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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
E-mail
Helena.stock@outlook.com

Where to go

Address
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
Table of costs
AmountCost 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
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
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
Opening times
DayOpening timeClosing 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

Saint Piran's Flag
SENCo name
Helena Stock

Early Years Local Offer response

Learning and development

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. 

Welfare

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.

Access

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.

Last updated: 27/04/2023

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