Committee News – September 2007
Welcome
Welcome
back to the new term. Hopefully, you will have all had a chance to introduce
yourself to our new Manager, Carol Stratford. Carol is a qualified Foundation
Stage teacher who lives in the village. She will be working in Pre-School three
days a week. Nikki and Michelle will continue to lead sessions when Carol is
not present. Carol has taken over the admissions from Nikki. If you need to speak
to her she can be contacted outside her working hours on 858951.
We
also have several new children too. Welcome to Grace Tiedeman, Sophie
Sutherland, Harvey Nichol, Eddie Cooke, Ruby Powell, Poppy Whitbread and Faris
Whitbread. We hope you enjoy your time with us.
It’s
great to be able to report that Pre-School numbers are continuing to rise.
We’re particularly busy for the first three weeks of term as we have several of
the youngest children from Class 1 who have yet to start school full time. For
those new to Pre-School, it gives a nice opportunity to get to know them before
they start coming over for sessions under our Partnership Foundation Stage Unit
arrangements.
With
several more two year olds due to start later in the term, we are currently interviewing
for a new Pre-School assistant, so that we have sufficient staff to employ
three members of staff each morning (for a maximum of sixteen children). So, we
should have yet another new face with us in about a fortnight.
School dinners
If
anyone whose child attends lunch club would like to take advantage of the
school dinner service at St Laurence’s, as opposed to bringing in a packed
lunch, please speak to Carol. It should be possible to arrange for a meal to be
brought over to Pre-School with the exception of Wednesdays (when the School
have a late lunch). The cost of a
school dinner is £1.90.
Uniform
We invested in a small stock of uniform, in size 24”,
when we placed the order at the end of last term, so if you need some more (I
gather some children may be wanting to sleep in it) please catch Kate Croudace
(Chair). If you need smaller or larger sizes please let Kate know, as we will
be placing another order at some point this term. For anyone interested, it is
possible to order child-sized jackets similar to those worn by the staff.
AGM
Our AGM is taking place on Monday 15th
October at 8pm at Pre-School. Wine and nibbles will be served as an incentive
to come. It’s definitely an urban myth that anyone who turns up gets roped onto
committee. And the more of you that come, the less likely it is to happen…..
If anyone is interested in joining the committee, to
share the responsibility of overall management of the Pre-School, then please
feel free to grab any committee member to find out more about what the role
entails.
Boris
A quick reminder that Boris Johnson is performing
the “official” (and probably the last) opening of the Pre-School on the
afternoon of Friday 14th September. If you would like to come then
please try to arrive for 2.30pm. If you have Pre-School children with you,
could we please ask you to dress them in their uniforms. It would be lovely to
try to get a picture of as many of them together as possible.
