Stoke Goldington Preschool

Summer Holiday 2011

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Be sure to check out all the diary dates. Look on the right hand side of this page and scroll down till you come to Events and Term Dates. Have fun this summer.

2011 List of past events (Events Archive)

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2011

Halloween Party

Saturday 30th October 2010

Committee Meeting

Wednesday 10th November 2010 The White Hart

Girls Night Out

Friday 10th December, venue TBC

Easter Disco

Saturday 2nd April 2011

Steam Rally

Saturday and Sunday 7th and 8th May 2011

Committee Meeting

Wednesday 18th May 2011

Coffee and Breakfast Committee Meet

Tuesday 21st June 2011 9:15am

Barnardo's Big Toddle

Tuesday 21st June 2011 10:15am

Pre-School Open Morning - Thursday 12th May 2011

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See us in action at our Open Morning!

Know anyone with Pre-School age children looking for somewhere for their child? Send them along to our Open Morning on Thurs 12th May from 10am-12 midday to see our setting in action! Children can play with some of our fantastic play items & experience our learning opportunities, whilst parents can talk to our highly qualified staff and some of our parents & Committee members to find out more. See our spacious premises both indoor and out and find out about the huge range of activities the children are able to join in with. There will be packs with literature available to take home afterwards. The best way to find out more about our Pre-School is to come to see it!!

Look what's new!

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Happy New Year!

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Happy 2011

Stoke Goldington Pre-School!

Pre-school in the snow. Christmas week 2010.

Our New Rug

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Pre-School Post

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Have you received your copy of the.....

October’s issue OUT NOW!

2010 List of past events (Events Archive)

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2010

Big Toddle Wednesday 16th June 2010

Committee Meeting Wednesday 23rd June 2010

Sports Day Wednesday 7th July 2010

Fun Day Saturday 10th July 2010

Girls Night Out (The Bull Olney) Friday 16th July 2010

Wesley Cup Cricket (preschool catering) Monday 30th August 2010

AGM Committee Meeting Wednesday 6th October 2010

Race Night Sat 16th October 2010 POSTPONED until 5th Feb 2011

A new term starts...

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Where did the Summer go?! Term starts again on Wednesday (8th Sept) - looking forward to seeing everyone & catching up. We're sure the children can't wait to plunge back in to all the activities and see all their friends again.
The theme for Autumn term is 'Myself' and the children will be able to make books all about themselves, as well as paint & decorate their own self-portraits...could be interesting!! There will also be a visit to First School to meet up with the children who left Pre-School in July, plus the children will be catching up with Reverend Janet to celebrate Harvest Festival.
Amongst all the fun, the Pre-Schoolers also have some new recipes to try out in the kitchen and they will be creating a life-size Scarecrow - watch this space for a photo of it!

Summer Holiday 2010

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Be sure to check out all the diary dates. Look on the right hand side of this page and scroll down till you come to Events and Term Dates. Have fun this summer.

New Job Opportunity

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The application closing date has been extended to Friday 17th September

Sports Day 2010

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We had glorious sunshine for this year's Sports day, and the children were brilliant! There were lots of fun races including egg and spoon, balancing a bean bag on your head and a very funny race where the children ran to collect hats buckets and spades. They all were rewarded with certificates and medals for taking part.

Well done also to the folks who took part in the Mums and Dads races! You all deserve a BIG pat on the back.

Sunflower Competition

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Hopefully Your Super Sunflowers are growing nice and tall. Here's a recap of what to do when they flower .........

Please plant your sunflower seeds and when one has reached the sky, send us a photo of it along with its measurements either by post or email. Phone Samara 01908 551867 for postal or email details.

There are 3 categories: under 5's; under 12's & over 12 with great prizes to won in each category! Remember to tell us which category you are entering & include your name and contact details.

Please return by: Monday 20th September 2010

All proceeds raised will go to the Stoke Goldington Preschool.

Registered charity no: 1026756

Cake!

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We need cakes and biscuits for the Fun Day

Please Please Please come along and bring some with you.

We know you make yummy ones!

100Club Winners 2010

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Our 100 Club continues to be popular…recent winners are listed below.

If you would like a chance to win a monthly prize of either £25, £15 or £10 you tickets for the 100 Club are still available from Samara who has all the details. Why not take part & see if you can win - you never know IT COULD BE YOU!! Tickets also make an ideal gift…

RECENT WINNERS

March:

1st prize £25 Mrs. B. Dyson

2nd prize: £15 Ticket un-owned

3rd prize: £10 Mr. & Mrs. Manning

April:

1st prize £25 Chris Letts

2nd prize: £15 Ticket un-owned

3rd prize: £10 Ticket un-owned

May:

1st prize £25 Jesse Garande

2nd prize: £15 Samara King

3rd prize: £10 Nicky Woods

June:

1st prize £25 Naomi Brock

2nd prize: £15 Deborah Kemish

3rd prize: £10 Ticket un-owned

Girls Night Out

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Girls Night Out

in Olney!

Well it's the end of term, it definitely feels like time for a holiday, but before we all go our separate ways let's get together.

It will be the first time for some of you and sadly the last time for others (now the children are starting big school)

We are meeting at The Bull

8.00pm Friday 16^th July

If you know anyone with young children who'd like to come along then spread the word.

Everyone is welcome!

Barnardo's Big Toddle

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Thanks to everyone for supporting this year's Big Toddle held last week - it was great! Good to see so many Mums (& Dads too) coming along to support their little Pre-School 'pirates' as they walked, ran, climbed, crawled and skipped their way round the route. Although it was a bit chilly at times, we were lucky that it was dry and the sun came out in the end... a nice touch to have a picnic on the playground at the end.
We will let everyone know how much money we raised for Barnardo's & Pre-School in due course - if you've still got sponsorship forms & money to hand in, just pass it on to Samara please.

Wonder what the theme will be for next year?...

Sports Day

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Don't forget Sports Day - Wednesday 7th July - the children are all starting to practice and seem to be having lots of fun with beanbags, walking backwards, ropes & running...I can't wait to see how they all get on!

All parents & families very welcome to come to watch that morning at 11am. There are generally some races for Mums & Dads too - so be prepared! (Discreet practising may be needed at home first).

Summer Fun Day Flyer

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Annual Summer Fun Day

Saturday 10th July 2010 at 2.30 pm

On the Recreation Ground next to the

Village Hall, Stoke Goldington, MK16 8NP

Cream Teas, Pimms Bar, Bouncy Castle,

Home Produce, Cake and Plant Stalls

Ice Creams, Toddler Play Area, Craft Making

Face Painting, Competions, BBQ

And at 5pm 'The Duck Race'

All proceeds shared between Stoke Goldington Pre-School

and C of E First School

Exploring Space!

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The children this term have really enjoyed exploring space!

Activity Plan.

This term’s Area of Learning is Communication, Language, and Literacy and the theme is outer Space!

The children are taking part in the following activities: Creating sparkly space pictures. Making planets with marbling ink. Making 3D rockets.

Preparing sandwiches and having a space picnic. Creating aliens using blow painting. Building a life size astronaut! Making a large scale 3D space ship. Experimenting with layering liquids.

Barnardos Big Toddle 2010

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Don't forget to sponsor the little ones

Stoke Goldington Steam Rally – 8th/9th May 2010

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Once again the Pre-School were on hand to welcome everyone to the annual Steam Rally dressed as Stokie Bear and handing out balloons to all the children ... and even some of the adults not ready to grow up just yet!

Saturday brought rain but our spirits weren’t dampened as we all fought to wear the bear suit to keep warm! The bear head proved a good method for defrosting some chilled little ears.

We greeted hundreds of visitors to the Rally and also sold over 100 sunflower seeds for our Annual Sunflower Competition. The highlight of the day for some was returning the mobility scooters hired out at the Rally to their lockup for the night .... as I said before, some adults just never grow up!

2009/2010 List of past events (Events Archive)

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2010

Saturday 13th March First School Quiz Night, Village Hall

March Bags2School fundraising activity

8/9th May Stoke Goldington Steam Rally

Thursday 13th May Pre-School Open Morning, 10am to 12 Midday Village Hall

Wednesday 16th June Barnardo's Big Toddle, Playing Field

Saturday 10th July Summer Fun Day Pre-School, The Rec

2009

Thursday 2nd April Girls Night Out, The Lamb (what about the boys!)

Saturday 25th April St Georges Day Celebration, Ravenstone Church

9th/10th May Stoke Goldington Steam Rally

Wednesday 13th May Pre-School Open Morning, 10am to 11.45am

Saturday 30th May Milton Keynes Country Show, Haversham

Sunday 7th June Car Rally Treasure Hunt & BBQ, Stoke Goldington

Wednesday 24th June Barnado's Big Toddle, Mums & Tots Pre-School, The Rec

Saturday 11th July Pre-School Summer Fun Day, Pre-School, The Rec

Wednesday 7th October AGM from 8pm All Welcome The Lamb

Saturday 10th October Race Night - Doors open 7.30pm £10 per ticket including Fish & Chips The Village Hall

Friday 11th December Nativity

Thursday 17th December Pre-School Christmas Party

Summer Fun Day 2009 (Events Archive)

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We had a wonderful turn out for the Stoke Goldington fun day. This is a fabulous way to support the preschool, either by helping out or by turning up and joining in the fun. There are lots of stalls including home produce. With excellent cakes and jams, home grown veg and plants.

Guess the weight of the sheep, smash a plate stall and lots of children’s activities and of course a bouncy castle.

All ending with the much anticipated girls v guys tug of war, and duck race (although next year we may need a bit more rain to fill the stream)

A great time was had by all.

Barnado's Big Toddle 2009 (Events Archive)

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Once again the sun shone on us all for this year’s Big Toddle held on Wednesday 24th June 2009. The half mile toddle kicked off at 10.15am as the children broke through the starting line in the Pre-School outdoor play area and onto the playing field to encounter obstacles and activities en route. These included scaling our new wooden climbing frame, walking on ‘monster feet’ stilts, leaping through hula hoops and aiming beanbags at targets. Of course, the adults had to have a go too!

Over £250 has been raised so far through for Barnardo’s and a further £80 donated towards the Pre-School’s new gardening area which will be created in the next few months to add to the children’s curricular activities. We are hoping to grow spring bulbs and maybe even a few vegetables to eat at snack time. What a heathly Pre-School we are!

Stoke Goldington Mums and Tots joined the Pre-School children on the day with over twenty under 5’s taking part in their pyjamas. The route took them around the playing field and along the village High Street before crossing the finish line in the local play area for a well earned picnic and ice cream. Everyone who took part received their Big Toddle medal and certificates with proud smiles of achievement.

Car Rally Treasure Hunt 2009 (Events Archive)

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Pre-School enjoyed one of its more unusual fund-raisers in June which took the form of a Car Rally Treasure Hunt. Eight families set off by car on a 39-mile route with loads of clues to answer along the way, photos to identify and fun items for both the grown-ups and the children to collect, ranging from a traffic cone to a twig! Luckily everyone made it successfully back to the starting point, although some were in need of the BBQ & refreshments at the end more than others. One team clocked up an impressive 70 miles finding their way round the route, whilst another team took 4 hours to complete the 1-hr 50-minute task! After some well-deserved liquid refreshments, the answers were revealed and prizes awarded to the top three teams. The event raised £150 for Pre-School funds.

Country Show 2009 (Events Archive)

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Pre-School was really pleased to support the Milton Keynes Country Show at the end of May at Hill Farm, Haversham. Some of the Pre-School Mums took a stand offering face painting to the younger show visitors….and judging by the amount of beaming little smiles behind painted faces it was a huge success! Designs ranged from pretty glittery butterflies to scary tigers, colourful flowers to cute cats. The stand took just over £100 during the day.

Following success at the Country Show the Pre-School face painting team also took a stand at the Olney Rugby Club 7’s event in July. Watch this space for other events we may be attending!

Pre-School Open Day 2009 (Events Archive)

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Here is a photo of our spacious pre-school ready to receive our visitors for our Open morning.

The morning was a great success and the children looking around were keen to join in with the activities on offer.

We will be holding another similar event in the near future.

Steam Rally 2009 (Events Archive)

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This annual must not miss event for the whole family was as wonderful as ever. We had lovely hot and sunny weather this year. Preschool helped with a welcoming Stokie Bear and gave out balloons to all the children.

There were sunflower seeds sold to help raise funds and we eagerly wait to read in the Gate Group News which green fingered child wins the competition for the tallest one.

The Steam Rally is a lot of fun, see you all there next year.

St George's Day 2009 (Events Archive)

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St. George’s Day was celebrated in style by Pre-School with parents attending a fantastic ‘Last Night of the Proms’ event at local Ravenstone Church.

Guests donned black tie to enjoy pre-concert drinks and canapés outside the Church before taking their pews to listen to some wonderful music and well-known Proms titles from a local orchestra. There was some rousing participation for the popular Proms classics such as ‘Land of Hope & Glory’ and ‘Rule Britannia,’ with much flag-waving and eager participation! The Royal Albert Hall is next on the list!

A raffle during the evening raised £500 for Pre-School funds which was very much appreciated and our thanks were expressed to Ravenstone Parochial Church Council for all their support.

Girls Night Out 2009 (Events Archive)

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Hi everyone,

Well it’s Spring at last!

Time to wash those curtains, clean those cupboards, dust those shelves or better still ….

…. ditch the housework and come for a drink with the Pre-School mums at The Lamb pub, Stoke Goldington, 8pm on Thursday 2nd April.

It would be great to see you and meet any new mums in the area too. So if you know anyone with young children who’d like to come along then spread the word.

Everyone is welcome!

See you there,

Update.

We all had a great night out. Which was well deserved! There was lots of nattering and quite a few giggles. It was lovely to see some old faces and to meet some new ones.

Looking forward to the next one............