Winter newsletter 25

Winter Newsletter Welcome to all of our new starters We wish you all a big warm welcome and hope your child enjoys the start of their education with us. If you have any concerns please speak to a member of staff. NUTS Swanwick Pre School is a Nut free zone, could we please ask, that no child bring any food to Pre School that contains nuts as we have a child with a severe nut allergy. This includes chocolate spreads containing nuts. Thank you for your understanding. Christmas Thank you so much to everyone who braved the weather to come along and generously support our rearranged Santa on the Farm event - we hope you all had a fantastic time! 😍. We made an amazing £1995, which will go towards the improvements to our outdoor learning. A very big thank you to Swanwick Methodist Church, for stepping in at the last minute to let us hold our event at the church. A huge thank you to everyone who donated prizes for the stalls and baked cakes. Finally, thank you to our wonderful team of dedicated and enthusiastic committee members and volunteers, who put lots of time and energy into making the event a success 🙌. We wanted to express our thanks to everyone who purchased raffle tickets. We are extremely grateful that you helped us to raise a fantastic grand total of £882. The money raised will be directly used towards purchasing equipment and enhancing our outdoor learning. We’ve worked really hard over the last few months to boost our fundraising, in total, with our Santa event, raffle, Christmas cards and film downloads we have made £3035, which is brilliant! We would like to thank the following companies for their raffle prize donation: NA&C Consultants, Lubrizol, Matlock Farm Park, Gym Fit, JB Transport, Derbyshire Cricket Club, Derby Live, Morley Hayes, Bridge House Café, Calke Abbey, Chatsworth Farm, Dawn Sheriston Jowett, Ritz Cinema Belper, Little Moos, Fujifilm and Electronic Materials and Owen Taylor. We would like to thank Amanda at the Steampacket for her support in selling raffle tickets. We’re now looking forward to organising more fundraising events in 2025 and to purchasing new outdoor equipment for our children to enjoy and to support their learning and development. We would also like to say a big thank you to Swanwick Church for allowing to hold our Christmas play in church. It was wonderful to see all the children dressed up and singing. We really appreciate the hard work parents put in to get the costumes ready. Dates for the diary. World Book Day 6th March We have Enchanted memories coming in to do school photos on Saturday 8th March. The week of the 12th May the children will be doing their sponsored adventure course in session. New Starter Open day Saturday 26th April Absence If your child is unwell or not attending pre-school for any other reason, please call pre-school on 01773 607885 on the first morning of absence, as this is a safeguarding requirement. Names PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make sure that your children’s clothes are clearly labelled with their full name.