Julia Wi

Extended family to our little one

Julia is great! As first time parents we were a bit worried about how our son would adapt to being away from us several days a week at only 10 months old. but communication has always been great from the beginning and after a short settling in period, he loved going to Julia’s. We love as well how she fosters learning and socialising by taking the kids to several different groups during the week. Sadly we will be moving out of the country soon. Wish we could take Julia with us. Huge recommendation!

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by Katy about Julia wi on 12/04/2024

Would highly recommend!

Our two children (4yo & 2yo) have been with Julia for a year now and they absolutely love her and her setting! Julia has been great with helping them learn, explore the outdoors and socialise at groups. They are always excited to go each week and I know they are well loved and looked after in her care. She always updates us and sends photos throughout the day and gives us a run down at pick up about how they’ve eaten, slept and activities etc. Our youngest recently potty trained and Julia was great at working with us, and supporting us through it making sure our daughter had the same routine as at home to make it as easy as possible. I would highly recommend Julia as a childminder!

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by Katy M about Julia wi on 03/04/2024

Home from home

Julia has had our little one since 9months old he took a while to settle in but Julia kept us updated with messages and pictures and has always been great at keeping us informed. Lots of pictures and updates throughout the day really helps reassure us while at work. The whole family have been welcoming including Julia’s older children, it’s been lovely seeing them get to know J and have lovely moments such as dancing in the living room with him. Our little one has loved the home from home environment especially exploring the garden in the summer months. Julia ensures the children have access to a variety of activities at home such as making beautiful Christmas cards we can have made into lovely gifts and taking them to the local group weekly.

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by Becky about Julia wi on 12/11/2023

Best in Harlow

My son has been going to Julia since he was just over a year old. The settling in was difficult as a first time mom but Julia made me feel at ease and handled it with great care. My son settled in no time! Fast forward 2.5 years and he AND his little sister go to Julia. It is definitely the highlight of their week to see her and play with their friends they made at her setting. Julia is great with communication, she is very organised, she always sends updates regarding the kids, she is fun and go out of her way for the kids. She always have some activities planned for them, take them to the park or a childminding group which they love. My kids see her as family and we would highly recommend her services.

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by ELSKE about Julia wi on 31/05/2023

Fantastic!!

My little boy has been with Julia since June 2020. Julia instantly made us all feel very welcome and put our minds at ease. She went through all detail with us, showed us her port folio, explained to us her structure of day to day activities and learning, Set up with a timeline of how long the children will spend learning and playing each day. She accomodated our needs and flexibilty with hours and days. She answered any questions or worries we had. George started by doing some settling in days, starting with a few hours on his first day. She kept us informed through a Whatsapp group chat we have with her and she has continued to do this over the last 2 and half years. She sends daily updates along with photos from activities and groups she attends with the kids, including what they have learnt about that day. Over the time that George has been with Julia he has gone from attending 2 days to 4 full days. He really enjoys going to Julia's and always talks about the fun he has had and the activities he has done throughout the week.
Julia attends 3 different groups over the course of a week. These include various different activities, which follow the cirriculum, including learning about all different cultures, religions, celebrating different holidays, such as Divali, Bonfire night, Christmas and Easter.
George's development over the last 2 and half years has improved extremely well. He had a slight delay in speech and Julia supported this and helped along the way. George has taken part in literacy tasks, such as reading and writing, completing tasks using different eqipment such as pens, pencils, paint and recently using scissors. He regularly takes part in activities that help to improve fine motor skills, sensory tasks and health and safety, including learning how to brush their teeth correctly.
George has thrived so well at Julia's that we made the decision to keep him there full time instead of moving him over to a Nursery.
She supported us in potty training George, keeping us up to date as to how he was doing with it every day, which made us feel supported and comfortable, knowing she was helping in this next stage of development with George put our minds at ease.
Julia is a lovely lady, she is so welcoming and very accomdating, she feels like part of our extended family. I have recommended her to my friends that have children and always say how good she has been from day one.

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by Grace about Julia wi on 20/04/2023