Samia was my son's childminder from the age of 1 until he went to nursery and she continued to look after him around nursery hours until he was fully settled in. She looked after several children from my son's school over the years, so I've had the pleasure of seeing her there. I was really pleased to find Samia. When I met her I was an inexperienced mum, nervous about leaving my son when I returned to work. From my first meeting with Samia it was clear that she was very tuned in to children. She really enjoys her work and is alert to the individual personalities of the children in her care. She knows and is responsive to what interests them, or ails them, or comforts them. And, with her wealth of experience, she was a great source of support to me as a new mum! When I left my son with her, I always felt completely secure that he was in warm, kind, skilled hands and that he'd have a lot of fun. He thrived in her care. When he went to nursery and to school, he settled in easily having had such a stable, reliable, kind, and fun experience outside home.