17th October – Harvest Festival

31st October – Dress up day

9th November – Parent Evening

18th November – Children in Need

15th December – Nativity

23rd December – Last day of term

3rd January 2012 – First day of new term

Please see below for more details of Steeple Langford forthcoming events

Parents Evening

We have a very special guest at Farley for the Parents Evening this year, Sue Palmer the renowned educationalist and author of “Toxic Childhood.” In order to share the presentation with parents at Farley Steeple Langford we are planning to show a video of Sue speaking at Farley. Come along on Wednesday 9th November to meet your child’s key worker, have a glass of wine and see the finished school.

Celebrations

The week commencing 24^th October will be a fun week of celebrating Diwali and Halloween crafts and activities. The nursery will be decorated with welcoming garlands and the children will be tasting some delicious foods. With regard to Halloween, we will not be doing anything scary, just having some fun in these darker autumnal days; it will all be very light-hearted!  We would like Monday 31st to be a dress-up day, so please do send your child in any costume you would like – I am sure we will all have great fun!

Other dates for your diary

Our Harvest Festival will be held in the Church on Monday 17th October at 10am. All are welcome and gifts of non-perishable goods would be much appreciated.

Children in Need is on Friday 18th November, please support as we do our bit!

The Farley Nativity will be held on Thursday 15th December in Church at 10am. This really is not to be missed, as the children are always wonderful in their retelling of the Christmas story.  Have cameras and hankies at the ready.  More information on this to follow.

Our last day of term will on Friday 23rd December, however the office will be manned between Christmas and New Year in case you need to contact us.

The first day back in the New Year is Tuesday 3rd January 2012

Other dates will be posted as they are confirmed

Thank you

13th October Harvest Festival

19th October Special Parents Evening

31st October Dress up day

18th November Children in Need

14th December Nativity

23rd December Last day of term

3rd January 2012 First day of new term

Please see below for more details of forthcoming events.

Parent’s Evening

We would like to invite all parents to a very special informative evening at the school, on Wednesday 19^th October at 7pm This year we have arranged  a guest speaker – Sue Palmer, the renowned educationalist and author of ‘Toxic Childhood’ is coming, so there will be two Sue Palmers to further enlighten you on the benefits of Outdoor Learning! Afterwards it will be an ideal opportunity to meet your child’s Key Worker and to discuss their progress. Needless to say, Gary and I will be providing wine and nibbles, and we look forward to seeing you.

Venue – All Saints Church Farley for the talk, refreshments in the Hall

Celebrations

The week commencing 24^th October will be a fun week of celebrating Diwali and Halloween crafts and activities. The nursery will be decorated with welcoming garlands and the children will be tasting some delicious foods. With regard to Halloween, we will not be doing anything scary, just having some fun in these darker autumnal days; it will all be very light-hearted!  We would like Monday 31st to be a dress-up day, so please do send your child in any costume you would like – I am sure we will all have great fun!

Other dates for your diary:

Harvest Service. Thursday 13^th October. In the church at 10am. Coffee in the hall afterwards.

Any donations of tins and food would be gratefully received. This year we will be donating all produce to Help the Aged.

Our Nativity this year will be on Wednesday 14^th December at 10:00am.  This really is not to be missed, as the children are always wonderful in their retelling of the Christmas story.  Have cameras and hankies at the ready.  More information on this to follow.

Children in Need day is on the 18^th November, and we will be doing our bit to raise money. Please support us!

Our last day of term will be Friday 23^rd December. The office will be open from 28-30^th December.

New term starts Tuesday 3^rd Jan 2012.

NB Other dates, such as ballet viewing etc will be posted when they are confirmed.

Thank you

Dad’s Beakfast

This popular event will be held on Saturday 25th June from 9.00am until Midday. All Dads are very welcome to join us for open air sausages and bacon in the field. Jon will be organising the football match and there will be fun and games for all!

Sports Day

Mums, Dads and all the family are welcome to come along to our sports day on Wednesday 6th July from 2.30pm. We will have the usual cream tea, we will provide the jam and cream but would be grateful for a plate of scones or cakes for the little ones.

Don’t forget to bring a blanket or chairs, camera, sun hats (ever hopeful) and make an afternoon of it.

Ballet viewing

Miss Melanie will be holding Ballet veiwing on Monday and Tuesday 18th and 19th July.

Top Conker Outing

All Top Conkers will be going on a super day out to Langford Lakes near Steeple Langford where they will be able to observe all knids of wildlife in a wonderful lakeside setting. They will then visit the new nursery at Steeple Langford for fun and games in their meadow. Date to be confirmed.

Celebration Day

We are planning a very special day to mark the end of term, even though we don’t actually finish! It will be an exciting and fun filled day for all the children and parents but especially to celebrate those children that will be leaving us to go on to “big” school in September. The date is still to be confirmed at the time of writing  so watch for updates on the web site and notice boards

Thank you

The Government provides (pays for) free places for all three year olds at all nursery settings in England and Wales.

This is great for Parents and children.

The Free Entitlement is available to all three year old children from the term after their 3^rd birthday until they attend school. However it is limited to fifteen hours a week over thirty-eight weeks of the year only. When it is gone, it is gone! The remaining weeks are charged to Parents at the going rate.

Wiltshire Council set the rate at which the Free Entitlement is paid to settings at the start of every financial year.

The rate for FE from Wiltshire Council varies but is currently £3.40. So Parents are getting £4.85 an hour worth of childcare totally free and Farley only gets £3.40 back from the Government. Please check with your setting that you will be getting your entitlement free as it is illegal to charge top ups for the fifteen hours under the scheme.

Please email info@farleynurseryschool.com for more information. Thank you

There is an amazing amount of activity going on at Steeple Langford right now. The outdoor space is getting a make over – plans are underway for a super sized sand pit; all the winter leaves have been cleared away and the pond is being “sorted out” after a period of neglect. Look out for the frogs! The field will be swinging into full use soon, too, but you’ll have to wait and see what’s in store out there!

Having survived most of the winter, Staff and Children alike are now really looking forward to making the most of their wonderful surroundings. Not just in the lovely field, but also with walks down to the river and also to Langford Lakes.

Every time of year is special at Farley, but everyone loves the Spring, with the wonderful feeling of warmth and hope you get and the promise of a lovely summer just around the corner.

Everyone at Farley is so pleased and each member of the team has played their part, from Room Supervisors and Nursery Assistants through to the Catering assistant and not forgetting Marjorie in the office.

Well done all, and let’s enjoy the lovely spring weather that is now just about appearing!

Things to look forward to : Pancake day, Ballet viewing days, Dads’ Breakfast, putting up the marquee, long days filled with fun and laughter. Dates for all to follow.

Congratulations to one of our Mums who had a little girl last Friday morning; we are so pleased for you.

Our last day will be Friday 17th December and we re-open on Tuesday 4th January 2011.