USEFUL INFORMATION CONTENTS Admission Session Times  Daily Routine Term Dates     Older or Younger Child?  Funding  Fees  Arrival and Departure

ADMISSION Please refer to the 'Documents' section for further information on Admission including a downloadable / printable application form. Please note that we have presently stopped taking additional applications for the academic year starting September 2010 as our books are not only full but we also have a number of children on the reserve waiting list.

SESSION TIMES Morning Session 9.05 - 12.00 Afternoon Session 1.00 - 3.30

DAILY ROUTINE Please click below for details of the Playgroup Daily Routine Word (.doc) format      Adobe Reader (.pdf) format

TERM DATES The following dates are provisional and may be subject to change in the light of factors such as Marshfield Primary School inset days. School Year 2010 - 2011 Term  Start Half Term Starts Half Term Ends Term Ends Autumn 8 Sep 2010 25 Oct 2010 29 Oct 2010 17 Dec 2010 Spring 5 Jan 2011 21 Feb 2011 25 Feb 2011 15 Apr 2011 Summer 3 May 2011 30 May 2011 3 Jun 2011 22 July 2011 School Year 2011 – 2012 Term Start Half Term Starts Half Term Ends Term Ends Autumn 7 Sep 2011 24 Oct 2011 28 Oct 2011 16 Dec 2011 Spring 4 Jan 2012 13 Feb 2012 17 Feb 2012 5 Apr 2012 Summer 23 May 2012 4 Jun 2012 8 Jun 2012 20 Jul 2012

OLDER OR YOUNGER CHILD? Older children are those who will attain the age of 4 between 1st September and 31st August in the relevant school year and who will be starting school the following September. Younger children are those who will attain the age of 3 between 1st September and 31st August in the relevant school year and who will be starting school the September after the following September.  For example, in the school year 2010/11, a child who is 4 on 31st October is an older child who will be starting school in September 2011. In the school year 2010/11, a child who is 3 on 31st October is a younger child who will be starting school in September 2012.

LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNDING All older children who attend three or more sessions per week receive funding subject to a maximum of five sessions per week. Younger children who attend three or more sessions per week receive funding in the term after they attain the age of three. Again this funding is subject to a maximum of five sessions per week.

FEES Each autumn the playgroup committee determines the session fees for the coming calendar year. The session fee for non-funded children is currently £5-80 (January 2010).   Unfortunately the local authority funding does not cover all of the playgroup's running costs. A nominal session fee is therefore also charged for funded children in order to help us to provide a high standard of childcare. The session fee for funded children is currently £1.10 (January 2010). Additional fees may also apply to special trips, parties etc.  Unless circumstances dictate, these fee are not due to be reviewed again until the autumn of 2010.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE Parents are responsible for their children until they come into the playroom. It is very, very important that you advise us if your child is going to be collected by anyone other than the usual person. Please keep older children away from the door at 3.30pm as it is very intimidating for the playgroup children to walk through a throng and very easy for them to lose their way. Playgroup children will only be handed over to an adult.