RAFAKidz Walters Ash

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

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

Our new Resilience Hub is now live!

We’ve created a brand new, online space to help support military families with the everyday challenges of parenting and service life.

Our hub provides access to helpful, online sessions, resources and guidance whenever you need it

Find out more at: https://rafauk.org/417ksnD

We’ve done it again! RAFAKidz has been named Nursery Group of the Year at the 2025 National NMT Nursery Awards🏆🎉

The National NMT award wins come after RAFAKidz was also named Nursery Group of the Year at the Nursery World Awards back in September.

Thank you to our incredible team, parents, carers — and most importantly, the children who make RAFAKidz so special!

Read the full story at: https://rafauk.org/47OljN4

✨ We’ve done it! RAFAKidz has been named Nursery Group of the Year at the 2025 Nursery World Awards! 🏆🎉

Executive Director, Josie Mapes, said: “This award is a testament to the dedication, passion and resilience of every single member of the RAFAKidz team. Together, we’ve shown that when you combine purpose with commitment, you can achieve extraordinary things.”

Thank you to our incredible team, parents, carers — and most importantly, the children who make RAFAKidz so special!

Read more at: https://rafauk.org/42WbV8e

Don’t lose your 30 hours of free childcare... ensure you check your eligibility funding code by 31 March 2025 to remain eligible! ⏰

🔻 You need to reconfirm your eligibility every three months
🔻 Check the end date of your eligibility code
🔻 Tell your childcare provider that you have reconfirmed your details

For more information and to sign in to your childcare account, use this link: https://rafauk.org/3Rg8x1Q

This week at RAFAKidz Walter’s Ash, we had a routine unannounced visit today from the EHO (Bucks Environmental Health Officer) who came to inspect our kitchen. We are very pleased to say that we were given a 5 rating, which is the highest grading you can get.

The children at RAFAKidz Walter's Ash have enjoyed doing all things spooky and scary this week for Halloween! They have been dressing up; carving and exploring the insides of pumpkins; reading Halloween stories; becoming mummies; going on a Halloween hunt; and so much more.

We hope you had a good Halloween and enjoyed trick-or-treating if you went (we hope it wasn't too scary)!

🌞 It's almost bank holiday weekend, and we're keeping our fingers crossed for some sunny weather! How are you planning to make the most of your long weekend? Whether it's a beach trip, a picnic in the park, or a relaxing time at home, let us know what you are hoping to do.

If you would like to find a good family day out the Days Out With Kids website is a good source of ideas: https://rafauk.org/3QMm2HH

Start your little ones RAFAKidz journey today! 🧒👧

At RAFAKidz Walter's Ash we’ve got pre-school places available starting in September! With flexible session options - mornings, afternoons, all day, school hours, term time only, and all year round—there’s something to suit everyone!

Give your child an opportunity to grow, learn and flourish in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Email us at [email protected] or phone 01494 413666 for more information including funding options and secure your child’s place today!