Christmas Fair - A Huge Success!

A big, big thank you goes out to everyone who supported our Christmas Fair this year we have raised an amazing £1020 - WOW!

We couldn't have done it without all the help from those organising the event, setting up on the day, manning stalls, clearing away and especially those who spent their hard earned pennies - it is truly appreciated by everyone connected with pre-school.

The profit will now go into our fund to provide a permanent play structure for our outside area - we're hoping for a pirate ship!!

THANK YOU!!

Two Weeks till our Christmas Fair

It's only a couple of weeks now until our Christmas Fair on Saturday 6th December from 2pm - 4pm.

We will be having lots of stalls as well as Santa in his Grotto.  In order to make it a success we need lots of help;

• we need donations of bottles for our bottle tombola (anything you like as long as it's in a bottle - wine, beer, perfume etc)
• donations of Christmas chocolates for our chocolate tombola - selection boxes, chocolate Santa's etc
• cakes! We will be asking for cakes to be brought in the day before (or on the day) so get your baking tins ready!
• we are having a 'Homemade Stall' and are looking for anything 'homemade' - jams, chutneys, knitted items, jewellery etc
• we also need prizes for our raffle
• volunteers to man stalls on the day
• volunteers to help put up posters

Stalls are also available for local small businesses at £10 per stall plus a donation for our raffle.  Please contact Jayne at springfieldpreschool@hotmail.co.uk or 07960 983423.

All money raised from this event will go direct to pre-school and will support our project to install a permanent play fixture in our outside area, we are hoping for a pirate ship!!

Thank you for any support you can give this event it is greatly appreciated.

Thank You!

We have had two great fundraisers this term.  The Christmas Card Art Project has raised £58 whilst our Cake Sale week raised an amazing £125 - WOW!

A big thank you to everyone who got involved with both of these fundraisers especially all our talented bakers!!

We are hoping that our photo morning has raised lots too as there were some lovely photos.  If you haven't got you photo order in yet you have until 2.45pm pm Friday 24th October!!

Thank you!

AGM & Committee Meeting

We have our first parent committee meeting of the school year on Tuesday 14th October, at 7.30pm at The Risley Park pub.  This will also be our AGM and see the election of our committee members.

We will be looking forward to upcoming fundraisers, with our annual Christmas Fair top of our list! As well as any other ideas that our parents may have.

We would love to see as many parents (and grandparents, aunts, uncles etc etc) as possible at the meeting.  This is your chance to get involved with pre-school and help ensure that we continue to be the best possible pre-school we can be.  It's also chance to meet other parents, make friends, have a drink and help out all at the same time!

Hope to see you there :)

Cake Sale

Well it's nearly time for our first cake sale of the school year!

Next week, 13th October, will be cake sale week; we will start selling cakes on Monday morning at the end of session and keep going until we run out of cakes!!

So all you bakers out there get your ingredients sorted and baking tins prepped ready to bring in your creations from Monday onwards...if baking isn't your thing then don't worry we like shop bought ones too :)

All monies raised from the cake sale will help support our Christmas activities; craft supplies, party game prizes, presents from Santa and special snack treats.

Thank you.

Derbyshire County Council Childcare Sufficiency Survey

Derbyshire County Council has a legal duty to assess the provision of childcare to determine if there is sufficient childcare available, as far as reasonably practicable, to allow parents/carers to access work, education or training.

The Childcare Improvement Service is now conducting a survey to highlight any gaps in provision and ensure that parents/carers can access high quality affordable childcare.  Parents/carers are invited to take part in their Childcare Consultation 2014 by following this link www.derbyshire.gov.uk/childcareconsultation

Thank you.

New School Year

We hope everyone has a great start to the new school year and all our leavers are settling in nicely to their new schools.

We have lots happening between now and Christmas so please check back here regularly for updates.

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