AGM & Committee Meeting

On Monday 24th September we shall be having our first parent committee meeting of the new school year.  It will take place at The Risley Park pub at 8.00pm and will also include our AGM.

The parent committee is a vital part of pre-school life; as a registered charity and a member of the Pre-school Learning Alliance it is part of our constitution that we are run by a parent committee.  The committee helps with the overall management of pre-school as well as organise much needed fund raising events.

The purpose of this first meeting is to elect committee members; we need an elected Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and at least two others.  All parents are eligible to stand for any position and we welcome all applicants.  Whilst we have a committee in place at the moment we are in desperate need of a new secretary and extra parents to help spread the responsibility.  Should any parents be interested in joining the committee in whatever capacity please speak to Jayne.

The remainder of the meeting will be to look forward to our first major fundraiser of the year, our annual Christmas Fayre, and start the vital planning needed to make this event a success.

We hope to see lots of you there on Monday night, come along, meet the team, make some new friends and help your child's pre-school continue to flourish - thank you in advance.

Fun in the Sun

So the holidays are over and the sun comes out!!  But it has given us chance to play outside in our new sensory garden...

















We have lots of new fun things to play with....

....with lots of bright colours....

...and some noisy ones too!!

And you can't beat messing about in water!!

Back to School

Just a reminder that pre-school re-opens on Tuesday 4th September!

We look forward to welcoming you all back as well as meeting all our new starters.

Garden Makeover Phase 2

Today saw the next stage in our garden transformation, from this....

to this....

Thank you to Julie, Darren, Phil, Jayne, Sylvia & Anne-Marie who gave up their time today.

Garden Makeover Begins...

So in the burning sunshine we embarked upon our garden makeover today.  We went from this.....

to this......

and all in about 3 hours!!

A big thank you to Julie, Sylvia, Sarah, Jayne & Tony.....and to all our children who were there with us and kept themselves occupied and stayed out of trouble!!

Summer's Here!

Well what a lovely start to the Summer holidays - blue skies and sunshine!!  Fingers crossed it lasts!!

The staff would like to say a big thank you for all the cards and very generous presents that we received at the end of term.  It has been a pleasure to teach all of our children and we wish all those heading for 'big' school lots of luck and happiness - thank you!

We have lots of things planned for the coming year and will be spending some of our holiday getting organised for September as well as re-vamping some of our outdoor garden area.  We have to say a big thank you to Erewash Borough Council who awarded us a grant of £500 which enabled us to buy our new 'flower chalkboards', 'insect mirrors', 'butterfly weaving frame' and our willow tepee.  Following the success of our Summer Fayre we are now in a position to tackle one of the raised beds and perhaps even more.....watch this space!

So, have a very happy, safe and enjoyable holiday and we look forward to seeing you all in September!

Fayre Success

Well would you believe it the sun came out and stayed out yesterday for our Summer Fayre!

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported this event, due to your kind generosity we raised a wonderful £750....we hope this figure may even increase before we reach the end of term!

If you didn't get chance to see our wonderful 'Art Gallery' created by the children you still have chance to buy your children's artwork at a very reasonable £4.50, please see any of the staff who will be only too happy to help.

Next event is our 'End of Year Leavers Concert' on Monday 16th July at 1pm....tissues at the ready!!