New School Year

Just a reminder that we re-open for the new school year on Monday 7th September 2015. If anyone has any queries about their child's sessions or would like to enquire about places please contact Jayne either via email; springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk or on 07960 983423.

We would like to wish all those children who left us in July all the very best of luck as they start their new schools over the next couple of weeks, we hope you have a great time and know you will all do amazingly!

Summer Fair Success

We had an absolutely beautiful day on Saturday for our Summer Fair (despite the rain the night before!!). The sun came out and so did lots of people to help make it a really fun afternoon.

We would just like to thank everyone involved in making this fair our best ever; those who helped set-up, those that manned stalls, those that helped clear way, those that made donations and most of all those who spent their hard earned pennies.

We raised an amazing £1065!!!!! WOW! What can we say but a BIG, BIG thank you! We really do appreciate everyone's generosity. This money will help pay for all the recent improvements to our outside area, including our amazing pirate ship.

Thank You!

Latest News - 22nd June 2015

Here is a copy of our latest newsetter;

There is lots happening in the last few weeks of this term so thought it may be worthy of a newsletter!

Inset Days – we are closed on Monday 29^th & Tuesday 30^th June

Reports Issued – end of year reports will come home the week beginning 6^th July. Those children leaving us will also bring home their ‘development file’

Sports Day – this is scheduled for Thursday 9^th July at 2pm, if the weather is against us we will try again on the 16^th July and failing that we will try one last time on the 23^rd July.

Leavers Concert – this concert only involves those children who will be moving onto big school and takes place at 4pm on Monday 13^th July

Last Day – we will close for the Summer holidays at 2.45pm on Friday 24^th July

September Return Date – we re-open at 9.15am on Monday 7^th September

Summer Fair – Saturday 4^th July – 1.00pm – 4-00pm

v  Competition time - We are sending home a small stick that your child can transform into a magic wand, all entries received by Friday 3^rd July will be displayed at the Summer Fair ready for a winner to be chosen.

v  We will also be having a pirate fancy dress competition on the day – judging will take place at 3.30pm

v  Wednesday 1^st, Thursday 2^nd & Friday 3^rd July will be non-uniform days and all we ask in return is the donation of a bottle for our bottle tombola.

v  We are still in need of raffle prizes and items for our surprise gift tombola, so please bring in any donations as soon as possible.

v  Lots of cakes will be needed for our cake stall – please bring to pre-school on Friday 3^rd July or from 11.00am on Saturday 4^th July.

Better Weather…we hope…

As the weather begins to warm up and get sunnier (we hope) can we please remind parents to send their children to pre-school with sun-cream already applied and with a sun-hat. Children who are with us for a full day will have cream re-applied at lunch time if needed, we have our own supply of factor 50 sun-cream that we will use unless advised otherwise.  If the weather gets really hot we may have some impromptu ‘water fun days’ when children will need to bring swimwear, towel and change of clothes; we will advise parents by text if this is likely to happen!

Cocktails & Fizz Success

A big thank you to everyone who supported this event as we managed to raise an amazing £560!! Fantastic!

Car Boot!   

Evalyn Fairfull-Smith’s mum, Louise, has very kindly offered to attend a local car boot over the Summer holidays in aid of pre-school. If you have any items suitable for a car boot please bring them into pre-school before the end of term. All money raised will go straight to pre-school, thank you!

Cocktails & Fizz

It's not long now till our Cocktails & Fizz evening and we hope lots of you can make it.

It all happens on Saturday 13th June at Risley Village Hall from 7.30pm - 11.30pm. Cocktails will be provided by the fabulous Mambo Mobile Bars, there will also be a bar and disco. Tickets are only £5 and are available direct from pre-school.

This is set to be a fun night out and will hopefully raise a ton of cash for pre-school at the same time!

Please get in touch if you'd like tickets - springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk or 07960 983
423 or visit our Facebook page.

Fundraisers!!

A big thank you to everyone involved with and who supported our Family BBQ & Disco last Sunday, it was a big success and rasied £270 for pre-school - fantastic!!

Our next fundraiser will soon be upon us; it's our Cocktails & Fizz evening on Saturday 13th June from 7.30pm to 11.30pm at Risley Village Hall.  This will be an over 18's only event and will have a disco, licensed bar and cocktails provided by Mambo Mobile Bar.

Tickets are only £5 each and available NOW! Please contact pre-school on 07960 983423 or email springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk or visit our Facebook page for tickets and more information.

Fashion Show Success

Our charity fashion show last Friday night was a huge success; we managed to raise £560 for pre-school which is amazing!

A big thank you to Risley Fashion House for putting on such a fabulous event, please check out their Facebook page (search for Risley Fashion House) to keep up to date with their latest stock.

Another big thank you has to go to our brave models for strutting their stuff on the catwalk!!

And finally a big thank you to everyone who supported the event, it was a great night, a lot of fun and we raised a ton of cash for pre-school at the same time :)

Staff Vacancy

We are currently advertising the following position;

Early Years Practitioner – Supply Cover

Springfield Pre-School are looking to recruit new members of staff to join its lively and successful team of practitioners.  In the first instance the positions will be ‘Supply Cover’ with the option to increase hours should the need occur.

The role will provide cover for instances of illness, holidays, training or when extra staff is required to ensure the needs of the children and pre-school are met at all times.  Successful applicants will be required to be available at extremely short notice.

Applicants should have a passion for childcare, have relevant experience and preferably hold an appropriate Level 3 qualification.  You should be able to work on your own as well as in a team and use your initiative.

Salary will be commensurate with experience and level of qualification.

Springfield Pre-School is well established and provides high quality childcare and education for children aged between 2 and 5 years, we are currently judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted and are striving towards being an ‘Outstanding’ setting.  We are a member of the Pre-School Learning Alliance and are a registered charity.

Applicants should contact Jayne Phipps on 07960 983423 or email at springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk for an application form.  All applications should be accompanied by an up-to-date CV.

All appointments will be subject to a full Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

Closing Date: Friday 20^th March