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HEADSTARTS
First birthday for Little Scholars DAY-CARE & EDUCATIONAL
NURSERY SCHOOL
)Uic/ 7 is Delta Business Park
Staff and children at Abbey Welton Road. West Swindon
Meads pre-school are celebrating FREE PLACES for eligible 4 year olds
its first year. Music and movement Full time places from
Having first opened at the tem- for the under 5's only £98 per week
porary community centre on
O Affordable high quality child-care for
Elstree Way, the group now called From 6th & 7th January children aged 0-5 years
Little Scholars transferred to Ab- in Haydon Wick and at
bey Meads community primary Peatmoor School O A happy, safe & secure environment
school in September. O Am/pm, day, school day, full time
sessions available.
Although the staff got used to For more details
carting everything around in boxes and prices, O All year opening, Monday - Friday,
and setting up and clearing away Sam - 6pm
at each session in the temporary telephon For details or to arrange a visit telephone:
building, they have really enjoyed on 701104 p it.... _. 0 1 7 9 3 8 7 7 7 7 9
working in a dedicated pre-school
environment.
Supervisor Anita Williams said, Little Scholars staff, rear, Catherine
"it is heaven to be somewhere per- Whitfield, Lyn Phillips and Anita SWIM
manent. We are building up a good Williams
relationship with the school to en-
able an easy transition from pre- Pre-pre-school * No waiting lists SCHOOL
school to reception class." The transition from being at * Quality lessons
The new venue is registered for home with mum to starting at pre-
22 children and currently runs five school can be traumatic for young * Experienced teachers
morning sessions. Two afternoon children and a new pre-nursery * Small classes or individual
sessions are starting in January. group has been set up in Abbey tuition
Pauline Webster, who runs the Meads to help the adjustment. * Everybody catered for
pre-school said, "the children set- Little Mischiefs will hold its first - beginners, improvers and
tled in very quickly. We are really weekly session on Thursday 13 serious swimmers
pleased and would like to thank January from 12.45pm to 2.15pm,
headteacher Marilyn Brown who at Abbey Meads community * All aces - 4 to 94
has been exceptionally helpful." school.
To register your child call in or Maggie Fisher, who is running
contact Pauline on 762016. the group, said, "we are aimed at 2
to 3 year children and their par-
• The second Abbey Meads school
is now registering children. Turn ents and carers. Each week the
to page 16 for details. session will include structured
craft activities, singing and nurs- Ridgeway Pre-School
Toddler drop-in ery rhyme games and stories."
The cost is £2.50 per session, pay-
fills up able every half term. For details, Inverary Road, Wroughton
A drop-in group for toddlers and contact Maggie on 822185.
their carers, formed at Abbey 2 1 t. / .s/lj44 a oved and Leaca`v^
L
Meads community school in No-
vember, has proved so successful Playful creepy crawlies
that it has had start a waiting list. 7/ / 2K 2uah4
Called Caterpillars the group
meets each Monday, 10am.
There is a craft time, music and Quality education
stories for children, plus refresh-
ment for all. and childcare
To find out more call Becky
Bradley on 701449. for 2 years to
5 years
Musical toddlers
branch out Open 50 weeks
Musical Tots, a music and move-
ment group for under 5s restarts a year, 8am-6pm
on 6 and 7 January and is opening
sessions in West Swindon. Full range of
It meets at Emmanuel Church in
High Street, Haydon Wick and is schedules
starting up at Peatmoor School.
Each lesson lasts 45 minutes and James Waddicor from Peatmoor available
caters for 15 children, with par- was a special guest at Moredon For more information
ents. The emphasis is on fun and Nursery in December where he Qualified teachers and to arrange a visit,
informality with an educational showed off a collection of spiders,
element. Parent and child interac- frogs and cockroaches to the fasci- following the please contact
tion is one of the key points to nated youngsters. Mrs D Bailey
enjoyment of each session. Lizzy Furness is pictured in her first nursery outcomes
For details, call Alison Randell week in the nursery being shown a for learning (01793) 845572
on 701104. Mexican red knee spider by James