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SCHOOL & PRE-SCHOOL NEWS
BUCKDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP
‘
THANK-YOU
!’ to all our fantastic supporters,
helpers and donators for the wonderful efforts
that made our Christmas Fayre such a great
success. It was so nice to see so many of you
there supporting the Playgroup and having fun -
and of course all the profits made are being in-
vested back into the Playgroup for the benefit of
the children.
We are already busy planning for our next fund-
raiser: our “
Nearly New Sale
” will be held on
Saturday 15
th
March
.
This term we welcome back all our children and
we’d like to extend a special welcome to all the
new families who have recently joined our Play-
group. This term the children have lots of indoor
and outdoor activities to look forward to and our
new portable garden box will help with our
planting and gardening themes!
Our sustainability grant application will have
been submitted in January and we should be
receiving a response from the council shortly to
see if it has been successful.
The Playgroup welcomes new committee mem-
bers or fundraisers into the team - please do get
in touch if you are interested in joining us.
As always, if you want to know more about Pre-
School you can visit our website at
www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk
or contact our
Supervisor at the number below.
For more information or queries please visit our
website
www.buckdenpreschool.co.uk
Alternatively contact Sarah our Supervisor on
07941 671999 or Acting Chair Corrine Emeleus
07929 600309
BUCKDEN CHURCH OF
ENGLAND SCHOOL
(Primary Academy Trust)
We returned after the Christmas holidays ready
for the new term. It is a much quieter time at
school following the hectic build up to Christmas.
Our classes have started having their class as-
semblies – the Purple Lizard class was the first
class to have their assembly. Their parents at-
tended and enjoyed the assembly very much.
We are continuing to enjoy a selection of
lunchtime and after school clubs which this term
include, cheerleading, detective club, footballero
and multi sports club. For those of you who are
wondering about footballero it is an activity that
teaches children the skills of footballs using a
variety of skills. It originated in Brazil, hence the
name!! We are also continuing to invite parents
into school for our monthly themed coffee morn-
ings. To date we have discussed settling into
school, clubs, reading and celebrated the chil-
dren’s achievements. Our coffee morning this
month was based on maths. We celebrated
Chinese New Year with a lovely dinner created
by Mrs Bigg and her kitchen staff. Many of our
parents also came into join us.
Below is a list of the school holiday dates until
December 2014.
Buckden Surgery Patients’ Association
200 Club Prize Winners
January 2014 Draw
£25 No. 12 Mrs Eileen Evans
£25 No. 65 F. Rudolph
£12 No. 168 Mrs Betty Mackintosh
£12 No. 75 Mr Robin Gibson
Half Term
17 - 21 February
Spring Term Closes Friday 4 April
Summer Term Opens Tuesday 22 April
May Day
Monday 5 May
Half Term
26 - 30 May
Summer Term Closes Friday 18 July
Professional Day
Monday 21 July
Professional Day
Tuesday 22 July
Professional Day
Wednesday 23 July
Professional Day
Wednesday 3 September
Autumn Term Opens Thursday 4 September
Professional Day
Friday 24 October
Half Term
27 - 31 October
Autumn Term Closes Friday 19 December
