Jessie's childcare

29/10/2026

If any of our family are looking for something to do with the children this weekend my sister Chaz Burdon is having a free Halloween party for the children at The Plantation - Middleton x

🎃👻 HALLOWEEN AT THE PLANTATION PUB! 👻🎃

🧡 RIGHT YOU LOVELY LOT!! 🧡

Can we ask you all one SMALL favour? 🙏
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Let's get the word out and make this Halloween one to remember at The Plantation! 🍻🎃
👻 SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER – TWO PARTIES, ONE VENUE! 👻
🎃 KIDS' HALLOWEEN PARTY 🎃
⏰ 1PM – 4.30PM
We've got lots of spooky fun planned for your little monsters! 👹
🎉 Party games and plenty of fun!
🏰 Bouncy castle – fingers crossed the weather is on our side! 🤞
🎃 BEST CARVED PUMPKIN COMPETITION – Get carving at home and bring your masterpiece along for a chance to win a prize!
👻 BEST DRESSED BOY & GIRL – Prizes up for grabs, so get those costumes ready!
🎶 Music, dancing and Halloween fun!
❤️ 100% FREE EVENT! 🎟️ NO TICKETS NEEDED!
Just turn up with your little monsters and enjoy yourselves!
💀🍹 THEN IT'S THE GROWN-UPS' TURN! 🍹💀
🔥 ADULTS' HALLOWEEN PARTY 🔥
⏰ 7PM – 1AM
It's time to dust off those spooky outfits and get ready for a proper Plantation party! 🕷️
🎶 Music, dancing and party vibes all night!
🍹 Halloween cocktails, shots and bombs available!
🏆 FANCY DRESS PRIZES! 👻 Best dressed man 🧙‍♀️ Best dressed woman 💀 Best dressed couple
So don't be shy – go all out! We want to see your scariest, funniest and most outrageous costumes! 😂
❤️ THE PLANTATION IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY! ❤️
We love putting on events that everyone can enjoy, especially keeping things FREE for our local families wherever we can!
So come on, lovely lot, help us spread the word!
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Let's make Halloween at The Plantation a BELTER! 🎃🍻
THE PLANTATION PUB 💛
🍻 GOOD PEOPLE • GREAT PINTS • PROPER PUB
❤️ PROPER PUB, PROPER COMMUNITY SPIRIT! ❤️

29/10/2026

🎃👻 A LITTLE HOLIDAY REMINDER! 👻🎃

Just a little reminder to all our lovely families that Jessie’s Childcare will be closed tomorrow, Thursday 30th October, and Monday 2nd November for our little holiday! 🧡🍂

We hope you all have a fantastic Halloween filled with lots of spooky fun, pumpkin picking, trick-or-treating and making lots of lovely memories! 🧙‍♀️🎃🕷️

Enjoy the long weekend, have lots of fun, and we look forward to seeing all your lovely little faces back on Tuesday! 🥰🧡

Lots of love,
Jessie, Lisa & Chloe xx ❤️

20/10/2026

🔥🍂 TOAST YOUR NAME! 🔥🍂

Our little ones have been getting creative with a fun autumn campfire activity! 🧡

The children have been searching for the letters in their names and matching them up to create their very own personalised campfire names. 🔤✨

Activities like this are a lovely way to support early literacy, letter recognition and name recognition, while also developing fine motor skills, concentration and problem-solving. 🧠🙌

We love finding fun and engaging ways to sneak a little learning into our play, and this one was a real hit! 🍁🔥

Who knew learning to spell your name could be so much fun? 😍

19/10/2026

🌧️🍂 Monday morning + rainy weather = the perfect excuse for a cosy day indoors! 🍂🧡

The rain is falling outside, so we’re bringing all the autumn magic inside at Jessie’s Childcare! 🥰🍁

Our little ones will be exploring our homemade autumn sensory play dough, with beautiful autumn colours, seasonal scents, leaf cutters, rollers and lots of fun tools to investigate. 🍂🎃

Sensory play is such a wonderful way to support our little ones’ learning and development, helping them strengthen those little fingers, develop fine motor skills, explore different textures and use their imaginations to create whatever their little minds dream up! 🍁🤎

Who says a rainy Monday can’t be magical? Sometimes the best adventures happen right around the table, with little hands busy creating and lots of learning through play! 🥰✨

Now, let’s get squishing, rolling, cutting and creating! 🍂👐

16/10/2026

🍂🎃 AND JUST LIKE THAT… WE’RE AT OCTOBER HALF TERM! 🎃🍂

And what a HALF TERM it has been here at Jessie’s Childcare! 🥰❤️

We’ve waved our big guys back off to school and said goodbye to our little school starters as they head off on their new adventures 🥹🎒, welcomed some new little guys into our gang, and we’re SO excited to watch them grow, learn and make lots of beautiful memories with us! 🫶🏻✨

We’ve certainly been busy little bees, making the most of every opportunity to learn, explore, create and have FUN! 🐝💛

🍎🥕 We’ve been visiting our allotment, harvesting our homegrown vegetables, getting our winter crops ready and keeping a VERY close eye on our pumpkins that we planted back in early summer! 🎃 We can’t wait to see how they’re getting on!

🌳🍁 Our weekly forest school adventures have continued, alongside visits to the park, collecting autumn treasures and watching the world change from summer into autumn. We’ve been making the most of those lovely sunny spells while they’re still here, enjoying hot chocolates on those chilly mornings and toasting marshmallows together! ☀️☕🔥

🐰🐹 We’ve been out and about in our local community, visiting garden centres and pet shops to give our little guys those valuable REAL-LIFE experiences, encouraging their curiosity, asking questions and learning all about the world around us!

🍕🍫 We’ve been busy in the kitchen making our own pizzas and delicious chocolate apples, trying lots of new foods and enjoying the fruits (and vegetables! 😉) of our own gardening efforts!

🚲🛴 Physical development has been a big part of our adventures too, practising our balance, coordination and confidence at the bike park on our balance bikes and scooters!

🎨🖌️ We’ve got messy in our mud kitchen, explored our creative sides through painting and crafts, and made beautiful autumn pictures using treasures we’ve collected on our walks. We’ve also enjoyed conker rolling, making conker bracelets and developing those all-important fine motor skills by stretching elastic bands over our hedgehog pin boards! 🦔🍂

🎉🎁 We’ve celebrated birthdays with games of pass the parcel and lots of party fun, enjoyed story and song time at our local library, and visited the pumpkin patch to pick up some more pumpkins ready for all our autumn adventures! 🎃📚

And that’s STILL not everything we’ve been up to! 😍

From outdoor adventures and messy play to creative activities, community visits, cooking, gardening and simply enjoying time together, we’ve packed SO much into this half term. ❤️

The most important part? Watching our little guys learn new skills, build confidence, develop friendships, try new things and make memories, all while having the BIGGEST smiles on their faces! 🥹🥰

We’re so proud of everything they’ve achieved, and we feel incredibly lucky to be part of their little journeys. Every day brings something new, and we wouldn’t have it any other way! 🫶🏻🌈

So, here’s to a lovely October half term and a little breather before we do it all over again! 🍂✨ (with loads planned for our school holiday children)

NOW… WHAT WILL THE NEXT HALF TERM HAVE IN STORE FOR US?! 👀🎃🍁

More adventures, more exploring, more learning, more muddy clothes, more laughter and, no doubt, plenty more beautiful memories to make! ❤️

Happy half term from all of us at Jessie’s Childcare! 🌈🧡

16/10/2026

📚🎶 Story & rhyme time at the library! 🥰💚

Our little gang enjoyed a lovely visit to the library for story and rhyme time! 📖🎵 There’s nothing better than sharing stories, singing our favourite nursery rhymes and joining in with actions, sounds and lots of little giggles! 🧸✨

These special little outings help us develop our communication and language skills, build a love of books, grow our imaginations and enjoy learning together! 💛📚

Little stories, big imaginations and memories made! 🥰🌈

16/10/2026

🐾🐶 A little trip to the pet shop! 🐰🐹

Our little gang enjoyed a lovely trip to the pet shop to see all the different animals and pick up some dog food for our four-legged friends at home! 🐶🛍️

The children loved looking at the animals, asking questions and chatting about how we care for our furry friends. 🐰🐠🐹

Little trips like these are full of wonderful learning opportunities, helping us develop our curiosity, learn about different animals and understand the importance of caring for living things! 💚🥰

Our little animal lovers were in their element! 🐾❤️

16/10/2026

🎃🍂 A little trip to the pumpkin patch! 🧡🌾

Our little gang headed off for a lovely autumn adventure to the pumpkin patch! 🥰🎃 We loved exploring all the pumpkins, spotting different shapes and sizes and soaking up all the autumn magic! 🍁🌻

Trips like these are full of wonderful learning opportunities, from exploring the changing seasons to developing curiosity, talking about nature and making special memories together! 💚🌿

So many pumpkins, so much excitement and lots of happy little faces! 🎃🧡

16/10/2026

🪱🌳 Another week, another Forest School adventure! 🍂💚

This week we had a SUPER WORM-themed adventure! 🪱🦸‍♂️ Inspired by our wriggly little garden heroes, we got out exploring nature, discovering the wonderful world beneath our feet and learning all about the important jobs worms do to help our soil and plants! 🌱🌍

Forest School is all about getting hands-on, asking questions, exploring our surroundings and learning through curiosity, play and discovery! 🥰🍃

Our little gang love getting outdoors, getting muddy and finding out just how amazing nature can be! 🪱🤎

16/10/2026

🍂🎃 Autumn sensory playdough fun! 🍎🤎

Our little gang have been exploring all things autumn with our homemade sensory playdough! 🍁🥰 Filled with gorgeous autumn scents, it’s been a lovely way to engage little hands, curious minds and busy imaginations! 🌰✨

From squishing and squeezing to rolling, moulding and creating, our little ones have been developing their fine motor skills, strengthening those little fingers and exploring different textures and smells along the way! 👐🍂

Sensory play is always a favourite here at Jessie’s Childcare, and our autumn playdough makes learning through play extra special! 💛🌿