Saturday 5th December was our annual Christmas party at Hollins Hall

All the staff from all our settings were invited to join Della & Adrian for an evening of dinner and dancing

This year Della & Adrian awarded individual awards for long service and on a lighter note we  had a selected  few funny awards such as Biggest Fan award which went to Cheryl at our Baildon setting for her loyal devotion to Peter Andre, Cherlys award was a large gold framed photo of the man himself!

Special mention needs to go to our Employees of the year , each setting manager selected their own employee for this prestigious  award so well done to the following -

Burley In Wharfedale  - Catherine Turner

Baildon – Sally Sanctuary

Horsforth Featherbank – Alex Howard

Bramhope – Katie Bissett

Horsforth Trinty – Carol Hill

Our lovely setting in Burley in Wharfedale has had a mini make over

All the rooms have been freshly painted in bright new colours with the addition of new flooring

Every room looks so much brighter it looks fantastic

Anyone wanting to book a show round please contact Lucy who will be delighted to book it in the diary

01943 865 007 or email cliffehouseburley@yahoo.co.uk

Hannah Lees at our Burley setting has welcomed a new addition to her family , Ava Sasha Lees-King who was born on the 6th November at 9:50pm weighing 6lb 11oz by a natural water birth. Congratualtions to you all from Cliffe House  x x

Baildon Imagination Library for children aged 0 – 5 years living in the BD17 area  is now up and running

To register your child to receive a free age appropriate book each month delivered direct to your home address please visit

www.imagination-library.com or email debbiedavies72@gmail.com  or alternatively call 01274 587 834

Information provided from Telegraph & Argus – Monday 2nd November 2015

We have a limited number of extra sessions available in December at all our settings to help out if required for Christmas Shopping

Should anyone wishing to book extra days please contact the office as soon as possible

All extra sessions will need to be paid for at the time of booking

Thank You

This year our settings have organised a Christmas Sing A long for all the children and their families including Grandmas’ , Grandads and Aunts and Uncles  to come and join us in a lovely festive sing a long.,

Song books will be provided with all the songs and words so that the whole family can join in and sing together , a warm mince pie will also be provided to help with the festive feel

Baildon – Friday 11th December 10am – 11am

Burley In Wharefdale –  Wedenesday 16th December 10am -11am

Featherbank – Thursday 17th December 2pm – 4pm

Horsforth  - Thursday 17th December 2.30pm , this will be held in the University Auditorium and anyone wishing to wear a Christmas jumper will be more than welcome!

On Wednesday 14th it is World Maths Day and all our settings at  Cliffe House are taking part

Educational games can add up to a lot of fun, as World Maths Day goes to show. The annual event encourages thousands of students from around the world to take a break from standard maths lessons. Instead, they take part in competitive maths-themed games, with the chance to win certificates and prizes. The aim is to help raise standards of numeracy.

Since it was founded in 2007 by the organisation 3P Learning, World Maths Day has seen its popularity multiply fast. It’s now part of the World Education Games, linking schools from many parts of the globe, and in 2010 the event established a world record for the largest-ever online maths contest. Children as young as five can get involved, competing against others from abroad in real time. It is also possible to play via mobile phones so that even more youngsters can discover the number-themed activities.

Although Cliffe House children are not old enough to be involved in some of the activities we have organised some of our own fantastic games and activities above and beyond the normal learning maths through play we do everyday

Hazel will be leaving us to take over as Pre-school leader at our setting at Trinity, Horsforth. Jade  is transferring to Featherbank, Horsforth and will be joining the Blue Room children as a ‘second’.  James will be transferring to our nursery in Baildon, also joining the Pre-school team. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for all their hard work  at Burley and we wish them every success in their new role.

It is lovely to have Emma West back from maternity leave with Oscar, her beautiful son.  Emma will take over as our Head of Green Room. Lisa Clark will be joining her from the Blue Room, helping with the transition of children from Blue to Green over the coming months. Lisa has a BA in Children’s Learning and Development. Karen and Bronwyn will continue to work in the Green Room and will be there to support these changes.

And in between all this we are having a small refurb/ make over so please bare with us !

Pop into the office if you have any questions or alternativley drop us a line at cliffehouseburley@yahoo.co.uk

Just a note to inform parents that all of our settings will be closed for the bank holiday on Monday 31st August

We will be open as usual on Tuesday 1st September

Lets hope the weather is nice and we all get to enjoy the last Bank Holiday before Christmas !!