Christmas Fayre at Wigwams Nursery

At Wigwams Nursery, Ipswich we are holding a Christmas Fayre from 10am-2pm.  Everyone is welcome and there will be a raffle, tombola, lots of games, Santa's grotto, lucky dip, bric-a-brac, cakes, and much more.  Come along for a fun family day out and the chance to win some fantastic prizes and to support the nursery. Admission is free for everyone.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Professional Day at Wigwams

On February 4th 2012, Wigwams will be holding a professional development day between 10am and 3pm. Come and listen to the inspiring team at Wigwams talk with passion about their work with children aged 0-5 years and their families. We will be covering areas such as respecting children, meeting the needs of babies and leading and working in an outstanding setting.

To avoid disappointment book now...click here for the registration form.

New Events

We are holding the following events at our sister company, Wigwams Nursery in Ipswich, please come along for a fun day out and to support the nursery:
Christmas fayre will be held on 3rd december 10-12 including raffle,tombola,bric a brac,cake stall,gifts etc
Healthy fun day October 22nd 10-12 parachute play, food tasting, smoothie making, goalie shootout, etc

Summer Fete success!

The Buttons and Bows Summer fete has been a huge success this year with lots of families donating goods and attending the fete with friends and family.  The nursery in Ipswich has made over £800 to put towards developing the nursery. It was a successful day enjoyed by all despite the downpour!  The fete had a BBQ, visit from local fire fighters with their fire engine, games and competitions, raffle and tomobla plus live music performances. Many parents helped out and lots of families attended. Thanks for everyone, including the staff, for all their efforts.

Pre-school Garden improvements

Buttons and Bows Nursery has had improvements to the pre-school garden, as part of the ongoing developments at the nursery, the nursery in Ipswich has had a waterwheel, a pergola with seating to offer a quiet sheltered area, an activity wall, new decking and a vegetable patch. The funding has come from Tesco's and general fundraising events.

Summer fete at Buttons and Bows Nursery

Summer fete at Buttons and Bows Nursery, Ipswich

We are having a summer fete for all on Saturday 16^th July 12pm – 4pm at our nursery in Ipswich

There will be games for all the family, a BBQ, a raffle, a tombola, a coconut shy, a cake sale, prizes and much, much more!!  We will also have a visit from the police so the children can sit in their car and see the lights and hear the sirens.

Come along and enjoy the fun with all the family!!

If you have any unwanted items for the tombola or raffle prizes it would be greatly appreciated if you could donate them. All the money raised will go towards buying new resources for the nursery for the benefit of the children.

We hope to see you all there!

Family gardening day

We are inviting all parents of the Buttons and Bows Nursery in Ipswich children to join in on our family gardening day on the 20th May and contribute just 15 minutes of their time to help improve our outdoor area.  It starts at 9:30am and lasts all day.  We are growing our own tomatoes, runner beans, broad beans, carrots and peppers so the children learn about where food comes from and get the benefit and satisfaction of growing their own food.  We are also doing a general tidy up.  If you are interested please help us on the day...we look forward to seeing you!

Staff Achievements

Here at Buttons and Bows nursery we are continually looking to improve our staff skills and knowledge. We would like to say a huge congratulations to Holly for completing her level 3 and Amy for completing her level 2.  To find out more about how well our staff are qualified at our nursery in Ipswich visit our website - http://www.buttonsandbowsnursery.co.uk/

Staff achievements

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Pre-school garden improvements

Buttons and Bows Nursery in Ipswich, has had more pre-school garden improvements as part of an ongoing developments to improve the outdoor space and benefit the pre-school childrens outdoor play experiences at the nursery.  Previously we have had block paving put down for a new path with raised areas to create different levels of interest.  The work we have had done last week has been decking around the sandpit, a raised grow bed which children will be growing beans etc and other edible plants.   We have a plumber scheduled to come in and fit an outside tap as well.  Our local Asda have also stated they will help us raise money this year for further improvements so we can continue offering excellent childcare in Ipswich.

Our other nursery in Ipswich, wigwams has had a new shed delivered to the allotment for safe storage of all the tools that the children can grow vegetables and learn about where food comes from.

World Book Week

Just to remind you all that our Buttons and Bows Nursery in Ipswich is holding a dressing up week for World book Day. Come along as a book character and join in. Our sister Nursery in Ipswich, Wigwams is also holding a dressing up week too.

Both nurseries are also still seeking support for Haven Fun and Fitness equipment so please register if you haven't already. The children will get a lot of enjoyment from the sports equipment. This is one of many improvements we are doing at the nursery, including increasing the size of the pre-school room, redecorating the communal areas and the toilets. So please help us get some more equipment to continue these improvements for the children.

Dressing up week

We are having a dressing up week from the 28th Feb-4th March at our Nursery in Ipswich for world book day. All staff and children are welcomed to dress up as their favourite book or nursery rhyme character either one day of the week or the full week, payment of £1 paid to the Nursery to support the purchasing of resources for the setting.  We welcome your support and hope that all children and staff will join in!

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