Monday 18 March 2013

Award Nomination

Wow!  We have been nominated for an award!

Thank you to everyone who has nominated us in the 'Most Outstanding Committee Led Pre-School' category at the What's on 4 Little Ones Awards.  Because of your nominations we are now through to the voting stage of the awards!

So if you think we deserve to win please visit  What's on 4 Little Ones Voting Page and cast your vote!

Thank you for your support.


Comic Relief

A big thank you to everyone who helped us support Comic Relief on Friday, through selling cakes and a non-uniform day we managed to raise £61.50.

Thank You!

Wednesday 6 March 2013

Do you like what we do?

If you like what we do at pre-school now is your chance to nominate us for an award!

What's on 4 Little Ones Awards are now asking for nominations for this years awards.  In order to qualify for an award we need to be nominated and nominations need to be in by this Friday, 8th March at 5pm!!

So, if you think we're worthy of a mention please pop over to What's on 4 Little Ones Awards and give us a mention - perhaps in the Most Outstanding Committee Led Pre-School category?

Thank You!

Tuesday 5 March 2013

Rewind on Ratios


The Pre-School Learning Alliance, of whom we are a member, are organising a petition against the government’s recent announcement of changes to our working child to adult ratios.  Under government proposals this would mean fewer staff employed to look after the youngest of our children.

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has announced that their official government e-petition for parents against childcare ratios changes is now LIVE on the e-petition website – www.rewindonratios.com

‘We are aware that are a number of existing online petitions on this issue.  However, it is unfortunate that the Government has so far chosen to ignore the view of tens of thousands of practitioners.

Our Rewind on Ratios campaign gives parents a voice – and it is parents that we believe the Government is most likely to listen to.’ – Pre-School Learning Alliance

It’s important to note that this is the only official Government-recognised petition against the proposals. When the petition reaches 10,000 signatures, the Government must provide an official response. Once we reach 100,000 signatures, the topic will be considered for discussion in the House of Commons

We hope you will join us in supporting the Alliance’s Rewind on Ratios campaign and ask colleagues, family and friends to sign the e-petition over the next few weeks.

NB: As the e-petition site does not permit petitions in the name of organisations, the petition is in the name of Neil Leitch, Alliance chief executive.

Monday 4 March 2013

Parents Evening

This week we will be having our annual Parent Evenings on Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th March.  Any parent who has not already made an appointment but wish to do so should speak to Jayne to see if we can squeeze you in!

This is your chance to find out about all the amazing things your children get up to whilst at pre-school and what we have in store for them over the coming months.  All parents will get chance to have a look at their child's development file and speak to their child's key-person.  Jayne will also be available to chat with.

All appointment slots are 10 minutes long and we will do our utmost to ensure we run on time, your understanding and co-operation with this is greatly appreciated - thank you!