I first see Laura's profile on the Childcare website and was interested as she mentioned the school where my son was at nursery. It later transpired that Laura's son was in the same nursery class. Unfortunately due to existing commitments Laura couldn't take my son on the day I was looking to cover but as our sons are in the same group of friends I have seen how brilliant Laura is with the children on numerous occasions. Laura is very calm and patient with the children and has many methods of encouraging their participation in activities. I have seen her use play techniques to encourage my son to eat his lunch which worked brilliantly. She just has a natural way with them that they respond to. Recently my son spent the day with Laura and I was confident that he would be well cared for and that he would have a fun filled day as I have seen from her FB page that she keeps them occupied and active and tbh I don't know how she manages to constantly think of new and interesting crafts and activities for them. I am duly impressed and couldn't recommend Laura enough to justify how great she is.