Newsletter October 2016
Hi Everyone,
Please see the newsletter below:-
Welcome:
We would like to welcome all new children and their families to our pre-school and say welcome
back to all our previous children and their families. We hope you have a wonderful time with us.
We would also like to say a big thank you to everyone donating £1.00 per week snack money; this has really helped with costs. Please continue to support us with your snack donations.
Colours/letters of The Week:
Week beginning 5th September Colour RED Letter Aa
Week beginning 12th September Colour BLUE Letter Bb
Week beginning 19th September Colour PURPLE Letter Cc
Week beginning 26th September Colour YELLOW Letter Dd
Week beginning 3rd October Colour GREEN Letter Ee
Week beginning 10th October Colour ORANGE Letter Ff
Week beginning 17th October Colour BROWN Letter Gg
HALF TERM
Week beginning 31st October Colour BLACK Letter Hh
Week beginning 7th November Colour SPARKLES Letter Ii
Week beginning 14th November Colour GREY Letter Jj
Week beginning 21st November Colour PINK Letter Kk
Week beginning 28th November Colour WHITE Letter Ll
Week beginning 5th December Colour SILVER Letter Mm
Week beginning 12th December Colour GOLD Letter Nn
Inside Notice Boards:
Parent/carer notice boards are near the coat trolley, which contains information like funding info, colour/letter of the week, children centre timetable of events, snack offered, newsletter, our term dates, key person statement, pre-school timetable, session plans. On the right when you enter the lobby is if you are concerned about a child info (safeguarding) committee & staff members, parent/carer’s rota, childcare leaflets. Wall directly facing you is our Ofsted registration & insurance certificate, our pre-school over the years photos, On the trolley below is our policies, operational plan etc. fruit donation tin, uniform & prices. On the entrance door some everyday information like committee meetings, chicken pox, head lice etc… please check every now and again as we do not always give out this information in your child’s red bag.
Outside Notice Board:
Pre-School, primary school & high school phone numbers, funding info, children centre information,
72 hours non- attendance if child has diarrhea/sickness, our term dates, safeguarding statement, Ofsted phone number, reminders of Ofsted inspection report, learning journey etc… White Board: Things that have happened during the session e.g. Teacher’s visiting, uniform in, baking etc…
Parent/Carer Evenings:
In November we will be holding our parent/carer evenings, please look in your child’s red bag for dates
and times in Oct. Our next parent/carer evening will be in March/April 2017.
Committee Meeting:
We will be holding our AGM committee meeting on Tuesday 18th October at 7pm in the Pre-School. All parents/carers are very welcome to join us. We are always looking for new members, As a charity we must have a committee. The committee members must be from our pre-school parent/carer’s. Please speak to Angie if you feel you may be interested in taking on a role/joining us.
Children Centre:
We have not been given a timetable of events as yet, when we do I will email everyone!
Estimated Term Dates: Not the same as Worlingham Primary school:
Autumn Term 2016:
Monday 5th September to Friday 21st October
Half Term Break: Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October
Return: Monday 31st October to Friday 16th December
Pre-school Christmas Break
Spring Term 2017:
Return: Wednesday 4th January to Friday 10th February
Half Term Break: Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February
Return: Monday 20th February to Friday 31st March
Easter Break
Summer Term 2017:
Return: Wednesday 19th April to Friday 26th May (Closed Monday 1st May)
Half Term Break: Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June
Return: Monday 5th June to Friday 21st July
End of Pre-school Year
Family Fun Party: You are encouraged to attend this event as this is part of our fundraising for this year, we are hoping to put this money towards the waterproof jackets and trousers for your children to wear outside throughout the year. Please support us as we
have already bought these. Bring your family/friends! This is on Saturday 12th November ’16 from 2.30 – 4.30pm at St John Ambulance Hall in Beccles: See you there! Tickets available from pre-school at £2.50 per person this includes a snack!
Party is organised and done by "Knock Out Entertainment"
Christmas Late Night in Beccles: : We will be having a stall as usual in St Michael’s Church on 25th November 2016 more information to follow! We may also have a Christmas tree with the decorations done by our pre-school children in Hungate church hall.
Christmas Parties:
Children who attend the afternoon sessions will have their party on Thursday 15th December ’17 in the afternoon, parent/carer’s will be invited in to see the children sing and see Santa. More information to follow!
Children who attend the morning sessions will have their party on Thursday 15th December ’17 in the morning, parent/carer’s will be invited in to see the children with Santa. More information to follow!
For both parties food will be supplied by pre-school staff!
Christmas Play:
We are hoping to hold two celebrations this year in the pre-school on Friday 16th December in the morning done by all the children who attend the morning sessions only. More information to follow!
UNIFORM NOW IN STOCK:
Some Activities Carried Out Last Term Summer 2016:
The children did many activities throughout the last term, which are all based on mainly their individual interests in pre-school and are planned for on a weekly basis:- Below are a few activities carried out.
Inside: Father’s Day: Clay pots, Cooking – making playdough, Dressing up/role play/music & dance: Doctors, Puppet theatre & props, dancing tumble tots & other rhymes and pop songs using MP3 player. DVD’s – Peppa Pig, Thomas the Tank, Makaton Stories – Children telling their own stories, dress up and act out Little Red Riding Hood, three little pigs, gingerbread man, Prop stories e.g. Goldilocks & the three bears, Action rhymes etc…
Outside: Looking after our vegetables, from seeds to table, planting, watering, picking them then finally cooking and eating them e.g. chips! Acting out stories on our outdoor climbing apparatus such as Billy Goats Gruff, Mini Beast hunts, Dinosaur gardens, games and stories, Easter Egg Hunts, ride-on’s, parachute, Mr Wolf, water/sand play, Role Play – Builder’s yard etc…
Please remember this is only some of the activities done during last term, if you would like more information about activities done please ask your child’s key person. CHILDREN LEARN THROUGH PLAY AT THIS AGE.
Volunteer:
Our volunteer is called Rachel Daniels who is our pre-school Secretary who started September 2016 and will be with us until July 2017.
Fundraising:
This is done throughout the year; you will be informed of any fundraising needed by the committee.
End of year questionnaires from leaver’s:
We have had great feedback from the families who have used our pre-school over the last year or two.
We had positive feedback from all who handed back their questionnaires.
Many thanks for your continued support
Angie Gurney
Supervisor