Christmas Fair with Santa
at the Parish Hall - Duncombe Rd

Monday 5th December
12.30-2:30pm

Magic tickets can be purchased (£4 each) on entry to Bengeo Playgroup’s Christmas Fair Present a ticket to Santa’s helper and you will receive a great gift and a photo with Santa!

• Craft activities
• Lucky Dip
• Teddy Tombola,
• Bottle Tombola
• Face Painting
• Cake sale
• Toys
• Jewellery
• Refreshments
• Indulgence Beauty
• Raffle
• Phoenix cards & gifts
• Jamie Oliver kitchen products
• Much, much more!

Come join us for a cuppa!

All funds raised will be used to purchase outdoor trikes and other much needed equipment for the Playgroup (registered charity no.1134075).

Christmas Fair Flyer 2011

As part of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), we must ensure the children are continuously introduced to different communities so that they can begin to know their own and other people’s cultures in order to understand and celebrate the similarities and differences between them. To help support this area of learning (Knowledge & Understanding of the World) we have set up a ‘Celebration’ corner, where artefacts, pictures and books will be displayed of a relevant festival every half term. During the last couple of weeks of this half term, we will be talking to the children about some of the different celebrations that will be going on around the world in December, one of which will be the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, which starts on December 20th.

The team were delighted to meet all the new families at the start of the Autumn term and over the course of their first few weeks with us, the children have gradually settled in and become familiar with our daily routine. As well as beginning to say goodbye with confidence, they have been busy getting to know names, checking out our toys and learning important skills such as hand washing and where to go if the fire bell rings.

This half term we will continue to build on the children’s interests and enthusiasms, but also introduce some new songs and activities to extend their learning. We will talk about and re-create firework displays, celebrate Children In Need and raise awareness of Road Safety Week to learn some important pedestrian skills.

Then it’ll be December and time to get ready for Christmas. There’ll be decorations to make, cards to write, gifts to wrap and we’ll even do some baking so the wonderful, festive scents of cinnamon and spice will float through the air! And listen out for a special visitor who will be joining us at our end of term Christmas Party with a special delivery for all the children! Ho Ho Ho!

Links to the EYFS : Creative Development

• being creative: responding to experiences, expressing and communicating ideas
• exploring media and materials
• creating music and dance
• developing imagination and imaginative play

Thank you very much to everyone who was involved in our Spring Fun Day back in May, which raised a truly staggering £1,600. The purpose of the event this year was to raise monies to buy some new equipment to improve the day to day running of the Playgroup and we are delighted to share with you our purchases.

First is the fantastic bespoke canopy in our courtyard – this wonderful construction has been designed with a water tank to collect the rainfall, which the children can recycle in the sandpit or digging area. Very eco-friendly! We also had the children’s pegs recycled and relocated to the entrance area. This has made a huge difference as it means we no longer have lots of outdoor shoes walking through our room every morning (which can be particularly yukky on those grim rainy days) and has also helped speed up things up when the children are being dropped off.

Another purchase was the very smart and very ‘grown up’ noticeboard, which has been installed by our signing in desk and where you’ll find information about forthcoming fundraising events and local activities etc. And finally, with the introduction of packed lunches this term and all day opening next term, a bright red lunchbox trolley and a rainbow of rest mats have been bought for those children who may stay all day and need an afternoon nap. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH!