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Committee News – New Building

 

Moving Date

With the new building finally becoming a reality, the committee will be meeting soon to firm out our tentative plans for running Pre-School in it. The building is due to be completed by Easter, after which we need to fit out the interior and gain OFSTED approval before we can move the Pre-School into it. Realistically this probably means September, but if it possible to move before the summer holidays we shall.

 

We currently have the following plans in mind. They will be discussed and possibly modified at the next committee meeting (26th February). We would welcome any feedback from parents or staff before making a final decision. If you have any comments please contact Kate Croudace (kmc@btinternet.com; 858014).

 

Opening Hours

We received lottery funding on the understanding that the building would be used to provide wraparound childcare facilities for the community (as well as internet access for the village). If the demand is there within the village, we are intending to build towards the following (provisional) hours:

 

Breakfast Club: 8:00-9:00

Morning Session: 9:00-11:30

Lunch Club: 11:30-12:30  (with lunch at 12:00)

Afternoon Session: 12:30-15:00

After-School Club: 15:00-17:30

 

We envisage there may be some flexibility within lunch club, with an additional pick-up / drop-off point at midday to cater for children who attend St Laurence school part-time.

From September, the current intention is to initially only offer provision between 9:00 and 15:00, with SLOSH continuing to run After-School Club on its usual days.

 

If we move into the new building before September then it is likely that we will change to the new times for the morning session (and any lunch club). This will allow staff, both at Pre-School and St Laurence’s, to iron out any bugs in the system. We may also trial some afternoon sessions – if you are interested in these please speak to Nikki.

 

Fees

We will continue to accept vouchers, both for morning and afternoon sessions. Due to the fact that children may end up with a complicated arrangement of voucher funded and unfunded sessions, it seems simplest to change the fees to an hourly rate. The level of fees has yet to be set but will be comparable to our current rate and to other local Pre-Schools.