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Starting with some events for your diary:

Parents Skittles Evening
A skittles evening takes place on Friday 23rd March at The Elm Tree pub in Ringwood and everyone is welcome. Tickets will cost £6, which includes hire of the skittle alley and a basket meal. If you are interested, please speak to Margaret Chong (tel: 674328), as we need to confirm numbers quite soon.

Postman Pat Theatre Visit
Just a reminder that we are arranging a group outing to Poole Arts Centre to see Postman Pat on Thursday 5th April at 1.30pm. 
Tickets cost £6 each and if you are interested please speak to Margaret Chong as soon as possible so we can book the tickets.

Easter Egg Hunt 
This years Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Friday 6th April at Louise Reid’s house, Roseberry, on Ringwood Road (at the bottom of Burnt House Lane in Bransgore) from 10am.
Events include an Easter Bonnet competition, Pony Rides, Egg and Spoon races as well as the Easter Egg Hunt. A picnic lunch will be required and hopefully some dry weather.

Easter Workshop
We are offering an Easter Workshop on Monday 9th April, 10am–12.30pm. This is an opportunity for 3-8 year olds to participate in some crafts with an Easter theme. Places are limited so please reply on the attached reply slip if you wish to book. The session will cost £5 per child and £4 for siblings.

Bransgore Fun Day
This years Fun Day takes place on the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday May 7th. Stepping Stones Pre-School will be there with a stall selling cakes, toys, books, children’s clothes and equipment so if you have anything to donate to the stall please start hunting it out now and we shall be collecting nearer the time. We will also be looking for any willing hands to help man the stall on a rota basis. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Hengistbury Head Outing
Our annual trip to Hengistbury Head is planned for Tuesday 12th June. This fun day out includes a bus trip, a Noddy train ride, picnic on the beach and a boat trip back to Christchurch Quay. More details will be forthcoming in the next newsletter.

Legoland Trip
We are once again planning a trip to Legoland to take place on Tuesday 3rd July. 
Ticket prices are £12.50 per adult, £7 per child and under 3’s go free. We should be able to offer some free adult places which will be raffled nearer the time. A list will be available shortly for anyone to sign if interested.

And now for some more general information:

‘Free Books for Schools’ tokens
The collecting box for any tokens is in the village hall porch.Parents Rota
Another reminder for any offers of help from parents at Pre-school this term. The rota is on the notice board so please sign up if you can.

Shoes at Pre-School
Please remember that children should have soft shoes or slippers for use indoors when at Pre-School. 

Parking
With the increase in numbers attending Pre-School, parking in Priest Lane is becoming more difficult. If it is at all possible to use car-shares, then this will help to alleviate the problem but otherwise, can we request that parents park as considerately as possible when dropping off and picking up. It is expected that land beside the village hall will be given over to create a small car parking area, which will help considerably but this may not occur until later this summer.

Stepping Stones Shirts
Stepping Stones T-shirts (£4) and sweatshirts (£5) are available from staff.

Treasure Hunt Forms
If there are any more Treasure Hunt forms to be handed in, please try and bring them in as soon as possible so that we may announce the total of funds raised.

Committee Members
If anyone is interested in joining the committee later this year when a few existing members are stepping down, then please speak to Sancia. We are a friendly bunch and we do have some fun!

London Marathon Sponsorship
Annie Jenkinson has been accepted for this year’s London Marathon and will be running to raise money for a few charities including Stepping Stones, so if you are able to sponsor Annie for her endeavours then please add your name to her sponsor form, which will be available shortly.

Term Dates
Spring Term ends: Friday 6th April
Summer Term: April 23rd – July 25th
Summer Half Term: May 28th – June 1st