Sarah-Jane McLean tiney home nursery

Reference for Sarah-Jane McLean June 2019 Sarah-Jane has been our Nanny to our (now three) children since January 2012. She has remained our nanny until the present date with the exception of two brief pauses, one from November 2013- April 2014 during my second period of maternity leave and the second during her own maternity leave October 2018-January 2019. Our children, now aged 8, 5 and 16 months, have grown up in her care and I cannot recommend her highly enough. Sarah-Jane joined us when our eldest child was 8 months old and my maternity leave was ending. From the outset, Sarah-Jane impressed us immensely with her work ethic, punctuality and dedication to the well-being of our eldest child. One of the earliest things I remember is her considered and creative approach in helping to ween my daughter so that I could successfully return to work. She adopted baby-led weaning and made a good variety of meals from scratch with fresh ingredients. This approach was successfully repeated with all three children who I am pleased to say are very good-non-fussy eaters as a result! Sarah-Jane has always developed a wide range of creative activities for the children at home and has always been very happy to take them out on day-trips and along to other events. In addition, she has always made sure they were up to date with dental check-ups and has taken them to other medical appointments as required. Sarah-Jane has has helped both of my daughters (now aged 5 & 8) learn to read and develop numeracy skills in the build up to them attending reception and continues to assist them with homework after school ends. One of Sarah-Jane’s greatest strengths has been her ability to have a fair approach to discipline whilst maintaining a very happy and relaxed environment within our household for the children. The children are well mannered and polite and I can honestly say this is very much due to her influence. On a more practical note, her organisational, multi-tasking skills are excellent, and she has always been able to ensure that all the children’s washing and other related jobs are complete around the core childcare activities. We very much regret that we will be losing Sarah-Jane but as our youngest begins at Nursery and due to changes in my work schedule, we have now reached the inevitable juncture where we no longer require a full-time Nanny. However, I have every confidence that Sarah-Jane would be an enormous asset to any family and we will miss her immensely. I am more than happy to provide further information as required.

For the past year and a bit our Ofsted registered nanny Sarah-Jane and her lovely two-year old son Lenny have been an invaluable part of our family. Sarah-Jane has looked after our son full time since he was ten months old and it is entirely to her credit that he is a polite, eloquent, curious nearly-two year old now. Our son and Lenny are fast friends and Lenny has been a great role model and fantastic company for Kit during the numerous lockdowns. We cannot recommend Sarah-Jane highly enough and are utterly devastated to be losing her and Lenny. Sarah-Jane has been a nanny for 11yrs and so she is very competent with children from newborns (our second was born in December) to toddlers to older children (she helped look after my niece and nephew too during lockdown). Sarah-Jane is also incredibly flexible and reliable - we have moved five times in the last year and Sarah-Jane has followed us around with endless good humour and unfailing punctuality. Sarah-Jane is also extremely organised and tidy - she keeps the house immaculate and helps us to run our busy lives. Most importantly though Sarah-Jane is really loving and fun - our son loves her dearly and she has managed to make endless months of lockdown fun, varied and educational. Do get in touch if you have any questions at all as we’d be happy to talk. Signed: Adam Bradley Phoebe Bradley Contact: Adam_d_bradley@hotmail.com