Charity Number Registered Charity No. 1084981              OFSTED Registration No. 101782 produced by the community, for the community

Autumn September 2015


We held our AGM at the Kings Head, and had a brilliant turnout, and we now welcome our new committee and parent volunteers and look forward to working with them in the next academic year, which is sure to be as busy and exciting as the last one.


This term we are focusing on settling children into separating from carers and following routines. We are talking about the rules and boundaries at playgroup, being kind to our friends and taking turns and to support this we have made a display of the rules.


The children have been blackberry picking and have made some delicious porridge with fruit to eat at snack whilst learning about safety with kitchen tools and equipment and also being careful with thorns on the plants! We have also been busy digging, planting and watering our few plants left on our allotment – and we have been using our ‘mud kitchen’, where the children can make use of our old kitchen saucepans, pots, large spoons, to make mud pies, even when our crops have diminished – lovely!


We have been talking about our holidays, where we went and what we did during the summer, looking at where we stayed and what we enjoyed playing with. Paddy Bear has been on lots of travels and continues to visit family’s homes and returns to tell us about his adventures during his stay. The children are also bringing in photographs of themselves with their families, friends and pets to help support their home life links and communication skills for the staff to make a ‘Special Book’ for them to share at Playgroup.


The staff have lots planned and will keep everyone updated in our next newsletter which I am sure will enlighten everyone on the famous Christmas performance which is just around the corner!!


If you would like your child to enjoy a stimulating, fun and safe environment to learn and play in then we would love to hear from you.  Spaces for September 2015 are filling up very quickly and some sessions already have a waiting list, however if you are interested in coming for a visit then please contact us we would love to meet you!



❖ Our playgroup offers care and education for all children in a well established     community based group.

❖ We offer your children a safe and stimulating environment in which they can     grow and blossom into self confident, self reliant and positive little people.

❖ Our ultimate goal is to enable the children to have fun, explore and have the     freedom to express their individuality, while forming the basis of their education.


We accept children from the age of 2yrs 6month to 5 years and operate 4 days a week (Monday – Thursday) offering full and half day sessions.

We accept government nursery vouchers and other types of employer supported childcare vouchers.


If you would like to have a look around our fantastic facilities and have an informal chat please call one of the staff on 07977 342 742.


No. 153  Oct Nov 2015