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Just a polite notice to remind our parents/carers not to park in front of the fire doors. Yellow lines have now been painted to indicate where these are located. Many thanks for your co-operation....

A further thank you goes to all those who put themselves forward for election to the committee. The pre-school cannot operate without a committee and it was great to have so many of you keen to become involved. The new committee member list has been emailed around to our parents. If you would like t...

We are pleased to be taking part in World Book Day which is taking place on Thursday 1st March 2012. For the whole week beginning Monday 27th February 2012 the children are invited to come to pre-school dressed as their favourite character from a story book or nursery rhyme. We are asking for a dona...

Due to its continued success, we are happy to announce that we have decided to continue providing ad-hoc sessions. If you would like to put your child in pre-school for a one-off extra session, please speak to a member of staff. If you are looking to increase your sessions on a permanent basis after...

We hope you all enjoyed the half-term break! Pre-School will open again as normal on Monday 20th February (NB: This is a non-pupil day at Ardleigh St. Mary's Primary Sch only). The children will be enjoying pancakes for snack time and we hope to squeeze in a visit or two to the woods to have a look ...

From Saturday February 4th the Daily Mirror is launching it's WE LOVE READING campaign, which will give our pre-school the chance to receive up to 100 free Ladybird books across a huge range of topics. The tokens will be printed in the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror and for every two that are collec...

Pre-School will continue outdoor play in all weathers so please ensure children have named wellies in the tubs and bring coats, hats and gloves with them. If you have waterproof trousers/snowsuits we can help children to put these on if you leave them on their pegs in the foyer. It maybe useful to p...

Good Morning. Just to say Pre-School is open as normal today. Please take extra care in the snowy conditions. In the event that Pre-School is closed - we will notify all parents/carers by phone....

Ardleigh Pre-School invites you to an Open Afternoon on Thursday 26th January 2012 between 1pm and 3pm. An ideal opportunity to come and see the pre-school in action. On Thursday 26th January the Pre-School will be holding an 'Open Afternoon' to invite prospective parents and children to come and vi...

We were delighted to welcome back Peter from Educational Animal Experiences for the children's christmas party this year at no extra cost our parents!  (We were able to fund this visit from our fundraising efforts throughout the year).   We had great fun looking, touching and holding all different...

Our AGM is booked for Wednesday 18th January 2011, at 7.30 p.m.   All parents or carers have the right to vote for their pre-school management committee and your support is vital so please put the date in your diaries. If anyone is interested in becoming involved in the committee or supporting the ...

We have once again been awarded the Snack Attack Healthy Eating Award, for the 10th year running!   The award recognises Pre-School's and schools that are actively promoting healthy eating and it will remain valid until November 2013 when we will reapply....

Is your employer part of a Childcare Voucher Scheme?  If so, Pre-School is now registered to accept these.  Should you choose to sacrifice some of your salary at source and convert it into childcare vouchers, you will receive tax benefits in return.  For more information please contact our admiss...

I am sure you will all agree that this year's nativity play was just brilliant!   A big thank you must go to all our staff who have worked tirelessly over the past few weeks preparing our little darlings for their moment in the spotlight!  A big thank you must go to James Potter, who filmed the ev...

A big thank you goes to all our parents that turned out in force for this year's Christmas Fayre.  The hall was full to capacity with stalls offering a variety of Christmas Goodies and Father Christmas even put in a special appearance in a gorgeous grotto!   We raised nearly £400 for pre-school f...