Stock, Helena
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I am an Ofsted Registered Childminder (Graded Outstanding April 2022), working closely with my mother in law - who is an Ofsted outstanding childminder also. We live on a beautiful 15 acre small holding on the edge of Garras- where we have lots of animals (dogs, cat, chickens, horses and soon to have pigs/sheep). We focus a lot on outdoors education and enjoy having lots of fun outside in the fresh air - whether thats climbing on the climbing frame, in the mud kitchen or working in the childrens own little garden patch! We offer a wide variety of nutritious home cooked meals and snacks - often using stuff we've grown in the garden! We have a large outdoor enclosed all weather play area as well as a spacious warm indoor play area with a wide variety of educational, age and stage appropriate toys. We follow the EYFS framework and therefore can offer 2,3 and 4 year old term time funded places to eligible children for up to 30 hours (3/4 year olds). We offer pick ups from Garras CP school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and also a wide range of holiday care.
Who to contact
- Contact name
- Helena Stock
- Contact position
- Childminder
- Telephone
- 07792 164068
- Helena.stock@outlook.com
Where to go
- Address
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Garras
Helston
Cornwall - Postcode
- TR12
- Notes
We have recently moved to this beautiful 15 acre small holding, we are extremely lucky to have such a beautiful setting for our children to learn and grow in. We have big plans for our beautiful setting including a bigger allotment, raising pigs/sheep and a Gruffalo trail !!
Other details
Costs
- Table of costs
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Table of costs Amount Cost Type £5.00 Per Hour £5.50 Per Hour £11 Per Session - Details
- FROM SEPTEMBER 2022
£5 per child per hour- from funded
£5.50 per hour per child- until funded
£11 after school session (to include travel, snack) 3.15-5.15 - Do you offer a free or reduced rate to carers?
- No
Inclusion within our setting
Dietary needs
- Has provision
- Yes
- Experience with
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Vegetarian
Lactose free
Organic
Gluten free
Vegan
Egg intolerance
Diabetic
Nut allergy
Dairy free
No food provided - Details
- Have extensive experience working with children with multiple dietary requirements.
Pet provisions
- Are there any pets at the setting?
- Yes
- List of pets
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Cats
Dogs
Birds
Childcare information
Vacancies
- Immediate vacancies
- Yes
- Details
- Holiday spaces available Garras pick ups available. EYFS enquiries taken
- Vacancy range(s)
- From 6months years to 4 years (spaces available: 2)
- Date updated
- 29/04/2022
Funded places
- 3 & 4 year old funding
- Yes
- 2 year old funding
- Yes
30 hours free childcare
- Offering up to 30 hours free childcare
- Yes
- 30 hours partner details
- I am happy to hour share and work alongside other childcare providers to offer 30 hours if i cannot offer this solely.
Opening times & facilities
- Opening times
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Opening times Day Opening time Closing time Tuesday 8 5.30 Wednesday 8 5.30 Thursday 8 5.30
School pickups
- Offers pickups
- Yes
- Schools
- Garras Community Primary School
- Details
- Currently picking up from Garras CP school Tuesday/Wednesday and Thursday
Ofsted information
- Ofsted URN
- EY556479
- Link to latest ofsted inspection report
Inclusion details
- SENCo name
- Helena Stock
Early Years Local Offer response
- Systems and strategies we have in place to identify children that may require additional support
Frequent observation and open discussion with parents. Tapestry is used as our record keeping system for pre school children and available to parents to see observations, make comments and add their own observations from home.
- How we identify and support children's learning and development needs
Through regular observations, next steps and termly reviews as well as general discussions with parents on a regular basis about any concerns or worries they have.
- Links we have to other agencies
Network support via health services and regular meetings with other providers in the areas.
- How we support children transferring to school
If available, we attend regular "learning together" sessions and we maintain a strong partnership with a lot of the local schools and child care providers which in turn helps us provide a strong supportive transition for our children. We have regular meet ups with other providers in the area which is nice for the children to mix with others in their potential year groups.
Learning and development
- Specialist skills or training our staff have
* Makaton training
* Safeguarding training
* Paediatric first aid
and i hold a degree in BA (Hons) Human Behavioural Psychology Studies and a FdA in Children and young people.
- Support we offer regarding children's health and well-being
We take great pride in offering parents support and up to date information from HPA usually in the means of leaflets/emails etc when they are available. We also pride ourselves in offering a balanced diet and encourage healthy exercise daily in keeping with the Healthy U5's.
- Ways we inform parents about how their child is being supported
I like to have a strong communication relationship with parents, so we do a lot of discussion and feed back face to face at the end of the child's day. I use Tapestry online as a record keeping tool and the parents are able to access their own child's account and browse through the observations done and even make their own from home!
- Our complaints policy
Our policy is to deal with any complaint directly with the persons involved, if it could not be resolved I would direct parents to my complaints procedure/policy (which is on the notice board in view for parents) and provide them with the necessary form.
Welfare
- Alterations we have made to make our building accessible
We have a wheelchair ramp leading into the conservatory.
- Facilities we have for personal care
Bathroom with toilet, wash basin and shower on ground floor - we change nappies in the bathroom or in our main room.
- Specialist resources we have
We have lots of resources in our setting, focusing on all areas of development which are suitable for age/stages of the children that attend. We are also able to access a wide range of specialist equipment from the local toy library when anything additonal is required. We regularly update our toys and add to our collections.
We also have a fantastic outdoors area which features lots of lovely physical and sensory activities which offer the children many different experiences.
- How we include all children in activities, such as trips
By using my wide range of car seats, pushchairs, walking reins etc to ensure their safety, trips are planned and risk assessed individually to ensure all children have a good time and and enjoyable trip.
Access
Last updated: 27/04/2023