July 6th 2010

Tuesday 6th of July

Picnic next week!
Don’t forget the wonderful annual Kate Greenaway Picnic next Friday the 16th of July from 3.30-5.30.
All families with young children are welcome, siblings included of course (we just ask that you keep an eye on all your children please). Please bring some food to share, the more international the dishes the better!

Summer Stay and Play programme
This year we’ve teamed up with our neighbours Bemerton Children’s Centre to offer a stay and play every day from 10-1.00 Monday to Friday at Barnard Park 1 o’clock club. All children under five are very welcome, starting Monday the 26th of July for three weeks, finishing on Friday August 13th. We’ll also still be offering our Saturday sessions at Kate Greenaway up to and including August 7th.

Are you thinking about working with children?
We will be offering an introductory course to working with children in the Autumn. The course runs for a morning a week for 10 weeks and includes support to think about returning to work and training and 12 hours experience in a nursery placement. Unfortunately we are not able to offer a crèche so participants will need to arrange their own childcare.
Places are limited so please let Jan, Kara or Liz know if you are interested. More information will be available very soon.
Birthdays in Nursery

We love to celebrate all the children’s birthdays in the nursery. When it is your child’s birthday your key person will arrange to bake a cake with them and share it with a small group of children they know well.

Mums, Dads and Carers are very welcome to come in and join their child’s celebration. We ask families not to bring anything in, just to share the cake we bake here. Please do talk to your child’s key person or to Jan or Michele if you’d like to know more.

News from the nursery
The nursery team will be arranging some end of term trips to Freightliners farm and we’d like to invite as many Mums, Dads and carers to join us as possible. Parents make a huge difference when they are able to attend trips making them more fun for everyone. If you think you may be able to help please let Michele know.