Buttercup Lane Childminders

!! Urgent News – Bridge Closure !!

Just in time for return to school.

As some of you may be aware but this is for our wonderful customers that don’t live in the village and travel to us here at  Buttercup Lane Childminders :  the Bridge just before our estate  is closing for essential improvement works. It will only be accessible to pedestrians and cyclists, so if you travel by car/bus/van  you will have to either come down Common Lane ( the road near Country Baskets ) or via Thorpe Lane and across the motorway.  There are also some restrictions on these routes whilst the maintenance is been carried out.

The work is due to start 8^th August and scheduled to be completed 22^nd December 2016, just in time for Christmas  – fingers crossed that the work will run as schedule.

The work itself has to be accessed via the waste land just off Meadowside Road ( the main road into the estate ) so there will also be major disruption here too.

Obviously we have no control over any of this and we are expecting the worst. We have been informed that some of the work has to be carried out when the trains are not running or in other words throughout the night. We just know that this means very loud machinery throughout the night, we experience this about once a year for about a week  or two during the summer and it really takes its toll because if you can sleep is very restless so we are not looking forward to sleepless nights for months on end.

School Collections – We will continue to work as we are doing presently but please be mindful that there will be more travel time between the two schools we serve and our home especially as the whole of the estate will be forced down Moor Knoll Lane and around the back roads.  It may prove to continue to walk from East Ardsley Primary School even when the weather is less favourable.

Your Journeys – Please add more time for yourselves getting to and from us – its sure to be chaos.

If you need directions just ask. xx

Well ………. Schools Out for Summer

We made it and the Summer holiday period is here, we have an action packed Summer planned so please if you want or need any childcare or extra days please just call. 9th July was Kirkstall Festival and we had a blast running a stall to raise funds for our wonderful Radio Aires – Cash for Kids Charity. ( Do you know that we have recently been made Ambassadors  – check us out ) We had prizes, books, bottles, doughnuts and cakes & buscuits on our stall but the star prize that one lucky winner could walk away with was a Helicopter Flight. We raised some much needed money for Cash for Kids but as the Star Prize Ticket was not pulled out so we ran a blind auction, lots of bids came in and one person from Tingley was the lucky winner with a winning bid of £50. We cant publish the name yet as they are on holiday and its a present for a family member.

Check out the Breeze Festivals in the Summer Holidays  where our fellow Ambassadors from Leeds City Councils – Child friendly Leeds will be present at all events. Please note that the East Ardsley Breeze has been MOVED to Blackgates this year – so hopefully it will be larger and attract more people.

We have planned our fun and exciting trips out this year and based the locations on the interests of our Buttercup family, they will not be dissappointed. Flights, Chocolate, Films, Sand, Sea & Mountains, Farmers, Tunnels, Animals and Wildlife & lots and lots of water –  are all included so lets see where our Fun Bus takes us away, but dont forget that our great British weather is really unpredictable so its Wellies and Sun Tan Cream all the way.

Its very exciting here at the moment with New Starters as well as children moving up through the years at school, some moving to reception and nursery, but as always to go with the great there is always some bad news….. One of our Buttercups is leaving due to moving homes. Its a very sad time when we have to say “goodbye” but we know that there will always be places in our home & our hearts for all our Buttercups no matter how old you are ……  and everyone is welcome to come and visit anytime.

Its mega busy with Holidays –  Birthday Parties & Proms, young and old are in their best gear and looking beautiful to party the afternoons, evening and sometimes if we are lucky the night times too. Our very own Lia celebrated her big 40 in June …. Think she is taking the celebrations to the extreme as we have at least things to do in the next 6 months to keep an eye out for her updates.

Stay Safe this summer and think ahead – its only 6 or so weeks until school starts …………. oh yes and its only  21 weeks until CHRISTMAS !

Love to all xx

Please can all parents make sure all children have Suncream with them please.

The sun has got its hat on – Hip Hip Hip Horray, the sun has got his hat on and the Kids are coming out to play .

Suncream, Hats, baggy T shirts with long sleeves for protection please !

This week is going to be a hot one ( getting cooler towards the weekend )

Oh yes and Friday is SuperHero Day – dust your capes off and fly ….Collecting donations all week for Cash For Kids !!

Child frinedly leeds looking after children and young people awards 2016

Amazing – for the 3rd year running ( thats 2014 – 2015 & now 2016 )  we have been nominated for the Child friendly Leeds Awards in the the category of “Looking after children and Young People ”  We are honoured to be part of and Very Proud AMBASSADORS of Child Friendly Leeds.  Buttercup Lane Childminders – Working together to make Leeds the BEST city for children and young people.

We smashed it ! Mission Christmas 2015

Thank you to everyone that helped us !!!! Customers ( our Friends ) , Lloyds Westbank, Morrison Junction 41,Telescope Studios, Stax Trade Centers Morley, Friends and Neighbours, Abraham Moon & Sons, Families, East Ardsley School, Rodillian School, the communities of East Ardsley, Thorpe, Middleton, Batley, West Ardsley, Lofthouse, Dewsbury, Morley, Tingley, Woodkirk, Robin Hood also Meadowside Estate, JJB, Made in Leeds & Leeds Rhinos that helped and supported us – supporting Radio Aires : Cash for Kids Mission Christmas 2015 what a staggering number of children that we have helped to bring a little Christmas cheer to give them a smile on their Faces on Christmas morning ! All we can say is thank you and Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !xxxxxxx love to all xxxxxxxx

In total we helped 22,145 children in Leeds and West Yorkshire have a Christmas that without our help – they would not of had ONE SINGLE PRESENT this Christmas

All the donations collected by us at Buttercup Lane Childminders

Buttercup Lane Childminders Mission Christmas 2015 supporting Cash for Kids – Radio Aire

Please follow link for more details on Cash for Kids : http://www.radioaire.co.uk/charity/

I challenge anyone to listen to this and not be upset with how passionate Lisa the Charity Manager is.

Please donate to any of the Approved Drop Off Points ( THATS US ) or

text AIRE to 70808 to Donate £5

Thank you xx

Our new wedsite is currently under development and will be online soon. Its taken a while (6 months or so ) but so far we think its coming along nicely and its looking pretty fantastic !! More website news later ………………….

Buttercup Lane Childminders are pleased to announce that we are in this Months Childcare Professional Magazine. This product is distributed to all PACEY members –  this is a massive achievement for us and will be seen by over 30,000 childcare professionals.

We have had some fantastic news and are awaiting delivery of the PACEY newsletter.

Pacey are the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years.

We will publish more when we have more !!!

Fantastic News – for the 2nd YEAR running we have been nominated for Leeds City Councils – Child Friendly Leeds Awards.

We have been nominated in the category for “Best Place in LEEDS for Children and Young People.

Its an honour and a priviledge to provide childcare for our wonderful customers and it really does humble us to think that we are really highly thought of and appreciated.

We are so PROUD.

Child Friendly Leeds Awards 2015 Buttercup Lane Childminders Nominated