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🌼 April 🌸

We had another wonderful visit from Abels Minis. The children loved the animals, they were all very kind, gentle and loving with them! 🐇🦆🐤🐹

Choking hazard awareness information

Happy Easter! 🐇🐣 We've had a busy few weeks, we went to visit "The Cat that slept for a Thousand Years!" at WX Wakefield, looked for Dragon Eggs at Lotherton, did some Easter activities and practiced our Yoga skills!

🎶Woodland Childcare at the farm eeieeio 🎶 (amongst other lovely days out and lots of playing and learning 🥰)

Another fun week...a muddy puddle walk with friends, a bus ride and finishing our Mother's Day cards and gifts 💐

What a busy, fun day we had at the Early Years Fest this week!

Let the countdown begin! Just 1 MONTH to go before The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years comes to WX 🐱

Bringing a touch of magic, the 10 metre long Cat snores, purrs, twitches its ear and swishes its tail! Brought to life by Air Giants pioneering robotic technology, the cat invites all ages to immerse themselves in its unique movements.

Originally commissioned by Manchester Museum, part of the The University of Manchester, the cat will be in WX from Saturday 21 March - Sunday 12 April, where visitors can show their affection by giving it a stroke or a cuddle, and feel a massive purr. The more people there are, the more restless it is.

Find out more: https://wxwakefield.short.gy/Cat

If a button battery is swallowed and gets stuck in the food pipe, energy from the battery reacts with saliva to create caustic soda. That’s the same chemical used to unblock drains!

This can burn through the food pipe, to the main artery and lead to life-changing internal injuries and death.

Even if a child survives these injuries, there is a risk that the food pipe is too badly damaged to eat normally again or the vocal cords are too badly damaged to speak normally again.

Please look around your home for button batteries. Think toys, lights, remote controls and more. And keep them out of reach of children.

Learn more: https://capt.org.uk/button-battery-safety/

Early Years Fest is back for 2026! Taking place at Pontefract Racecourse on Wednesday 25th of February open from 10am-4pm.

Come along to this FREE event and learn about all things 0-5 years - from pregnancy to play to preparing your child to start school!

For more information and to find out how to book your place on a mini masterclass, visit: www.wakefieldfamiliestogether.co.uk/save-the-date-early-years-fest-2026



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