Sponsored Welly Walk

Week commencing 10th March. This has to be one of our favourite fund raising events of the year. Please get family and friends to sponsor your child to walk one lap of Duffield Meadows School field. It has to be said that this is no mean feat for little legs!! As we will be doing this numerous times during the week please ensure that your child comes with NAMED wellies every session they attend that week and a rain jacket for inclement weather.

Fundraising will go towards upgrading some of our outdoor resources ready for the better weather.

 

World Book Day – Thursday 6th March – to celebrate why not come dressed as your favourite book character e.g. Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs, The Princess and the Pea. You could also please bring your favourite book to Preschool and we will do our best to read them all.

 

Funding changes –

From April 2025 we have been informed that the funding rate that we receive from Derbyshire County Council will be increasing. Whilst this will be good news for us with the increases to both the National Living Wage and employer National Insurance contributions it will mean that those of you that pay for non-funded hours will see an increase in your invoice.

 

The funding rate for 2 year olds will increase from £7.21 per hour to £7.42 per hour.

The funding rate for 3 & 4 year olds will also increase so from April we will now be charging £5.22 per additional hour instead of the current £5.00 per hour. Don’t forget that you can pay for your fees through any of the available voucher schemes. If you have any questions with regards to funding or tax free payment schemes, please speak to Clare.

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Collection of Children: Could you please let us know if someone different is going/likely to be picking up your child. Could you please ensure that everybody around your child knows you PASSWORD.

Our phone number is 07955 16 88 92. Thank you.​

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Nature reserve: As the weather has now turned colder we will not be running any afternoon sessions. However, we are hoping to start this again after half term. Thank you

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SAFEGUARDING

Safeguarding is given the highest priority at Duffield Pre-School. There may be times when adults are concerned about children in the community. If so, then you can contact DCC's Child Protection Department on 01629 533190, the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 or come directly and speak to Clare, Emily or JO as Designated Safeguarding Lead. If you have any safeguarding concerns about a child, please use the Preschool email address duffield.preschool@hotmail.co.uk     Please do not ignore concerns; child protection is everyone's responsibility.

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Collection of Children: Could you please let us know if someone different is going/likely to be picking up your child. Could you please ensure that everybody around your child knows you PASSWORD.

Our phone number is 07955 16 88 92. Thank you.​

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Lunches: Please remember that we are a Nut Free preschool, no nuts please (including spreads like Nutella and peanut butter). Could grapes and small tomatoes please be cut in half as they are a choking hazard.

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Payment of fees: Just a reminder that fees are payable within one week of the receipt of the invoice we would be grateful if you can stick to this deadline as it creates a great deal of extra admin checking the bank account. Of course, if there is an issue at any point then please speak to one of the staff.​​

 

Names in Coats, gloves and Water bottles please, please, please: Lots of the children have lovely coats or more than one and we are battling to match up coats to children, as well as water bottles, please help!!! Thank you so much

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We have a Facebook page that we sometimes post pictures of activities that we have done at preschool. https://www.facebook.com/DuffieldPreSchool/

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Jewellery: No jewellery except for religious or cultural reasons. Thank you​​

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Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DuffieldPreSchool/

Website: https://www.duffieldpreschool.co.uk/

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If you have any queries or concerns please don’t hesitate to approach a staff member.

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From all of us at Duffield Preschool