We are now collecting Sainsburys Active Kids 2011 vouchers. The box is on the table by the signing-in sheet for you and your child to put the vouchers into. Active Kids is all about inspiring kids to lead healthier lifestyles. Sainsburys have come up with loads of experiences and some brilliant new equipment for pre-schools and schools to try this year, so lets make sure that our setting gets the most out of the scheme by collecting as many vouchers as we can!

FEBRUARY – 18th of February 2011 AM- Collection of Unwanted Items of Clothing
Children are forever growing out of clothes and sometimes there is no one else to pass them on to. We can help recycle all your old clothes and shoes and in turn help raise money for our pre-school. Here’s how, its very easy… We have arranged for the Fire Fighters Charity to come to pre-school and collect and then recycle your unwanted clothes and shoes. This will take place on Friday 18th of February 2011. The bags then get weighed and pre-school will get a cheque, so please help us raise as much money as possible and have a good clear out! Use bin liners or plastic bags; just remember to drop your full bags off on the morning of Friday, 18th of February.

MARCH – Making Placemats for Mother’s Day
Children will be making ‘placemats’ with their handprints and a poem called ‘Sticky Grubby Me’. They will make an ideal gift for Mother’s Day and they will be on sale at pre-school (£2.50 each) after the half term. Continue reading →

We would like to say a big thank you to the following companies for supplying us with fantastic prizes for our Christmas 2010 Pre-school Raffle:

• BP Connect
• Cineworld Cinemas Ltd
• Hilton Northampton
• MAN Truck and Bus
• Northampton Saints
• Northampton Town FC
• Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing
• Tesco Stores Ltd
• The Hayrack Gallery
• The Narrowboat Inn
• Toys R Us
• Wyevale Northampton

The prizes included a Sunday Lunch for 4 people from Hilton Northampton, two one month gym memberships from Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing, a pair of cinema tickets from Cineworld, a pair of match tickets from Northampton Saints and from Northampton Town FC,  gift vouchers from Tesco Stores Ltd, The Hayrack Gallery and The Narrowboat Inn; calenders, golf ball set and teddy bear from MAN Truck and Bus, a bottle of wine from BP Connect and an orchid from Wyevale Northampton.

We would like to thank all the parents and relatives for their personal donations. A special thank you also goes to Gina Linford for doing a fantastic job as our Fundraising Co-ordinator and getting all these marvelous prizes donated to us!

We raised £205 this December which is great news to our Pre-school and we could not do this without your help! So thank you once again!