Laura Clark Registered Childminder

World book day! This week we have read books cuddled on the sofa, and in the park whilst enjoying the warmer weather. Reading to our children, even from birth, is a joyful experience for both adult and child. The children get so much from looking at books together, and independently, talking about the pictures in the book, repeating familiar phrases, or talking about what happens next…..it’s all part of early learning. These are some of the children’s favourite books at the moment.

Lunches from this week

Monday - Sausage roll, cheese, cucumber and apple

Tuesday - Pitta pizza (cheese tomato mushroom). Cucumber

Wednesday - Tuna and sweetcorn pasta with cheese

Thursday- Crackers, cheese, cucumber, grapes

Pudding fruit, Greek yoghurt

Lovely morning at valentines special

Following the recent publication of updated guidance on school-based nursery expansion… 💭

Lately, there’s been a strong push towards school-based nursery provision as the answer to early years access. And while I understand the need for more spaces, I don’t believe moving younger and younger children into classroom-based environments is the solution. 🤔

Young children need connection. They need outdoors. They need flexibility. They need adults who can respond to them, not systems that require them to fit into a box.

Schools play an important role — but they don’t (and can’t) offer what every child needs. And that’s okay.

The beauty of the early years sector has always been its diversity: childminders and home based provision, private nurseries, forest schools, maintained nurseries, preschools and schools — each offering something different, each meeting different needs. This isn’t about pitting one type of provision against another — it’s about recognising that children, families, and communities need different things at different times. 🫶🏻

When policy and funding focus too heavily on one model, we risk narrowing choices for families and overlooking what’s truly best for children.

Early years should never be about what’s easiest to deliver, nor about fitting children into predetermined boxes.
It should always be about what children need to thrive. 🌈🫶🏻❤️

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Lunch menu January 2026

Monday - Pitta Pizzas
Tuesday - Tuna Sweetcorn Pasta
Wednesday - Crackers Cheese Cucumber
Thursday - Cheese sandwich with Cucumber

Pudding - frozen fruits with Greek yoghurt

Snacks include - Banana and toast, Crumpets and apple, Bagels with cream cheese, Cheese on toast.

Thank you all for the gifts and cards. Each and everyone is very much appreciated. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.