New Term

Our Summer term starts on Monday 28th April and our first topic will be 'Gardening & Springtime'.  We are currently in need of small yoghurt pots so that we can do some planting as well as gardening magazines, old seed packets and leaflets/brochures with a gardening/plant theme.

And don't forget to bring back your Smartie tubes full of pennies!!

Although the term is only 4 weeks long we have lots happening including our Retro Disco on Saturday 10th May (over 18's only) and a visit from Kids Klub Video on Tuesday 20th May.

We will also start our forward planning for September and be canvassing all our parents as to what sessions they will need for their children come September as well as starting the transition process for those children moving onto 'big school'.

Oh and on Wednesday 30th April we have a committee meeting at The Risley Park Pub at 7.30pm to discuss and prep all things Summer Fair related.  So if you'd like to help out or have ideas for stalls etc then please come along and join in the fun!  Everyone is welcome :)

End of Term

Well, today is the last day of our Spring term.  We would just like to wish everyone a Happy Easter and hope you all have a lovely couple of weeks before we return on Monday 28th April.

We hope your children are enjoying their pack of Smarties, please remember to return the tube full of pennies.  All money raised this way will help us provide some fantastic resources for our next topic of 'Gardening & Springtime'.

On sale NOW are tickets for our next fundraiser; we are having an over 18's disco on Saturday 10th May at Risley Village Hall from 7.30pm - 11.30pm. and there will be a very reasonably priced licensed bar!  Tickets are £7.50 each and available direct from pre-school (email: springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk or 07960 983423).  This is set to be a great night, come along and dance the night away to the sounds of the 80's, 90's and 00's and help raise money for pre-school at the same time :)

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Committee Meeting Update

Following our Committee meeting on Wednesday 12^th March we just wanted to bring you up to date on what was discussed;

New Shed – we are hoping to replace our two very tired sheds with one large, purpose built new one.  We are hoping to hear some news about a possible grant that will help us accomplish this and if all things work out are looking to set the wheels in motion this Easter.

Easter Fundraiser – we will be once more issuing tubes of Smarties for the children just prior to Easter and asking parents to return the tubes (once empty!!) full of pennies (20p’s fit lovely!!)

Disco – we are now putting plans together to hold an evening fundraiser on Saturday 10^th May.  This will be an Over 18’s disco with a retro vibe, playing 80’s, 90’s and maybe some 00’s! So keep the date free as this will be a fun night and a great way to help raise money for pre-school.  More details to follow very soon.

Summer Fair – this year’s fair will now take place on Saturday 5^th July 1pm – 4pm and will take on the theme of ‘Springfield-by-the-Sea’.  We are hoping to evoke the feeling of being at the seaside and are looking to have donkey rides, an ice-cream van, BBQ, candy floss, games of chance and lots more BUT we need YOUR help!  Can you help organise the event?  Can you help on the day?  Do you have any ideas for stalls/activities?  Do you know of anyone, or businesses, that could help out?  This is our major fundraiser of the year and we need to make it the best ever but we can only do that if we all work together and share the load.  We will be having a meeting on Wednesday 30^th April at 7.30pm at The Risley Park pub to chat and plan all things Summer fair; please come along, show your support and help make this a great family event!

Please speak to Jayne or any of the committee should you want to know more about what the committee does or want to get involved.

Committee Meeting

Our next committee meeting will be on Wednesday 12th March at 7.30pm at The Risley Park pub.

All parents are invited to attend, the more the merrier.

This is your chance to get involved with pre-school and help organise our much needed fundraising events. Our next major fundraiser will be our Summer Fair and we needs lots of ideas and helpers.

If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to help out in someway then please speak to Jayne.

We are always looking for parents to join our committee so if you are interested pop along on Wednesday and find out what it's all about.

Hope to see lots of you there!

Cake Sale & Half Term

A big thank you to everyone who baked for our cake stall this last week and most importantly to all those who bought cakes.  We had some amazing creations which we hope everyone has enjoyed.  The total raised by the end of the week was £98!  That is an amazing figure - THANK YOU!

We hope that the money will help go some way to buying a couple of child sized picnic benches for our outside area.

Don't forget that it's our half term break this week; we hope you all have a great week and that the weather isn't too awful!

See you on Monday 24th February!

Valentines Cake Sale

All this week, beginning 10th February, we will be having a Valentines themed cake sale. All donations are gratefully received; we look forward to seeing some more of our parents amazing creations - we have some very talented bakers amongst our parents!!

All money raised will go straight to pre-school and will go toward buying a couple of child sized benches and parasols for our outside area.

Many thanks for your continuing support, it really is appreciated :)

Wanted!!

Can you help?

We need the following to help with our new topic after half term when we will be exploring shapes, patterns and colours;

• Wallpaper - off cuts, unused rolls
• Sandpaper - all sizes and sorts
• Boxes - cardboard boxes of all sizes
• Wood - small pieces of planed, soft wood
• Home decorating/DIY supplies - paint brushes, paint trays etc anything as long as it's child friendly!
• An old clothes horse!

If you can help with any of the above that would be really appreciated - thank you!