Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news from the school
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Christmas and New Year Closure
Fri 15 Dec 2017Just a reminder that the Centre is closed for an INSET day on Wednesday 20th December, the last day for the children is Tuesday 19th December.
We are open as normal on Tuesday 2nd January.
Wishing you all a lovely Christmas and New Year break!
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Parent Governor Elections
Fri 15 Dec 2017Thank you to all of the Parents/Carers who voted for the Parent Governor candidates recently. We are pleased to inform you that Danielle Bateman and Gail Maynes have been elected. They will join Emma Smith who is currently in post as a Parent Governor. -
Christmas Fair
Fri 15 Dec 2017A massive THANK YOU to all of the families who joined us for our Christmas Fair on Saturday 2nd December. The turnout was fantastic with 101 families attending! The atmosphere was lovely and all the Staff enjoyed themselves, we hope all of the families and adults had a wonderful time too.
We raised an amazing £1387.08 which we will use towards developing our outside play areas.
Thank you for all of your feedback, we had some fantastic comments including;
'Lots to do, lots of fun activities, friendly staff.'
'All crafty items were enjoyed, Santa was good, loved it!'
'Very cost effective.'
'A good variety of stalls. Kept the Children Happy. It was all fantastically well thought out.'
'Lovely event, really well organised. Lots of lovely prizes, thank you.'
We also had feedback on how to make the fair even better next year which has given us lots of ideas to consider, so thank you to everyone who took the time to give us such fabulous feedback.
The fantastic array of prizes were thanks to the kind donations that families had donated to us over the past couple of months, and the following generous companies also donated prizes to us;
- Marks and Spencers
- Blakemore
- Round Oak Crown Carvery
- Tesco, Cradley Heath
- West Midlands Safari Park
- Chapmans Electrical
- Geoff Hill Ltd
- Dudley Zoo
- Think Tank Birmingham
- Tesco, Dudley
- Asda
- Exzada, The Bag Store, Merry Hill
- Starbucks, Merry Hill
- The Body Shop
- The Fragrance Shop
- Black Country Living Museum
- Fresh PR Birmingham
- S T Lifting co
We hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and New Year break.
From all of the Staff at Netherton Park Nursery School.
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Snow closure update
Tue 12 Dec 2017Kindergarten/Daycare will be open as normal tomorrow, Wednesday 13th December. Nursery and Time for Two's will be open for their Christmas parties!! -
Snow closure update
Mon 11 Dec 2017Time for Two's, Leapfrog and Nursery School provision will unfortunately need to remain closed tomorrow, Tuesday 12th December due to inclement weather conditions. Kindergarten/Daycare will be open, however parents need to be aware that the car park and Arch Hill street are impassable and road conditions in Greaves Road and Recreation Street are very difficult. The pathways in the park itself have not been cleared by the council and as such are still quite deeply laden with snow. Please be careful especially if you are carrying small children! We will try to ensure the school is fully open by Wednesday in time for Christmas parties.
Best wishes
Helen Ruffles
Headteacher/Head of Centre
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Whole Centre closure due to snow on Monday 11th December
Sun 10 Dec 2017Having assessed the severe weather situation we have made the decision to close the whole Centre tomorrow, Kindergarten, Time forTwo's and Nursery. This is for the safety of the children, families and staff. Assume we are open Tuesday as normal. We will let you know if things change. -
Early closure for Nursery and Time for Two's due to snow
Fri 08 Dec 2017Nursery and Time for Two's will be closing today at 11.30am due to the snow.
This means there will be no afternoon session for Time for Two's today, Friday 8th December.
All children in Nursery will need to be collected by 11.30am today.
At the moment Wraparound and Kindergarten are open as normal but we will re-assess the situation at 11.30am.
Thank you
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Centre closure procedures due to Snow
Thu 07 Dec 2017We endeavour to remain open as much as possible through snow/bad weather conditions. In the unfortunate event that the Centre would need to close or alter it's opening hours due to snow and bad weather, families will be informed in the following ways;
- The Centre website will be updated.
- Our Facebook page will be updated.
- A message will be sent out on Tapestry.
- Local radio stations will be informed and the Centre's details will be read out on their list of closures. The radio stations are; Black Country Radio, Free Radio Wolverhampton and the Black Country and Free Radio Birmingham.
- The Dudley council website will be updated with closures, www.dudley.gov.uk
We ask parents, carers and visitors to take extra care when accessing the Centre in icy/snowy conditions as the paths in the park can be slippery. In cases of severe ice/snow we will close the car park if we feel that people may have problems getting on and off.
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Christmas Fair tomorrow 12.30pm-2.30pm
Fri 01 Dec 2017We are all very excited for our Christmas Fair that will be here tomorrow from 12.30pm-2.30pm!
Please come and join us, we will have lots of different activities and stalls including;
- Tombola's
- Reindeer Food
- Face Painting
- Sweets stall
- Making pine cones, Christmas cards, gift tags
- Decorate a biscuit...
...and lots more!
We have fantastic prizes to be won in our raffle, and the excitement of seeing who will win a prize in the Pop a Balloon Bonanza!
We will also have lots of refreshments including food and hot chocolate.
If you have children under the age of 8 we really hope that you can join us for the afternoon!