Page 18 - link magazine

18 The Link Magazine • March 2006

( Al Usborne Books Fun Song sessions for NCT Nearly New Sale
I at Home Saturday 25 March, 11 am - 1 pm Oasis Leisure Centre. Entry £1
pre-school children
A fantastic quality selection of children's clothes (0-4 years),
Usborne makes reading and babies.... cots, prams, nursery equipment, maternity wear, toys, videos
USBORNE fun with award-winning books.
and books available at bargain prices! Open to all.
FREE books (of your choice) when 11L1 To sell nearly new items, send a large SAE and a cheque for £2.50
you hold a home, school or ^ ^lisiciauis made payable to NVCTSwindon Branch to: Sellers' Packs,
pre-school book party. 63 Avenue Road, Old Town, Swindon SN1 4DA.
FREE delivery to your door.
Call now to join in with our Nursery Open Day at Oliver Tomkins Infant School
Over 1000 titles to choose from. Musical approach to learning! Friday 24 March, 9.30am - 10.30am; 1 pm - 2pm
Expe rt personal service. For parents with children aged 3 from 1 September who want
Call Cath on to start in September. For details or to book a place call 870471
Books for children from birth to
GCSE level. 01793 727286 or email
sarah@?minimusicians.co.uk
Investment in people pays off
www.minimusicicins.co.uk
Freshbrook Playgroup has won Investor in People accreditation
which recognises their commitment to staff training and good com-
munications with everybody involved in the pre-school.
Playgroup secretary Amber
Music / -1 Johnson said, "it's a prestigious
award and it's fantastic to have
Bugs achieved it. It's been a great

morale boost to the staff to see
fun music sessions for children all their hard work recognised."
aged 6 months - preschool Supervisor Stacy Golding ex-
plained that in addition to pro-
Singing, bubbles, puppets, scarves, porn
poms, hobby horses, teddies, parachutes, viding files of evidence, all the
and lots of fun and noise! staff and committee were inter-
Classes every day of the week in viewed by the assessors. "It was
Abbey Meads, Ramleaze, Peatmoor, hard work but a very helpful
Space Adventure & Wootton Bassett process. We picked up on
things, like our appraisal sys-
free trial sessions/no joining fee
tem and adapted them. Staff
Call Claire on (01793) 722072 don't mind being appraised
www.musicbugs.co.uk now; we all learned from doing Supervisor Stacy Golding with colleagues
it."
from left Amanda Steele Sarah Gunter.
The self-examination exercise
Linda Jacobs. Staff not pictured, Fiona
a has been such a success that the Wood, Jayne Wells, Katie Fallon, Sally
L1 4R[I tG CI PUE pre-school decided to aim for Hannon, Angie Evans
another award: Pre-School
day nursery
Learning Alliance accreditation. Freshbrook Playgroup runs ses-
A purpose-built nursery This involved an inspection which sions Monday to Friday at
on the edge of Wootton Bassett Stacy described as deeper than an Freshbrook Community Hall. For
Ofsted visit. details about places or to go on the
Near M4 junction 16, just a short drive from West Swindon The group should hear in May if waiting list, contact Stacy Golding
â For children 3 months to five years they have been successful. on 879178
â Open all year from 7.30am to 6pm
â Extensive outdoor play and garden '= Open your doors to a new experience:
â Grant places available host a student this summer
For information telephone: 01 793 851495 People in the Swindon area willing to provide accommodation for
postgraduate students from France are being sought by the Univer-
www. thedaynursery. corn
sity of Bath.
Brinkworth Road. Wootton Bassett. Swindon SN4 8DS The students, aged 20 to 24, come
from the Institut des Techniques ^E{^
d'Ingenicur de Vindustric in Nantes, = _ ^.^
Headstarts Day-Nursery School , and will be on work experience
with local employers for 6 weeks
9 Established 1990
from 3 June to 16 July.
z Delta Business Park. Westlea, West Swindon Having the opportunity to live - J
Headstarts is a triendly, 'family' nursery offering a warm, I with a local family allows the stu-
y
happy and relaxed environment where ever child benefits dents to practice their English con-
from individual attention. Salut. Ahostfamilyand French student
versation skills and to take part in
I
q Monday - Friday Sam till 6pm all year SPECIAL OFFER British family life. As well as comfortable, clean
q Sessions for 0 - 5 year olds - am, pm. school day. all day FREE child care The experience can be enriching accommodation and plenty of talk,
q Real value formoney. From £136 per week full time and enjoyable for families, cou- hosts also provide students with
worth £50 with I
Funded child-care credits available.'" ples and individuals, who are in- breakfast and an evening meal each
J Government Funded Nursery Sessions" this advert* I
terested in meeting people from day. In return the university will
Claim up to £38 worth of Nursery Credits per child per week 'conditions apply I different cultures. It's a great op- pay from £113 to £123 per week.
- now available for all 3 year olds -Rates may vary portunity to break down stere- To register your interest call
For further information or to arrange a visit, call Alison on 877779. otypes, discover new aspects of Rachel Owens on 01225 386146 or
life in another country and to be mail: [email protected]
Free nursery sessions for 2.5 hours per day. Monday - Friday
able to introduce what's good www.bath.ac.uk/lifelong-learning!
during term time for funded 3 & 4 year olds"
L — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — about Britain. ITI I/homestays