Louby’s Playhouse

31/05/2026

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19/05/2026

Loubys playhouse is excited to be able to offer a full time position for a qualified ( to level 3 ) and experienced ( minimum 2 years in early years ) nursery nurse. Hours are negotiable and part time considered. Please contact me via Mesenger if interested. 

15/04/2026

You can use this portal to apply for a school place at a primary, infant, junior, middle or secondary school in September 2024. Please do not use this portal if you are applying for an in-year admission, contact the school directly. If you do not live in Somerset, you must submit your application to...

02/04/2026

Just a few from the spring term. Always busy and happy learning new skills.

06/03/2026

Useful information for parents

Location
Manor Farm
Chard
Somerset

Opening times

Monday to Thursday 7.30 to 5.30
Friday 7.30 to 3.00

Capacity
We have space for 6 children per day

Funding

We accept local authority funding 15/30 hours with a relevant code from 9mths. Please ask for details or have a look at the childcare choices website.
Funding must be taken over two days with a minimum of 8 hours per day( start times each day are 7.30 am , 7.45 am or 8.00 am except Friday which is 7.30 only ) We have a stretched funding offer over 46 weeks in the year.
Term time only care is currently not available.
We ask for a voluntary contribution towards the cost of care of £1.50 per day which pays for resources such as wet wipes / sudocream/sun cream etc which Is not allowed for with the funding allowance.

Food
We ask parents to provide a healthy lunchbox which contains lunch and an afternoon snack.
We are happy to provide a healthy balanced breakfast for the cost of £1 per day.

29/01/2026

A petition from an MP to support childminders. Please read and sign. 🙏

Retain the 10% wear and tear allowance for childminders, or introduce an equivalent alternative that reflects the additional household costs of providing regulated childcare from home and helps ensure childminding remains financially sustainable.

18/12/2025

The second half of the autumn term has been full of magic and discovery.
Merry Christmas to All. 🎄 And a happy new year 🥳

11/12/2025

For 2026, my childcare wish is that the world finally understands this simple truth:
Early years isn’t the start of education.
It IS education. 💗

It is where communication begins, where wellbeing is woven,
where emotional safety is built,
where curiosity takes root.

It’s where children learn how to trust, explore, imagine, and belong. 😍

And the people doing this work — in homes, nurseries, pre-schools,
and every setting in between — deserve recognition, investment,
and respect equal to the profound impact they have on children’s lives. 🙌

When we honour early years, we honour every future that begins there. 🌈🫶🏻❤️

13/11/2025

In the 1950s, every kindergartener knew the ritual: crayons down, lights low, and the soft hum of a record spinning through the air.
Naptime wasn’t a break — it was part of learning.

Teachers dimmed the lights, tiptoed between mats, and whispered, “Close your eyes.”
Kids rested, dreamed, or just stared at sunbeams dancing on the ceiling — learning something we’ve since forgotten: that rest is part of growth.

Then came the tests.
The “readiness.”
The race to get ahead.
By the 1980s, naps were gone. The mats rolled up. The lights stayed on.

Today, five-year-olds spend more time in structured lessons than third-graders did in the 1950s — no pauses, no quiet, no chance to just be.
And we wonder why they’re anxious.

Maybe it’s time we remembered what our teachers once knew:
You don’t grow by running all the time.
You grow in the stillness too.
Even big kids need naptime sometimes.

11/08/2025

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