AUS Childminding

This week adventures

☔️ a wet, muddy trip to the stunning bluebells, at Bradbury clump. Walk & play in the dens.
We enjoyed a car boot picnic after to shelter from the rain.

Cafe, then Library for rhythms time, followed by a trip to the wildlife park for lunch & play in the adventure park. Busy day.

play morning at home with friends then went to see the raf falcons launch.

Great & small group, we talked about seeds, we planted lots of seeding ready to talk to the nursing home in a few weeks time to plant with them there.
Lunch we had a black Bourton park along with a play in the park.

Great week but we are Starting to think 🤔 where is the sun ☀️?

What a fun week 🤩

Hopefully the weather will be kinder to us soon. But while it’s still a bit chilly we have still been out and about, wrapped up warm then putting hats & sun cream on. 🤓.

Staying local within our community, we enjoyed this week.
Music tots, library rhyme time,
the wildlife park, great & small where we met at the wild gardens.

High lites for this week has to be the lemurs twins babies, super cute 🥰 

Easter 🐣 fun

Easter holiday have been & gone but we have made many memories together.

We had a lovely busy 2 weeks, yes the weather wasn’t the greatest & the planning was very much on the morning. But we go out & enjoyed it all.

Carterton rec/park meadows to plane spot, alvescot park, cogges farm, Farringdon folly, wild gardens, mister Lovell, burford park.

Lots of photos taken but unfortunately only a few I can share 🙂
(As you know I like to protect my children & no faces will be posted)

Spaces update

Hello,
I have 2 part time spaces coming available from September 24 for under 4 years old.
(Also needs to be Over 1 years olds)

1x 3 day space Monday, Tuesday & Thursday.
1x 2 day space Wednesday & Thursday.

Or 1x 4 day space minimum of 8hrs per day care.

Open Monday-Thursday 7:30am - 5.30pm.

Shilton park, Carterton based

Excepting Government funding, government childcare voucher.
Term time of all year round spaces.

Currently full for wrap around care.

Ofsted registered, with a good rating.

Another week has flown by, this week’s adventure where.

-Wildlife park, the lion 🦁 was roaring we enjoyed seeing the animals, being outside in the lovely mild weather.
-a trip to the our local library for rhyme time.
-nature now session at ducklington lake,
This week we explored the hammocks, made fishing rods, spotted the swans, ducks and many birds. Mud, looking for worms, and pattern rubbing which the town council have placed around the lake. Then for lunch at ducklington warm space. We have been made to feel so welcome there. Lovely place for young & old.
-great & small group, beautiful group where we talked about the Easter story, made our Easter gardens.

Been very lucky this week to be out & about enjoying the spring fresh air.

Super Sorry I haven’t been on the page to update, it’s been quite a long time.
We have been super busy, each week rolls into one.

This week had such a fun filled week, we got out each day, fresh air, being in the community visiting the community warm space, mud lots of it at nature now session.
farm visit, local stone Masonry, rhythm time. 

So excited to be heading into spring. Lots of adventures planned for this week. Hopefully I can be more proactive on the page to share with you all 🙂 x

Anyone looking or know of friends looking for childcare space. I have spaces available from September.
(A, 2 day space from July)
Offering the government funded spaces.
open Monday-Thursday. 7.30-5.30pm
Welcome to drop me a message to find out more. 🙂 x

February half term

We where super lucky with the weather this half term, the sun shining, not too chilly.

This week’s adventures where
Wild gardens, cogges farm x2 days, cotswold wildlife park.

Our family day adventure to Cadbury world.

P.s. sorry I haven’t updated the page for so long. We have been super busy at the setting.

Spaces update, full until September 24
For both eyfs & wrap around care.
Welcome to ask to be added to the waiting list. 🙂

Busy 1st week back, all the children have settled in well.
The weather hasn’t been that greatest but we still made it out, with a Trip to the craft shop, wildlife park, home play day.

But After yesterday sad news of our beautiful her majesty the queen.
We took the children to town today to pay our respects.
Laying flowers at the town hall, lighting a candle & a prayer at St. John church, wrote in the book of condolence.
we then headed to the library to find a book to share.
Feels sad after we only feels like yesterday we where celebrating the jubilee.

RIP Her majesty 👑

It’s a wrap! Woozers what fun we have had. Summer school holidays adventures for 2022 have been a blast.

The setting is now closed until 6th September for much needed rest before school starts again.

5 weeks of adventures, jam packed full of fun 🤩.

We started the holidays with a beautiful card from the queen 🫅.

Places visited This holidays. With a few days at home due to the hot weather. But still made the most of it.

The old shed, Blenheim palace, wild gardens, cotswold lavender, sunflowers, opa free days, freeland park, Stanton woods, Sherborne woods, rectory farm, soft play, local parks, local field.

Happy birthday for the queen best wishes for the jubilee.

THe last couple of weeks the children have been busy creating a birthday card for her majesty’s the queen.

They are now finished and ready to post to her to wish her all the best. 👸🏼 👑

Happy Mother’s Day to all our mums, grandmas, step mums, mums we call mum.
I hope you have all had a fantastic day, opening up your gifts from your little ones. 💕
Lucky the weather has been gorgeous just for us all to enjoy

Woozers what a half term, busy busy week and enjoyed it so much. Spooky 👻 Halloween 🎃 week of fun 🤩.

Wildlife park, visiting the animals, pumpkin display & spooky train ride.

Old shed for the pumpkin witch 🧙‍♀️ trail. Of course animals, topped off with cake & lunch.

Blenheim lights trail, millets farm Circus. (Big & little aus treat days out)

Blenheim palace, spooky stories, fire display, pumpkin carving & spooky train ride.

Bunkers hill garden centre, pumpkin trail & screw crows. Then Annie’s tea rooms for lunch, spooky biscuit decorating & a Canal & woods walk.

Really lucky all week with the weather, today was hit or miss with the rain but we did well & still got out & enjoyed the day.

X 

Tuesday:
ITS PARTY TIME 🥳

Today we celebrated a little ones birthday & my little aus birthday (tomorrow)

What a fun Day we have had.
We started with a
🤩Hunt In the garden
🤩Pin the spike on the Dino
🤩Pass the parcel
🤩Musical statuses
🤩Dino says (Simon said)
🤩piñata.
🤩 birthday cake 🎂
Of course party food.

The setting will be closed for the next couple days for family time. We will be back open Monday for week 3 of the school holidays 🤩

Monday: we had a great morning exploring freeland park, we took balls, bubbles, scooters, and of course a picnic lunch.
I didn’t get many photos.

Wednesdays the setting is closed during school holidays ( a day with my own children)

Thursday we spent the day at the woods to keep cool, tree climbing and a swing.

Friday we finished the week at the wildlife park, very excited to see the train working again, & the Madagascar Enclosure open.
We had just enough time for a park play too. 🙂

Busy 1st week done ✅

Next week the setting will only be open Monday & Tuesday. Due to family time & my youngest aus birthday 🎉


Day 2 water play staying in to keep cool 😎, not sure how hot it got today but over 30!

We had water wall, sand tray, mud kitchen, potion tray, water splash mat, little pool & big pool with blow up boards, and the patio set up with Astro turf for outside play.

Day 1 of the summer holidays.

Oh boy it was a hot 🥵 one. We headed early to the cotswold lavender, just beautiful but unfortunately too hot to enjoy.
Headed home for a cool off in the pool.

Update of what we been up to for the past 3 weeks.
It’s been busy.

-About 3 trips to the wildlife park we are very lucky to have this amazing animal park so close to us, 1 morning we just went there for the park play & a picnic.

-Farringdon folly, my red suits just love it there & so do i, lots of things to do & best of all let them to explore.

- the old shed, super place to have a walk in the woods, the animals & then a stop after in there amazing 🤩 cafe. The cake is lovely.

-let our butterflies 🦋 free, after watching them grow we had to set them free.

-we have had 2 birthdays, 🙂

-my youngest Got riding on his bike, did it in a day ☺️.

-pizza making with the after school children.

- water play, we love water play especially when there is potions involved. We had some new pots arrive. & also where lucky to save the petals from the confetti feilds & some roses.

-millets farm pick strawberries, these where gorgeous, the raspberry where plump.

- the children finished school on Friday & now into 6 weeks of school holidays 😁. With Lots planned To keep us busy. 😆
- I am also fully vaccinated. Keep safe as best as we can. We don’t attend groups & stay away from crowded places. 👍🙏

Another week has gone.
With the weather looking not great but completely turned out great to still be able to get out & about. We stayed local this week.

Monday: lovely local walk though the wheat fields, went to see the poppies but not many there.

Tuesday: we had a walk & played in the park, home to set up the wooden castle. We also had the song spoons. That evening my littlest AUS, had a swimming lesson & got invested at beavers.

Wednesday: setting closed to eyfs

Thursday: we enjoyed the town park, & field. Then a trip to the market & home to find 2 butterflies hatched, the next 2 came out later that evening.

Friday: busy one, treat day out to the leys park, mini golf & McDonald’s.

Hard to believe there is only 2 weeks left of school then onto school holidays.

Update on spaces:
For September.
EYFS: Full
BEFORE SCHOOL: spaces
AFTER SCHOOL: full
Holiday care: FULL

Welcome to message me if there is anything I can help you with.

Friday:
Always the best for last, today we visited the confetti fields. Just stunningly beautiful 🤩.

They are only open until 4th July, definitely worth the 1hr drive.
£6.50 per ticket (children under 5yrs free)
Brought a massive bunch of flowers to bring home for just £10.
If you are getting married or know someone getting married can buy confetti there too 🙂 x

https://www.facebook.com/confettifield/

Tuesday: millets farm for a walk, play, feed the ducks 🦆. Of course a visit to the farm shop.

Wednesday: the setting is closed to eyfs children.

Thursday: a trip to the market, then the circular walk to the meadows to spot the planes, Pooh sticks in the stream, finished up at the rec park for Picnic & play.

Monday: we spent the day at Farringdon folly, lucky to be under the trees to keep dry, weather was a little wet.
Reds suit on to enjoy the woods in all weather 🤗
Spotted the squirrels 🐿 & picked flowers for our flower boards.

Caterpillars 🐛 update:
As we sit awaiting for our butterflies 🦋 to come out, day 6 of there cocoons. Any day now

Happy Father’s Day
To all our fathers, grandfathers, step dads, dads to be, fathers no longer with us, non biological fathers, but also special mum that’s do both jobs.

I hope you all have a super special day 💕

Just like that over night they all have spun there cocoon.
Best get the net out ready. 🙂

I don’t want to spoil Father’s Day too much, but I am super excited to share with you the little ones gifts for there daddies.
Here is a sneak peek 🤫🤫

Oh boy the weather, the plan was to go out to enjoy the local park.
100% rain 🌧 most of the day.

Today we had a play day at home,
Yoga was definitely a highlight. we finished off the father day gifts.

Update on the caterpillars 🐛 they are getting so much bigger, I have a feeling they may turn into the cocoons over the weekend. I am hoping not as I would love the little ones to see them on Monday.