Latest Newsletter - 5th January 2015

Hello

Welcome back after the Christmas break we hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

Important Dates for your Diary

w/c 12^th January                  -           Dress Up Week

w/c 19^th January                  -           Cake Sale Week

Friday 6^th February             -          End of Term

Monday 16^th February         -           Start of Term

Wednesday 11^th March        -           Inset Day – pre-school will be closed

17^th, 18^th & 19th March       -           Parents Evening

Friday 27^th March                -           End of Term

Monday 13^th April                 -           Start of Term

Session Fees

Invoices for session fees, lunch club and snack have been issued; all invoices are issued for the term up to the 6^th February and should be paid by Wednesday 21^st January 2015.  Late payment of fees will automatically incur a £6.75 penalty fee and continuous failure to pay fees could result in the removal of your child’s place from pre-school.  Please speak to Jayne regarding any payment issues so that this can be avoided – many thanks.

Primary School Applications

If your child was born between 1^st September 2010 and 31^st August 2011 they will be due to start Primary School in the academic year September 2015 – August 2016.  Applications for your child's place at Primary School need to be made through Derbyshire County Council (for those living in Derbyshire) and Nottinghamshire County Council (for those living in Nottinghamshire) by midnight on 15th January 2015.  If anyone has any questions please speak to Jayne.

Term Dates

Please be aware that we follow Derbyshire County Council term dates and as such the dates for our February half term and Easter breaks are different to those for Nottinghamshire County Council.

Upcoming Events

Dress Up Week (w/c 12^th January) – to tie in with our topic of ‘favourite books’ we would like the children to come to pre-school dressed as their favourite character from a book!

Cake Sale Week (w/c 19^th January) – we will be having a cake sale all week (or until we run out of cakes!) so please bring in your donations from Monday 19^th January.  Cakes will be on sale at the end of each session – thank you.

Parents Evenings – these will be held in March and more details will be available after half term.

How to Contact Pre-School

Our phone number is 07960 983423 or email us at; springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk and check our website www.springfieldpreschool.co.uk and Facebook page for up-to-date information.