SICA PLAYGROUP NEWS

This time of year is always an emotional one at Playgroup.  We have seen your children grow and develop over the past months, and now comes the time when many of them will be leaving us for pastures new.  Happily, thanks to our excellent links with Broomley Pre-school we will still maintain contact with many of the children. We are sure they will thoroughly enjoy their time there.    It has been a joy and a privilege getting to know your children, and we wish them, and their families every happiness.

We are lucky that some children will be returning to Playgroup in September.  We look forward to welcoming them back.  The first day of term will be Tuesday September 7^th.

The staff of Playgroup wish you all a happy summer holiday with lots of sunshine and good times!

                                          The Playgroup Team

SICA PLAYGROUP

(last updated 13 February 2010)

We are open 3 sessions a week during school term time.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9.10 ­ 11.40am. Children can join us as once they are 2. They move on from us to Preschool for a year and then big school!

As an early years setting we receive government funding for children the term after they turn 3 years old. Some children therefore receive help for two terms, some one and some none at all until they enter pre-school. We therefore keep our fees as low as possible so nobody misses out. At present our fees are £8.00 per session.

We follow the ‘Early Years Foundation Stage’, which is intended to help practitioners plan to meet the diverse needs of all children so most will achieve their early learning goals by the end of the foundation stage. We plan our topics around 6 areas of learning : personal, social and emotional development

Communication, language and literacy

Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy

Knowledge and understanding of the world

Physical development

Creative development

But most of all we aim to play and have fun!!

Playgroup leaders are: Diane Hinchcliffe and Rachael Gilholme

Assistants are: Joanne Ridley and Debbie Bell

You can register your child at anytime by contacting the Community Centre Manager or a leader by phone or in person during playgroup time. We need a few details including your name, your child’s name, date of birth, address and phone number. We welcome visits anytime so you can get a better feel for what we can offer your child.  

The Playgroup telephone number is 07857894313