Newsletter
A very warm welcome
Autumn-1 2015
In this issue:
to Bottesford Pre-School;
whether you and your child are returning after the summer break,
or one of our new families just starting with us. This term we will
be focusing on settling all the children into Pre-School, learning
all our new routines and all about snack time. We will be talking
about families, so please if possible could you return your “family
sheets”.
We shall also be looking at Autumn this term and hopefully we
shall be visiting Warwick Flats to see the senior citizens and sing
them some Harvest songs. We will be making flapjack to take
down to them as our harvest gift.
THIS FRIDAY
Fun Day! September 18th
Everyone welcome! Please join us for our Annual Pre-School Fun Day
from 3.30pm-5.30pm. There will be lots of different stalls and games,
tombola, face painting and a bouncy castle. To save you going home to
cook tea there is also a BBQ and cake stall!
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Can you help by donating a prize or two for the tombola? These
can be dropped off at Pre-School anytime before the event.
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Or perhaps bake some cakes for the cake stall? These should be
delivered to Pre-School on the actual day.
We would love to see as many people there as possible, so please come
along and support us for our biggest fundraiser of the year!
Pupil Premium
At Bottesford Pre-School we aim to enable all children to reach
their full potential. We achieve this with high quality teaching, resources and training.
The Government are also helping by providing extra funding for 3
and 4 year olds who use their funding, partly or totally, with us.
There is additional criteria which must be met, such as;
A)
Your family receives income support.
B)
Your family receive income based job seekers allowance.
C)
Your family receive tax credit allowance, but don’t earn more
than £16,190 pa.
D)
You have a ‘looked after’ child.
E)
You have adopted a child from care.
There are other circumstances—please ask.
If you have not filled in a relevant form, but you feel your child
could be eligible for this funding, please don’t hesitate to speak to
Lucinda Tongue.
There is around £300pa available for a child using all his/her funding with us—Lets make a difference.
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A Warm Welcome
Fun Day!
The Autumn Term
Pupil Premium
Bags to School
Sue’s News
SEN policy
Dates for your diary
School Admissions
Bonfire Night
School Photographer
The photographer will be visiting
Pre-School on Thursday 15th
October for his annual visit, if
your child attends Pre-School on
a Thursday they will automatically
have their photo taken, If they
don’t and you would like to book a
session please speak to Kim or
Lucinda.
“Bags to School”
In the run-up to Christmas what
better time to have a sort-out at
home, please bring in any unwanted items, clothes, paired shoes,
handbags, hats etc and help raise
funds for Pre-School. Bags can be
brought into Pre-School at any
time or dropped over the fence.
Items can be put in any suitable
bag or ask for one of ours.
Our last collection in June raised
£264.00!
The next collection date is 7th
December.
Sue’s News
How much hidden sugar do your children consume every day ? quite a lot is probably the answer, according to Jamie Oliver’s
‘sugar rush’ programme.
I have always known about hidden sugars but even I was shocked
when it was revealed how much is getting into even so-called
healthy foods and snacks, and the consequences can be horrific.
Apart from obesity, children are increasingly being admitted for
surgery to remove rotten teeth, and type 2 diabetes is now on
the increase. With this in mind we have decided to ask you to
‘kick out the cake’ (and biscuits and chocolate) from lunchboxes.
If you really need to give a treat then save it for teatime!.
If you have any questions concerning children’s nutrition, please
see Sue Booth, our Healthy Eating Co-ordinator.
Working Party
We are potentially having a working party Saturday 19th September, from 1.30 onwards depending on the weather. So please
if you can spare an hour or two come along and help make PreSchool look tidier. Please check our Facebook page for upto date
information. Refreshments will be provided.
Bonfire Evening
Dates for
your diary
Pre-School Funday!
Friday September 18th
Join us for our annual Funday
between 3.30 - 5.30pm
Pre-School AGM
Tuesday 13th October 7.30pm
Photographer
Thursday 15th October
Half Term Holiday
Monday 19th-Fri 23rd October
Pre-school will be closed
Bags to school
Monday 7th December
Christmas Parties
Last day of term
Friday 18th December
More information to follow.
Labelling Items
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
To avoid children eating the wrong
food at lunchtimes please could all
lunchboxes be clearly labelled.
Please could all shoes and coats be
labelled as well, this helps the
children to find their
own things and avoid
any upset.
new Send Code of Practice.
School Admissions
Pre-School will be running the Bonfire night refreshment stall
again this year, please come along and buy a hot drink or a glass
of mulled wine.
We have updated our Special Educational Needs and Disability Policy in
line with the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice
2014. The policy details how we value and support all children to reach
their full potential. You can read our policy on our website or in the policy reference file in the hall. We have also published our local offer on
the Leicestershire website (www. Leics.gov.uk/local offer) as per the
Christmas Singing and Coffee Morning
Wednesday 16th December and Thursday 17th December from
10.45 onwards we shall be having our coffee mornings to celebrate Christmas. Come along to see your child sing and
take part in our little nativity. Coffee and mince pies will
be available, everyone welcome.
Christmas Party Day
Our Christmas Party day will be Friday 18th December, your
child will be invited to a two hour party, either morning or afternoon, Pre-School will be not be running usual sessions this day.
A list of parties will be put up in the hall nearer the time.
If your child will be four years old
before 1st September 2016 and
starting school for the first time
the closing date for applications is
15th January 2016. To apply for a
place you can apply on line at
www.leics.gov.uk/admissions. Or
direct at the local school. If you
require any further information
please speak to our transition coordinator, Catherine Avison.
Bottesford Pre-School, The Garden, Barkestone Lane, Bottesford, Nottingham, NG13 0AX
Tel: 01949 844489 Email: [email protected]
www.bottesfordpreschool.org.uk