Our daughter Nell has attended Claire’s setting for over 2 years.

We particularly love all of the community based activities Nell has been able to participate in,from visiting animal farms,national heritage trusts,boat trips to playgroups and playgrounds and being out and about in the community.

Claire has also well equipped garden with range of activities kids can engage in that she updates regularly.

When indoors, there is always a little arts& crafts activity or a project for older kids that they can get involved with. There are variety of themes throughout the year and is suited to developmental stage and ability of each child at the time.

We have amassed a lovely box of trinkets and photos that we could look back on in the future.

As a parent I find the Bay’s Days app communication system Claire is using particularly useful-there I can find out how much sleep my daughter has had and when,when the nappy was changed,photos from the day etc.This makes for orderly transition at pick ups as I already have all the information I need to hand! and know how my daughter’s day was.

Also as a former primary school teacher Claire is well versed in carrying out periodical reviews of each child’s progress too!

Claire also provides a healthy snack and a lunch to each child-which means there is one less thing to think about in the morning as you rush through the door.

Claire is an excellent and clear communicator and will work together with parents on things like toilet training,transitioning from the bottles, or any potential behavioural issues as kids grow older.

Most recently Claire looked after our daughter while we welcomed another girl. Her help and support in preparing Nell for such a huge change has been invaluable and we believe contributed towards a very successful transition to Nell becoming and embracing being an older sister with no dramas!

For that we could truly not thank her enough.

In fact her little sister Ada is about to be looked after Claire again in the coming months.

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