March 2010
Newsletter March 2010
World Book Day
World Book Day is on Wednesday 3rd March 2010. We have vouchers worth £1 to give to each child. These can be used to buy a £1 book or £1 off any children's book at Tesco's, Sainsbury's, WH Smith's and Waterstones. There'll be lots of opportunities for looking at books so if any parents want to come and share stories with their children they’d be very welcome.
Library Visits
We are continuing to make visits to Manningham Library and parents are welcome to join us. The visits are both morning and afternoon. Please speak to your child’s teacher if you’d like to go along.
Dance
This term we have a dancer working with us. Her name is Sophie and she will be showing the children a variety of dance styles e.g. ballet and contemporary dance.
Visits to Places of Worship
To support our work on looking at the community around us we’ve organized visits to Bradford Cathedral and a Sikh temple (Gudwara) . Children will be able to look at the buildings and also find out a little bit about the different religious practices in our local community. Parents are welcome to join us.
Children's Progress Meetings for 3-5 year olds
Over the next few weeks your child's teacher will be contacting you to arrange a meeting to discuss your child's progress.
Election of Parent Governors
If you're interested in supporting and guiding the work of the school and the centre then there is an opportunity to join the Governing Body. We need 2 parent Governors who can be any parent who has a child in the school, childcare or comes to Toddler Group. Please see the letter asking for nominations out later this week.
Completion of Conservatory
You’ll be pleased to see that the new conservatory building is complete .If you’d like to have a look inside please ask staff to show you. We don’t have a name for this new space yet but have had suggestions of the ‘Snug and the ‘Square room’. We’ll use the room for quiet activities and for children to have rests.
New school hours from September
From September 2010 children will be eligible for 15hrs free nursery education the term after their 3rd birthday. We have changed our school times to accommodate the new hours.
We can offer either morning or afternoon sessions
AM session starts at 8.45 – 11.45am
PM session starts at 12.30pm – 3.30pm
We will also offer a small number of flexible places on a first come first served basis.
Flexible sessions are 15hrs taken over 2 ½ days
- Either all day Monday and Tuesday with half a day on Wednesday morning
- Or Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday and Friday.
Children attending flexible sessions will also be able to access a lunch time session between 11.45 am and 12.30pm.
If your child will be remaining in nursery in September 2010 please let us know what sessions you prefer. You can leave a message in the office or call us on 546492.
