Cindy
Childminder in Reading (also available for babysitting)
Usually responds within 3 hours
Female Member since Sep 2023 Last Updated Nov 2024 Last Login 19 Nov 2024
My Summary
Childminder In Calcot
About Me
Welcome to Owl Babies Child-minding where the safety of your little one is of utmost priority!
Who am I?
At Owl Babies Childminding, you can rest assured that I am Ofsted registered.
My Childminding is traditionally established in a home-based setting ready to provide the best start for your precious little ones.
At Owl Babies, we embrace many different cultures, religions, family frameworks, and where every creed and race find an equal place.
I provide independent, affordable, and professional childminding services in West Berkshire to help your child learn, grow, and explore in a safe, secure, nurturing and stimulating environment.
What is my vision and mission
My vision is to provide outstanding childcare service where your child will develop cognitive and creative skills through play.
My mission is to provide childcare that meets the needs of each child and family in a safe, nurturing and educational environment, while providing quality, reliable and safe childcare.
Get to know Me!
Hello, I am Cindy Reynald and I come from a humble, rural, and diverse background where I am a former qualified IT Engineer with over 23 years’ experience.
My professional experience in this field will benefit you and your little ones where they will get a head start in their world of technology by learning various methods of ICT and Internet Safety which is absolutely important in today’s world of technology.
I have a caring and patient nature and I love working with children. I am a mother of two wonderful children aged 9 and 6. My personal experience as a mother has given me a wealth of knowledge and first-hand understanding of dealing with children, managing their behaviours, toilet training, sleeping, and eating related issues.
Your experience as a parent leaving your child with a childminder is a huge step and major decision where trust and attachment must be taken seriously. You will need your childminder to apply tender love, care, and attention to your little one. Having been in your shoes, as a mother myself, I understand this routine very well and I am determined to provide high quality childcare that you can trust.
My childminding services will be based in my home, where your children will have access to a living room, dining room, kitchen, playroom, quiet room for your budding readers and for your babies to have their nap times and a garden to explore the natural environment.
My aim is to provide an outstanding foundation to early education for your little one and to nurture and care for your child in a home like environment combining the Montessori Method of teaching with the EYFS foundation stage framework.
Your child will have the advantage of outstanding formative education as I will be focused on the prime areas of early learning and development namely, communication and language, physical development, personal, social emotional development as well as the specific areas of learning such as literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts and design. In addition to this, your children will learn essential life skills that will be with them throughout their lifetime.
Your children will benefit from my careful planning of activities and resources. You can be assured of regular observations of your children while under my care where these observations will be utilized to provide feedback to you as well as assist me in planning the best possible learning opportunities based on their individual interests.
I am sure that you can appreciate my focus on encouraging diversity where different festivals such as Diwali, Eid-Ul-Fitr, Christmas, Easter, Chinese New Year, St. Patrick’s Day, Pancake Day just to name a few, will be celebrated and observed. Your child will also benefit from knowledge base and historical events such as Great Fire of London, Titanic sinks, Landmarks in the UK, First man on the Moon and the world at large.
The utmost importance to any parent is safety. You can be undoubtedly assured that extensive risk assessment of my setting and every location that we visit will be thoroughly vetted in terms of safety and security for your child. You can be assured that my expertise and my knowledge and understanding of child protection and safety will be regularly updated through training and certification. I am at present certified in safeguarding. My business is also registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Why Owl Babies?
• Your babies are my Owl Babies.
• We always understand and value child protection and safety.
• We offer teaching and learning of ICT, cultural awareness and tolerance, potty training, sleep training.
• We honour and respect each other.
• We celebrate all cultures and family structures.
• We are focused on the Montessori system of learning through independent play.
• We understand and value the care and responsibility you entrust with Owl Babies.
My Experience
I have over nine years of childcare experience, a love of children and a commitment to providing long-term care. I have a Certificate in Childminding and have up-to-date DBS, Safeguarding and Paediatric First Aid Certificates. I am a fully insured member of Pacey. I also continuously update myself and my certification. I also undertake additional courses in my own time to enable me to keep up-to-date, and to provide knowledge and support to assist me in planning the best possible learning opportunities for your child.
My Qualifications
- Safeguarding Certificate
- Paediatric first aid level 3 certificate
- West Berkshire Childminding Course
- NCFE CACHE Level 2 – Understanding Mental Health in the Early Years
- NCFE CACHE Level 2 – Understanding Domestic Abuse, Signs & Risk Factors
- BSc. Hons in Computing
- NCFE CACHE Level 2 - Understanding Neuroscience in Early Years
- Currently Pursing – CPD Certification in Montessori
My Availability
Full-time child-minding days and hours of work:
MON, TUES, WED, THURS
8:00am - 5:30pm
Rate for full-timers - £7.00 per hour
Unavailable for nursery pick-ups.
CURRENT AVAILABILITY
***2 x full-time spaces available for immediate start Mon - Thurs (minimum 32hrs p/w with start time either 8AM or 9AM)***
15/30hr funding available.
- Before School Care drop off to Theale CE Primary School is £8 per hour (7:35am - 8:35am)
- After School Care & Pick-up from Theale CE Primary School is £14 per session (3pm-5:30pm)
Note: If you are a consistent client needing both before and after school care I am open to negotiate a package.
- Ad-hoc care £8.50 per hour. Enquire for further details.
*Babysitting may be available after hours and odd weekends at my own home. Please contact me to check availability and for further details.
*No overnight care available.
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: 05/11/2024 |
My Fees
- Babysitting from £13.00 per hour
- Childminding from £7.00 per hour
My Fees
Childminding from £7.00 per hour
Funding is available
My Local Schools
Servicing Theale CE Primary School (only)
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Theale C.E. Primary School
My Documents
- Training Certificate: CPD Training - Physical Development for 2024 (added 08/02/2024)
- Training Certificate: CPD Training - Personal, Social and Emotional Development for 2024 (PSED) (added 08/02/2024)
- Training Certificate: CPD Training - Action Planning in 2024 (added 08/02/2024)
- Training Certificate: CPD Training - Communication and Language for 2024 (added 08/02/2024)
- Training Certificate: CPD Certificate - Play for 2024 (added 08/02/2024)
- Training Certificate: Childminding Certificate (added 28/09/2023)
- Training Certificate: Safeguarding (added 28/09/2023)
- First Aid Certificate: First Aid (added 28/09/2023)
- Utility Bill (added 28/09/2023)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 28/09/2023)
- UK Passport (added 28/09/2023)
- UK Driving Licence (added 28/09/2023)
- DBS Check (added 28/09/2023)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Cindy. 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.
My son was with Cindy for the whole day and it went very well. He had lots of activities, and Cindy made sure that the day was fun for my son. He was a happy when I saw him in the afternoon, no sign of stress at all. Cindy knew how to deal with young children. I will definitely go back to her if she has space. Thank you Cindy.
by Jen about Cindy on 13/03/2024
Response by Cindy on 13/03/2024:
Thank you for this lovely surprise review Jennifer. I really appreciate this, thank you 😊
We were super nervous about leaving our boy with a childminder. We'd seen others and left their houses worrying about what we'd do as it just wasn't right. We visited Cindy and knew straight away we'd found the one. Not only was her house perfectly set up to look after children, Cindy herself was warm, and wonderful and we knew we could trust her right away. Looking at her credentials, and ethos on childminding just even further sealed the deal.
Our boy was only with Cindy for 1 month before starting Nursery and we wish it could have been longer. He was so happy every day, and even came home with little paintings that he'd done. Throughout the day we were kept up to date with how he was and got sent photos. He made a friend whilst there and they played together perfectly.
We can't recommend Cindy highly enough and hope to stay and touch and go back at some point.
by Tim about Cindy on 01/02/2024
Response by Cindy on 01/02/2024:
This is such a touching review. I am so happy to hear that you were very pleased with my service. I always strive to be the best for the children in my care and to give them an everlasting experience. Thank you for putting your lovely baby boy in my care and having that trust in me. I really appreciate your fantastic review. You are always welcome to bring him back once I have a part-time space. Thank you Tim and Laura.
Cindy is a real gem ! She is patient, accommodating and caring . She put both myself and my son at ease as we were both quite anxious. He had a lovely time and she handled his autistic tendencies very well. She gave me regular updates through the day and after a fun filled day my son had a very good sleep 😴. Thankyou Cindy x
by Jennifer about Cindy on 28/10/2023
Response by Cindy on 08/02/2024:
Thank you for rating my service Jennifer. I am pleased to hear that I was able to make things easy for both you an your son. As long as I am available I would be happy to help anytime. Thanks again :)
Cindy is a wonderful person, she is very helpful and accomodating with child care. She is very knowledgeable about children care whether is their physical, mental or emotional development, she has always been a great support and she really cares about your child. She makes learning fun and the children look forward to spending time with her.
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