Katrinaw
Childminder in Prees
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Female Member since Jul 2011 Last Updated Apr 2025 Last Login 08 May 2025
My Summary
Yellow Door Forest Friends,Forest School Childminding Setting.
About Me
Ofsted graded Outstanding in all areas twice,
accredited Forest School childminder, with over 28 years experience in childcare and development.
I am a mother of four children myself. I hold level three, four and five qualifications, and am also a fully qualified Forest School Leader. I offer all year round care from 8 month plus.
I live in Prees, with my partner Andrew and our two daughters aged 16 and 12. We also have two adult children who have now left home.
Plus our two very friendly, gentle little dogs, one hamster,seven chickens and a cockerel.
I have been childminding for over 22 years, prior to this I worked firstly as a nanny in Israel, Greece, Cyprus, France, Spain and the UK.
After returning to the UK I became an early years teacher and nursery supervisor.
I have received an outstanding in all areas for two of my Ofsted inspection.
I offer government funded element to children from two years/ nine months from September 2024. I also take all other forms of funding and childcare vouchers for eligible children/babies.
My Experience
My family and I have recently relocated from Buckinghamshire to beautiful Shropshire we have a very huge garden so I will be running a lot of my childcare provision outside in the form of Forest school, outdoor learning, stem sessions as well as all the other activities.
Of course Children’s care and safety will be my upmost priority. Please feel free to contact me for further information on how this will be undertaken.
I also have a beautiful indoor playroom full of exciting, imaginative and educational resources.
I have cared for children from six months, to fifteen years most of the children I have cared for have been with me from very young.
My setting is based around the Forest School approach, nurturing children’s natural curiosity.
I offer lots of activities, from play gym sessions to music groups, regular Forest School sessions outdoor learning, and trips out.
The children also get to be hands on with the animals helping to care and learn about them.
I am always thinking of new and exciting activities to help children learn and grow into confident thinking, resilient, caring children ready for pre school/big school.
Some of the activities I offer include
A bespoke built large mud Kitchen with lots of exciting built in gadgets. Sand and water play, maths station, pick and mix potion station, numerous play tray activities, regularly planned for and rotated) a digging discovery area. This is always an ongoing project and was noted as being inspirational by Ofsted.
All of the activities I offer are planned for to encourage the child led approach/ critical thinking and will also have a scaled down easily assessable version to enable all infants I care for to be involved, learn and achieve.
Parents will receive regular information on their child’s development in the form of digital journals, regular catch ups, assessments/checks including two year and subsequent yearly progress checks.
Children are also give reading journals and opportunity to borrow books to share with parents (this service will be amended during the coronuvirus outbreak, instead I will upload story time for children to enjoy with parents) as well as their own two/three way diary’s to share any exciting information on their development WOW points between other settings and home.
For my older children I run a fun let’s get ready for big school program so they are best prepared and confident for their next big adventure!
I am able to offer the funded element to parents with children from age nine months from September 24 and also take funding for two and three year olds already.
I offer regular planned forest school sessions a fantastic and holistic learning experience covering all areas of development.
I am passionate about my work it is so important to me that children have happy memories of early childhood, and that their time spent with me is full of wonderful experiences, and opportunities to learn, achieve and share these experiences with their peers in a loving, caring enabling, nurturing and safe environment.
My Qualifications
I have my level 5 diploma in child care and
development, a level 4 and 3 and cache level CPP, paediatric first aid, Child behaviour, food hygiene, inclusion, safeguarding, full EYFS training, to name a few and have attended many shorter training courses, I recieved a outstanding in all areas and overall outstanding grading in two ofsted inspections.
I am also a fully qualified forest school leader, and attend regular ongoing training.
My Availability
Mon - Thursdays 8.00-5.30/6.00
Term time and most school holidays.
Part time/ full time,
in the past I have cared for children of parents who work from home flex hours, if I am able to offer this service I try my hardest. I will have spaces for under three plus holiday care spaces from June 2024 and funded spaces from April/September 2024
The schools I pick up/drop off from at present are Prees.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 11/04/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.00 per hour
Please feel free to contact me for my full list of fees, fees start from £6.00 per hour, full information pack, Plus a large list of references (I also have a large list of previous and present parents of children who have been or are in my care, who are more than happy to give verbal references and answer any questions you may have.
I can accept all vouchers scheme payments,
I can take government funding from age two, and from nine months from September 2024 this is the 15 hour funding 30 hours Funding for 3/4 year olds, and can be shared between myself and another provider if needed.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Prees CofE 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 05/03/2024)
- DBS Check (added 04/02/2020)
- First Aid Certificate: paediatric first aid (added 10/04/2024)
- First Aid Certificate: paediatric furst aid (added 10/04/2024)
- Training Certificate: Early years education (added 05/07/2019)
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding (added 05/07/2019)
- Training Certificate: Forest school leader (added 05/07/2019)
- First Aid Certificate: emergency paediatric first aid course (added 11/06/2018)
- Exam Certificate: Early Years Practice (added 11/06/2018)
Reviews
4.83 out of 5
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for katrinaw. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members 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.
Katrina has cared for our daughter since she was 8 months old (with settling-in sessions before then). She's incredibly over-qualified for her role, with a degree in childcare, qualifications as a Forest School Leader, and decades of experience; and you can tell from the amount of effort and creativity she puts into the children's activities and trips, that she genuinely loves what she does.
Our daughter absolutely adores 'Trina' and is desperate to get in the car on Monday morning to go and see her, and the other children. As first time parents, knowing that she's being looked after by someone who genuinely cares for her, and that she's being supported, challenged and having fun every day, is a huge relief. Her development has come on so quickly with Katrina's support, and she even got her sleep schedule under control too!
The setting is wonderful, with a dedicated playroom and a gorgeous big garden, perfect for all the time they spend outdoors (our daughter particularly enjoys collecting grass to feed the chickens), and the activities they do are so fun, imaginative and educational - the forest school puppets are our favourite.
We're so lucky to have Katrina in our lives and can't recommend her services enough.
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bethany
on 04/07/2024
Katrina has looked after my son from the age of 2-4 and my daughter from 1-4. As an anxious first time mum, Katrina quickly put my mind at ease about going back to work and I knew after not very long that I could trust her completely to do the right thing by my children, and all in her care. You honestly feel like she cares for them as if her own. She is a lovely, warm, reliable person with strong morals and family values.
Katrina's house is a wonderful environment, full of educational and fun toys and her garden is "so much fun". Forest School is a big part of their lives which means lots of exciting outdoor adventures, and she only ever feeds healthy food and snacks.
I can't emphasis enough how lucky I feel to have had Katrina in our lives for the past 5 years. My children are going to have many happy memories of their childhood because of her.
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mummy_vi
on 01/09/2020
My daughter has been cared for by Katrina the past year since she was 11 months old. Prior to this my son attended as a young infant. Katrina exudes warmth and enthusiasm in all aspects of her care. Her wealth of experience enables her to care well for children of all ages, needs and personalities. I always feel confident leaving my daughter knowing she will get all the love and cuddles she needs and she is always happy to be there. Katrina is very imaginative with her play and has the most amazing range of outdoor craft, messy play and apparatus. Her whole family play a big part inthe children’s lives and it is clear this is far more than a job for Katrina. She comes highly recommended.
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NatalieL
on 30/07/2020
Without doubt one of the best childminders you could find! Katrina has looked after my son from when he was 18 months to 4 years old and I don’t ever recall a day when he was reluctant or upset to be left - quite the contrary. Each day has been imaginatively and creatively filled with amazing activities and for me a huge plus is Katrina’s focus on outdoor learning, which my son has absolutely loved. He thinks Katrina “is great. She has really good games and I love Forest School because I get to be outside, make new dens, listen to stories, watch the Forest School puppets...”. Both my children have also been with Katrina during the holidays and that is genuinely guilt free holiday childcare as they have amazing adventures which they come home raving about. On a practical level, Katrina is one of the most reliable childminders you could come across, cooks very good healthy food and is exceptionally caring, yet firm with the children. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Katrina.
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camilla
on 27/07/2020
I was delighted to have come accross Katrina. Looking for a local childminder that could take both my kids together was my primary criteria but I go so much more from her. She has this very caring way with children, whislt being firm enough that they respect boundaries. Katrina does a lot of activities with the children and take them to different places but also allows them to spend a fair amount outside which they enjoy very much.
Katrina works very well with organised and reliable parents but also has a very practical outlook on life. She is friendly yet professional.
My son has really thrived in her environment and his language has come along greatly. He absolutely loves Katrina and can't wait to see her, which is really pleasant.
Definitely a childminder I will miss!
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on 29/06/2015
Katrina looked after my daughters from 8 months old to 8 years old. The reason she stopped caring for them was due to my family moving overseas. My experience with Katrina has been nothing but amazing. She cares for all the children she looks after 100%. My girls consider her as their second mum and make complaints that my shepherds pie could never be as good as Katrinas! I would recommend her to anyone who is looking for a childminder.
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