Annual Concert

Dove Workshop host their Annual Carol Concert with Onllwyn Male Voice Choir on Tuesday December 4th. If you wish to purchase tickets please contact the main office, they cost £3.50

Christmas Craft Fayre

Dove Workshops Christmas Craft Fayre is being held on Saturday December 1st, there will be a variety of stalls selling jams, chutneys, jewellery, walking sticks, Christmas gifts and much much more. There will also be Santa's Grotto which will be open from 11am-1pm.

Fund Raising

An update on fund raising done so far this year.
May 26th.      New Age Photography attended the nursery to take family photos, a commission of £71.70 was given to the nursery, which was used  to hold our Jubilee party on 8th June.

June 15th.       Nursery family trip to Cantref Farm in Brecon, which was supported by the Communities First programme who paid £260 for the coach hire,  a big THANK YOU goes to them.

August 16th.    Mini Olympics event in aid of The British Heart Foundation raised a huge sum of £710.00 in sponsorship with the nursery receiving an unexpected sum of £140.00 in commission, which will be used towards the Christmas Party.

4670 Tesco vouchers were collected, a new camera and mirror were purchased out of the vouchers.

Our project for the coming year is to work on the Nursery Garden, we would like to purchase brightly coloured paint to paint the wooden fencing, and purchase some new plants. We would be grateful of any donations of plants, paint or ornaments for the garden.

Artie's Olympics update

We held our Artie's Olympic event on 16th August, the event was very well attended and a lot of support from our parents. All the children had  a fun time taking part in all the events. The Nursery would like to say a huge Thank You to everyone who sponsored or donated money, in total we raised£710.00 for the British Heart Foundation. Thank You.

Artie's Olympics

The nursery has signed up with the British Heart Foundation, to raise funds for them through a sponsored event. The children will be doing a mini Olympic event which not only encourages them to help others but encourage them to be healthy and enjoy exercise in a fun way. Also the nursery  will get  a small percentage of the sponsor money. The event will be held on Thursday  16th August at 10:30am, in the nursery, all are very welcome to attend and show their support.

Jubilee

The Nursery was very honoured that the Queen paid us a visit, for our Jubilee Party.

Update Parent Training

The topic for this parent training evening was Domestic Abuse, all staff attended the evening as well as two parents. The evening was very informative and all present found their knowledge to be greatly improved by the end. Jill would like to Thank Rachel from Women's Aid, and all who attended.

Jubilee Party

The nursery arranged a Jubilee Party on Friday the 8th June, we were very pleased with the amount of parents and children that attended, and the Queen also made an appearance at our party,(cardboard cutout). Mini melody did a music session with the children, and all had a wonderful time,at the end, we had a balloon race and all the children hada balloon to leave go. The winning balloon was found in Brynamman, and the balloon belonged to Jack Best. Well Done!!

Trip to Cantref Farm

The nursery organised a trip to Cantref Farm as mentioned before in one of our blogs. On Friday 15th June, with very heavy rain and high winds forecast we set off from the nursery, not expecting to have a very good day due to the weather. I'm pleased to say that despite the weather, all had a very enjoyable day, the staff at Cantref Farm were brilliant and tried very hard to stick to the daily routine of activities they had planned for us. Unfortunately they had to cancel the pig racing and tractor and trailer ride, but feedback from all the parents was very positive and all had a great time.

Parent Training

The next parent training session arranged is Domestic Abuse, this will be held on Thursday 21st June, at 5.30pm. If anyone is interested in attending please contact the nursery on 01639 700024ext 3 and ask to speak to Jill Douglas nursery manager.

Tesco voucher update

As mentioned in an earlier blog, the nursery was very grateful for all the vouchers we were given. In total we received 4,735, this was enough to purchase a new camera and a new caterpillar mirror for the outdoor garden area. The nursery is very grateful for all the support we received. Thank You once again.

Tesco Vouchers

The Nursery would like to say a huge Thank You to all those who have collected and given us Tesco vouchers this year. The nursery were hoping to get enough to purchase a new camera, as ours is a little old now and slightly tempremental, we now have more than enough and are hoping to also get large mirrors for the walls in the garden.Thank You once again!!!

Visit from the Police

As part of the monthly theme people who help us, on Thursday afternoon we had a visit from the local police.The children had a wonderful time dressing up in the hats and police clothes they brought with them. They also got to have their fingerprints taken using ink, to finish off they all got to sit in the police jeep, sound the siren and have a fab time. The nursery would like to Thank the police for sparing us their time, talking to the children and making it an enjoyable experience for them. Opportunities like this are great for the children to meet their local police and nogt be afraid.

Staff achievement

Beth, deputy manager in the nursery has completed her NVQ level 4/5 in childcare in the last year.Every year there is an Adult Learners Week, to encourage adults to return to learn. As part of this there is an adult Learners award ceremony. Employers can nominate staff or tutors, Lesley Smith and Julie Bibby co-ordinators of the centre nominated Beth for an Employee in Learning award, we are very pleased to announce that Beth won her catogery. Well Done Beth!!!

Monthly Theme

For the month of June, the theme is People Who Help Us. This theme is popular every year and Jill the nursery manager arranges for visitors to attend the Nursery. We are having visitors from the local Police, Dental hygienist and Fire Brigade.

Toothbrush Club

The nursery has signed up to the Designed to Smile Programme. The Nursery Staff have all received training, all parents have signed consent forms and we have now been given the toothbrushes, toothpaste and storage bus for the children. Members of the team will call every month and if we need new supplies, they will replenish this for us. We are extremely pleased that all parents have agreed and signed up to the programme as it is extremely important that we encourage the children to clean their teeth and look after them.

Dan-yr-Ogof

This year,the monthly theme for April was Dinosaurs, we arranged a trip to Dan-yr-Ogof, to visit the farm area and dinosaurs. A small group of children went, mainly the older children in the over twos room. All had a wonderful time, looking at the dinosaurs, and going around the farm area.

New Age Photography

New Age Photography, will be back again this year to take photos of the children attending nursery. It has been arranged for them to come on the morning of Wednesday 6th June.

Jubilee Party

The Nursery is planning on having a Jubilee Party on Friday the 8th June, there will be face painting, Melody Mini will be attending and putting on a music/singing and dancing session which all children have thoroughly enjoyed in the past. There will also be a balloon race, buffet food and disco. All parents have been invited, it starts at 12pm and finishes at 2pm. Weather permitting we wil have the event outside, if it is raining then the event will be held in the main centre.z

Parent Training

As in previous years, the Nursery has put on a Parent Training programme again this year. The first evening was on Internet Safety, the 26th April 2012. The evening was very well attended and all parents found it very informative, and enjoyed the evening. The next evening planned is Domestic Abuse which will be on 21st June. All the Nursery Staff will be attending the evening as well as a large number of parents who have shown an interest in the evening.If anyone is interested in attending please contact the Nursery on 01639 700024ext3 and ask to speak to Jill Nursery Manager or Beth Deputy Manager.Thank You

Grant money

The nursery is running a trip to Cantref Farm on the 15th of June, to help with the costs of the trip, the Nursery was successful in getting a grant from Communities First, which has covered the cost of the bus hire for that day. The nursery would like to say a huge Thank You for this help.

Staff Changes

There have been changes in the staff structure in the Nursery. Clare one of the senior Nursery Assisstants, has left the Nursery after being offered a position in a Special Needs Unit. Also due to childcare problems, Stephanie had to finish her employment. The Nursery wishes both members of staff all the best, they will be sadly missed. As these two members of staff have left, we now have two new members of staff, Gemma Hancok and Stacy Harris both girls have settled in well to the Nursery team. Kate Williams and Tiffany Figoni are now senior members of the Nursery team.