Meet our Team
We are a husband and wife team with over 30 years of childcare experience. We have 2 grown children ourselves and 3 small grandchildren. We are both highly focused on children’s learning, development and social skills. We are both currently working towards Montessori accreditation and implementing many of their philosophies and teaching methods within our setting. We are very proud of our recent ‘Outstanding’ rating from Ofsted and feel it reflects our desire to provide the best possible care for your children.
Maxine Ewins BSc, EYP
Maxine started her work with children after her NNEB nursery nursing education at college. From there she has continued to look after children in various roles including nannie in the UK and USA, opening an English Language Day Care Centre for the under 5s in Holland, being a foster carer for the Home Office in the UK and in 2003 she became a registered childminder. Maxine is a university graduate with a post graduate certificate in applied social sciences. She is now a Level Three Network Childminder and Specialist Childminder in Early Years Education. As well as being a Qualified Teacher with this specialism in Early Years Education, Maxine holds Early Years Professional Status. This is a level 6, post graduate qualification and the highest level attainable in Early Years Provision.
Maxine has paediatric first aid training and is CRB police checked and inspected.
Neil Ewins BSC (Hons)
Neil registered as a childminder in 2003. He works closely with Maxine to provide exceptional home care and is an excellent role model as a male carer. He is a university graduate and holds Early Years Professional Status. Neil’s background includes health and auxiliary nursing and in 2001 he became a foster carer for the Home Office. He has previous experience as a water sports instructor teaching special needs children with multiple disabilities and he has advanced paediatric first aid and life saving training. He is currently working towards Montessori accreditation with Maxine. Neil is CRB police checked and inspected.
Sassie
We have a dog, Sassie, a standard poodle and a cat, Boudicca. They are part of our team and loved by all the children. ‘Sassie’ and ‘cat’ are often first words!
Sassie works as a doorbell, a guardian and a Hoover sometimes as well
The cat is visible yet she stays tantalisingly out of reach of the children.
There has been abundant research that demonstrates wide-ranging benefits to children from pets. The psychological benefits are well proven. Studies have shown that children who grow up around animals develop into more confident, socially adept individuals. There is also evidence that children develop better immune systems as a result of having pets.
Please be assured that the children are always supervised while with the pets. Hygienic practice is taught and observed.
We have a pet’s policy document that you can view on our policies page.
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