Butterflies has made arrangements with a couple of care homes to periodically take the children in to visit the residents. Both the children and the elderly residents get a lot from the visits, in terms of companionship and new experiences. … Read More
Our children were absolutely thrilled to receive a card from Kensington Palace in response to the Wedding card they made and sent to Prince Harry and Meghan. In fact the whole week before the wedding was filled with activities including … Read More
Today we had a lovely visit from PC Norton and his two dogs, Gunner and Rufus, we learnt about how the dogs help to find people and objects they may have lost or hidden. We all loved giving Rufus a … Read More
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
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