Woodway Kids
Childminder in Birmingham
Female Member since Jan 2019 Last Updated Jan 2024 Last Login 29 Jun 2024
My Summary
About Me
Hi, I'm Brinda, nice to meet you!
As a mother of two (13 year old and 8 year old), I personally know the challenge faced when it comes to ensuring your children are looked after in a safe, secure and nurturing environment.
Combine with my years of experience in childcare, Woodway Kids offers a personalised service as each child is unique.
My years of experience as a childminder has enabled me to build lasting relationships with parents and families of the children I cared for.
Caring for children of different ages (0 yrs - 11 yrs) has allowed me to expand my knowledge of the very diverse stages of development, this experience enabled me to enhance my ability to care for each child individually, whilst also being vigilant of the needs of the groups as a whole. I have strong ethos towards my profession; making me committed to providing a safe, nurturing environment for the children in my care.
coming from a diverse background I am able to communicate in four different languages: English, French, Creole and Hindi. This affinity for languages has allowed me to support children from families where English is not their first language, e.g Polish and Greek.
I take the safety of the children extremely seriously. I am a Paediatric first-aider and am trained in CPR. I also regularly take part in both on-line and group forums regarding child development and nurturing, as to keep in touch with any changes or new methods that could be useful.
I look forward to hearing from you!
My Experience
After 13 years of working and caring for the elderly and those with learning disabilities, moving to childcare seemed like a natural next step; with a friend we created the successful Little Willows Childcare in Enfield, London.
As a working parent of two young children (7 years old & 2 years old) I have first hand experience of the challenges working parents face on a day to day basis, this enables me to deliver a service truly tailored to hectic family life.
Starting work from 7.30am to 6.30pm, Little Willows Childcare quickly became my second home.
As time went on I discovered and developed my ability and capability of understanding and working with children.
Being caring, understanding and compassionate throughout my career has helped me to teach and support the children in my care to reach their full potential. I encourage purposeful play, meaning the children learn through play. It is truly amazing how children are able to learn and pick things up so quickly. I am constantly creating activities that motivate and fully engage the children.
Having moved to Erdington in Birmingham, I have decided to go solo with Woodway Kids.
At Woodway Kids, we follow The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and encourage learning through play.
I tailor my care and teaching according to the each child's unique needs, through real life learning such as baking, shopping, gardening, outings, cooking and cleaning to name a few.
Woodway Kids offers unique, affordable and flexible childcare in a registered home-base setting. We're family friendly and siblings can be cared for together, regardless of age, stage or ability. We provide One to One care focusing on each child's individual requirements, learning and personality, this is rarely matched in centre based care where children are not usually seen as the individuals that they are.
Give us a ring and find out how WOODWAY KIDS can meet your family requirements.
My Qualifications
Paediatric First aid
Safeguarding trained
infection control
Medication administration
Diabetes management level 2
Fire training
Health and safety
Diploma in business administration
My Availability
Open Monday to Friday
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Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Last Updated: 28/01/2024 |
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.50 per hour
£6.50/hour
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Saint Barnabas 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
- UK Driving Licence (added 25/01/2019)
- First Aid Certificate: Paediatric first aid certificate (added 25/01/2019)
- DBS Check (added 25/01/2019)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 25/01/2019)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for WOODWAY KIDS. 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.
Brinda has been our childminder for over 4 years now, my son started when he was a few months old, we struggled to find the right person my son took to her straight away not like any other place we went. I was in between 2minds of childminder or nursery. I so glad we choose Woodway.
Brinda has exceeded all expectations, she treats each kid with the same love and care as she would her own, on the days they have been sick she cooked them all homemade soup with blankets each. We have had a few difficult moments with our son, Brinda has been involved through every stage offering support and care. They all are fed amazing, even if they may be picky with yourself they will eat good with Brinda. She’s just been a godsend!! .
My son is now in school, and still is asking to see her, I feel like they have such a strong bond to Woodway even after leaving.
The education - now my son is in school, he is so far advanced because of Woodway, that he is finding it all too easy. What he is now doing in school, the Woodway kids where doing from the age of 2 years old! Brinda deserves an outstanding rating, as there’s nothing that I can think of that she does not do with the kids.
We even had daily books on what they done, what he drank, what foods he eaten, toilet info ect.
The garden is big, the setting has everything and more, the staff are amazing, the food is fresh and the kids get involved with cooking, my son will cook with me every time. Day trips.
You are also updated of any concerns or achievements, with pictures. Milestone reports are updated regularly. Brinda is always happy to spend time to have you for a one to one if needed. It’s all you could want and more, looking at my friends nursery/childminders I can’t not stress enough how good woodway actually is 10/10.
by SHAN about WOODWAY KIDS on 18/10/2023
My daughter loves going to Brinda’s.
She is a lovely woman that gets really involved in the kids education, health…
Brinda has helped me a lot as my daughter has learning disabilities.
The setting is a big place with a huge garden for the kids to enjoy.
Is not just a childminder that look after kids, she has her activities planed for the day and my daughter has learned a lot with them.
Also They are makaton trained which is really good for non verbal kids.
She also Cook’s all the meals, which are really healthy and nutritional.
I highly recommend Brindas setting.
by Maria about WOODWAY KIDS on 18/07/2023
Our family loved Brinda so much she is the best childminder!
My daughter have loved her time with Brinda She's really kind and has provided a wonderful, safe and nurturing environment. My daughter have learned loads with her through play and fun creative activities. She always helped us with everything
Unfortunately we moved so we were sad that we have to leave her place 😫 we going to miss her
by Madara about WOODWAY KIDS on 15/02/2023
We don't know what we would do without Woodway Kids. Brinda is absolutely amazing and to us she now feels like family. She welcomed our little boy into her home and cares for him like she would care for her own babies. Can't praise her and the other girls enough.
by Charlene about WOODWAY KIDS on 01/06/2022
I always tell everyone that Brinda is a Godsend! She has always helped me in many ways; being a single mom, student and having 2 jobs, she has been the perfect help during this past year. I love her place and the whole family and they always make my son feel like at home. She is my first childminder and she will for sure be the last one, as I will always keep her even if I'll have to live far from her!
She also has lovely hardworking assistants, that are always willing to improve and learn new things during their days at the woodway!
I could go on and on with the review, but it's better if I stop here😅
P.s. you won't regret it!!!!
by Abi about WOODWAY KIDS on 20/05/2020
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