Marie has been collecting one or both of my children from primary school, and providing after school childcare for them, for the last 9 years. I have never had to use another childminder. Marie is extremely reliable and has never let me down in all that time, and I have never had any concerns or worries about my children whilst they have been in her care.
Marie provides a variety of craft and educational activities in her house after school, and the children also get to spend lots of time outdoors, including eating their tea outside whenever possible. The younger and older children all mix well together, and my children have always enjoyed that aspect of being at Marie’s house.
Marie is always very encouraging of the children's talents, getting them to demonstrate their latest piano or guitar piece for example, and is always as proud of them when they do well at school, in sport etc. as if they were her own. I will be very sad when my younger child moves to secondary school and I no longer need to employ Marie.