Graduation and Teddy Bears Picnic 2025.

A big thank you to all of you for coming along today and making it a memorable day. For helping set up, donating prizes, buying raffle tickets … it all contributed to a wonderful day.

Indeed, thank you all for your support throughout the year (with special mention to Amanda, Paisley’s mum and all the other elves) and helping us with the children’s transition from home to pre-school, and for today’s graduates, onto big school. We hope we have lived up to our maxim of, ‘Giving children the wish to learn since 1966’ and those leaving us, continue to enjoy their learning journey. For those returning in September, have a wonderful break and we look forward to welcoming you back on Wednesday 3rd September (no am session or lunch club, pm session only) or Thursday 4th (morning session and lunch club).

Whilst on the subject of our motto, next year marks the pre-school’s 60th anniversary (probably the oldest pre-school in the world) and we hope you can all join us in mid-July 2026 to mark the special occasion.

Until then, thank you all again and I leave you with the following words, from ‘Wake Up Everybody’ by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes,

‘ ‘Cause they’re the ones who’s comin’ up
And the world is in their hands
When you teach the children
Teach ’em the very best you can.’

Wendy Perkins (Manager)