Plese Help the Grove Pre-School in our quest to obtain new sports equipment
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2: enter the Grove Pre-School postcode CO3 0RN in the field provided under support your pre school
3: Enter your details and register your support before the 29th Feb 2012
Thank You for supporting the Grove Pre-School
January 2012
DearParents/Carers,
We hope that you enjoyed the Christmas and New Year festivities and send our best wishes for 2012.
Our plans for this half term :-
9th – 20th January Shapes Letters of the week – r and then s
Encouraging the children to select and name shapes and to build and construct with a wide
variety of materials.
23rd – 27th January Chinese New Year, Lions and dragons Letter of the week e
Developing an understanding of different cultures and beliefs.
30th Jan – 10th Feb Winter weather and birds Letters of the week – o and then m
Encouraging the children to look closely at nature – at similarities, difference, pattern and change.
The half term holiday is between 13th – 17th February and we will be closed on February 20th
in line with Stanway School. The non-pupil day will be used by staff for resource gathering, planning and cleaning.
The remainder of this terms holiday dates can be viewed on our website by clicking on the Newsletter link. Please ask if you require a paper copy of our term date
During the Autumn term members of the committee and staff have been in discussions with the owners of the Scout Hut and groups of community volunteers. Following on from these talks work should commence shortly to improve the exterior of the building and grounds. Staff and volunteers from Community Payback will only have limited and supervised access to the building so please be assured that it is business as usual whilst works are carried out.
Committee News
The Grove Pre-School exists and is managed by a committee of staff and parents as a charity and whilst we intend to continue in this way we have now become a charity with incorporated company status. In simple terms this gives The Grove an identity in its own right and removes the financial liability of those serving on its committee. Our name has changed to Grove Pre-School (Stanway) and our new charity number is 203797. We are registered at companies’ house under reference 1144690. The management team are:
Director: Sarah Greenham Chair
Director: Kerry Strain Treasurer
Company Secretary: Hannah Hummberstone
Members: Colette Halls/Juliet Turner/Katie Mansfield/Julie Scales
Fundraising
We are now registered with easyfundraising which enables us to raise funds through personal shopping online. If you shop in this way you could help us raise funds by registering with easyfundraising and each time you shop you will be helping Grove Pre-School. Please use this link to register http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/grovepreschstanway
Thank-you for all your support with the Blue Bag collection and the recent raffle, we intend to contribute to the improvements the Scouts are making to the hut with some of the money we are raising this year.
Finally if you have any old mobile phones, wallets, purses, or handbags we would be grateful for these to enhance imaginary play in our home/role play corner. We also require cardboard boxes (cereal boxes, cake boxes etc.) for junk modelling.
