Children’s Christmas Party

The Christmas party for the children will be held on

Thursday 18th December 2008
at the Nursery School.

The party for the 2-3 year olds will be at 2:00pm and for the
3-4 year olds at 2:30pm.

If your child does not normally attend this session: -

1.) Please do not bring a bag and take your child’s coat home with you.

2.) To ensure safety of all children please do not park in the Nursery car park as it will cause extra congestion. You may use the New York Thunder bowl/Kettering

Town Football Club car park. This also applies when collecting your child up from the party.

Please adhere to the times listed below to ensure minimum disruption at the end of the party.

2-3 Year Olds

Surnames

A - H 4.15pm
I - P 4.30pm
Q – Z 4.45pm

3-4 Year Olds

Surnames

A – H 4.45pm

I – P 5.00pm

Q – Z 5.15pm

A magician will entertain the children and Father Christmas will be visiting with presents!

The nursery school will close at 4:00pm on Wednesday 24th December and
re-open on Monday 5th January 2009.

Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,
Valerie Parker

Our Autumn Bonanza 2008

On Wednesday 12th November 2008 we held a Social Evening. Local businesses were invited to the nursery giving them an opportunity to promote their products. These ranged from jewellery, books, chocolates, toys, cards and many other interesting items. Parents and guests paid a £1 entry fee which included wine, nibbles and a fun filled evening.

We were overwhelmed by the generosity of local businesses who donated prizes for our raffle.
In total we raised £285.00 which will go towards our children’s Christmas party.
We would just like to say a huge thank you to all of the local businesses that exhibited, to those that kindly donated prizes’ and to our parents and guests who came along and made it a great evening!

Children in Need 2008

This year the Queen of Hearts Nursery School decided to 'Do something different'. We all dressed up as something beginning with our first initial. At the nursery we had, Spiders, Angels, a Bumble Bee, Al Capone, Obi Wan Knobe, Iggle Piggle, a chicken, reindeers, Red Riding Hood, Oliver Twist and many more.

We were so impressed with the effort the parents had put in for Children in Need that we wanted to show everyone. Many thanks to all concerned.

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Clare leaves to have her baby

Clare came in to see everyone and say goodbye before she has her baby. We all gathered in the Rumpus Room and surprised her with a few gifts for her and the baby which were given out by the children - in turn Clare gave the nursery a gift - a sand and water activity tray which the children will love!

We want to wish Clare and Nathan all the best and lots of love and we hope to see her and the new baby soon, the children and staff will miss her.

Halloween 2008

The children has lots of fun on Halloween.

The little side, older side and staff all dressed up. They played in the spooky Imaginative Room, coloured and painted Halloween pictures and danced along to Halloween songs.

Pampered Chef Party 27th October - to raise money for Breast Cancer

Cook up a storm with The Pampered Chef
The Pampered Chef is going pink once again this October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by holding fundraising cooking shows across the UK.
There will be four bespoke, stylish pink products to buy at the shows, including polka dot rubber gloves and a pink kitchen brush.
For every product sold, £1 will be donated to Cancer Research UK. The Pampered Chef will also be donating a percentage of all sales in October to Cancer Research UK
Last year, The Pampered Chef raised more than £153,000 for vital research into breast cancer

The Queen of Hearts will be hosting a Pampered Chef party to help raise money for the charity
On Monday 27th October 2008 at the Nursery starting at 7.30pm

Refreshments will be served

If you are unable to attend but would like to purchase something, the catalogue and order forms can be located in the office alternatively you can look at the items on the Internet on www.pamperedchef.com and leave an order with Hayley.

We look forward to seeing you!

Autumn Newsletter 2008

Queen of Hearts Nursery School
NEWSLETTER
The Looking Glass
Autumn 2008

Welcome to the Autumn edition of the Nursery Newsletter. As usual, there is a very busy period ahead between now and Christmas and we have listed the schedule of events and dates in order that you can pencil them into your diaries.

STAFF MOVEMENTS

In August, we were delighted to welcome our new cook Michelle Leach to the Nursery. Michelle is a very experienced cook and has already reviewed/rewritten all our menus to ensure the children have food that is both enjoyable and very nutritious.

Clare Treacy who joined the Nursery exactly three years ago is leaving at the end of October to have a baby. We will miss her and will of course keep you informed of her progress. Christie Wright who joined the Nursery last year will be moving over from the 3 to 4 year old side to replace Clare on the little side.

NURSERY TOPIC:-

The Project for the period 7th September to the 13th October is COLOURS.

The 2 to 3 year old children will be learning about the colours red, yellow, green and blue. There will be a variety of activities, including songs and poems, to reinforce this topic.

The 3 to 4 year old children in addition to working with the primary colours will be learning about secondary colours plus black and white, light and dark and all the colours of the rainbow.

Again there will be a wide range of experiences to support this topic.

N.B. Please look on the notice board weekly to see what your child will be doing.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES

Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th September – Pre-school information evening
Friday 3rd October – Jeans for Genes Day
Monday 6th October – 3 year old information evening
5th, 6th and 7th November – Little Urchins Photography
Wednesday 12th November – Social Evening – Autumn/Christmas Fayre
Friday 14th November – Children in Need day
December Christmas Concert (Pre-School Children)– Tuesday 2nd (pm) and Thursday 4th (am) Thursday 18th December – Christmas Party

More information on all the above will be given nearer the time.

Valerie Parker