Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back. Hope you had a lovely break, and a warm welcome to all those joining us this term.

As of this term I have taken the hard decision to semi retire & will now only be in the playgroup on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday. Jo who took on the role of Deputy Manager in September will be in all week. We will be working closely together to ensure that the playgroup carries on as it always has done.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back, we hope you had a lovely break and really enjoyed yourselves.

As this is the Summer term, we are all hoping that the sun shines!!! We would ask that all children have sun screen applied before they come in, either in the morning or afternoon. Children who are staying all day, will have it reapplied during the afternoon, if they bring in their own named cream/lotion. Please put it in their bags. We will assume that all children are adequately protected from the sun when they step into the playgroup & therefore will be able to play outside in the sun. PLEASE DON'T FORGET HATS/CAPS.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back. We hope you had a lovely break, and a warm welcome to all those joining us again this term.

Our topic for this term is “Space & Travel”. We will be finding out how we all get to Playgroup, do we walk, cycle, maybe use our scooters or our parents shoulder or do we live too far away and have to come in the car?. Holidays will also be on the agenda have we been on one are we going on one, how did we get there? Was it a long or short journey? Did we need a map. We shall also be making our own maps, whilst using our maths skills to chart & record everything we find out. We will be looking at all the different ways we travel. Which will also include rockets! Where do they go to? Could it be Mars alongside the Rover!

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back. Hope you had a lovely break, and a warm welcome to all those joining us this term.

This term our topic is Celebrations, we will also be continuing with our Autumn activities . We will be talking to the children about the importance of family and how it plays an integral part of our celebrations at this special time of year and explaining that lots of children don't have a loving family, let alone lots of lovely wrapped presents & food. We will of course be doing lots of crafts ready for the children's own celebrations.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back, we hope you all had a lovely summer. We would like to welcome back all the children and parents returning to playgroup and welcome all the new children and parents joining playgroup.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back, we hope you had a lovely Easter break and really enjoyed yourselves.
I would like to thank everyone for their support for the Easter Raffle & the donations towards the children's Easter party. They raised a wonderful £571 together.

I would also like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone, their family & friends who have donated on Greendown Playgroup's Just Giving page, which raised a fantastic £3,378.31! We have now closed the page. This money will help keep the playgroup going during these difficult times.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back. We hope you had a lovely break, and a warm welcome to all those joining us again this term.

During the half term break we held our first virtual family quiz which was enjoyed by families past & present. It raised a fantastic £165, so a big thank you to everyone who supported this event & our quiz master Alicia.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back after the Christmas break. We hope you had a wonderful time, and thank you for all the lovely cards & presents the staff received. A warm welcome to all those joining us this term.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back. Hope you had a lovely break, and a warm welcome to all those joining us this term.

This term our topic is Celebrations, we will also be continuing with our Autumn activities . We will be talking to the children about the importance of family and how it plays an integral part of our celebrations at this special time of year and explaining that lots of children don't have a loving family, let alone lots of lovely wrapped presents & food. We will of course be doing lots of crafts ready for the children's own celebrations.

Welcome back after the Christmas break.  We hope you had a wonderful time, and thank you for all the lovely cards & presents the staff received. A warm welcome to all those joining us this term. We are welcoming a new member of staff Hayley Jessop. Hayley is replacing Jo who left us in December.  

Welcome back.  Hope you had a lovely break, and a warm welcome to all those joining us this term.

This term our topic is Celebrations, we will also be continuing with our Autumn activities . We will be talking to the children about the importance of family and how it plays an integral part of our celebrations at this special time of year and explaining that lots of children don't have a loving family, let alone lots of lovely wrapped presents & food. We will of course be doing lots of crafts ready for the children's own celebrations.

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back, we hope you all had a lovely summer. We would like to welcome back all the children and parents returning to playgroup and welcome all the new children and parents joining playgroup.   

This term our topic is Autumn. We shall be learning all about our environment & how it changes with the new season. Why do the trees change colour & drop their leaves? What do our local animals in Lydiard Park do to prepare for Autumn? Why are there conkers on the ground? We will hopefully be going on a walk to answer some of the questions & see the changes. Which leads us on to asking what do we wear for Autumn, shorts & sandals? We will also be celebrating Harvest Festival, by bringing in food to donate to Swindon's food bank. Along with lots of craft activities.      

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back, we hope you had a lovely break and really enjoyed yourselves.

As this is the Summer term, we are all hoping that the sun shines!!!  We would ask that all children have sun screen applied before they come in, either in the morning or afternoon. Children who are staying all day, will have it reapplied during the afternoon, if they bring in their own named cream/lotion. Please put it in their bags. We will assume that all children are adequately protected from the sun when they step into the playrooms & therefore will be able to play outside in the sun.   

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back after the Christmas break.  We hope you had a wonderful time, and thank you for all the lovely cards & presents the staff received. A warm welcome to all those joining us this term.  

Our topic for this term is Music. All of us will be looking to learn or revisit new songs & rhythms, sing using sign along & making musical instruments out of lots of different & interesting materials & junk. (I think this might be a noisy term) We will also be learning about and celebrating the Chinese New Year, Year of the Pig, Pancake Day, Australia Day & St Valentine's Day.