Wildflowers Daycare

Just a few from my the last week & start of this week in the sunshine ☀️

We have been enjoying the sunshine with our friends and having lots of fun whilst doing our life cycle topic & superhero day! 🐞 🐛 🦋

Our new play area is nearly ready to use & we are very excited!!

Wildflowers Space - September 2026 🌸
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Get in touch for more information 🌸

🌸 Join our Team this Summer 🌸

We are looking for a new team member, full time across 4 days per week at our home from home childminding setting based on Henhurst Hill in Burton Upon Trent.

For more information get in touch :
📧 [email protected]
📞 07783163529

Our Park trip 🌸

We climbed, jumped and ran at our local park. Children thoroughly enjoyed the swings, the slide & playing games with our friends.

To great to see the older children helping the younger to climb & to push them on the swings.

Lots of summer adventures pending for wildflowers 🌸

A little bit from our week at Wildflowers 🌻

We have had lots of fun starting our Easter activities this week. We enjoyed a little trip to the library 📚 with some friends.

See you next week for 3 days for lots of Easter activities before we close for holiday time 🌸

One of our lovely ladies is off on a very exciting overseas adventure! Very proud of her to say the least ☺️. We will miss her lots and lots, but this means we are looking for someone to join our team this May.

Please see the position details below:

🌸 Early Years Practitioner (preferably level 3)
🌸 Monday/ Tuesday/ Thursday / Friday
🌸 Paediatric First Aid Trained (provided if not completed)
🌸 DBS Check (arranged if not already on the update)
🌸 Safeguarding training (provided)
🌸 Home from Home Childminding Setting
🌸 Opportunities to explore & take the children on weekly visits out to parks, woodlands and zoos!
🌸 Be part of a small friendly team , working in small ratios enabling you to make an outstanding impact on a little persons life & development

Get in contact for further role information on 07783163529 or email on [email protected] 🌸

Our annual Mothers Day Brunch 🌸
Thank you to all of our wildflowers mums who came to our stay and play with
Thank you to Emma & Phoebe for another amazing year for our mummy’s 🌸

This Mornings Messy Moo 🐮

This week was Dinosaur Theme 🦖

All the children thoroughly enjoyed exploring & playing this morning!! Very messy morning and lots of fun had by all!

Thankful for some better weather 🙌
Today we have explored

Fabulous day for the stickman trail & a picnic!

Childminders: We Need to Speak Up — Before We’re Pushed Out

From April 2026, the Government is planning major changes that will hit childminders’ income and sustainability. Under Making Tax Digital (MTD), HMRC has confirmed that:

The 10% Wear‑and‑Tear Allowance will be removed
Childminders have relied on this for years because it recognises the real cost of opening our homes — furniture, carpets, sofas, high chairs, everything children use daily.
HMRC has now confirmed that once we’re moved onto MTD, this allowance will no longer apply.

The simplified household‑utilities allowances will also be withdrawn
The long‑standing agreement that allowed childminders to claim set percentages for heating, lighting, water, council tax, and rent will be scrapped for anyone using MTD.

Instead, we’ll be expected to calculate and justify actual costs — a system designed for office‑based businesses, not people running childcare from their homes.

Why This Matters

Childminders already operate on tight margins. Removing these allowances:

- Increases admin massively
- Reduces what we can claim
- Makes our homes more expensive to run
- Pushes many to consider leaving the profession

Organisations across the UK — including PACEY and SCMA — have already warned HMRC that this change will force childminders out, reduce childcare availability, and hit families hardest.

And honestly? It’s hard not to feel like this is part of a wider push towards school‑based nurseries and large settings — at the expense of home‑based, flexible, family‑centred care.

How You Can Help Right Now

Sign the petition: “Childcare on the Brink: Stop the 2026 Cut That Will Push Childminders Out”
This petition calls on the Government to halt the removal of the 10% allowance and protect the future of childminding.
https://www.change.org/p/childcare-on-the-brink-stop-the-2026-cut-that-will-push-childminders-out

Write to your MP
Tell them how these changes will affect your income, your setting, and the families you support. Personal stories matter.

Share posts, talk to parents, raise awareness
Most families have no idea these changes are coming — and how much they will reduce childcare choice.

Support sector organisations
PACEY, SCMA, and others are actively challenging HMRC and need the weight of the community behind them.

We Deserve Better

Childminders provide safe, nurturing, home‑based care that families rely on. We open our homes, absorb the wear and tear, pay the bills, and give children a warm, personal environment that larger settings simply can’t replicate.

Removing these allowances is not “modernisation” — it’s a blow to a profession already stretched to breaking point.

If we don’t speak up now, we risk losing even more childminders — and families will pay the price.