Claudia

About Me

Hello my name is claudia, I am an ofsted registered childminder.

I live with my husband Paul and son louis. Paul and i have been married 14 years and together 19. Our son louis is 15,he currently attends red house school norton and is doing his gcses, he will then board from sept 2025 at askham bryan college where he will study agriculture. He is farming crazy and he works on my mums dairy farm in the school holidays,he absolutelyloves having the children here as hes an only child and they love him and see him as an older brother figure. I run a fun, friendly, professional and safe environment for children where they can learn lots of new skills from nature walks learning about trees and bugs to feeding calves,collecting eggs and making milkshake from the raw milk at my families dairy farm. Louis also teaches the older children to fish using jam Jars,string and bread (this skill has been passed down the generations from my husbands grandad who loved the outdoors too). My mother in law also provides us with educational products from when she was a head teacher of a school giving us new ways of learning maths and English.

I currently employ 2 assistants (my mum kim and my sister holly),we are a very close family and the children call them nanna kim and aunty Holly. They both work Monday to Friday 8am till 4.30pm, helping out with meal prep, planning and taking part in activities . I like to run a family orientated environment so children feel comfortable and settled vert quickly. We have fantastic relationships with our families, some even becoming friends as they've been here so long. Lots of the families work teachers,social workers and police.
Most of my families start with us after recommendations from their family or friends who's children attend and some have started as babies and are now school age,their younger siblings now attend the setting too.

All activities I set follow the EYFS framework and are educational and age appropriate to the children in my care. The children receive daily diaries that give parents an insight into their day and show what they've eaten and how much, how much sleep the child has had, nappy changes and activities the children have take part in and what areas of the EYFS framework it has included. All next steps are documented and an in depth 2 year check booklet written out for parents to know how their child is developing in an educational setting and for the health visitors to see at their 2 year check.

In our garden we have a swing, slide,trampoline with safety net and many other outdoor toys. The garden comprises a high secure fence and lockable gate so its safe when children play. Inside children have use of a large purpose built playroom full of toys,books and educational equipment. The children enjoy reading,writing,all craft exercises and free play of all the toys which include a playhouse, campervan,kitchen and shop.

We have a hamster for the children to enjoy and learn the responsibilities of owning a pet,the older children love to learn how much food to give him and help with the responsibilitiesof cleaning the cage and disposing of the mess. We also have 7 dogs (4 labradors,2 spaniels and a jack russel puppy) who are kennelled outside in their own separate garden, they don't come inside the house,they are working dogs so they love living outside. The dogs are all extremely friendly but don't have much to do with the children.

I work 7.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday