Hi Everyone,

Just to let you know that on Saturday we raised a brilliant amount of £438.50 and we would like to say a BIG THANK YOU 

to Kate and Oliver (Knock Out Entertainment) for their dedicated hard work with our fundraising yet again! We can now pay for our membership to join ‘Tapestry’ the online learning journey company in September 2017 and pay for our children’s climbing frame to be refurbished during the summer break.

Also a big thank you to all staff, volunteers and committee members which includes Kate and Oliver mentioned  above and of course all the children and their families who supported this event by attending, buying tickets and raffle tickets! Homemade biscuits were great again and thank you to all who made these and helped in any other way before and on the day!

A big thank you to all the companies which donated raffle prizes:-

Knock Out Entertainment 

High Lodge – 3 day passes 

Roys- £5 voucher 

Adventure Island- 2 Adult & 2 child

Monsters – 2x childrens play

Africa Alive/ Banham zoo – 2x child

Pleasure Beach – wristband

Pettitts – up to 4 people

Norwich Theatre Royal- £10 voucher

Transport Museum- Family pass

Bure valley- Family pass

Superfry – £15

Chambers Butchers -£5 voucher

Twyfords – £10 voucher

Odd Socks -£20 voucher

Dominoes – 1 lrg Pizza

Wine

Books

Children’s garden set

Sweets!

Teddies 

Emily (committee)

Kind Regards

Angie

Welcome:

We would like to welcome all new children and their families to our pre-school! 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 fruit money; this has really helped with costs. Please continue to support us with your fruit donations/voluntary contributions.

Colours/letters of The Week:

Week beginning:  15^th May             Colour:   ORANGE     Letter:  Dd

Week beginning:  22^nd May            Colour:    PINK          Letter:  Ee

                               HALF TERM

Week beginning:   5^th June            Colour :   PURPLE       Letter :  Ff  

Week beginning:  12^th June            Colour:   BROWN       Letter:   Gg

Week beginning:  19^th June            Colour:   RED               Letter:  Hh

Week beginning:  26^th June            Colour:  GREY            Letter:  Ii

Week beginning:   3^rd July            Pattern:  SPOTS         Letter:  Jj

Week beginning:  10^th July            Pattern:  CHECKS     Letter:  Kk

Week beginning:  17^th July            Pattern:  STRIPES    Letter:  Ll

Estimated Term Dates:    Not the same as Worlingham Primary school:

SUMMER TERM 2017:   Return: Wednesday 19^th April to Friday 26^th May (Closed Monday 1^st May)

                   Half Term Break:   Monday 29^th May to Friday 2^nd June 

                        Return:   Monday 5^th June to Friday 21^st July

                                        End of Pre-school Year

            We return week commencing Monday 4^th September 2017 usual times

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, lost/found box, 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 diarrhoea/sickness, our term dates, safeguarding statement, Ofsted phone number, reminders of Ofsted inspection report, learning journey etc…

Pre-School Website: Please check every now and then for new information. The address is www.worlinghampreschool.co.uk   This newsletter is on our website.

Committee Meeting:  No date set for our next meeting at present. Will keep you informed!

We are still in need of new committee members; speak to Angie if you feel you may be interested in taking on a role/joining us.  

Beccles Children Centre:

A timetable of events is in the lobby on your left as you enter and in the outside notice board.  

Some Activities Carried Out Last Term Spring 2017:

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: Role Play: Pet shop, Vets, Bathing babies, Hairdressers, Physical activities: Moving like animals, nursery rhymes, ring games, dancing, dragon dance

Cooking: Cookies, buttering bread/crackers etc… Crafts: Making play dough, Collages, gloop, gluing, painting, made a Rooster

Outside: Role play: Car wash, bathing babies, mud kitchen, Physical activities: Wood work, Gardening, footballs, stepping stones, Sand and water play, bubbles 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.

Fundraising Dates for your diaries:

May 2017:

Saturday 20^th May: Family Fun Party 2.30 – 4.30pm at St John Ambulance Hall,

                     Beccles. Tickets still available at £2.50 per person. Please see

                     email/letter from Kate our fundraising officer! 

The money raised will go towards our online learning journeys with ‘Tapestry’ registration costs and towards our climbing frame refurbishment during the summer break.

Other Dates for your diaries:

May 2017:

Wednesday 17^th May: Visitor from ‘Beccles Library’ (Sarah) at 11.15am to do nursery

                       rhymes and story for the children who are in this morning only.

We hope to organise a visit to the library for some time in the future!

Monday 29^th May – Fri 2^nd June:  Treasure Hunt around Worlingham for all families

                                   and friends. Free entry activity to share with your

                                   child/ren over the holiday.                      

July 2017:

Wednesday 19^th July ’17: Time 9.30 – 10.30am Open morning for the children with their parent/carer staying on and for those joining us in the next year and anyone who would like to look around our pre-school, we will have some activities you can do at home if you wish with your child. If you know anyone, who may wish to come, please tell them about our open morning.   

Thursday 20^th July’17: Outing for the younger children staying at pre-school, meeting at pre-school 11.20am. (Last day for these children)   No morning session today.

Friday 21^st  July’17: Outing for all the older children leaving to start school in September, meeting at usual time 8.55am then leaving photos at around 9.15 after this we will be leaving for our outing.. (Last Day for these children)  No afternoon session today

Exact times of both outings still to be confirmed, more information to follow!

We Return after the Summer break:

Monday 4^th September 2017 to Friday 21^st October 2017

HALF TERM: Monday 23^rd October to Friday 27^th October 2017

Monday 30^th October 2017 to Friday 15^th December 2017

Hot Weather Conditions:

Can you please put sun cream on your child before they come to pre-school!

Due to safety reasons, we must ask that your child attends appropriately dressed as they are climbing, running, jumping and riding etc… in our outside play garden.

Children to wear sensible foot wear please when they attend pre-school e.g. trainers, doodles, sandals with a heel strap etc… which are the correct size for their feet.

No crocs to be worn please as straps are wide around the ankle making them loose or flip flops please as no ankle or heel support!

Drinking water is available at all times for the children!

If you need any more information, about the information provided in this newsletter please speak to me.

Many thanks for your continued support!

             Angie Gurney

               Supervisor/Manager

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  5^th   September     Colour RED             Letter Aa

Week beginning  12^th   September     Colour BLUE           Letter Bb

Week beginning  19^th   September     Colour PURPLE         Letter Cc

Week beginning  26^th  September     Colour YELLOW        Letter Dd     

Week beginning  3^rd   October           Colour GREEN          Letter Ee

Week beginning  10^th  October          Colour ORANGE        Letter Ff

Week beginning  17^th   October         Colour BROWN         Letter Gg

                     HALF TERM

Week beginning 31^st October           Colour BLACK            Letter Hh  

Week beginning 7^th November        Colour SPARKLES        Letter Ii

Week beginning 14^th November       Colour GREY             Letter Jj

Week beginning 21^st November       Colour PINK              Letter Kk

Week beginning 28^th November       Colour WHITE            Letter Ll

Week beginning 5^th December        Colour SILVER            Letter Mm

Week beginning 12^th 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 18^th 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 5^th September to Friday 21^st October

Half Term Break: Monday 24^th October to Friday 28^th October

           Return: Monday 31^st October to Friday 16^th December

     Pre-school Christmas Break

Spring Term 2017: 

Return: Wednesday 4^th January to Friday 10^th February

Half Term Break: Monday 13^th February to Friday 17^th February

Return: Monday 20^th February to Friday 31^st March   

Easter Break

Summer Term 2017:

                                    Return: Wednesday 19^th April to Friday 26^th May (Closed Monday 1^st May)

                                                                Half Term Break: Monday 29^th May to Friday 2^nd June 

                                                                         Return: Monday 5^th 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 25^th 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 15^th 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 15^th 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 16^th 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