STARLIGHTKIDS
Childminding
Welcome to Starlightkids Childminding Services Ltd.
Are you looking for a Childminder to care for your child with love and all-round personal attention?
Then you've come to the right place!
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I provide a caring and warm-hearted atmosphere for your child. A safe, secure, stimulating and inclusive learning environment and a wide range of resources and equipment for both indoor and outdoor play suitable for all children.
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Flexible options for childcare.
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I partner with other professionals like physiotherapists, Speech and Language therapists, Rodney House Outreach workers, Health Visitors among others to ensure your children receive a personalised but a holistic support (approach) and care.
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At Starlightkids we support, engage and develop the whole person (the child) at their own pace.
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There is a trained and qualified SENCO with lots of life and work experiences to work with children with SEND and cater for their needs
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Since Starlightkids Childminding Service Ltd is an exceptional service, it gives room, support and opportunities for apprenticeship programme for young peoples and adults, who wants this pathway for their carer development to learn on the job, to attain their Early Years Practitioner's Level 2 qualification with flying colours.
Opening Days and Times:
Term Time Only
Before and After School Club
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Wednesday: 7am - 8.30am
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Thursday: 7am-8.30am
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Friday: 7am - 8.30am then pick up from School till 6pm.
Why choose a Childminder
Childminders can offer:
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Individual care, sometimes even one to one, where time can be spent interacting with your child, whether that be having a cuddle and singing nursery rhymes or helping with homework.
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Flexible hours, usually earlier or later starts than day nurseries and Out of School Clubs can offer:
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Home-based care but educational through play
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Low adult: child ratios
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Continuity of care, from just a few weeks right through to nursery then primary school.
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To meet the individual needs of your baby/child, adapting where possible to the routines of your child.
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Social outings to toddler groups and Nanny & Childminder drop-ins.
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Real life learning, in a community environment, with regular trips to the local libraries, shops, parks
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Interacting with children of all ages.
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Siblings can be together after pre-school or school hours.
School drop off and pick-up at:
Parents/Carers:
- Thank you for supporting us to get this done!
- Parents/Carer due to some reasons I have changed my services to only before and after school services for only term times.
- You will be kept updated.
Contact Number:
07985245541
Email: info@starlightkids.co.uk
Activity Theme:
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Exploring and investigating all about Dinosaurs
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Focusing on vocabulary acquisition,
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Speaking
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Role-playing
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Imaginative play
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Speech and language development.
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Indoor and Outdoor activities to engage and explore.
I have a completely inclusive policy and all children are welcome at my setting, if you have any specific care requirements then please speak to me.
Address:
6 Lowbrook Avenue
Charlestown Road,
Manchester
M9 7JD
Parental Communication
Successful communication between parents and myself is vitally important because it also has an effect on your child's development. This is why I encourage a culture of cooperation and continuous communication exchange between childminder and parent through various means. I communicate with parents in numerous ways, including diaries, learning journals, emails, texts, telephone calls and person to person chats. This means I can accommodate everyone, using whichever medium they prefer.
I am happy for parents to call me at home, but I do offer calls in the evenings if they have any pressing issues. The settling in process can mean there may be few more phone calls, but this is normal and it passes once things settle down.
I use email to make any changes clear. I ask parents to email any differences in their routines or any important dates to me so I can make sure I don’t miss anything. This helps to make sure I am flexible as I can rearrange my diary and get back to people quickly. I also use email to send monthly invoices.
Weekly Record
I also communicate in the form of weekly record sheets which include all the meals in a week and all activities we do with the children. (This can only be accessed by the parents of children I care for, using a password, via our Parent login page.)
Learning Journals
We create a folder for children aged 0 months - 5 years which follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) structure in the child's development. Along with the weekly record I have photos and samples of work the children produce. This forms the Learning Journals, which we send out to parents regularly. They can see consistent progression from our point of view and they can discuss what the children have done when they are at work, which reinforces all we do with them.
Newsletters
I produce a bi/tri annual newsletter which lets all parents know about general information ranging from topics which we are doing with the children to events that are happening as well as simple notices too. This saves me from repeating myself to everyone over and over again and I won’t forget to tell anyone this way. These can be found on our Newsletter page.
