Penguin Childcare Orpington
Ofsted Registered Childminders
​*** Government funding for children 9 months onwards accepted here! ***
 

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We are Michelle and Tina, two Ofsted registered childminders working together in the Orpington, Kent area. Between us we have 10+ years childcare experience, including working with children with SEND. We provide childcare between the hours of 7.30am and 6pm, Monday to Thursday. 

We offer 2 childminders for the price of 1! This allows us to provide a lower ratio than you would find in a nursery and allows more opportunities for one-to-one care.

We follow the EYFS framework together with Development Matters to provide the highest quality childcare, learning and development for your children.

We are offering a similar service to which you would find in a nursery, but in the more friendly and welcoming environment of a home. We have a basic structure to our day, as you would find in a nursery, but obviously this is flexible depending on the needs of the children in our care. We will be doing activities daily to aid the development of the children in all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, as well as going on outings to the park, toddler groups, soft play etc. 

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We are members of the Bromley Mencap Childminding Network.

We are an animal friendly setting, and currently have cats. Pets are wonderful to have as they teach children how to care for and interact with animals, as well as gaining an understanding about respecting others.

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Our Experience

 

We both have 10+ years experience in child care, from newborn upwards. We have worked in nurseries covering all rooms (baby room, toddler room & preschool) and ages.

During our time in a nursery setting, we have both worked with children with special educational needs, with one of us being a SIPs (support in preschool) worker, providing one to one support for several children.

 

Our Qualifications

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The qualifications we hold are: 

-CYPOP5 (Understand how to set up a home-based childcare service)

-Bromley Mencap Preparation/Disability Awareness training
-Level 2 & 3 in Childcare
-First aid
-Safeguarding (as provided by local authority)
-Food hygiene 
-Child nutrition
-Training in SEN (special educational needs)
-Music and story telling 
-The importance of mark making for children

-Epipen training

-"Communication is Key" training

- Makaton signing foundation 

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