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| Latest News - Autumn Term 2011
Christmas Party
Boys and Girls ...Get your party clothes on!
It's Offwell Under Fives Annual Christmas Party Friday 16th December 2011 Wishing you and your family, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year - from everyone at Offwell Under Fives Christmas Concert
A definite "Not to be missed" Event..The Pre-School Christmas Nativity - Why, it's what Christmas is all about! Monday 12th December - Curtains open at 9.45am Followed by Refreshments and Raffle Hope to see you all there & don't forget the camera... ...& didn't they do well!
Our pre-school group of three and four-year-olds, preformed
beautifully in their annual Christmas Nativity at Pre-School during the
last week of term.
The children quickly learned and enjoyed singing all the carols and they also rather enjoyed the dressing up... The audience of family and friends loved it; it was a brilliant performance and all the children joined in wonderfully Many thanks to all the parents, grandparents and friends for their support - we raised over £200 from our raffle & refreshments! Pictures to follow... We've had a rather BRIGHT Week!
We helped Brake, the national road safety charity to raise awareness about protecting vulnerable road users. A shocking 190 pedestrians and cyclists are killed or injured every day on UK roads. So we've had a Bright Day, or rather a Bright Week! We wanted to raise the children's awareness of road safety so during our BRIGHT week here at Offwell Under Fives we made: traffic light biscuits; a zebra crossing; made our own indoor traffic lights and talked lots and lots about general road safety - from wearing car seats to helmets when out cycling. We also raised £10 by wearing bright clothes towards the charity BRAKE that supports road safety victims. 
     Look who visited us today at Pre-school...Tractor Tom!
We love going on Welly Walks! And look who we saw...
    Please give a Warm Welcome to our New Committee.
Chairperson: Marina Hodder Vice- Chairperson: Gemma Williams Treasurer: Karen Shaw Secretary: Evonne Pavey Administrator: Donna Yaxley-Doble Ordinary Members: Vikki Sparks Gemma Abrey Co-opted Members: Claire Cowlard Caroline Hill Staff Members: Kay George Michele mellon Kim Hancock Pip Thomas Your Pre-School Need's You!
We'd like to warmly invite you to our A.G.M. which will be held on Tuesday 4th October at 7.00pm at Offwell C of E Primary School. The AGM is open to the parents of all of the children who attend the Pre-school past and present & Future. The purpose of the meeting is to review the previous year's activities, to elect new committee members & to shape the coming year's activities. Offwell Primary School teachers support the committee. The Pre-school is a charity which is run by the parent led committee working together with the staff as a team. The committee is the Ofsted Registered Provider and without a committee there can be no Pre-school. If you feel that you would like to become more involved with the Preschool then please come along to our A.G.M. Volunteering for our parent led management committee offers an ideal opportunity for you to become more actively and practically involved in this aspect of your child’s life; It’ll also make a real difference to how our Pre-School is managed Behind every successful Pre-school is a strong committee of parents who get involved and help. Be a part of our Pre-school community; please come along to our A.G.M. & find out what we do and how you can be involved. After all...Many hands make light work. Anyone can attend the A.G.M and everybody is welcome - We look forward to welcoming you to the meeting! Can you spare 2 minutes of you time please?
It's to help our local Offwell Woodland & Wildlife Trust win an award of £6,000 from NatWest Community Force? They are in competition against much larger organisations and its essential they get as many votes as possible in order to receive the Award since the Successful applicants are those who receive the MOST VOTES from the general public - It’s quick and easy and it costs you nothing to vote...& just think, your vote could make all the difference! All the children at Offwell Primary School regularly use the woods; they benefit from use of the Education Center & its Staff as well as having lots of fun on their Welly Walks too! If you'd like to help just visit :http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/4980 and Vote for The Offwell Woodland & Wildlife Trust...Thanks very much for your support. Check out the Offwell Woodland & Wildlife Trust’s website to see all the work these guys do : http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/ or follow them on facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Offwell-Woodland-Wildlife-Trust/121673344601281 Shiver me Timbers...It's Talk like a Pirate Day!
Ahoy, me Hearties! Durin' th' week beginnin' Monday 19th SeptembARrrrr we thought it would be a ruckas to celebrate National Talk like a scurvy pirate day at preschool. Throughout that week we gunna be makin' 'n doin' lots 'o thin's on a scurvy pirate theme. We be grog-filled fer ye lads or lassies to attend preschool that week dressed up as a scurvy pirate - its up to them 'n ye if they want to do that all week or just one day ('n if they would rather come in normal clothes, that’s fine too - Savvy?) We woe they gunna all heartly enjoy th' week. Come & Meet the New Team
We would like to welcome three new members of staff to the team:
Michelle Mellon is our new Deputy leader and has many years of experience in a preschool setting in Surrey . Kim Hancock who many of you will already know as our previous voluntary assistant. Kim is now employed with us as a preschool assistant and will be working Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Pippa (Pip) Thomas who is a support worker and will be with us on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. We are confident that the new team will continue to provide a high standard of care and education to your children and look forward to the coming months with excitement and enthusiasm.    Welcome Everyone!
Autumn Term Starts: Monday 5th September. As well as saying hello to all our existing children and their families we would like to Warmly Welcome all the new children joining us this year : Alexander Cregan, Charlie Wheeler, Grace Williams, Isabella Corp-Hill, Isabelle Abrey and Jake Andrews & of course a big Welcome to their families too! All children have settled in very quickly and we look forward to getting to know them and seeing them through their journey with Offwell Under Fives; we hope you'll be really happy with us! Highlights this term include: Harvest Festival, Guy Fawkes and not forgetting all our Christmas Celebrations too! |
Offwell Under Fives Pre-School, Cotleigh Village Hall, Cotleigh, nr Honiton. East Devon. EX14 9HJ. 07842 162 879 ~ Website Sponsored by DW Internet
