Sarah's 5 Star Reviews
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Both our children have gone to Sarah over the past 7 years. We are so happy with the care that Sarah provides, including daily trips out and about, plus the activities that take place in the home. Our children have grown up and thrived under the care of Sarah and love being around Seth and Drew (doggies). Sarah has been instrumental in helping teach our children, including potty training, learning colours and numbers, and being able to write their names for school. My youngest daughter loves her time with Sarah. Sarah knows her favourite characters and things to do and ensures she includes activities (arts and crafts, dancing etc) with these things throughout the day. Sarah is supportive of us as a family and is caring, contacting us on non-working days to check in if our little one has been under the weather. We would like lost without her!
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Clare
on 27/08/2024
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on 27/08/2024:
Thankyou a pleasure to look after both and see them thrive , crafty little lady. so nice to see her own work with fun imagination ,she keeps me guessing with excitement. 7yrs fab family great partnership ,I say it always joint efforts best rewards .
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Sarah clearly has so much love for all the children she cares for. She goes above and beyond every day. For birthdays, Easter, Christmas and any other festivity, she ensures the children have little gifts and do on theme activities to embrace all occasions. Sarah has clearly been an excellent mother, as my little boy is so good at playing with other children and sharing, which are things she encourages in her role. She acknowledges our wishes as parents and maintains excellent communication with us at all times. Even on days where she is not with my son, she will check in on him if he hasn’t been himself. Sarah makes sure the kids get out once a day in the mornings and attend local groups, garden centres, soft play, farms, museums park (and loads more). Often in the afternoons, they do crafts, garden play or dancing to music. Sarah also meets with another childminder so all the kids can get out and meet others. We cannot fault Sarah and feel very lucky we found her.
A bonus is her two black labs, who are so gentle and calm with the children.
Wish we could leave a 10 star review!
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Bethany
on 27/08/2024
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Sarah
on 27/08/2024:
Thank you 😊 a pleasure to look after ,he has really settled into the gang . Expressing interests ,friends and his routine he likes and pups love all x
[ ] My little girl started with Sarah at 14 months old fast forward nealy two years on she absolutely loves going to Sarah's seeing all her friends and all the adventures and role play and learning they do everyday . Her confidence , speech, eating toilet training which has been amazing with all the support and quidance Sarah given us . We couldn't wish for anyone better to look after our little Sarah has been absolutely amazing .Really good when it comes to communication / updates and we absolutely love seeing all the pictures and hearing what the little ones get up to throughout the day and to see her personality come out so much is amazing to see.
We would 100% recommend Sarah to anyone . Childminder full of love and adventures for little ones to enjoy !
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PATTY
on 07/02/2023
My 8 month old daughter has just started with Sarah and couldn’t be happier.
Being a FTM I was unsure and nervous of the process of leaving my little one but Sarah has been fantastic. My daughter loves her time there , playing and interacting with all the children. Would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for a childminder .
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lauraB34
on 25/01/2023
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Sarah
on 26/01/2023:
Thankyou 🙂
My eldest was with Sarah from the age of 2 and a half up until July 20th this year. She has helped massively with my daughters confidence and her socialising. Sarah has helped hugely with her transition into starting school this September. My daughter loves it here and especially enjoys role playing and seeing Seth the dog. My youngest started after February half term this year and was very rocky but again Sarah helped her gain confidence and she enjoys going in to see all her friends and especially loves all the trips. She has so much more confidence now and her speech is amazing since starting. Couldn’t recommend anyone better! I love the fact Sarah sends photos over every so often in the day of what they’re doing so I can see how much they’re enjoying themselves.
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Tee
on 27/07/2022
Our little girl has been with Sarah for the past 5 months since the age of 9 months and has settled so well. Sarah also looked after our eldest boy for 3 and a half years until he started school. We love the setting and the activities that Sarah provides.
Our daughter loves Seth the dog and going out and about with Sarah and the other children. She is thriving and showing her real true character which we love.
We definitely recommend Sarah and are so grateful and lucky that she has been able to have both our children.
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Clare
on 27/07/2022
Sarah has helped my eldest come on leaps and bounds with speech, confidence, eating and being so much better with her attitude.
They’re always off out on fun adventures, she always sends pictures and videos of the children’s days out and how they’re doing with activities. My daughter is always begging to go each day and loves Seth the dog! He’s amazing around the kids. Sarah is wonderful at being accommodating for my needs of not driving and understanding why my daughter is always coming in with bumps 😂
If you ever need an amazing child minder, Sarah is your lady! I couldn’t ask for anyone better for my child and she always ensures they’re having fun and their best interests are at heart
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Tee
on 27/07/2021
My little boy joined Sarah age aprox 10 months, he has been with her for almost a year now. I can not tell you how amazing the setting is. My older son went to a nursery setting and had not done half as much as my younger son does with Sarah. He is so excited every morning to go in and see her, and when I pick him up he is so excited to tell me what he has been doing (in his own words!).
She updates me everyday with what he is doing/done. She even supports me and gives me advise when I ask! Although she works mon-thurs she always answers text any day and time!. I never thought I would go for a childminder.... but I can honestly say I go to work knowing that Sarah looks after my boy as if he was her own. His speech and learning is Miles apart from my older child who went to nursery! Thank you Sarah x
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Rachel
on 23/01/2021
my daughter has been with Sarah from 9 months old right up to starting school this September. Sarah is an amazing childminder.
I can't recommend sarah enough. The kids absolutely love coming to her. They thrive being with her. They are always out and about doing fun activities and meet up with other childminders for play dates. She has helped my daughter come on leaps and bounds and has made sure she is ready for school.
Sarah has been nothing but outstanding during these difficult Covid 19 times. Being classed as a key worker my daughter has attended all the way through. She has made sure that the children are safe and well looked after.
I can't thank Sarah enough for everything she has done for us.
She will be missed alot when my daughter goes to school.
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April
on 21/07/2020
Both of my children have been lucky to have Sarah as their childminder from age of 1 year to starting school. Both have enjoyed going, learning through play and making friends. Sarah does a lot of day trips to various places which children enjoy a lot. I have always felt they are in safe, caring hands with her. Sarah is accommodating and flexible with hours which has suited us perfectly. I have recommended her to all my friends.
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Jolanta
on 15/07/2020
My son has been with Sarah for the last 2 & a half years since starting at 10months of age. Sarah has nurtured him & encouraged him from learning to walk, talk, potty train to currently writing his name & numbers. He has developed so well thanks to Sarah's help & support & he loves going there.
Sarah encourages lots of out door play & brilliant creative crafty activities. Everyday is a new adventure with a different place to go & occasionally meets up with other childminders which has helped develop my little boys confidence & encouraged him to learn to play & share with others. My little boy loves being outside in the fresh air, learning about nature with Sarah. She is imaginative & creative which she encourages the children to be as well as educating them.
Sarah has been an excellent support through COVID-19, continuing to provide childcare for us (as both myself & my husband are key workers). She has ensured a safe environment has been available for all involved & continued to nature our little one's emotional wellbeing at this difficult time.
We feel extremely lucky to have found Sarah & would highly recommend her to anyone looking for childcare. Our little boy has thrived & we feel so happy to know that he is safe with Sarah & having such a great time each day. We love the daily updates via whatsapp & always feel very involved in what our little one is doing.
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Clare
on 09/07/2020
My 2 sons attended from age 1 and 2 until starting Pre-school at 2 and 3 1/2! Sarah has been amazing for our family and the only reason boys no longer go is due to relocating to London.
Sarah is brilliant with children, she is amazing at maintaining boundaries and helping children to develop emotional intelligence and learn to share.
She encourages creativity, imagination and is always creating brilliant creative craft activities as well as learning and educational skills. She also gets them outside, in touch with nature and for this whatever the weather.
The boys have become more independent and get themselves ready and enjoy learning new skills such as putting shoes on, doing up zips and tidying up! They have thrived being at Safehands their social skills have really improved.
Every day they are off out. Either tobthe park, the woods, waterways museum, cathedral, soft play centres, farms and a variety of activities plus meet ups with other childminders.
The boys confidence, speech, language and social skills have really developed since being with Sarah and we are really pleased at how much Sarah does with them and how happy they are. They love going and always tell us of what they have done. We also love the what’s app photos and updates and feel very lucky to have had Sarah and are so sad that we are moving away!
We would 100% recommend Sarah at Safehands Childminding and would encourage you to contact ASAP.
Many thanks The Lock Family. Xxxx
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Sarah
on 28/11/2019
Sarah provides a fun, safe and stimulating setting. My daughter absolutely thrived in the 2 years she spent with Sarah. They are given so many brilliant opportunities including lots of craft activities and trips out to the library, local museums and the airport. They are encouraged to practise writing, reading, numbers, time and date, cutting - in a completely no-pressure, informal way, during fun activities, which was brilliant for early development of these skills.
They often meet up with other local child minders and their mindees which gives an additional opportunity for socialising in a slightly bigger group; great for confidence building!
Sarah is caring and friendly and the children love her. My daughter still talks about her all the time, even though she’s now at school (just), and she enjoys going back for half term play dates with her old friends there!
Loved the daily feedback via WhatsApp photos and an end of day chat, so I could see what my daughter was doing. I miss that!
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catcove1
on 21/01/2019
My daughter attended from age 2 until starting Reception. Sarah is excellent at setting boundaries and ensuring children learn to share and consider others feelings. She encourages children to develop skills and do things for themselves, using scissors safely, tidying up and to be independent, putting on own shoes, jackets. Every week they visit somewhere like the docks water museum, Slimbridge wildfowl centre, strawberry picking, soft play centres, parks and playgrounds plus lots of meet ups with other childminders and their children so children are well prepared for being in larger groups at preschool or reception class. Overall I 100% recommend Sarah at Safe Hands Childcare.
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