1. Christmas Party! The Farmhouse Team and The Friends are holding a Christmas Party for all nursery children and their families on Thursday 20 th December. (5pm – 6pm). More information to follow in The Farmhouse Newsletter but pop the date in your diaries! The Friends will be selling refreshments for grown ups and little people! Could you help at this event? If so, please fill in the form attached to This newsletter. Thanks ! Christmas Nativity Friday December 7 th will be the magical Farmhouse Nativity at St. Mary’s on the Green Church. To add to the festiveness, The Friends will be selling mulled wine and mince pies before each performance. Come along half an hour before the morning or afternoon performance to the side room in St. Mary’s Church on Church Green to join in with a bit of winter warmth and Christmas cheer! There’s even a raffle For a yummy homemade Christmas cake! Could you help at this event? If so, please fill in the form attached to this newsletter. Thanks! It’s getting cold and dark outside but inside there’s loads of fun and laughter to be had! The run up to Christmas is a wonderful time with small children and there’s loads of opportunities coming up to enjoy some festive cheer with The Farmhouse! Don’t forget to our Facebook page (Farmhouse Family Noticeboard) – we update it regularly with events and news items to help keep you in the loop with nursery life! Stay & Play with Jonathan’s Jungle Roadshow! On Saturday 17 th November we are having our first ever ‘Stay & Play’ open morning. It’s a great opportunity to see your kids in the Nursery environment, playing and having fun – you can even join in! As well as all the usual Nursery fun we are really pleased that Jonathan’s Jungle Roadshow will be joining us in the Blue Room. Jonathan provides professional animal encounter sessions with his amazing collection of invertebrates and reptiles. These sessions are designed to be educational, interactive and fun for all involved. We will be running two sessions on Saturday morning to allow as many children the opportunity to take part as possible. Please complete the form overleaf and hand back to Ms Wilson by Friday 9 th November if you and your children would like to take part. The Friends will be selling refreshments in the Red Room too! www.thefarmhousenurseryschool.co.uk/wp/the-friends-of-the-farmhouse/ www.Facebook.com/FarmhouseFamilyNoticeboard Friends of the Farmhouse November 2012 Newsletter

2. One for the Ladies... Coming up in February 2013 we will be holding a Ladies Cocktail evening at The Fleece! We will be learning how to mix great cocktails and then, of course, drinking them! More information to follow in January’s Friends Newsletter... The Giving Machine Doing some online Christmas shopping? Why not register with www.thegivingmachine.co.ukwww.thegivingmachine.co.uk and help raise funds for the Farmhouse at the same time?!? The Giving Machine is a not for profit company whose sole aim is to raise free cash donations for schools & charities. Every year, your favourite shops pay £millions in sales commissions to websites that drive shoppers to them. By shopping via The Giving Machine you ensure that any commission paid is donated to The Farmhouse! There are 100’s of major retailers participating, including Amazon, M&S, NEXT, and John Lewis. You can even do your weekly online shop with Sainsburys and earn commission for the Farmhouse! There are even exclusive online discounts for shoppers! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Since September we have already raised over £270. This money will go towards buying outdoor equipment and to help the Nursery cover the costs of Jonathan’s Jungle Roadshow. High Street Methodist Church Coffee Bar – Thank you so much to everyone who made cakes, donated toys and helped on the day! It was a big success and we raised £187. We also discovered that there are some fantastic cake bakers out there – all the cakes got loads of compliments! There will be another Coffee Bar morning early in 2014 – they’re fully booked until then! Plant orders – Thank you to everyone who ordered plants. We’ve raised £42 for the Nursery. The plants are being delivered on the morning of Wednesday 7 th November and will be available for collection from end of nursery on Wednesday 7 th ! Christmas Cards – We had a brilliant response to the Christmas card designs. They looked really fab! We’ve raised £44.50 for the nursery through card orders! The finished cards and tags will be with us before the end of November. Want to join in??? Many hands make light work! We are always looking for new people to become involved in The Friends. We meet once a month on the 3 rd Wednesday of the month at the Nursery. There is no formal commitment – so you don’t have to come to all meetings and be involved in all activities! But, any help and support you can give is really valuable and makes a real difference to the nursery. If you are interested in joining in or have any ideas you’d like to share contact: lisa@benson35.wanadoo.co.uk or come along to our next meeting. Our next meeting is on Wednesday 21 st November, starting at 8pm at the Nursery. lisa@benson35.wanadoo.co.uk www.thefarmhousenurseryschool.co.uk/wp/the-friends-of-the-farmhouse/ www.Facebook.com/FarmhouseFamilyNoticeboard

3. Could you help? Please let us know if you are free to help at any of the events below – it’s much appreciated! Stay & Play Open Morning (Saturday 17 th November) – serving refreshments, setting up and clearing away. Arrive 9.00, Finish midday. I can help! (name):............................................................................................................................. Email:.................................................................................................................................................. Contact phone No:.............................................................................................................................. Nativity (Friday 7 th December) – We need help at both the morning performance (arrive 9.15am, finish by 11.00am) and the afternoon performance (arrive 12.30pm, finish 2pm). Serving refreshments, selling raffle tickets. I can help! (name):............................................................................................................................. Email:.................................................................................................................................................. Contact phone No:.............................................................................................................................. Christmas Party (Thursday 20 th December) – Setting up, serving refreshments, taking part in games, tidying up. Arrive 4.30pm, finish by 6.30pm). I can help! (name):............................................................................................................................. Email:.................................................................................................................................................. Contact phone No:.............................................................................................................................. Stay & Play with Jonathan’s Jungle Roadshow Please hand this form back by Friday 9 th November if you would like to take part in one of Jonathan’s Jungle Roadshows. Child’s name:......................................................................................................................................... Other siblings attending (names):............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Session preference (please tick one):9.45 - 10.30  10.45 - 11.30   We will make every endeavour to include you in your session of preference, however, this may not always be possible. We will inform you via email of your allocated session. Please provide an email address below. Thank you! Email:...........................................................................................................................................