Bamford Preschool has been given a huge boost of £500 from local fundraisers Paul Fathers and Chris McVeigh. 

Paul and Chris organised the fundraiser ‘PF Mini League’ where people are entered into a football team sweepstake with cash prizes.

Bamford Preschool leader Hannah Ollerenshaw commented, “We are absolutely delighted with the fundraising efforts of Paul and Chris.  As a small, local charity donations such as this enable us to purchase equipment and resources that promote the children’s learning and development.  We would like to say a huge thankyou to Paul and Chris for their generosity and to all of the local community who have taken part in this fundraiser.”

Bamford Preschool is open Monday – Friday during term time.

For more information please call 07591979051
Or email bamfordpreschool@hotmail.co.uk

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As for everyone, the last few months have been very strange for Bamford Pre-school, usually at this time of year we would be highlighting the many visitors and trips we have enjoyed. Instead, over the last few months the team and committee have worked hard in challenging circumstances to support all our children and families. We were delighted to re- open as soon as we were allowed, albeit it to reduced numbers due to government guidance, with our support focused on our key worker children and helping our school leavers be ‘big school ready’ for September.

Everyone at Bamford Pre-school is looking forward to having all our wonderful pre-schoolers and new starters back. We plan and hope this will be from September (depending on the current government guidance at that time).

Bamford Pre-school loves the outdoors, and, over the last few months, our pre-schoolers’ ‘green fingers’ have certainly been in action, planting and tending to our ever-expanding flower and vegetable beds. Fortunately our pre-schoolers’ green fingers will benefit from an extra boost thanks to Severn Trent. As part of Severn Trent’s commitment to their local community, their Bamford base has kindly donated over £150 worth of equipment including watering cans, garden tools, water toys, a water butt and a much needed outdoor storage unit. This donation will enhance pre-school’s current toys and equipment helping our little ones learn through nature and water play, as well as looking after our natural environment.
Huge thanks to Severn Trent for the generous donation.

Despite Covid-19 resulting in many planned fundraising events being cancelled or rescheduled, Bamford Pre-school’s efforts have been well supported by the generosity of so many pre-school’s supporters:

• Thanks to family, friends and neighbours’ sponsorship, our pre-schoolers litter pick challenge raised over £550
• £150 was raised by our talented pre-schoolers creating wonderful artwork for keepsake bags
• Donations from Bamford residents and beyond enabled our charity bag collection to bring in £500 – a record collection for pre-school.

As Caroline Hunter, Pre-school Leader commented “There is no doubt that the last few months have been challenging for all of us. However we feel very fortunate at Bamford Pre- school – the dedication of the staff & the committee, our understanding families and support from all pre-school’s friends have been fantastic. And of course, our wonderful pre-schoolers whose thirst for knowledge and fun never diminishes! We are really looking forward to the next academic year and would like to take this opportunity to thank all our supporters, friends and families who help make Bamford Pre-school the special place it is for our children!”

Bamford Pre-school is open Monday – Friday during term time.
For more information please visit: http://www.bamfordpreschool.co.uk, call 07591 979051 or email: bamfordpreschool@hotmail.co.uk

Usually during the summer term, Bamford Pre-school undertakes a litter pick as a collective group as part of their focus on outdoor learning. However, given covid-19 restrictions, this year there was a twist – our children and families rose to the challenge of individual litter picks with gusto! 

Over the month of June, our pre-schoolers did a fantastic job tidying up Bamford and surrounding areas kitted out with litter pickers courtesy of Bamford Parish Council. Thanks to the generosity of you – our wonderful families, friends, neighbours and pre-school supporters – our challenge raised over a whopping £550 for pre-school. This sponsorship will make a massive difference to pre-school, especially as many of our scheduled fundraising events had to be cancelled given the current climate. 

Tom Lewis, Peak Park Ranger, usually joins Bamford Pre-school’s litter picks and works with staff to encourage our pre-schoolers to look after the local environment and be ‘good citizens’ said: “I’ve really missed joining Bamford Pre-school’s litter pick this summer, but am impressed and delighted that they are still taking on the challenge despite the strange times we are in. Enthusing the next generation with a love of the great outdoors and community spirit is so important and we are in the perfect setting, within Britain’s first National Park. Well done to everyone at Bamford Pre-school for their commitment to this.”

Caroline Hunter, Bamford Pre-school Leader commented “Our children take a real pride in looking after their local environment. We are all very proud of their efforts and are grateful to everyone’s support through sponsorship. Thank you”

The litter pick is part of Bamford Pre-school’s ethos as an active member of the local community. 

Bamford Pre-school is open Monday – Friday during term time, creating a fun learning environment, helping each child develop their social skills, creativity and confidence in preparation for school.  

For more information please visit: www.bamfordpreschool.co.uk, call 07591 979051 or email: bamfordpreschool@hotmail.co.uk

       

Do you want to help with Bamford Pre-school’s latest fundraiser and our biggest litter pick challenge to date?

Background
Usually in the Summer term, pre-school enjoys a fun day with a Park Ranger learning about the importance of protecting our local environment, including a local litter pick. Given Covid-19 we can’t do this this term but we would still like to share this learning.

Coupled with this, pre-school has lost out on vital funds due to the pandemic through cancelled planned fundraising events and lost funding from fees. As a small local charity this has a significant impact so the need to raise funds is bigger than ever. We want to ensure pre-school can continue to provide a fun, nurturing setting for our wonderful pre-schoolers and families, now and for future years. To assist with this, we need your help please!

What?
We are inviting all our pre-schoolers to litter pick in their local area whilst walking one mile in the process. This means as a collective effort, our pre-schoolers will have walked from Bamford to Sheffield and back TWICE!

Where?
The challenge will be done anywhere in or around Bamford, or near our pre-schoolers’ house if they live further away.

When?
Throughout June.

How?
We understand that Covid-19 has had significant negative impacts and brought additional pressures to many but if you feel able to get involved and donate please do. Please also encourage family, friends and neighbours to sponsor pre-school’s challenge – the more support the better!

Funds can be donated though Bamford Pre-school’s Give As You Live fundraising site, using the yellow collection tin in The Anglers Post Office/Cafe area or collected (safely) through the attached sponsorship form fundraising-walk-and-litter-pick-sponsorship-form-june-2020-finalDownload

Please could all funds be given to pre-school by Wednesday 1st July.

Thanks to Bamford & Thornhill Parish Council, we have hand-held litter pickers for our pre-schoolers to use, as well as Hi-Vis vests. To arrange collection of litter pickers and/or Hi-Vis vests, please contact pre-school. All socially distanced guidelines will be followed, cleaned with anti-bacterial spray etc. We would advise all to use your own gloves during your litter pick.

For further guidance on litter picking given Covid-19, please click here

Thank you very much for your support in making this a really successful fundraiser for Bamford Pre-school!

Everyone at Bamford Pre-school has been eagerly awaiting Spring and what better way to celebrate the start of the season than with a fantastic workshop with our ‘artist in residence’, Jenny Mather.

During an engaging creative process, our pre-schoolers used the sounds of nature to inspire their artwork – listening to different bird songs and drawing what they thought the songs and birds would look like. They then moved onto ceramic artwork as the children made ducks out of clay and had artist licence to decorate them; there were some very colourful ducks! The individual artwork was then brought together in a beautiful scene of “New Spring Life” which will be used as the front cover of the Bamford News (April edition).

Caroline Hunter, Pre-school Leader commented: “Through Jenny’s expertise, our pre-schoolers ‘sprung’ into creativity developing not only a wonderful piece of Spring artwork, but also their ability to use different materials, their imagination, creativity and team work. All the children were rightly proud of their artwork and it is fantastic they can share this with family and friends in the Bamford News magazine. Thank you Jenny for your time, skills and enthusiasm”

Jenny said: “The creativity from all the pre-schoolers was fantastic to see and be a part of. I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and was amazed at how quickly the children immersed themselves in the process and produced fantastic artwork. It was great to extend my visit to incorporate other expressive arts by singing songs and reading to the children as part of their World Book Week celebrations. A wonderful day!”

The art workshop is part of Bamford Pre-school’s commitment to creating a fun learning environment, helping each child develop their social skills, creativity and confidence in preparation for school.

Bamford Pre-school is open Monday – Friday during term time, including Breakfast Clubs. For more information please visit: www.bamfordpreschool.co.uk  or call 07591 979051.

Bamford Pre-school was thrilled to be recently chosen as the beneficiary of ‘Squiby’s Pick 6’. A Bamford-based social group, Squiby’s members voted to support pre-school this autumn donating £466 from their local lottery! Squiby (aka Paul Fathers) has been a fantastic supporter of pre-school and in the last year has helped fund extra educational activities and visits. The most recent donation will be partly used to fund a visit to Weston Park Museum – the children and staff are really looking forward to this!

Caroline Hunter, Pre-school Leader commented “As a small local charity donations from supporters like Squiby make a significant difference to pre-school.  It helps to fund extra trips, activities and purchase equipment which are of huge benefit to our children, bringing learning to life. We are very grateful for all the support – both financial and in kind – we receive from the local community. We feel fortunate to have such supportive families and friends of pre-school. Thank you all!”

In recent months, Bamford Pre-school has been successful in grant applications to contribute to our new Forest School initiative. We would like to extend thanks to Carbolite, Alpkit Foundation and the Councillors Initiative Fund (in particular Councillor Charlotte Farrell for supporting our application).  These funds have contributed to training and equipment for our new Forest School activities; an initiative we are really excited about.

Win in pre-school’s December raffle

Pre-school committee, staff and families organise a range of fundraising activities throughout the year to enable us to enhance our offering. Support our next fundraiser by purchasing tickets for our December raffle. There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs, including meals, jewellery and luxury gifts – just in time for Christmas! Tickets can be purchased from pre-school or the Anglers’ Post Office from Sunday 1^st December – Wednesday 18^th December. Good luck!