IMPORTANT INFO. ABOUT WEDS 30TH NOVEMBER

If Nayland School should close because of Industrial Action on Wednesday then Breakfast and After School Club at Woodland Corner will be cancelled.

However Playgroup sessions will run as usual.

The Owl Man

Children at Nayland Playgroup were very excited by a visit from the ‘Owl Man’ Phil Eckett. Phil showed us owls from Australia, Africa and Asia as well as some native British birds. We saw baby owls that were huge and adult owls that were tiny. One could even make itself smaller or bigger. We watched them fly (and walk) across the school hall and one even took a rest on the overhead projector. We stroked their soft feathers and learnt about what they eat and the different ways they hunt for food.

November Newsletter

Our November Newsletter is now
available to download here.

Playgroup Nativity

PLAYGROUP NATIVITY

Please note the revised dates for the Playgroup Nativity.

Performances will now be on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th December.

You will receive a letter this week letting you know on which day your child is taking part.

Apologies for any inconvenience

Woodland Corner Christmas Tombola - Prizes Needed!

We are asking all Woodland Corner parents if they could donate (at least!) one small tombola prize for our stall at

The Nayland Community Council Family Christmas Fayre
in Nayland Village Hall
on Sunday 27th November from Noon – 2pm

As usual the theme for our tombola is Christmas so anything that fits that theme (however vaguely!) would be much appreciated.

Christmas cards, a tree decoration, crackers, mince pies, biscuits, Christmas novelties, tinsel, wrapping paper ….. anything festive.

Please leave your donations in the box in the lobby and be sure to put the Fayre in your diary.

Pampered Chef Party

You are invited to a Pamper Chef Party

At Woodland Corner on Wednesday 16th November 2011

8pm – 10pm

Entry is £3 which entitles you to take part in our raffle to

win a fabulous Pamper Chef product and also gives you a free glass of wine.

RSVP - enquiries_wc1@btconnect.com – 01206 263054

The Owl Man

On Monday 14th November Phil Eckett a.k.a. “The Owl Man” will be coming to visit the entire Early Years Foundation stage both at Playgroup at Woodland Corner and Ducklings and Cygnets at Nayland Primary School. He will be bringing a number of owls and nocturnal animals for the children to see and touch. Children who do not normally attend playgroup on a Monday are welcome to attend but must be accompanied by an adult and need to arrive for at Woodland Corner by 9.15am. The session will end at the normal time and lunch club will not be affected.

We are asking parents for a contribution of £2.50 per child towards the cost of the visit. Please put your contribution in a sealed envelope marked Owl Visit with your child’s name on it and return it to Woodland Corner by Friday 4th November.

Harvest Happiness!

On Thursday 29th September staff, children and their families celebrated Harvest Festival at Woodland Corner.

The children brought fruit and vegetables they had grown or foraged and a beautiful Harvest loaf was donated by the Blackberry Bakery in Colchester.

Rachel Hitchcock came to show the children vegetables grown by our friends at TRANSITION NAYLAND and talked to the children about the importance of supporting and buying locally grown produce.

A collection was made for Save The Children’s East Africa Appeal and £23 was raised. Everyone shared a picnic lunch at the end of the morning.

September Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is now available to download here.

Harvest

Playgroup would like to invite you to join in our Harvest Festival celebration on Thursday 29th September at 11.30am, as part of this half term’s theme of autumn and Harvest. There will be some singing and storytelling and Michaela from Transition Nayland will be bringing some of the lovely fruit and vegetables that have been grown on the local allotments in Nayland, to show the children.

If you have any fruit, flowers or vegetables that you have grown at home or foraged nearby, then your child is welcome to bring them in, to add to our Harvest Display. Everyone is invited to bring a picnic lunch to have at Woodland Corner afterwards and we will hope to be able to sit outdoors, weather permitting. We will be making a collection for the charity Save the Children, for their East Africa drought appeal, at the end of the morning.

If your child does not normally attend the Thursday morning session, you and your child are still welcome to come along to the celebration at 11.30am.

Please print and complete our Harvest reply form or the paper copy your child brings home.