a secure gate leading to the lower part of the garden).
I provide upstairs travel cots and sleeping mats for children to nap during the day.
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Activities:
I provide lots of fun activities such as arts and crafts (painting, play dough, themed craft for special events), role playing (dressing up, food shop, cook and tea party, small world animals and people, dolls house, cars, trains and garage), musical sessions (action songs, musical instruments, dancing), reading (including activity learning books), cooking, tent play and outdoor play. We frequently do themed tuff trays for adventure and sensory play inside and out. Outdoor activities also include garden play (sand and water table, sand pit and paddling pool, play house, swings and monkey rope), walks to my local farm to feed the shire horses and woodland walks to include learning about nature and tiny beasts, trips to the library, various parks and duck ponds/rivers. I attend regular local play groups, singing and rhyme groups and soft play centres. I am a member of the Forest Childcare Association (giving small children the opportunity to spend time in the great outdoors on a regular basis). I am a National Trust member and frequent the sites.
During the Covid pandemic, I discovered more outdoor places for children to enjoy and learn from their surroundings. I now tend to do more outdoor activities such as nature trail walks, parks, National Trust sites, animal sites (ie The Bucks Goat Centre or Tiggywinkles) and river walks to feed the ducks.
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Qualifications:
I have attended many courses including Level 3 Preparing to work in Home Based Childcare, Paediatric First Aid (renewed in 2023), Level 2 Basic Food Hygiene and Safeguarding Children (refreshed online and face to face as recommended by Ofsted). Current Safeguarding for Designated Safeguarding Lead face to face (June 2024). I am a member of PACEY (Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years), DBS checked and registered with the Information Commissioner's Office. I have a full clean driving license and drive a 7 seat people carrier.
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Baby’s Days:
I use a system called Baby's Days - outstanding software for EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) management. Parents can view the features of the system via a mobile phone app or PC, including their child’s progress, daily diary notes and photos.
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For more information you can take a look at my website or please do get in touch to enquire.
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My Experience
See 'About Me'
I set up my business ‘Jo’s Little Sunflowers Childcare’ in January 2016 and have been caring for children from the ages of 6 months to 12 years ever since..
My Qualifications
See 'About Me'
Level 3 Preparing to work in Home Based Childcare
Paediatric First Aid certificate (renewed every 3 years current October 2023),
Level 2 Basic Food Hygiene (renewed Feb 2023)
Safeguarding Children July 2017 (face to face)
Safeguarding Children for All June 2018
Safeguarding Children for All March 2020 (face to face)
Safeguarding Children February 2024 (online) (face to face booked for June 2024)
Safeguarding for Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) June 2024
Expectations of Behaviour May 2017
Supporting the Development of Self Regulation Skills March 2023
My Availability
I am operational from 08:00 until 18:00 hours but can accommodates outside these hours at an additional charge.
I am also very flexible so please contact me with your requirements.
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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Before School | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Morning | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Afternoon | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
After School | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Last Updated: 03/07/2024 |
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.00 per hour
Standard Fee - £6.00 per hour
Please contact me for my full terms and conditions and fees.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Carrington Infant School
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Carrington Junior School
My Ofsted Inspections
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My Documents
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding online training 2024 (added 15/06/2024)
- First Aid Certificate (added 15/06/2024)
- First Aid Certificate: FA2203 (added 08/01/2024)
- First Aid Certificate: First Aid 2023 (added 08/01/2024)
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding for All Certificate (added 26/06/2021)
- First Aid Certificate: Paediatric First Aid Certificate 2020 (added 26/06/2021)
- DBS Check (added 25/02/2020)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 25/02/2020)
- Training Certificate: L3 Award in Home Base Childcare Certificate (added 25/02/2020)
Reviews
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From the moment we met Jo we were so impressed with her caring nature and our son very quickly adapted to her setting. She regularly goes above and beyond, is flexible, hardworking and reliable. As a teacher I was concerned about finding someone who could match my hours and be reliable. Jo worked with us to find a routine that worked well for all of us.
It is hard to leave your child in someone else’s care, but Jo made it easier for us from the start. She sent regular photos and updates through the days which helped us feel connected and still feel a part of his day.
While with Jo, our son came on leaps and bounds with development thanks to the many wonderful and exciting activities she did with him. Each week she plans different activities, outdoor fun and regularly takes them on outings. She also keeps parents up to date using the Baby Days app for development and anything else. Our son enjoyed his days, playing with friends and happily ran off in the mornings when I dropped him off. As he learned to talk he would chatter about Jo and his friends too.
In spite of our son being somewhat challenging at meal times Jo was amazing with helping him eat and supporting us with the approaches we wanted to take. She always communicated well with us and took great care to ensure she followed on from routines and consistency we had at home. This helped enormously.
I could not highly recommend Jo enough to anyone looking for a caring, stimulating and loving environment for your child. For our son it was important to find somewhere he felt safe, cared for and had fun. Jo met this and much, much more. ‘Jo’s house’ as we called it, became an extension of home for him. We could not have been happier with choosing Jo to care for our son and will struggle to find anyone to match in the future!
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