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Well what a totally strange year 2020 is turning out to be.

We have finally managed to get our entire September School intake attending school.  The School starts dates were carefully spread over September and into October to help with minimising the spread of the Covid Pandemic.

We have introduced some safeguarding measures in place here to help minimise the risk of infection of Covid and other infectious diseases.

2020 has been an ever changing world and we have what seems like new legislations to follow week in week out as the world develops trying to control the spread.

At the forefront of our care is all our children’s health, as the county restrictions are getting tighter, childcare settings with schools at this moment in time are able to remain open as usual. We have  lots of communication methods and strategies in place for regular health updates for everyone that attends.

As we approach Winter we all have to remain focused on the end goal and hopefully over the next few months we are able to have some control over the pandemic and start to get back to some normality, whatever the new normality actually means will be the results of all our actions now and in the next few months.

Our regular seasonal activities have not really been affected and we are trying our hardest to maintain normality on our educational and physical activities, however our playgroup sessions remain off limits at present time although we fulfil the outcomes of the playgroups sessions in our setting and  other outdoors areas.

September update & Summer Holidays
Wow  – That was the month that was – as they say .
We have had an amazing 6 weeks and we have been and seen lots of new and exciting things as well as some old favourites. All pictures are loaded onto your private viewing areas for you to check over. During the 6 weeks we have been to ( in no particular order ) Formby Beach, Liverpool, Scarborough, Mr Copleys Farm, Temple Newsam, Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Whitley Bay,  Stockeld Park Summer Adventure Land, Roundhay Park, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Brimham Rocks, Knaresborough, Huddersfield, Switherns Farm, Pugneys, Wetherby, Manchester, Yorkshire Railway Museum, The Angel of the North, Newcastle & Middlesborough, Pontefract Park, Rothwell Park, Castleford, MIddlestown, Halifax as well as taking in 3 Leeds Breeze festivals  These are just some of the places we have been to you should see the list of activites that we have done these include Walking, Climbing, Swimming, Diving, Dancing, Crabbing, Fishing, Juggling, Biking, Digging, Painting to name but a few. All in all we have had a terrific time over the last month or so.
Buttercup Babies – New Starters
Well we have been very busy and we have some new starters here at Buttercup Lane Childminders, welcome Morgan and Summer alongside Jake, Alex, Logan. We have also seen some big leaps forward with some of our older children, Some are starting nursery – some are starting junior school and some have taken the giant leap and started High School …. Where does the time go. We wish all the very best of luck to all our Buttercup Babies no matter how big or small.

This year is moving fast and there is no time to be sitting around, never a dull moment at Buttercup Lane Childminders, we have planned every week for the next 6 months and this includes lots of new places of interest to visit. Watch our Day out & Places to visit section for detailed day trips and great ideas for the perfect family days out.

We have been having lots of fun this week seeing the new additions at Temple Newsam, we have seen the white donkey and all the lambs and piglets. Everyone had lots of fun in the fresh air and we all walked for miles. Not sure how their little legs managed it, at this rate we are all going to be super fit for the summer.

Today we have all been the the 40 metre long dry slope snow tubing run at Millennium Square in Leeds.  The ultimate adrenine rush for anyone taking on the six metre drop. The Ice Rink has has a make over this year and we think its better than ever. There is also a Glacier Run Experience motion simulator that takes 20 people at a time. Just some of the fun during the school holidays at Buttercup Lane Childminders in East Ardsley.

Full report and Pictures can be found at our Activities Pages.

School Holiday activities at Half Term  – Thursday the 16 Feb we all enjoyed an outing to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.  There are over 60 Sculptures there all across the landscape and we walked for miles.
We did not get to spend a lot of time on one of the five indoor gallaries but we all had a fantastic time. The weather was cold but dry and we all wrapped up warm. A full report and pictures to come.

Well what can we say about Legoland, It huge and there is fun to be had in every inch of this wonderful place. We had two full days of total enjoyment even though it was very hard work. There is so much to see in such a short space of time. We did not even cover half of it but though the special offer we got made it very worth the while, we enjoyed it so much so that we are already planning next years visit to see the other half.

There will be a full detailed report and all the pictures from the trip. But the trip included lots of Physical Development, Knowledge & Understanding of the World, Personal Social & Emotional Development, Communication Language & Literacy , Problem Solving Reasoning & numeracy & well as Creatice Development all key areas of learning at Buttercup Lane Childminders in East Ardsley.

We at Buttercup Lane Childminders are going to LEGO LAND. We will post details with photographs on our website on our return. We are targeting the following six areas of learning and development PSED, CLL, PSRN, KUW, PD, CD

Buttercup Lane Ofsted Registered Childminders in East Ardsley is  wondering just when the Summer is going to start !

We have lots of activities planned for the summer and we are just waiting for the sun to start shinning.

We have been extremely busy in the last two weeks. We have been to a few educational local places of interest. These include Tropical World – Roundhay, Oakwell Hall – Batley, Temple Newsam Park – Halton, Pontrfract Park – Pontefract & Swimming to keep us all fit. A good time was had by all and photogtaphs of our days out will be uploaded soon.

If you would like to given access to see our pictures please speak to Karl who will give you your access codes.