Uplyme Preschool

This week we went to check on our vegetable patch in the garden, everything had grown and changed over the half term and some of our peas were ready to be picked. The children enjoyed the peas 🫛 at snack time and they are looking forward to checking again soon to see if our strawberries and tomatoes are ready to eat. 🍅 🍓 🥕

In light of the news that the education secretary has asked the Competitions and Markets Authority to look into the early years sector, we're sharing a free interactive explainer to help you understand the problem with early years underfunding – and the impossible choices that we are being left to make.

You can view it on our website here: https://bit.ly/47CsVkb or a mobile-friendly version here: https://bit.ly/3T2PdqU

Imagine you run a sandwich shop.

Let's say it costs you £1 to make a sandwich and you charge customers £1.10 per sandwich to make a profit to reinvest into your business.

Now imagine that one day, the government announces that it's going to pay for two free sandwiches a week for all working adults (in a bid to win votes).

The problem is they are only willing to pay sandwich shops like you 50p per sandwich to meet this promise. That's 50p less than it costs you to make them and 60p less than you normally charge for them.

Over the course of a year, this could result in your business losing thousands of pounds.

What would you do?

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In light of the news that the education secretary has asked the Competitions and Markets Authority to look into the early years sector, we're resharing our free interactive explainer for you to share with families at your setting, to help them understand the problem with early years underfunding – and the impossible choices that settings are being left to make.

You can view it on our website here: https://bit.ly/47CsVkb or a mobile-friendly version here: https://bit.ly/3T2PdqU.

What a lovely way to round up our topic ‘people who help us’ with a visit from the Lyme Regis fire engine and some of their amazing crew. The children loved being shown the different equipment used to save lives, they all had a turn to use the hose, sit in the driving seat and turn on the siren and blue lights 🚒 🚨. A huge thank you to Lyme Regis Fire engine and crew.

EUROSTAR TICKET ONLINE AUCTION IS LIVE:
We're really excited to let everyone know that we have had an amazing donation from . They have donated a voucher for a pair of standard class return tickets to either Paris, Lille or Brussels which can be used anytime between now and April 2027. These tickets would usually cost between £300-600.

We've set up an online auction page for these tickets, the auction will run until Sunday May 31st at 8pm, so you have time to spread the word and get your bids in. The link is below.....go, go, go!!

Voucher for a pair of return tickets on Eurostar Eurostar International have donated a voucher for a pair of standard class return tickets to either Paris, Lille or Brussels which can be used anytime bet…

Is your little one ready for some fun? We have places available for September 26 for children 2y and above. If you’re interested in your child starting at the pre-school, or just want to find out some more details, you can contact us at [email protected] and we can arrange a visit for you to meet the team and you can get a sneak peak at all of our pre-school antics!

Anyone fancy a trip to Paris??!!
We're really excited to let everyone know that we have had an amazing donation from Eurostar . They have donated a voucher for a pair of standard class return tickets to either Paris, Lille or Brussels which can be used anytime between now and April 2027. These tickets would usually cost between £300-600 but we are going to auction them off to the highest bidder to raise some money to go towards the upkeep of our outside play and garden area.
So, tell your friends, spread the word and keep an eye on our social pages for a link to our Ebay auction page which will be launching very soon!

Have you ever wanted to visit Europe's most beautiful cities? Will an upcoming celebration be the perfect excuse to treat yourself to a weekend getaway? If so, keep an eye out for some exciting news coming next week that will fast forward your travel plans and give our fundraising a really exciting boost!! 🌴🗼️✈️

The children have been enjoying planting in the garden this week, we now have peas, strawberries, tomatoes and carrots 🥕. The children helped dig, plant and water all the plants and we have some more to go. We have also said goodbye to this year’s tadpoles which are now frogs 🐸 who now want more space. We watched them being released in the brook next to preschool this afternoon.

Did you know that you could qualify for help with your childcare costs? You can get up to £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. For every £8 you pay into this account, the government will pay in £2 to use to pay us. To see if you're eligible see the best start in life website below:

Eligibility - Best Start in Life More information about what you need to get Tax-Free Childcare.