tiney childminder

Helen Ala

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Helen's tiney home nursery

spaces available

Pricing

£70 a day

Ages

2-4 years

Availability

Open all year

Opening Hours

08:00 to 17:00

About this home

My small tiney home nursery is only a short walk from Seven Sisters station. We prioritise spending time outdoors in my well-equipped garden and in beautiful local parks. I offer families affordability and flexibility, and my fees are inclusive of home cooked meals and snacks.

About our tiney childminder

I'm passionate about helping children develop life skills and a deep interest in the world around them. We spend lots of time exploring the outdoors. Children particularly love our bug hotel, mud kitchen and fairy garden!

When we're indoors, we combine structured activities with plenty of 'choosing time' so that children can develop their interests and independence. We enjoy coming together for meal times - even the youngest in my care! Home cooked meals are made every day and on Fridays we enjoy special pancakes.

Unique highlights

I speak both English and Estonian

I find learning languages fascinating and we prioritise the development of children's speaking and listening skills, which underpins their learning in other areas of the curriculum.

I have many years of experience working with children.

Alongside being mum to my two year old son, I have also worked as an au pair.

Fostering language development and communication through music

I have sung in choirs and bring my love of song and musical instruments into our daily routines. It develops children's musical ear, whilst expanding their listening and communication - and having a lot of fun along the way!

tiney is an Ofsted Registered Childminder Agency, licensed to train, support and quality assure childminders. Read Ofsted Report

DBS checked and verified

including all household members over 16

Paediatric First Aid trained

in accordance with Ofsted requirements

Annual QA inspection

in accordance with EYFS, Safeguarding & Welfare requirements

Verified in person

By Ofsted registered Childminder Agency, tiney

EYFS practitioner

in the social and educational development of 0-5 year olds

Fully trained by tiney

including Safeguarding, Food Hygiene, FGM and Duty to prevent

GP health & MASH (Multi-agency safeguarding hub) checks

for childminder and each household member at all previous addresses

Read Helen Ala's latest Quality Assurance Report

Location

15 minutes walk from Seven Sisters Station

In this neighbourhood

I am a 10 minute walk away from the local library and two large parks: Downhills and Lordship. I am a 20 minute walk away from the Walthamstow Wetlands and the local Riding School where the children can watch and learn about the horses.

Downhills Park

Lordship Park

What others are saying about this home...

Lauren Ingram

Our son loves being at Helen’s, he’s always happy to be arriving. I think he loves the variety of toys and activities at Helen’s, including arts & crafts (which we don’t do much at home, but we should!) It’s probably a good thing that he has another adult in his life who is explaining things or setting boundaries, and isn’t a parent (it helps reinforce those messages, as well as teaching him new skills!). We feel very lucky that our son is so happy and settled.