My dd used to go to afterschool club but this year I was too late putting my requests in and the places filled up. I was in a real mess and eventually found a childminder. She has been doing it for years and is known to the school. My dd has been going to her three evenings per week now for the last 5 weeks and she hates it, and I have to say im really not sure about her myself, not in s sinister way or anything but I get the feeling she can't wait to get rid of the children and is quite stressy and not enjoying the work at all?
She has reduced her hours saying she only works til 5pm now which is quite hard for us to make sometimes but this isnt the only problem, My daughter had a CM before school who was lovely and says she misses my dd and I wish I didnt have to leave her but she doesnt do school pick ups. After school clun is obviously full of dd friends and serves toast or sandwiches and drinks etc after 4pm and lots to do etc.
This CM wont even give dd a piece of toast and from school lunch time until 5pm is a long time I think? The other day she was carefully cutting out a litle picture from an old catalogue and I waited for her to finish, when she finished she had done a really neat job of cutting out this little spaceship and the CM asked for it back to put in the box!!?? its a cut out of an old catalogue for goodness sake.How tight can you be??? I wouldnt mind but she charges MORE than school club, wont give even a piece of paper, never mind anything to eat and finishes an hour earlier! 