Dates for the diary
Weds 9th May 12-1pm and Weds 4th July 12-1pm- stay for lunch. Come and join us for a free hot meal with your child at Wigwams nursery, ipswich
Tues 19th June 4-6pm - family cooking session. Join Raj in making a delicious curry which you and your child can then sit and enjoy together. Free childcare is available.
Sat 11th August 9-11am, Bob the Builder breakfast session.  Bring your Dad to nursery for breakfast and a fun play session. Please book in at reception for the above events if you are unable to attend grandparents and role models are more than welcome to bring your child.

All these events are at Wigwams nursery in Ipswich

PD Day Friday!!

Parents....a reminder that we are having a staff PD (Professional Development) day this Friday (20th April) so the nursery will be closed. The nursery will resume normal working hours on Monday (23rd).

Funding from Asda

If you haven't already, please nominate Buttons as a worthy cause of funding from Asda. Use this link, it takes 2 secs to fill in. We are a nursery in Ipswich worthy of this cause. Thank you!

http://storelocator.asda.com/store/ipswich

Healthy choices allotment day!

As part of the healthy choices programme at wigwams nursery and buttons and bows nursery, we attended a day at the the allotment to encourage families to plant and grow veggies, get physical digging and planting and enjoy some outdoor space! We pride ourselves on being an outstanding childcare provider in ipswich which is why we continue to offer such activities and choices to the children and families at our nursery.

Greener Nurseries!

With many changes and improvements to our carbon footprint, Buttons and Bows childcare providers and Wigwams Nursery childcare provider have just found out we are officially one of Suffolks 100 greenest businesses (recognised by Archant)! Well done everyone for applying the changes and being successful. Changes have included energy saving lightbulbs, reducing paper and reusing it, replacing paper towels with hand towels, the list goes on!

Are you eligible for free childcare??

The government has now opened up 10 hours of childcare for 2 year olds if you are in receipt of the following:
Income Support
Income related employment support allowance
Child tax credit over £545 per yr but not recieving working tax credit
The guaranteed element of state pension credit
Extra working tax credit relating to a disability
Support under part V1 of the immigration and asylum act 1999
Working tax credit during the four week period immediately after their employment finishes or after they start to work less than 16 hours per week

If you are eligible, we cater for the funded children at our Nurseries in Ipswich and will apply on your behalf.

Little steps to green fingers!

We are currently putting into place new actions to make the nurseries a greener place for the children and families. Both our Nurseries in Ipswich, Wigwams and Buttons and Bows Amongst many things we are replacing paper towels with cotton cloths, composting, recycling as much of our waste as possible, reusing paper, replacing lights to energy saving lights, teaching the children how to be green, reducing our heating bill by using draft excluders when doors are open for free play, having a wormery, having an allotment and growing our own, sourcing local produce to reduce airmiles, switching lights off when leaving rooms, using clean waste to make artwork, decorating the nursery with recycled paint, reducing packaging, reducing the use of nappies where possible and on top of this some of our staff are even reducing their carbon footprint by cycling to work!!

So if you are looking for a childcare provider in Ipswich who has the green touch, get in touch!