Author Archives: Marie Woodcock

The government is introducing new ways to help parents with childcare costs. Whether you have toddlers or teens, you could get support.  The Government’s new website ‘Childcare Choices’ brings together all the Government childcare offers together for the first time, … Read More

It was another busy half term at our holiday club which saw record numbers of children enjoy our days out.  In addition to our bush craft days, we, for the first time, visited “Animal Farm” in Brean, and took our … Read More

On the 31st January our SMARTYS holiday club was inspected by Ofsted.  We are now pleased and permitted to share the report with you all.  We would like to thank  all families that assisted the inspector during the day.  Please … Read More

This term we started a new project called ‘Wattle Fencing’ – which is using natural resources found in the woodland to build a very strong fence, and create our own little camp area, with shelter from the wind. The idea … Read More

The Government will soon be launching their new tax free childcare scheme aimed at children 0-12 years (early 2017). This will eventually replace employers childcare voucher schemes; although families on the current schemes can choose to stay or move to … Read More

So much fun was had at this year’s Summer Holiday Club. We did a variety of things such as Bush Craft days, a Fun Day at the Apex, a trip to Dunster Forest and one to Victoria Park. We were also very … Read More

All the children at Butterflies Day Nursery would like to thank Bridgwater Fire Station for taking time out of their day to visit both nurseries. The firemen talked to the children about what their job entails and the uniform they … Read More

From September 2017, working parents* of children aged 3 and 4 in Somerset will be able to apply for 30 hours of funded childcare per week. Somerset County Council is asking for parent’s views and needs on what type of childcare they … Read More

Some of the Butterflies Bower Lane preschool visited the Rosary nursing home last week to join in with the celebrations marking the Queen’s 90th Birthday. People of all ages across Bridgwater united to mark one woman’s 90th birthday celebrations. That woman was … Read More

It has been a busy week for all of the out of school clubs as they have been inspected by environmental health as part of the food hygiene process. All clubs were awarded 5 stars.