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Pre-schoolers and after-school at Toothill Primary
The nursery unit at Toothill Primary School offers places to all 3 to 4 year olds and at present, including the free two and half hours available,
parents can place children for the whole day for £10.
A turn up and play parent and school children. There are themed
toddler group meets on Tuesdays, craft activities and a nursery rhyme
from 1pm to 3pm, and is open to all time. The cost is £1 to cover materi-
parents living in the area with pre- als and refreshments.
A daily after-school club from
305pm to 5.05pm provides care
WEST SWINDON for all ages. Children can attend
CHILDMINDERS for an hour or for the whole ses-
sion, and parents can pick the days
Registered & CAB checked they want. The sessions offer crafts,
with full and part time games, cooking, quiet activities
vacancies available and outdoor play. The cost is £2.50
Contact 01793 632695 an hour.
www.westswindonchildminders.co.uk For details call 497250.

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611,11Professional, evening Tired of j9gg:l and members from left, Lisa Brien, Jessica Ward and Maia, Kelly Mundy and
childcare in your own family and work S/iakira
home provided by
a family run business commitments'?
Are you feeling the pressure' Big brothers and sisters welcome at Nutkinz
Call Emma on 0117230 9053 Do you need balance and a
[email protected] flexible lifestyle? Parents and carers always find a warm welcome at Nutkinz toddler
www.elfsitters.co.uk group at Upper Shaw Farm on Tuesdays 12 noon to 3pm for play fol-
Would a regular part time income make
All sitters hold an enhanced CRB disclosure a difference to your quality of life? lowed by packed lunch, and on Fridays 9.30am to 11.30am.
If you are honest, ethical and hardworking During school holidays, older siblings can join in as well. Themed
and have a Managerial, Teaching/Training, sessions are structured to include an activity, snack, story, and song time
Parent iiix1 toddler 9A Sales/Marketing, HR. Recruitment or Self- and parents are encouraged to join in with their children's play.
employed background ... Perhaps you have
at Toothill Primary School retired or taken a career break to raise a The cost is £1.50 for one child, £1 for a second and 50p for a third. Call
Every Tuesday 1 -3pm during term time family, then we would like to hear from you. Zoe on 07919 48478692 for details.
Enquiries: Call PAUL on
01993 846372 or 07967 009561 Decade of dance, drama and song
Life is for living!
Are you living the life you want? This summer Link advertisers Stagecoach Performing Arts School
celebrates ten years based in Old Town.
Principal,
Sherryl Datta,
LITTLE FOXES CHILDCARE
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FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS
Established 1986 with Wiltshire
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Tel: 01666 510356 It) Little Foxes Nursery School open her school
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ing the Com-
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• Full, part time and term time places. Government funding for 3-5 year olds
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teaches dance, Sheryll and some of her six year old Early Stages pupils, from
• Nutritious 3 course meals, hydro pool, multi sensory room, school hall with drama and sing- left to right, Tomas Barron, Emily Rea, Megan Lawrence, Samuel
gym apparatus, secure gardens, mini bus for trips out and about
ing to 150 pupils DuBarry, Nicole Grindell, Erin Fletcher, Piers Butler, Louisa
each Saturday. Wood. Photo: Steve Little, Insight Photography
Sherryl viv-
idly remembers the school's first Stagecoach Agency, some students
L'ARNt1G CUPUE day; the culmination of months have worked professionally in
of preparation. "1 called out the film and TV and one is the voice
day nursery register and there were 44 children, of pink number 3 in Numberjacks
Almost every parent stayed to on CBeebies.
There is a waiting list for places
Close to M4 junction 16, just a short drive from West Swindon watch; it was a bit overwhelming
with about 100 people in the hall at the school which is popular
> For children 3 months to five years all looking at me."
with boys as well as girls. "About
Within months, numbers had one third of our students are boys.
> Open all year from 8am to 6pm
doubled and Stagecoach was There has been increased interest
> Extensive outdoor play & garden quickly established. Students have because of shows like Billy Elliot
taken part innumerous productions and the reality TV shows.
> Grant places available
at the Wyvern, including singing Also parents in the past didn't
For information call: 01793 851495 with Any Dream Will Do contes- encourage a career in the arts but
tant, Keith Jack in Joseph, appear- nowadays they are not quite so
www.thedaynursery.com
ing in That 70s Show and backing cautious."
Brinkworth Road, Wootton Bassett, Swindon SN4 8DS Think Floyd. Through the national
www.stagecoach.co.uk