Fulwell Cheeky Monkey's provides a fun and relaxed atmosphere where children can interact, learn and develop with each other and most importantly, feel safe.
Claire is Ofsted registered, paediatric first aid trained and DBS checked as are others who live on the premises.
Claire has also completed the childminding briefing course, ICP course and safeguarding children course.
Claire works Monday to Friday from half past 7am till 6 pm, and understands that sometimes parents may need her to be a little more flexible which shouldn’t be a problem.
Claire cares for children from 7 months to 11 years.
She provides full time care, before and after school care (taking children to and from Fulwell nursery, Infants and Juniors) and she is available for all school holidays.
Claire's fees include all healthy meals and snacks for all children in her care, also included is the cost of toddler groups and soft play visits.
She will be attending local play groups, library sessions, walks to nearby parks and beach. To keep her routine in place she will operate schedules for day to day learning and the learning will be based around the Early Years Foundation Stage and she will make the learning fun and energetic.
There will be a lot of fun at home including garden play. Claire has a pleasant and safe garden to the rear of the house which has outside table and chairs for lunches and snack time on lovely summer days, a sand pit and pool and water table, ball pit and other outdoor equipment.
Inside the house there are 2 bathrooms, one being very spacious, this will be for the children's own use when they are here. It has a children's toilet seat and step for the hand basin and there are also baby changing facilities.
The dining room is used at meal times and for creative play. There are lots of arts and crafts including paints, pens, pencils, glitters and glues to get all creative. Claire will make lots of things with the children including things to do with the time of year, Easter, Christmas, birthdays etc. Claire also likes to encourage play dough play as children can get so much fun from this!
The lounge is used for fun play with the toys which they have a separate walk in cupboard to keep these in, toys include role play (kitchen, play food, kettle, toaster etc), pirates and their ship, little people play sets, learning toys, dolls and prams, cars and garage, boxes of animals and a dressing up box, the list is endless! They will also be using the lounge for TV time and there is a good selection of DVD's to choose from.
The kitchen is very spacious all food will be prepared and cooked here and children will be encouraged to get involved with food, tasting and identifying different foods, helping to prepare their meals, learning how important healthy food is for us and fun activities like baking cakes!
Claire also has a wide range of equipment for the younger children, high chairs, bumbo seats, sterilizer, travel cot/play pen and baby toys.
There is a large conservatory with big comfy sofas for reading and relaxing. Claire has a good selection of books as we they all book worms in Claire's house and they visit the library a lot which she will encourage the children to do.
Claire has safety gates fitted upstairs and down, she has a fire blanket, smoke alarms upstairs and down and first aid kits.
Claire hopes if you decide to take a place for your child at Fulwell Cheeky Monkey's that you have many enjoyable years together!
Any questions or if you would like to come and have a look around and speak to Claire in person please don’t hesitate to contact her.
Claire is registered for Tax Free Childcare.