Anna
Childminder in Bristol
Member since Jun 2020 Last Updated Mar 2024 Last Login Mar 2024
My Summary
About Me
*currently full - only taking enquiries for the waitinglist for those looking for specifically queer/trans inclusive childcare*
I am a childminder in Barton hill offering 8:30-5:30pm Monday-Friday
I work with my wife Alice as a full time assistant and my mum Sarah as an adhoc assistant. We are able to have low ratios of 2 or 3 adults : 3 or 4 children allowing us and the children the space and focus to follow a gentle child led approach to play and learning.
My approach is gentle, respectful and loving. I focus on building a safe and comfortable emotional environment for the children in my care so that they can feel confident to explore, learn and play in the world around them. I use elements of montessori, reggio Emilio and forest school philosophy in my work.
Child-led play is at the center of what I do. I see my role as offering the children space and resources to explore and supporting them along the way.
Rather than setting lots of goal oriented activities I prefer to set up promts for play and see where the children take the activity, I find that along the way there are always great opportunities for supporting them in all areas of learning that come up naturally.
My favourite place to be with children is out in nature, local parks and gardens. I find that this provides opportunity for every type of play to occur. We also do regular trips to the woods!
I try to provide empowering and inclusive care in every part of my practice. This ranges from being sensitive about the needs of the individuals and families I work with, to providing diverse range of toys and books that represent many different groups, to focusing on bodily autonomy and consent with the children and babies of all ages.
I find that my approach tends to work well for many neurodivergent children and babies, however I do have experience working with young children and babies with lots of different support needs and I am open to learning and adapting my practice and my setting to suit children and babies with additional/ specific needs.
My Experience
Anna has worked in early years for the last 5 years and with older children for over 10 years.
Alice has 4 years experience working in schools and is making the change over to early years.
Sarah has over 40 years experience working in schools, social work and youth work.
Anna:
I have worked as a sole charge nanny for 2 and half years for a number of different families with children aged 5 months to 7 years. In the 2 years previous to this I worked in early years settings as an acting key practitioner for under 2s and a support practitioner for 2-5 year olds. I have also got experience working with autistic children and young people who required a high level of support, age 2-19 years as well as experience with developmental delay and global delay in young children. I have worked as a camp counsellor for children age 6- 12; this involved looking after and planning activities for these children for 2 months at a time in a residential setting. More recently I worked as a play worker for Islington Play Association in their adventure playgrounds with children age 6-16.
I am experienced in building secure, loving and respectful relationships with young children and their families.
I can provide excellent references upon request
My Qualifications
I am ofsted registered
I have:
-Full DBS check
-Level 2 in food hygiene. June 2019
-Level 3 peadiatric first aid. July 2023
-Level 1 UKCC qualification in netball coaching. March 2019
-BA Development studies and History 2.2 from SOAS, University of London. July 2020
-I also have GCSEs (8 A*s 2As 1B) and A levels ( Maths A, Geography A, History B and AS English C) 2009-2014
Training:
-Natural Born Learners (supporting under 2s to learn) - Islington council, January 2020.
-Safegaurding training- Ambler children's centre, Januray 2020.
-Adventure play approaches- Islington play association, June 2018
-Ofsted compliant childcare course. August 2021
My Availability
Currently full
My waiting list is now only open to queer/ trans families (monday-friday 8:30-5:30)
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| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 03/03/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £7.50 per hour
£67.50 per day.
1 months fees taken as a deposit
This includes
1 hot meal,
1 cold meal,
2 snacks,
Water and milk
Families need to provide their own nappies(cloth or disposable), wipes/ cheekys, disposal bags/wet bags,
And
Any milk, formula or breast milk additional to the 189ml per day provided by the nursery milk programme
I accept funding for 2 year olds and will be accepting funding from 9months when it comes in september 2024.
Sadly I will no longer be accepting 3-5 year old funding as the government's rate is too low to maintain a high quality and safe setting.
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
My Documents
- DBS Check (added 19/09/2022)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 12/09/2021)
- First Aid Certificate (added 19/04/2021)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Anna. 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.
Anna looked after our 5/6 month old every week and was wonderful with him. She was intuitive and inventive, taking him to exciting places as well as making up sensory play experiences at home when it was too rainy to go out. She’s creative, focussed, and very good at what she does. She was also sensitive and wonderful with me also as a first time Mum leaving my son with a nanny for the first time and spending time giving me lots of advice and tips.
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Anna has been a part-time nanny for our little boy for the last 8 months. She is amazing with him and they have developed such a strong bond even though he was quite shy and reticent to begin with. Being with Anna has been brilliant for his personal development and confidence, it's been so much more than just childcare. We couldn't be happier and are looking forward to transitioning to child minding with Anna in the new year.
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Anna has been a wonderful nanny to our 1-year-old. He adores Anna and is excited whenever she comes. She’s creative, kind, and confident. We particularly appreciate how Anna brings new ideas for play activities to inspire his curiosity. Also how knowledgeable Anna is about different models of childcare. We’ve learned a lot from her. And are grateful for how flexible she’s been with our changing schedules. We highly recommend Anna.
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Anna has been our (now) 2.5yo son's nanny for a year and we feel so lucky to have found her! Her informed, child-centred approach is perfect and our son adores her. She is knowledgeable, caring and fun, and has really enriched our lives. From the start, our son really settled with her and we felt completely comfortable with everything. She brings her all to her vocation, and we would not hesitate to recommend her.
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Anna was a nanny for our three children ( ages 1, 4 and 6) from September 2020 to August 2021 for four days a week. She looked after our youngest daughter all day and picked up our two boys from school each day and looked after them until late afternoon.
Anna formed strong relationships with all our children quickly, and they all enjoyed spending time with her. Anna was imaginative, fun and came up with lots of activities to keep the children entertained. She kept us well informed about the children and planned with us how to continue their development. We were very sad to see Anna leave London, and would highly recommend her to other families.
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