Hi my name is Louise and I offer a home from home environment for your children. A caring,  loving and educational setting where your little ones can feel safe and part of an extended family.
 With over 28 years of childcare experience, including two children of my own, one a teacher in an SEN school and the other teaching Vietnamese children English (in Vietnam) They both took up careers in education having been inspired by all the lovely children.

Ofsted rated us

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment OUTSTANDING 1
Outcomes for children OUTSTANDING 1
Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2
Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

Our aim is to create the best starting point for your child’s education in a happy friendly environment.

Our fabulous outside area!!

Sessions are 9.00am to 12.00noon/2pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

We do however provide wrap around care, 5 days a week M-F, 8am-6pm, please speak to Gillian for further details.

Facilities:

• large, fully enclosed front and back gardens
• outdoor play equipment including climbing frame, swings, play house and slides as well as equipment suitable for early years including cars, smaller slides, swings and sand/water play area
• purpose built play room, used only for childminding purposes and containing a variety of toys and games from ages 0-12 as well as a quiet area for reading. Our reading area also has a wide variety of educational posters

Butterflies and Bugs Great Park Limited is an out of school club offering high quality after school care and Holiday clubs. During term time we collect children in Year 2-4 from Brunton First School & care for children Reception-year 4 in Holiday Club.

I am a very experienced childminder and am rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

Every single day, come rain or shine, we have an outing. We visit soft plays, museums, Seven Stories, Life Science Centre, the beach and much more.

From 3 months upwards I provide a highly stimulating, homely and fun setting.

I have an extensive range of age appropriate resources, from baby gyms to kinetic sand and messy play.

Childcare in conjunction with Snakes and Ladders pre school:

We provide wrap around care, 5 days a week M-F, 8am-6pm, please speak to Gillian for further details.

Snakes and Ladders Pre-School - Term time only.

Wrap around care and holiday care available 48 weeks of the year.

Children accepted from 2 years to 4 years 11months. It is £18/£30 per session. Wrap around at £6 per hour per child. or £56 per day occasional care inc snack

We are a NOT-for-PROFIT group keeping our fees low. We offer funded places. 15 hours and 30 hours available.

We are based in a modern, purpose built classroom in the Early Years section at Westerhope Primary School. We have a large outdoor play area with a wide range of equipment. We also have use of the school field, forest school area, and outdoor stage.

We have a stimulating and welcoming environment with good grades throughout and OUTSTANDING for Personal development, behaviour and welfare from our Ofsted inspection 25/4/2019.

We have lots of fun and educational toys here and my aim is to let the children who come here have as much fun as possible so that they look forward to coming here so mum and dad can go to work knowing their children are happy and safe.

We regularly visit toddler groups, soft play, little owls, gym tots, judo,music groups and the park. We also have visits to Jesmond dene as well as lots of other outings.