Term Dates 2012/13

Nether Heyford Pre-School – Term Dates 2012/13

Friday 13th July – Pre-School Closes

Summer Holidays

Term 1

Monday 3rd September – Pre-School Opens

Friday 26th October – School Closes

Autumn Half Term

Term 2 

Monday 5th November  - Pre-School Opens

Friday 21st December – Pre-School Closes

Christmas Holidays

Term 3 - 2013

Monday 7th January –  Pre-School Opens

Friday 8th February  - Pre-School Closes

Spring Half Term

Term 4

Monday 18th February – Pre-School Opens

Thursday – 28th March – Pre-School Closes

*Friday 29th March hours will be carried over in lieu of Good Friday

 Spring Holidays

Term 5

Monday 15th April  - Pre-School Opens

Monday 6th May – Pre-School Closed – Bank Holiday

*Hours for Monday 6th of May will be carried over in lieu of Bank Holiday

Friday  24th May – School Closes

Summer Half Term

Term 6

Monday 3rd June  - Pre-School Opens

Tuesday 12th July – Pre-School Closes

April Newsletter

March saw the children doing some great activities.  As the sun finally started to shine, they planted some sweet pea seeds to take home and nurture.  Themed weeks have been centred around colours where they brought in show and tell items in yellow, green, red, blue, purple and pink and produced some colourful artwork.  Thanks also to The Bliss School for inviting the Monday Preschool children to a fabulous performance of Joseph, the children really enjoyed it a big well done to the performers.

Welcome to Amy Perkins who joins us as Deputy Manager, we wish her well in her role.

New session available – Tuesday afternoons 1-3pm. To book this session or increase to a full Tuesday please call 07984 055828 or email info@netherheyfordpreschool.co.uk.

Come and Play afternoon Friday 20th April 1-3pm. Tea and refreshments will be served. Everyone welcome – if you’re thinking of choosing us as a part of your childcare arrangements then please come along and see what we can offer.  Existing parents and children at the preschool are also welcome, come and chat with the staff about your child’s progress and take a look at their portfolio’s.

Places are available for our Breakfast club. Priced at £3.70 per session including a walking bus to school if applicable.  If you would like to sign your child up for any sessions, please email us at sophie@netherheyfordpreschool.co.uk.

The Preschool will be having a stall at the Garage Sale on Sunday 22nd April – we are having a clear out of toys and equipment no longer used and intend to buy some scenery, a greengrocers shop and play theatre with the proceeds – come along and support us if you can, you may even bag a bargain or two.

We recently had a collection of unwanted clothing by the Fire Fighters Charity, proceeds are split between the Preschool and this worthy cause.

We are currently planning a Car Boot sale for the near future. It is hoped that we will be organising this at the Playing Fields. Watch this space!

April sees the start of our Rising 5 sessions on a Thursday afternoon, 1pm – 3pm. These sessions are aimed at children starting atBlissSchoolin September. We have lots of activities planned including a visit from our local police officer, the fire brigade, a trip to the ‘Wicked Wildlife’ experience at Everdon and a day trip to Rookery Farm. We will also be doing lots ofForestSchoolactivities in the village as well as visitingBlissSchool.

How can you help our Pre-School?

Helping hands – where those in the community and parents/grandparents/carers/family and friends are welcomed into our setting to help with everything from arts and crafts, gardening, music, reading. No horrid jobs we promise – just lots of fun and very rewarding. We are always looking for volunteers to help in the setting and with our fundraising efforts. Our Preschool is a charity and couldn’t function without help from parents and those in our community so if you have any spare time and feel you would like to help, please contact Sophie Jones on 07984055828 or drop in and introduce yourself.

We are now collecting Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers and Tesco Schools vouchers.  When you’re offered these at the till please say yes and pass these onto the Preschool. We can convert them into much needed equipment for our setting.

As always, freepost envelopes are available in the foyer for recycling ink cartridges & mobile phones.

If you shop online, you can do so through www.easyfundraising.org.uk  – stores such as John Lewis, Amazon andArgos donate a percentage of the sale to a chosen charity – simply selectNetherHeyfordPre-School.

We are always looking for volunteers to help in the setting and with our fundraising efforts. Our Preschool is a charity and couldn’t function without help from parents and those in our community so if you have any spare time and feel you would like to help, please contact Sophie Jones on 07984055828 or drop in and introduce yourself.

Thank you for reading

Preschool Staff and Committee

March Newsletter

The Children had a lovely February.  They all enjoyed playing in the long awaited snow!  Some of the fabulous things they got up to included superhero week where they dressed up and made a rocket ship. They made some lovely Valentines artwork and enjoyed a music morning thanks to Matt Manning who came in and played his guitar and sang with the children.

Breakfast club launched with a special Pancake breakfast on Pancake day.  A big welcome to Emma Toseland who joins us as our Breakfast Club Assistant.  Breakfast club is priced at £3.70 per session including a walking bus to school if applicable.  If you would like to sign your child up for any sessions, please email us at sophie@netherheyfordpreschool.co.uk asap.

The cash back cheques have been arriving this month – so far we’ve received £18 for recycling mobile phones and ink cartridges, £13 for Yellow Moon craft orders and another cheque for £35 is on its way from Easy Fundraising. Thank you to everyone who has supported us through these schemes.

During March we will be heading down to the allotments to do a bit of digging in preparation for the growing season. We will also start planting our seeds in the greenhouse – hopefully we can grow some lovely fruit and veg this year!  We have lots of craft activities planned for Easter too and we will be making plans for our Annual Easter Fun Day.

We now have a waiting list for some of our sessions. Please register your child as soon as possible to secure your place – info@netherheyfordpreschool.co.uk

How can you help our Pre-School?

We are collecting unwanted CD’s & DVD’s through Music Magpie and turning them into funds. (Donations to be received at Pre-School before 30th March please – no free newspaper CD’s please, they are not accepted). We are also collecting old mobile phones and ink cartridges and will be arranging a clothing collection through the Fire Fighters charity – they pay us per ton of clothing so if you have any unwanted clothing items please drop them off to us.

If you shop online, you can do so through www.easyfundraising.org.uk  – stores such as John Lewis, Amazon andArgos donate a percentage of the sale to a chosen charity – simply selectNetherHeyfordPre-School.

We are now registered and collecting Petits Filous lids as part of the ‘Pots make Pounds’ scheme. Please rinse the lids before you hand them in!!

We are always looking for volunteers to help in the setting and with our fundraising efforts. Our Preschool is a charity and couldn’t function without help from parents and those in our community so if you have any spare time and feel you would like to help, please contact Sophie Jones on 07984055828 or drop in and introduce yourself.

Thank you for reading

The Preschool Staff and Committee

Tel: 07984055828

info@netherheyfordpreschool.co.uk

www.netherheyfordpreschool.co.uk

Breakfast Club!

Breakfast Club – now open for children aged between 3 & 11 years!

7.45am – 9am    £3.70 per child per session

Sibling Discount available* – 2 children for £6.00

Drop-in sessions available – book 24hrs in advance

Loyalty scheme* – attend 9 sessions and get the 10th FREE!

Book your sessions now – 07984055828 info@netherheyfordpreschool.co.uk

*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer

Rising 5 Session Calendar

Rising 5 Sessions 2012

Thursday afternoons – 1pm-3pm

 

19th April – Visit from Northamptonshire Police

26th April – Forest School activities

3rd May – Rookery Farm Trip (9am-3pm) ALL CHILDREN £5 per child donation

10th May – Outdoor Classroom @ Bliss School

17th May – Fisheries visit & picnic

24th May – Forest School activities

31st May – Jubilee Tea Party

14th June – ‘Wicked Wildlife’ Experience @ Everdon (12noon – 3.30pm)

21st June – Allotment visit

28th June – Outdoor Classroom @ Bliss School

5th July – visit reception class @ Bliss School

12th July – Olympic Celebration

The Committee 2011/12

Following our AGM on 29th September 2011, the following people were elected to join the committee for 2011/12.

  • Lia Trevellick
  • Gina Linford
  • Mick Holtham
  • Angharad Holtham
  • Alice Kettle
  • Annabel Manning
  • Jo Edwards

We currently have two vacancies on the committee. Please speak to an existing member if you wish to join.

Exciting Changes to our Pre-School!

Over the summer we have made lots of exciting changes to our pre-school! The website will be updated shortly so watch this space! In the mean time, if you have any questions or would like to come a view our pre-school please contact

Tel:07984055828

Email: info@netherheyfordpreschool.co.uk

Many Thanks,

The Committee