The Lilliput House

Some much needed recognition from our local authority for our hard working childcare practitioners ... much appreciated 🙏

A local Montessori childminder is looking for a caring and enthusiastic person to assist in an established quality childcare service from September 2021

No formal qualifications are required although any experience of working with children and paediatric first aid training is desirable.

The successful candidate must be reliable, trustworthy and hardworking. He / She will be required to plan and take part in play-based activities, support children’s learning and development, assist with personal care as well as assist with administrative tasks and the general day-to-day requirements of the service.

Working hours will be Monday to Thursday, 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Occasional overtime may be requested.

Salary is dependent on qualifications, age and experience.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Check and 2 references.

For further details and to request an application form please contact Ana Cuenca.

Email: [email protected]

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world. (M. Montessori
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Dandelion time

Here are some interesting facts about the dandelion flower:

The dandelion is the only flower that represents the 3 celestial bodies of the sun, moon and stars. ☀️ 🌙 ⭐️. The yellow flower resembles the sun, the puff ball resembles the moon and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars.

The dandelion flower opens to greet the morning and closes in the evening to go to sleep. 😴

Every part of the dandelion is useful: root, leaves, flower. It can be used for food, medicine and dye for coloring.

Up until the 1800s people would pull grass out of their lawns to make room for dandelions and other useful “weeds” like chickweed, malva, and chamomile.

The name dandelion is taken from the French word “dent de lion” meaning lion’s tooth, referring to the coarsely-toothed leaves. 🦁

Dandelions have one of the longest flowering seasons of any plant.

Dandelion seeds are often transported away by a gust of wind and they travel like tiny parachutes. Seeds are often carried as many as 5 miles from their origin!

Animals such as birds, insects and butterflies consume nectar or seed of dandelion.🐦 🐛 🐜 🦋 🐝.

Dandelion flowers do not need to be pollinated to form seed.

Dandelion can be used in the production of wine and root beer. Root of dandelion can be used as a substitute for coffee. 🍷 🍺

Dandelions have sunk their roots deep into history. They were well known to ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, and have been used in Chinese traditional medicine for over a thousand years.

Dandelion is used in folk medicine to treat infections and liver disorders. Tea made of dandelion act as diuretic.

If you mow dandelions, they’ll grow shorter stalks to spite you.

Dandelions are, quite possibly, the most successful plants that exist, masters of survival worldwide. 💪

A not so fun fact: Every year countries spend millions on lawn pesticides to have uniform lawns of non-native grasses, and we use 30% of the country’s water supply to keep them green.

Bee Happy Gardens 🐝

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Mix of feeling when kids growing up and they leave to go to school. You feel proud, happy for them and sad at the same time as you are not going to see them everyday. It was a pleasure teaching them and being with them. We had so much fun. I going to miss them a lot!!!!

Garden season is here