Sofia
Childminder in Streatham Common
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Female Member since Aug 2017 Last Updated Sep 2024 Last Login 15 Oct 2024
My Summary
About Me
Hi, I am Sofia,
I am registered childminder, i am based between Streatham Common and Norbury Station ( close to Woodmanstern School) SW16.
As a Childminder, I provide a safe, caring environment, where children can develop physically, socially, and intellectually. I work in partnership with the parents to understand the individual needs of their children and together we can monitor and develop their progress.
I understand what an emotional roller-coaster it can be finding the right person to look after your little ones, having gone through this experience myself, I have a great understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage to teach them and help them to develop and grow into happy confident children.
Our days are always filled with fun and I enjoy doing the below list of activities together with the children:
• Arts and crafts – All the children in my care enjoy the fun filled arts and crafts
• Messy play -show me one child who does not enjoy messy play ?
• Visits to the local parks – we enjoy trips to the parks, here we always find some time for an adventure, or just to enjoy the sun and have a picnic.
• Farm visits – Popping over to Deen City Farm is always an enjoyable day out for the children, they so love to feed the animals.
• Museum and library visits – a new little experience that they love.
• Singing nursery rhymes and dancing around
• Reading and spelling games
• Counting and adding games
• Cooking and kitchen fun – homemade pizza’s and cookies yummy
• Dressing up
• Puzzles and board games
• Garden games
• Local play groups
Please view my website, this has a list of the various outings I do with the children.
The children enjoy healthy home cooked meals and snacks through the day.
I am Registered & Inspected by Ofsted- Awarded good , hold a CACHE Child Care Level 3, DBS Checked, Paediatric First Aid Trained, Safeguarding Children, Preventing Bullying Level 2, Child Neglect Level 2, Child Protection Level 2 Improving Children's Learning Through Play, Concussion Awareness Level 2 & Supporting Early Language Development Level 2, The send code of Practice Level 2.
Please feel free to contact me to discuss more.
My Experience
I have good working relations with parents, and families are made to feel welcome. I have experience with babies and toddlers. I plan for each individual child’s needs, by observing and planning their next stage of development, and implement the EYFS framework.
Looking after children brings me joy.
My Qualifications
NVQ Level 3 in Childcare
Pediatric first aid
Safeguarding
Food Safety Level 2
My Availability
1-vacancy from September 2025
(4 days a week Monday to Thursday)
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Last Updated: 07/08/2024 |
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.50 per hour
Opening times from 8.00 am 18.00pm
£6.50 per hour
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Norbury Manor 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
- Training Certificate: Understanding and Addressing Behaviour in the Early Years (added 01/07/2024)
- Training Certificate: Effective Health and Safety for Children with SEND and ASN (added 01/07/2024)
- Training Certificate: Speech, Language and Communication (added 01/07/2024)
- Training Certificate: Child Neglect (added 08/11/2023)
- Training Certificate: Prevent Awareness Course 23 (added 21/10/2023)
- Training Certificate: Child Protection (added 22/05/2023)
- Training Certificate: Equality and Inclusion in Early Years Settings (added 05/02/2023)
- Training Certificate: Supporting Children with SEND in the Early Years (added 05/02/2023)
- First Aid Certificate: Paediatric First Aid (added 17/10/2022)
- Training Certificate: The Send Code of Practice (added 03/10/2022)
- Training Certificate: Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety. (added 10/07/2022)
- Training Certificate: Providing a Healthy Food Environment in the Early Years Setting (added 11/05/2022)
- Training Certificate: Promoting Positive Behaviour (added 02/03/2022)
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding Children (added 27/02/2022)
- Training Certificate: Female Genital Mutilation (added 23/01/2022)
- Training Certificate: Creative and Effective Communication and Language Environment (added 06/09/2021)
- Training Certificate: Infection Prevention and Control in a Early Years Setting (added 20/05/2021)
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding Childrens Training course (added 06/04/2021)
- Training Certificate: Supporting Early Language Development Level 2 (added 08/07/2018)
- Training Certificate: Child Protection Level 2 (added 01/07/2018)
- Training Certificate: Improving Childrens Learning Through Play (added 01/07/2018)
- Training Certificate: Child Neglect Level 2 (added 04/02/2018)
- Training Certificate: Preventing Bullying Level 2 (added 28/01/2018)
- Exam Certificate: NCFE CACHE Level 3 (added 23/08/2017)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 23/08/2017)
- DBS Check (added 23/08/2017)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Sofia. 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 sent our daughter to Sofia's childminding from the age of 6 months. Unfortunately, we had to change day care as we moved house a month ago when my daughter became 36 months. Sofia provided our daughter with a very safe and very enriching environment. Sofia takes kids out for an adventure every morning and she plans very exciting, interesting and calculated learning session each afternoon, while keeping a theme throughout the week. We were so impressed with the variety of the activities she planned for kids. Additionally, Sofia plans many excursions, from museums to seaside trips. The meals that she provides ensure a good healthy and variable diet (roast lamb, seafood paella, squash risotto, to name a few). Sofia provides detailed daily reports and photos at he en of each day which we enjoyed a lot. We are very sad that our daughter is not able to continue her journey with Sofia but we are still in touch as Sofia is and has been like a family to our daughter. We are very grateful and can't recommend her enough.
We were exceptionally lucky to catch Sofia at a rare moment when she had an opening and we have never looked back! She has a very clean & happy setting with so many things to do and entertain the children, inside and out! She invests so much time and effort in their individual development and every morning my son is so excited to get to her house and start his day of fun and learning!
Sofia offers the children a wide range of healthy food choices and always goes the extra mile with trips to museums and even the seaside! She is exceptionally patient and understanding, flexible and kind and really cares for her charges. You would be very lucky to have her as a part of your child’s early years and I couldn’t recommend her more, and neither could my son!
Our daughter has attended Sofia's setting consistently for more than three years now (from 18 months old through to Reception stage), which is a reflection of the trust we have in Sofia, and the quality of the experience our daughter has at the setting.
The standard of care offered is exemplary – imaginative, varied and engaging. The activities are thoughtful and diverse, always supporting the EYFS framework, and have sped our daughter's development, from letter formation and numeracy to her wider understanding of the world.
We have no doubt that the glowing end-of-year report we received from our daughter's nursery owes a great deal to the support Sofia has supplied on the learning journey.
There are also regular visits to parks, museums, farms and zoos; the children have a good mix of indoor and outdoor activities, whatever the weather. The home-cooked menu is more varied than what we provide at home!
The daily reporting from Sofia is notably excellent – we have confidence in the care and education that our daughter is receiving because we can see the evidence firsthand, and read about her activities and meals, and what our daughter enjoyed during any given day.
Sofia has been reliable, flexible and unflaggingly energetic for the past three years, even working to continue to provide a strong service through the most challenging periods of the pandemic. I would recommend Sofia's Childminding to any parent of young children.
I went to see this woman's nursery as she advertised she had a space for Thursday and Friday. A lot of people wrote good things and I saw her taking kids to nice activities etc. To my face at the visit she was nice but the minute I said i would like the place the same evening she said she had already filled it. I noticed yesterday she had been looking at my child care profile so i decided to click on hers and she had blocked me. I then opened a new account to see why and I noticed she is still advertising the space so she clearly is a liar. Good luck with anyone that uses her.
by Dee about Sofia on 05/07/2021
Response by Sofia on 07/07/2021:
Dear Dee,
Thank you for your feedback, however I am struggling to understand your response as I am so shocked and hurt by them.
Firstly you arrived at my setting without your child present and we had a good discussion about my service which you were impressed by and you shared with me about your previous disagreement with the other setting you attended. We ended our conversation on a positive note and agreed a follow up discussion.
Now I have been totally transparent throughout this entire process and I had explained that one of my current clients has requested extra days which meant I suddenly no longer had the availability, I believe I apologised for any inconvenience this may of caused, however if I did not apologise, please accept my sincere apology.
Secondly, As with all Childminder’s continuous professional development is paramount to running a good and educational setting and as a member of Childcare.co.uk I have access to the training they provide, which I regularly attend, this in turn means that my profile will always be accessible even if I have spaces available or not.
Thirdly I am surprised that you felt that I let you down but I can assure you that was not my intention as I pride myself on being approachable and friendly as you will see from my other reviews I run a culturally diverse setting with lots of play and learn experiences for the children in my care.
I wish you all the best with your childcare search.
Kind regards
Sofia
Sofia has looked after our daughter 5 days a week for over 2 years and we have been very happy with all aspects of her care.
Sofia is always happy, calm and very patient. She has helped our daughter develop through various sensory, arts, crafts and seasonal activities. We love the mix of activities and days out that Sofia arranges for the children eg the farm, museums, zoo, parks etc but with the care of a home setting. They do something everyday and our daughter always comes home with plenty to say! The children do singing, dancing, yoga, reading, nursery rhymes and one-on-one learning; our daughters vocab, counting has come on so well. Nutrition wise, very importantly, the variation, quantity and quality is perfect.
Without doubt the best start to your child’s early years life you could wish for.
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