Dudley Zoo Under 5’s Day 80th Anniversary Picnic Party

Thursday 29th June 2017 - open from 10am

£4 per child (2-5 years) £4 per adult

Children Aged Under 2 years FREE

Payment needed by Friday 9th June at Burbury

Park and you will need to collect your tickets

from us before attending the Zoo.

Full details on the website:

http://www.dudleyzoo.org.uk/events/whats-on-at-dzg/under-5s-day/

Thursday

13th July 2017

10.30am - 2.30pm

at Burbury Park

Childminder Centre

Cost £2 per child

Join us for our annual beach party—music,

games, activities, fun, and lots of laughter !

Dear Childminder,

Welcome to our April Newsletter in our new booklet format,

please have a look through the pages for information and

events planned so far this year.

The Resource Centre: Please remember that the resource

centre including playgroup and sensory room is open all year

and is available to any childminder who wishes to use it.

Please feel free to contact us at

any time, and enjoy the rest of

the year.

Website - we have been

updating our website please

have a look

www.burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

Yours truly

Rachael Carr

Senior Project Co-ordinator

Burbury Park Childminder Resource Centre

83 Burbury Street South

Newtown, Birmingham, B19 2UP

Telephone - 0121 554 9678

Email- info@burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

Website - www.burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

Working in

Partnership

April 2017

SUPPORTING

CHILDMINDERS Since 1974 BURBURY PARK CHILDMINDER

RESOURCE CENTRE

Twins—please remember

that you need to have 2

available spaces in the

relevant age group to take

twins as new business.

Please ensure all of your details are up to date with us

and with the Family Information Service so we can

keep you up to date with things.

(Especially mobile numbers)

Useful links Register as self-employed with HMRC via GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/register-for-self-assessment National Insurance (inc State Pension) credits https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance-credits/overveiw Help with Capital Allowances https://gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allowances-and-balancing-charges-hs252-self-assessment-helpsheet Paying HMRC https://www.gov.uk/pay-self-assessment-tax-bill Self-employed Ready Reckoner www.hmrc.gov.uk/tools/sa-ready-reckoner/index.htm Tax Advice for Childminders http://hmrc.gov.uk/courses/syob2/cm/index/htm Info on completing your tax return and Log in to Self Assessments (SA) https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns Tax Help Factsheets http://www.gov.uk/government/collection/hm-revenue-and-customs-leaflets-factsheets-and-booklets

Monday 21st August 2017

Blackpool

Tuesday 24th October—during half term

Seaside Trips

by coach

WESTON-SUPER-MARE

Wednesday 26th July 2017—£15

per seat

Leaving Burbury

Park at 8am

Leaving Weston-

Super-Mare at 6.30pm

Note ALL adults and children

need to pay for a seat on the

coach—You must provide car

seats for children who need

one. These can be left se-

curely on the coach whilst you

enjoy your day.

Paediatric First Aid

Please check the date your first aid is due and look for available

courses with plenty of time as they are getting more difficult to

book onto. We are running courses at Burbury Park please look

at our website for dates or contact the office for more

information.

Other Training

Local authority training can now be found on EYMIS:

https://www.ted-birmingham.org.uk/

(please contact your early years consultant or contact the duty

team on 0121 675 1943 if you haven’t got the log in details)

Find It In Birmingham

Find it in Birmingham is your online business community, which aims to boost the Midlands economy by offering local contracts to local businesses. All associations offering training are now registered on this website you will need to register to be able to search for providers. The link for Find it in Birmingham is: https://www.finditinbirmingham.com

Big Toddle week: 19 - 25 June 2017

The Big Toddle is 20 this year! To celebrate, Barnardo’s has teamed up with

Teletubbies to provide some extra fun and help young children explore through

their Big Toddle.

A chance for your little ones to get involved in something big The Barnardo’s Big Toddle is the UK’s biggest, brightest event for under 5s! Many

thousands of toddlers take part in sponsored walks every year and have tons of fun

while helping transform the lives of vulnerable children.

https://www.barnardos.org.uk/bigtoddle.htm

We are looking to do this at Burbury Park on Wednesday 21st June

10.30am if you’d like to join in.

If you are holding your own event let us know and we can promote your event on

our website : )

30 hours childcare for 3 & 4 year

olds

From September 2017 working families who meet the eligibility

criteria may be able to claim 30 hours term time only childcare

for their child the term after they turn 3.

The 30 hours can be split between 2 providers for example a

child attends morning nursery at school and then takes the

remaining 15 hours with a childminder. The hours can also be

split over the whole year which would be roughly 24 hours per

week. Full information can be found in this document

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/

attachment_data/file/610170/Operational_guidance.pdf

You need to be registered for Early Education Entitlement

(EEE) to be able to offer this—contact the NEF team on 0121

303 0267 or email nef@birmingham.gov.uk for more

information.

Full information for all the available childcare schemes can be

found on this website: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

Tax Free Childcare

Tax-Free Childcare is a new government scheme to help

working parents with the cost of childcare.

Childminders can sign up for the new tax free childcare so that

working parents can pay your fees through their wages free of

any tax - more details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/

government/news/tax-free-childcare-top-things-childcare-

providers-should-know

To receive Tax-Free Childcare payments, childcare providers

need to sign-up. All providers registered with a regulator (e.g.

Ofsted) will have received an invitation to apply, and reminder

letters. Providers who need assistance with the sign-up

process should contact the childcare service Customer

Interaction Centre on 0300 123 4097.

If you have chosen not to be on public lists with Ofsted then

you are considered a sensitive childcare provider and when

parents search for you in their 'digital tool' they need to enter

both your Ofsted number and your postcode. Not just one of

them.

You can check if you’re registered here: https://www.childcare-

provider-checker.tax.service.gov.uk

Burbury Park Childminder Centre

Contact details

Each area of Birmingham has a designated co-ordinator

Debbie Gilder covers Perry Barr, Hodge Hill and Ladywood

Mobile No: 07940287224

debbie.gilder@burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

Karen Barber covers Selly Oak, Yardley & Hall Green

Mobile No. 07572153909

karen.barber@burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

Su Green covers Sutton and Erdington

Mobile No: 07957912573

Email: su.green@burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

Jane Hooley covers Northfield and Edgbaston

Mobile No: 07946192267

jane.hooley@burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

Burbury Park Childminder Resource Centre

83 Burbury Street South

Newtown, Birmingham, B19 2UP

Telephone - 0121 554 9678

Email: info@burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

Website: www.burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

We also have an admin mobile and email address we use to contact all childminders across Birmingham

07957913001 admin@burburyparkchildminders.co.uk

If you are not receiving messages from us please give us a call with your contact details : )

Specialist Network

Childminders

We would like to take this opportunity to

say a special thank you to all the

‘Specialist childminders’, that offer funded places across the

city for some of the most vulnerable families who are often

at crisis point.

Without your ongoing support and dedication to these

families, life would be very different and we cannot thank

you enough for working with our team and sharing this

journey with us.

Please have a look at the enclosed

invitation to our Network Event on

Wednesday 24th May especially for

Network Childminders.

Please remember: If you are asked by a Professional such as a Social

Worker or family support worker to take a placement, then please

refer them to us, as there is a process to ensure safeguarding of you,

the children and payment for the hours worked.

Funded by

Could you work 1 Saturday a month or during school holidays for school

aged children ? We also need childminders for odd days during the

week for children from birth to age 18 for short term care.

We can arrange for an informal discussion to talk about the criteria you

need to meet to offer placements for us.

Burbury Park Childminder

Referral Scheme

The referrals we receive are wide and varied and cover a whole range of reasons for needing short term childcare. The placements are as unique as you and your setting is.

Your designated co-ordinator will be there to support you and the family placed with you. They will help you offer quality places for vulnerable children and families and visit you regularly to support the placement for all involved.

Payment for referrals will come from Birmingham City Council.

Please give us a call on 0121 554 9678 to book a visit from your

area co-ordinator.

Have you got the

skills to be a specialist

childminder?

Do you have

vacancies?