My name is Penny Webb , I am a registered childminder and my childminding setting is called Penny’s Place.
I am mother to four, now grown up daughters and granny to eight grandchildren, 5 boys and 3 girls.
I am passionate about childminding and it is more than just a job to me. Within my childminding setting I aim to provide every child in my care the opportunity to not only reach his or her full potential, through a play based curriculum which is planned around each child’s interests, likes, stage of development and family experiences.but also to experience a warm, loving, home based environment.
My passion for childminding extends beyond my setting and the children in my care as I believe that it is important to share good practice, ideas and information, which I have always done through my voluntary work and by always being happy to talk to people about my experiences. More recently I have produced my own newsletter for childminding colleagues called ‘News from Penny’ which is sent to about 200 people.
Now I think I am ready to venture into the world of blogging, so that I can share information, ideas with a much wider audience.
Penny
Update
Above I mentioned that I thought I might be ready to start blogging – well it seems I was! My blogging now is part of my practice and judging from the number of people reading and commenting I am doing something right!
One issue though is that I am using up a lot of available ‘space’ on my blog – and so have decided to delete information posts that are about events that have now happened / not new news now / out of date. This will be an ongoing process and does mean that some comments will also be deleted as needed.
Penny what a fantastic site you have. I do not now were you find the time to do it all I’m amazed at all you fit in. Regards Elaine
Penny, I continue to be amazed by your proactivity and level of professional activity, and in terms of your latest venture your site is magnificent. Mark, Pre-school Learning Alliance.
Penny I agree with the above comments, I do not know how you find the time to do everything you are an amazing Ambassador for us x
Thank you Sue – I am just passionate about childminding and want to share this with others. Not everyone agrees with my views but it seems a lot do.
Love your articulate piece on Rosen’s blog – a minor masterpiece! Marie!
Look forward to seeing you at the eca conference on the 27th October at Winchester University. Childminders who, to me, are worth their weight in gold will find much to identify with in this conference’s messages and I hope that you are sufficiently represented to make your professional voice heard. The country needs “quality” home-like very early years care and in my experience the best place to get that is with a childminder. Visit http://www.earlychildhoodaction.com for full conference details. Good Luck to all. Marie-Louise Charlton (Education Consultant)
Looking forward to meeting you as well Marie.
Any childminders who want to join me and a few others at the ECA conference – please get in touch. We now have enough childminders going to qualify for a discount – so just £68 per person (and if get a few more might even get the next level discount.
hi penny, i am too am passionate about our childcare career, and would love to attend your meeting in october. i am on training on the 1st and 3rd, so if your meeting is on thursday 4th i would love to attend, please let me know the set date, thanks. Tracy Beaumont
Hello Tracy
Lovely to hear from you – and yes of course will let you know if it is on the Thursday. Do you think anyone else from your area would like to come?
yes i can bring amanda and monica, but all 3 of us doing training on the monday together so only if its a thursday
Thank fully it is a Thursday – so see you there – in the Kidderminster room at County Hall – 7pm – 9pm
Thank you so much Penny
Nice to be able to keep in touch … Miss you on the forum. Thanks for all you do for us
Jackie xx