Vicki has been caring for my children since June 2010 - my son started with her after a really bad experience with a childminder who had left him very insecure. From his very first "test" outing with her, I could see he was very happy, and 4 years later he still loves going to Vicki's! My daughter has been with her since June 2012: the transition from home to childminder was very smooth and that is a lot down to Vicki who has been very patient and caring (she had to spoon-feed her her milk for 3 weeks!!!)
Vicki is very obviously passionate about her job and puts a lot of effort into always having the newest qualifications and applying all the various learnings and Early Years guidances to how she cares about the children, giving them very good basis for development on all levels: social, speech, environment, cultural, manners etc... She has (interesting!) activities planned for everyday and provides a safe and healthy home environment for the kids.
Most of all, it is very obvious that she really does care for all of the children she looks after!
I could not recommend her enough - she is doing an amazing job!