At Buttons and Bows nursery, We are doing a sponsored bag fill (letters will be given out to families next week). Its a fun way for the children to fundraise. Each child will be given a bag with a coloured sticker on, they will then take the bag home and collect as many small items as possible of that colour. The child will be sponsored for how many items they collect or as a whole. We hope we will have your full support as all money raised will go towards resources for the nursery and the children.

New members of staff

We are very sad to lose Jade and Kayleigh from our nursery team, they have been such an asset to the nursery and they will be sadly missed. However, we are very pleased to welcome Lucy, Clair and Joselle to the childcare setting. Lucy is working with our scientists and Clair and Joselle are working with our Explorers. Please say hello if you see them round the nursery.

Thank you

We would like to say HUGE thank you to our Nikki Kilfoyles husband at Goldstar Transport for donating a computer to our nursery in Ipswich. It allows us to offer better resources and childcare. The children and staff are benefitting from having it access to it.

Parents evening

We had a really successful parents evening last night at our childcare Ipswich. Each key person in childcare met with their families to discuss the new EYFS and shared all the exciting activities their child has already been doing this term.

Christmas Fete

We are holding a Christmas Fete on Saturday the 8th Dec from 12-3pm at our nursery in Ipswich. All money raised will go to buy new resources for the nursery. If anyone has anything for a table top sale, raffle or tombola it would be gratefully recieved. Please bring it in a week before so we can sort it in time. Also, if you would like to make cakes or biscuits please bring them in in on the Friday or the morning of the fete. Remember to put the date in your diary and invite friends and family. Thanks for your support in advance.

We have Horizon photographers coming in to the nursery in Ipswich on the 19th October.  They will take photos of the children for families to buy ideal for xmas presents. If you would like your child or/ and their siblings to have their photos and they are not in the nursery that day you are welcome to come along. They will be here from 9:30am and we anticipate they will be here until early afternoon to get photos of the afternoon preschool session.

We are recruiting!

We are looking for three nursery assistants to join Buttons and Bows Nursery in Ipswich, the positions are a mixture of full time, part time, term time, all year, full time, part time. If you are interested please call the Nursery Manager, Steph on 680530. The only requirement is that you are a minimum of Level 3.

 

We are good setting and always striving for the best in our staff and our resources so that the children benefit from as many opportunities as possible.

Nursery closure

Just a reminder to all parents and families who attend our nursery in Ipswich, we are closed next week (Monday to Monday) 20th to the 27th August. We will be back open on the Tuesday as normal after the bank holiday.

For more information call 01473 680530 or visit our website

Summer fete 14 July 2012

‎12-3pm at Buttons and Bows nursery - Aster Road, we are having a summer fete. Its a fun day out for all the famliy with Tombola,Raffle,Table top, Guess the weight of the cake, bead making, cake stall, refreshments, lucky dip, face painting, BBQ, bouncy castle, Ice cream van and a fire engine, Arty Farty Crafts, Nat's nail art, Tiger Jewels, cupcakes. Lots of things for the family so come and join us for a fun day out.

Thanks to all the staff and children of the scientists room from our nursery in Ipswich who had their jubilee picnic! It was a beautiful sunny day at the park and the children really enjoyed playing on all the equipment and feeding the ducks! Special thanks to the parents that joined us, it was lovely to see so many faces! looking forward to the explorers picnic next week!

More dates for the diary

Some new dates for the diary:

2 x Jubilee picnics at Stonelodge park, Ipswich. The explorers room picnic will be on 30th May and the Explorers on the 6th June. We will provide the food/lunch but please remember to pack sun hats and suncream.

Summer fete on the 14th July at our nursery in Ipswich - there will be a tombola, raffle, food, bouncy castle, cakes, and much more.

The healthy fun day on the 9th June from 10am - 1pm there will be a bouncy castle, taste testing, smoothie stop, fruit and veg kebabs, competition time (egg and spoon races etc). Come along and enjoy the fun at our nursery in Ipswich.

The dentist visit

A reminder for families who have children in the Scientist room
We have the dentist in tomorrow (25th May 2012) for the Scientist children. The dentist will do a show with puppets to teach them how to brush their teeth properly. If you would like your child to have their teeth examined and treated please remember to bring in your consent form.
For more information visit http://www.buttonsandbowsnursery.co.uk/

Buttons nursery ipswich and Wigwams nursery ipswich have both attained 5* ratings for food hygiene. This is the highest rating attainable. For more information visit http://ratings.food.gov.uk/search/en-GB?q=wigwams+nursery&bn=masha+&ba=spring+road&refla=nmhNky5V%2F%2Fw%3D&pi=0

You can be confident that we are always working hard to maintain these standards.

Easter fundraising

Thank you to all those who supported us with our Easter fundraising, the generosity has been overwhelming.
The Explorers room raised £191.50 and the Scientisits room raised £292.30.  If you would like to suggest something we buy for the rooms with the money please speak to your childs key person.

Future Dates

Gardening Day

We have a gardening day on the 2^nd May 2012 at our childcare setting in Ipswich. We would like as many mums, dads, aunties, uncles, friends of the family here as possible to help us. Refreshments will be provided throughout the day…even if you can only help for half an hour, we would really appreciate your time and support.

We have several other events happening throughout the term, including the following;

·         Parents stay for lunch day

·         Healthy fun day

·         Our annual summer fete

·         Stay and play sessions

(Dates to be confirmed)

Help required

As we are a registered charity, we appreciate any donations or time that you have to give to support us...

·         Do you have any skills that you can offer to help teach our children at Buttons and Bows? E.g. gardening, cooking, sport, reading to children etc

·         Do you have any spare time that you could volunteer to help look after our environment?

·         Do you have a wide knowledge of a certain subject that you would like to support the staff in running? E.g. cultures, areas of the world, animals, art etc

If you have any of the above or any donations and you are interested in further supporting and helping our nursery in Ipswich speak to your childs key person or Nikki/ Steph in the office. 

Want to offer your input?

PGI meetings are very welcoming and relaxed. Staff and parents meet to discuss your ideas and views on the nursery and together we make decisions on how we can progress and take the nursery forward. They are led by two members of staff and they offer free child care and tea/coffee so that you can be available to attend. If you are interested in joining us please speak to a member of staff. As we would really value your opinions, feedback and future ideas.

Haven Fitness

As you know, we at Buttons and Bows Nursery are always looking for ways to improve our equipment and resources of the kids. Haven Fitness offer free equipment but we need the support to get it. Please visit http://www.havenfunfitness.co.uk/ and support us. It will only take 5 minutes so please please please spare us that 5 mins to help us and the kids.

Thank you!

PD Day Friday!!

Parents....a reminder that we are having a staff PD (Professional Development) day this Friday (20th April) so the nursery will be closed. The nursery will resume normal working hours on Monday (23rd).

Funding from Asda

If you haven't already, please nominate Buttons as a worthy cause of funding from Asda. Use this link, it takes 2 secs to fill in http://storelocator.asda.com/store/stoke-park Thank you!  We are a worth nursery in Ipswich!

Healthy choices allotment day!

As part of the healthy choices programme at wigwams nursery and buttons and bows nursery, we attended a day at the the allotment to encourage families to plant and grow veggies, get physical digging and planting and enjoy some outdoor space! We pride ourselves on being an outstanding childcare provider in ipswich which is why we continue to offer such activities and choices to the children and families at our nursery.

Greener Nurseries

With many changes and improvements to our carbon footprint, Buttons and Bows childcare providers and Wigwams Nursery childcare provider have just found out we are officially one of Suffolks 100 greenest businesses (recognised by Archant)! Well done everyone for applying the changes and being successful. Changes have included energy saving lightbulbs, reducing paper and reusing it, replacing paper towels with hand towels, sourcing local produce to reduce air miles...the list goes on!

Are you eligible for free childcare??

The government has now opened up 10 hours of childcare for 2 year olds if you are in receipt of the following:
Income Support
Income related employment support allowance
Child tax credit over £545 per yr but not recieving working tax credit
The guaranteed element of state pension credit
Extra working tax credit relating to a disability
Support under part V1 of the immigration and asylum act 1999
Working tax credit during the four week period immediately after their employment finishes or after they start to work less than 16 hours per week

If you are eligible, we cater for the funded children at our Nurseries in Ipswich and will apply on your behalf.

Little steps to green fingers!

We are currently putting into place new actions to make the nurseries a greener place for the children and families. Both our Nurseries in Ipswich, Wigwams and Buttons and Bows amongst many things we are replacing paper towels with cotton cloths, composting, recycling as much of our waste as possible, reusing paper, replacing lights to energy saving lights, teaching the children how to be green, reducing our heating bill by using draft excluders when doors are open for free play, having a wormery, having an allotment and growing our own, sourcing local produce to reduce airmiles, switching lights off when leaving rooms, using clean waste to make artwork, decorating the nursery with recycled paint, reducing packaging, reducing the use of nappies where possible and on top of this some of our staff are even reducing their carbon footprint by cycling to work!!

So if you are looking for a childcare provider in Ipswich who has the green touch, get in touch!

Christmas Fayre at Buttons and Bows Nursery

A very big Thank you for all the support at the Buttons and Bows Nursery Christmas Fayre. Our thanks go to all that organised, supported, donated and helped out and purchased that the fayre in Ipswich.  We raised a massive...

£578.47

This money will be spent on new resources for the children at the nursery.Well done everyone and thanks again to everyone who supported us

New staff

We have two new nursery apprentice assistants in the Explorers room. Laura Harley and Demi Staff are currently studying for their level 2 NVQ in childcare.   Nicole is also due back from maternity leave in March and we are looking forward to her being part of the team again. 

I would also like to introduce Lisa Honeywood to the Scientists room. Lisa is a new nursery apprentice nursery assistant and she is currently studying for her level two NVQ in childcare whilst she is with us and we are very pleased to welcome Lisa at Buttons and Bows.

Changes

Amy has moved from the Explorers room to the Scientists room. She has a lot of experience and training on behavioural management and is also our setting SENCO (Special educational needs coordinator).

Anne is currently our Early Years Professional at Buttons and Bows and will now be supporting the room one morning a week, leading different projects and exciting activities for the children.

To find out more about our staff visit our Nursery website