Newsletter
September 2015
New Starters
A warm welcome to our new starters this term:
Samuel Kettlewell
Sam Wynne
Rosie-Mae Baddiley
Riley John Bacegalupo
Harriette Noonan
Beaumont Burgess
Finley Frith
We look forward to sharing your Pre-School years with you.
Theme
The theme for this half term is ‘Around the world’
Dates for the Diary
Meet and Greet Open Morningfor prospective families to Goostrey Community Primary School will be on Friday 2nd October at 9.30 am, in the Sunshine Room (Infant side near village hall). This is an informal meeting where the Headteacher, Miss Atkins, will welcome families
who are considering a place there, for individual tours of the school.
You can book one at this meeting or email / ring school to arrange one.
News
We are very pleased to welcome Emma Bedford to the Pre-School as a member of our team. Emma has been working as a Nanny and, therefore, knows a lot of the children already.
There are also changes to our committee too. We are pleased to welcome Katherine Kettlewell, Lisa Hargreaves, Angela Puddle and Claire Moran and we sadly say goodbye to Tracey Goodwin who has served on the Pre-School committee for over 10 years, Rachael Machin, Erica Ashbrook and Sarah Jones
Goostrey Pre-School is a charity run organisation.Our Parent run Committee works hard to organise many fundraising events throughout the year so that we can provide new equipment and resources for the children. We are looking for new parents to join our committee so that we can go on providing those essential items in the future. We meet once every half term in the evening. If you would like to know more or would like to get involved, please speak to any of the current committee members
Term Dates:
Start 08/09/15 Finish 23/10/15
Autumn Half Term
Start 03/11/15 Finish 18/12/15
Xmas break
Start 05/01/16 Finish 12/02/16
Spring Half Term
Start 23/02/16 Finish 24/03/16
Easter Break
Start 12/04/16 Finish 27/05/16
Summer Half Term
Start 07/06/16 Finish 15/07/16
Match Funding
If you or your friends/family work for an organisation that operates match funding for events/activities then we would be so grateful if you could look into this for us to help the Pre-School.
Fundraising
Thank you, again, to all parents and families for your support over the last academic year. We really do rely and appreciate parent’s help and support with our big fundraisers like the Spring Lunch, Easter Party, Fashion/Beauty product evenings, Roseday and the Pub Quiz. We had agreat fundraising year last year and we look forward to another great year this year. We will be organising a fundraising event before Christmas. Watch this space for more details.
We are always open to new ideas for fundraising activities. If you have any ideas or were thinking of doing a sponsored event, please let us know.
We have registered Pre-School with the following retailer linked website:
This is an internet based site through which you can access major high street and internet retailers for your shopping. Everytime you make a purchase, the retailers donate a small amount to Pre-School. We would be grateful if you could look into using this if you are an avid internet shopper. Please tell friends and family too.
Pre-School Website
We keep information about events updated on the website as well as lots of other information including useful documents.
Pre-School Uniform
You can order Pre-School uniform items online direct from our official supplier, My School Style:
Staff Members
Rachel Boulton – (Manager)
Nicola Ellershaw(Deputy Manager)
Angie Whalley
Barbara Wood
Emma Bedford
Contact Numbers
During Pre-School hours: 07471 756720
Chairperson – Katie Saunders:
01477 532099
Registration Secretary – Penny Flanagan 01477 532789
And finally
Please do not hesitate to speak to any member of staff or the committee should you be unsure about anything, need information about something, want to get involved in some way or simply want to suggest an idea.
Committee Members
Katie Saunders – Chair
Jenny Hemmings – Vice Chair
Fiona Brown - Secretary
Kerry Comb - Treasurer
Katherine Kettlewell – Information
Penny Flanagan – Registration
Lisa Hargreaves - Fundraising
Angela Puddle Fundraising
Claire Moran – Supplies