Events at St George's Pre-school over the last few months!

March 2016 coffee mornings for Parent/carers.


 



The children made this picture of the Queen for our wall display to celebrate her 90th birthday!

The Queen's 90th Birthday

In response to the beautiful card our children made for the Queen's 90th birthday, we have received a thank you letter from the Queen and her Lady in Waiting! Well done kids!!

Newsletter Summer 2016

St George’s Pre-school (Benfleet) Ltd Newsletter

                       Summer 2016

Phone number 07743 038405

 

Visit our website on www.stgeorgespreschool.co.uk or see our Facebook page.

 

Welcome back everyone! We hope you enjoyed your Easter holiday.

This term’s theme is “Transport”. We will be looking at buses, taxis, trains, diggers, ambulances, fire engines etc!! Why not look out for these while you are out and about with your children!

 

We would like to thank everyone who helped with this term’s fundraising. We made:

 Clothes collection £72.66

Coffee mornings £168.74!!!!

Scrabble word Art Raffle £21.00

Tempest photos £67.92

What an amazing term!!!!!! Thanks again and keep it up.

 

As you will know, we have recently had our photo in the local newspaper. The children made a card for the Queen and a collage for our display board in Pre-school. In June we will be holding a “street party” for all our children (details to follow.)

 

We now have our very own Facebook page, thanks to Lisa Read (Joshua’s Mum), who put it together for us!! Please visit it, share it, and like it!!

 

In June Tempest Photos will be returning for Graduation photos for children who will be leaving to go to school. (Details to follow.)

 

As our end of term treat for our children we will be holding a bouncy fun day in July. This will be held in our hall during normal session time. (To be confirmed. Details to follow.)

 

Coffee mornings will be held on Wednesday 13^th and Thursday 14^th July, when you will have the opportunity to speak to a member of staff about your child’s development. If anyone would like to make some cakes, we would really appreciate it!!!

 

Please ensure that you put sun cream on your child in the summer, before coming to Pre-school, as we hope to get outside as much as possible. Please put your child in “grippy” footwear suitable for indoor and outdoor play. (No open toed sandals.)

 

Dates for your Diary. (Please keep)

Monday 2^nd May: closed for Bank holiday

Thursday 5^th May: closed for polling

Monday 30^th May to Friday 3^rd June: half term holiday

Friday 10^th June: “Queen’s street party”

Thursday 23^rd June: closed for polling

Wednesday 29^th June: Leaver’s graduation photos

Thursday 7^th July: Bouncy fun day? (to be confirmed)

Wednesday 13^th July and Thursday 14^th July: Last coffee mornings this term!!

Friday 15^th July: Last day of term

 

Autumn term starts: Tuesday 6^th September 2016

Newsletter Spring 2016

St George’s Pre-School (Benfleet) Ltd

Newsletter Spring 2016

Phone number 07743 038405

www.stgeorgespreschool.co.uk

Welcome back and hope you all had a lovely Christmas.

Please ensure your child is warmly dressed as the hall can be a bit draughty at times. If your child comes to Pre-school in boots, could you please change them into their trainers. Please ensure that all belongings are clearly labelled.

In the event of snow, we will do our best to remain open, but if in doubt please ring Pre-school. (In general, as a guide, if the local schools are closed then we will be.)

The theme for this term is “Animals”. We are looking at animals in the jungle, on the farm, our pets and in the country. We will also celebrate Chinese New Year, Mother’s Day and Easter.

We will be holding a Clothes Collection in February. If you are thinking of sorting your wardrobe ready for spring, bag up your clothes and bring them to Pre-school after half term!! Green bags will be given out nearer the time. Many thanks!

We would like to hold a curry night in aid of fundraising, either this term or next. If you are interested in coming, please let us know. Why not get a table together with friends and family? If any parent/carers are willing to organise this, please let us know!!!

We would like to thank everyone who helped with our fundraising events last term. We raised a total of £195!!!. The money went towards the Christmas Party which all the children really enjoyed!!

This term we have Tempest Photos and our usual coffee mornings. If anyone is willing to make some cakes, we would really appreciate it. We will also be having a visit from “Zoolab” again, who will bring and show a variety of small animals to the children, using the animals to tell a story. A letter will be sent out in due course. All Pre-school children will be invited, regardless of the days they attend.

Finally, to advertise our Pre-school would any parent/carers be willing to post a nice comment on the Netmums.com website. This would be greatly appreciated.

Dates for your diary.

Half term: Monday 15^th February 2016 to Friday 19^th February.

Clothes collection: week commencing 22^nd February.

Zoolab Experience: Tuesday 8^th March. Letter to follow.

Tempest Photos: Thursday 10^th March. Siblings welcome. (Letter to follow.)

Coffee mornings: Wednesday 16^th March and Thursday 17^th March. 9am to 10.30.

Last day of term: Thursday 24 March 2016

Summer term begins on Monday 11^th April 2016

Ofsted Inspection June 2015

Ofsted Inspection June 2015

 

We are pleased to announce that we received a “good” judgement in our Ofsted Inspection in June 2015. The Inspector reported on the “rich and vibrant learning environment where children happily enjoy a stimulating programme of activities”. She commented on the warm, welcoming and nurturing relationship between the staff and the children.   Consequently children flourish and develop the skills they need for transition to school.  The Inspector noted that the supervisors and their team are committed to the “continual development of the whole provision.”  She was pleased to see that our parent/carer and staff relationship was open and strong.

If you would like to read the full report, please visit the Ofsted website.

Newsletter Autumn 2015

St George’s Pre-school Newsletter Autumn 2015

Phone number 07743 038405

Website address: www.stgeorgespreschool.co.uk

 

We would like to welcome all our parent/carers and children to the new Autumn term. All children have been allocated a key person who will be working specifically with them. If you do not know who your key person is please ask Sally or Lynne.

Please ensure that your child is warmly dressed as the hall can be a bit draughty at times. If your child comes to Pre-school in boots please change them into trainers and dress them appropriately for outdoor play. Please please please label all coats and bags with child’s name to avoid tears (from children and adults!!!)

In the event of snow we will do our best to remain open but if in doubt please ring the above number.

The theme this term is Colours, Numbers and Shapes. We are looking at the shapes around us, shape names, number names and counting, and all the colours of the rainbow. We are celebrating Eid with a feast of flat bread, cous cous and minted yoghourt. We will be exploring fire work night and Poppy day, along with Divali and Christmas. Our church vicar brings his guitar along to explain the Christmas story and sings children’s Christmas songs. Towards the end of term we will have a lovely Christmas party for the children!!

 

Please continue to support us with your weekly contributions of fruit. The children love it and it is a great time for them to chat to each other about what they have been doing etc.

 

Our coffee mornings will be held on Wednesday 25^th and Thursday 26^th November from 9am to 10.30. All parent/carers are invited to stay for coffee and homemade cakes. This is a great opportunity to watch your child at play and even join in, talk to the staff and your keyworker, and meet the other parents. We only ask for a small donation towards refreshments. All monies raised will go towards the children’s Christmas party.

 

If your child is starting school in September 2016 please be aware that all applications must be submitted to Essex County Council by January 2016. There is a notice in Pre-school outlining how to gain the information you need to apply.

Fundraising is an important part of Pre-school life. It helps pay for new equipment and resources for the children. Next term we will be holding a clothes collection event so please save all your unwanted clothes, bags, shoes and even sheets and duvet covers. Green collection bags will be given out next term. We normally raise around £100 so this is a really good fundraising event!!

We have a large “penny pot” which we are filling up, so if you have any spare coins we are sure your child would enjoy putting them in our pot!!

If anyone has any great fundraising ideas we are always open to suggestions and don’t forget the Easy Fundraising web site for all your on-line shopping.

 

Dates for your diary

Half term holiday: Monday 26^th October to Friday 30^st October

Coffee Mornings: Wednesday 25^th and Thursday 26^th November 

Children’s Christmas Party: Thursday 10th December. Details to follow.

Last day of term: Tuesday 15^th December

Spring term starts: Wednesday 6^th January 2016                              

 

 

Please keep these dates to hand.

 

 

Summer 2015 Newsletter

St George’s Pre-school (Benfleet) Ltd Newsletter

                       Summer 2015

Phone number 07743 038405

Website address: www.stgeorgespreschool.co.uk

 

• Welcome back everyone! We hope you enjoyed your Easter holiday!
• This terms theme is “Stories, songs and rhymes”. We will be looking at a variety of children’s stories, their characters, how stories are structured, how we handle and use books, and letters, words and how words carry meaning. The children will be making characters from the stories, songs and rhymes as well as singing the songs etc in circle time.
• Please ensure that your child is wearing suitable trainers for physical play activities, for both indoor and outdoor play. Please label all coats, jumpers and bags clearly as it can be distressing for your child if they cannot find their belongings.
• If the weather is hot please make sure you put sun cream on your child before coming to pre-school.
• We would like to thank everyone for their support with our fundraising events!! We raised £61 from the photos and £120 from our coffee mornings!! This will be spent on new equipment etc for the children. So far we have bought a variety of Peppa Pig weebles which the children love!!
• As our end of term treat for our children we will be holding a bouncy fun day in July. This will be held in our hall during normal session time. We will have a bouncy castle, a ball pool and many other soft play toys. Details to follow.
• We are hoping to hold a curry night this term. This is always a very enjoyable event and raises lots of money for pre-school!!! Why not ask your friends and family to make up a table with you? Last year this was organised by two lovely parents who did an amazing job!!! If anyone would be kind enough to offer this year please see Lynne or Sally!

Dates for your diary.

Monday 4th May: closed for Bank holiday

Thursday 7^th May: closed for Polling

Monday25th May to Friday 29^th May: Half term holiday

Thursday 2nd July: Bouncy fun day (details to follow)

Wednesday 8^th and Thursday 9^th July: Last coffee mornings this term!!!

                 Parent consultations and children’s journal viewing to be held during the course of the morning.

Thursday 16^th July: Last day of term

 

Autumn terms starts: Monday 7^th September 2015