RAFAKidz Cosford

🪻🫟 P U R P L E U P F O R M I L I T A R Y C H I L D 🪻🫟

Today in our setting, both the children and staff have donned lovely purple outfits to celebrate the month of the military child. We’ve enjoyed a range of exciting activities, including painting, shaving foam fun, and creating beautiful water and oil paintings. It’s been a truly joyful day, filled with laughter and creativity! Thank you all for joining in and making it special. 😊

Struggling with sleep in your household? You’re not alone.

Join our free, expert-led online session designed for parents and guardians looking for simple, realistic ways to improve sleep and support their family’s wellbeing.

🗓 Thursday 23 April, 1230
⏱ 30 minutes

Our latest RAFAKidz Resilience Hub webinar, ‘Healthy sleep for parents and guardians: Supporting wellbeing’ includes practical next steps for improving routines and ideas for shaping a sleep-friendly environment.

👉Reserve your spot today at: https://rafauk.org/3ODpO7x

🌿🌱O U R G A R D E N M A K E O V E R 🌿🌱-

Phrase one has been completed 🤩

We'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Covenant Fund for providing the funding that has allowed us to restore our outdoor spaces! Our Babies garden now boasts freshly redone Astro Turf, and the bluebells garden has had the same upgrade. We've also completed the wetpour in our Poppies and Sunflowers gardens.

✨A huge shoutout to the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust for supporting this transformation, and a big thank you to Warner Homes for the installation work! ✨

Stay tuned for more exciting updates on this project!

🤩S T A F F O F T H E M O N T H🤩

We're excited to share that Amy C is our Staff of the Month for April! Her colleagues say she is always ready to lend a hand, is a joy to have around, and the children absolutely adore her. Well done, Amy C!

🎼🪗M u s i c w i t h N i c o l a 🎼🪗

Yesterday, we were delighted to have Nicola visit us from head office! She brought along her musical instrument and played for the little ones in our Poppies room. The children had a fantastic time discovering something new as they sang and danced together. It was wonderful to see their smiles and how much fun they all had

🌼D A N E L I O N D A Y - Little Troopers🌼

Today, we’ve been joyfully celebrating Dandelion Day, especially for our military children in the RAF community. Everyone wore yellow and joined in on a variety of fun, yellow-themed activities. It’s been a lovely day for all!🤩

'Did you know the official flower of the military child is the dandelion? Just like military children, dandelion seeds are blown far and wide by the wind – yet they are strong, adaptable and able to put down roots and blossom wherever they land.'

🌟 We’re Hiring: Level 3 Early Years Practitioner 🌟
Are you passionate about helping young children learn, grow, and thrive? We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Level 2 & 3 Early Years Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team!

RAFAKidz Cosford Early Years Educator Level 3 - RAFAKidz Early Years Educator Level 3 RAFAKidz Nursery, RAF Cosford, Albrighton WV7 3EX £13.80 per hour Full /Part Time Roles Enhanced childcare discount of 40% for permanent employees Healthcare cash back for you and your children to cover prescription, dental and optician costs Free access to virtual GP H...

K E Y P E R S O N T I M E✨

Today, we engaged in a mirror activity where the children were encouraged to identify their facial features, such as their eyes, nose, and mouth. They also examined jigsaw pieces depicting people to identify features on those images. The key person prompted the children to look in the mirror and describe what they saw. Several children recognised themselves and their peers by name, stating things like🤩

Join us on Thursday 16 April at 1230 for the first of our expert-led, online sessions taking place on our new Resilience Hub.

Our opening session, ‘Staying steady: looking after yourself, so you can look after them’ focuses on one of the core foundations of family wellbeing; the emotional steadiness of the parent.

✅ 30 minutes
✅ Practical tools you can use right away
✅ Live Q&A with the expert

Free to attend – book your place now: https://rafauk.org/4dDgHxO

RAFAKIDZ COSFORD CLOSURE

Friday 9th January,

Due to concerns for the safety of our staff and families travelling to and from the nursery, we have made the difficult decision to close today.
Stay safe everyone.