Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Summer Holiday Activities - Ran by Derbyshire County Council

  Fri 08 Jul 2022

  Dear Parent,

   

  We are excited to let you know that the popular holiday activities and food programme is back for the summer holidays and is completely free of charge for children eligible for free school meals! Visit

   

  www.itsaboutmederbyshire.co.uk 

   

  now to find out more and book your free place for your child(ren) so they can take part in a local club and enjoy our brilliant mix of fun action-packed days and tasty food. The holiday clubs are running across the county from Monday 25th July – Friday 2nd September, with provision in every district/borough. Clubs will run on average for 4 hours a day and each day your child will enjoy a fun-packed programme filled with a wide range of sports and games, arts and crafts, cookery, dance and music. Programmes will vary depending on the type and location of each local club, but every day there will be a delicious nutritious meal served up for free!

   

  Book now: www.itsaboutmederbyshire.co.uk

   

  Can’t get out this summer? We have Holiday Activity Packs on offer which include lots of fun things to do and make, with all the things you need! To register your interest for a pack, please visit the website and click the ‘Activity Pack’ link. Our website has loads of great ideas to keep kids of all ages entertained. We’ve got hundreds of downloadable games, activities and links to videos that you and your family can enjoy at any time and in any weather. We hope you will take advantage of this great opportunity so your child(ren) can have a fantastic summer break with their friends - and be fit and ready to return to school in the autumn term. We hope to see you soon. 

   

  Derbyshire Holiday Activities and Food Programme Team Email: derbyshireholidayactivities@streetgames.org

  Website: https://itsaboutmederbyshire.co.uk/

   

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• Communication Friendly Setting

  Thu 30 Jun 2022

  We are very proud to announce that we have been awarded the Communication Friendly Setting Status for 2-4 year olds. Both the CIC and the Maintained Nursery staff have worked hard at achieving this status over the last few years!

  

• Inset Day - Friday 1st July

  Mon 27 Jun 2022

  The Maintained Nursery will be closed for the inset day. This includes both 15 hours and 30 hours children. 

   

  If you have not booked in for childcare please speak to Jayne ASAP. This is not part of your entitlement, and childcare fees will apply.

   

  Childcare will also be closed for 2 year funded place on Friday 1st July

   

  Thank you

   

   

• Toddlers Closed 1st July

  Mon 27 Jun 2022

  Unfortunately there will be no Toddlers this week (1st July).

   

  Sorry for the inconvenience, and we look forward to seeing you next week (8th July)

   

  Thank you, 

  Lauren and Nikki

• Queen's Platinum Jubilee Picnic

  Wed 25 May 2022

  Just a reminder that tomorrow it is our Jubilee Picnic at Nursery. Please remember your red, white and blue clothes. 

  

• World Book Day

  Wed 02 Mar 2022

  Tomorrow it is World Book Day. Please remember your fantastic costumes!

  

• Safer Internet day 2022

  Tue 08 Feb 2022

  Today has been Safer Internet Day. In the Maintained nursery we have read a story about keeping safe online, and we have also met our friend digi-duck who taught us about keeping safe online. We also talked about keeping safe in lots of other ways as well. 

  

• Children in Need

  Mon 10 Jan 2022 Amy C

  Thank you for your support. We raised a fantastic £88.40 for Children in Need!

  

• Household Support Fund and Derbyshire Winter Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

  Tue 21 Dec 2021

  Derbyshire County Council has been awarded funds from the DWP to help support families and households who are facing financial hardship to pay for food, energy and essential living costs over the winter. The fund is known as the Household Support Fund (HSF). 

   

  You can apply to receive support from the Household Support Fund by telephone. Please tel: 01629 533399.

  When an application is made we will take some personal information during the call and then an assessor will phone back to discuss the application in more detail.

  The assessor will need to know:

  • how a person or family is in crisis and what will happen if help is not quickly made available
  • what money and savings might be available or have been applied for

   

  More information  and how to apply can be found by clicking on this link. 

   

   

  Derbyshire County Council are also running a Derbyshire Winter Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) which also has some further information on. You can access this by clicking on this link.

• Christmas Raffle

  Thu 09 Dec 2021

  Thank you all so much for the amazing response to our Christmas Raffle so far!

   

  We have had some wonderful donations from our Parents and families. 

   

  We have also been lucky enough to get a voucher from clip and climb in Derby, so a huge thank you to them! Tesco and The 3D clinic (Pinxton) have also been very kind to us and have donated a raffle prize! 

   

  You have until Monday 20th December to purchase your raffle tickets so don't worry if you haven't already got them!