Shropshire Truck Show 2014 - 6 and 7th September

Malpas Vintage Weekend 6-7th September

The first Malpas Yesteryear Rally was held in 1972 and is now held annually on the second weekend after the August Bank Holiday. This year it is 6th-7th September; Gates open at 10am ad close at 5pm.

It is held at Hampton, Malpas, Cheshire. Alongside the A41, fourteen miles south of Chester, six miles north of Whitchurch, Shropshire. Post Code SY14 8JN.

There are about a thousand exhibits including:
- Tractors and Barn Engines
- Working Displays
- Vintage Cars and Motorcycles
- Woodsawing and Threshing
- Demonstration of steam
- Traditional skill demostrations
-  Commerical and Military Vehicles
- Bicycles / Prams
- Auto Jumble and Trace Stands
- Craft and Model Tents
- Heavy Haulage Displays
- Family Entertainment
- Refreshments and Bar Available

There is also an old time fairground and other family entertainments. Plenty for all the family to see and enjoy.

Gate prices Adult £9, Seniors £8, Children £4, under 5s free. A family ticket is £24.

Dogs welcome on leads.
Public camping available.

http://www.malpas-yesteryear-rally.co.uk/rally.htm

Thank you visit from Guide Dog Association

Thank you so much for bringing in your plastic milk bottle tops. The Guide Dog Association have been so impressed that they are coming to visit to say thank you!

Lin Stapley and Woody the guide dog will be coming in on Thursday 4th September 2014 at 10am to meet the children.

However, we still have more to collect so please carry on bringing the washed plastic milk bottle tops and put them in the container near the classroom door.

Thank you!

G'day! - all about the land of Oz

Last week the classroom children spent the week learning about Australia.

 

They designed their own boomerangs, had Australian flag paint-on tattoos, listened to a didgeridoo but the highlight must have been the BBQ and bushtucker trial food!

 

 

Mealworm smoothie, Bug surprise, fish eyes and Witchetty grubs were all on the menu for the children to brave....

 

and here are the Queen and King of the Bushtucker trial!

 

This week they are learning all about China!

 

Nursery closed Bank Holiday Monday - Reminder

Just a reminder that the nursery will be closed on Monday 25th August for the public holiday.

"Let it go!" - Sing a long with Frozen at Wrexham Odeon from Friday

As part of Odeon Kids there will be special Sing-a-Long showings of Disney's Frozen film each day from Friday 15th August until Thursday 21st August at Wrexham Eagles Meadow Odeon.

The film starts at 11am, and tickets are £2.50 per person as it is a Kids Club price - bargain!

So be prepared to join in with 'Do you want to build a snowman?' and belt out 'Let it go' for a fun time at the flicks (ear plugs not included!)!

For more information on Wrexham Eagles Meadow Odeon visit: http://www.odeon.co.uk/cinemas/wrexham_eagles_meadow/173/

For more information on Odeon Kids and future films planned visit: http://www.odeon.co.uk/kids/

Pay and Display parking is available at Eagles Meadow and  up to three hours is £4.40, or Crescent Road car park, which is close by, is £1.50 for three hours or more.

Dancing Diggers at MOD Stafford Open Day - 30 Aug 2014

 

Catch the only UK appearance of the JCB dancing diggers at the MOD Stafford Open Day

 

Follow JCB Kids Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/jcbkids?fref=nf

Oh no it's the Gruffalo - Theatr Clwyd

Don’t miss Tall Stories’ hit musical stage adaptation of the award winning picture book, The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl and a maraca-shaking, party mad Snake!  Mouse can scare these hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined...?

The Gruffalo is the perfect family treat with plenty of songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.

Watch a sneak preview online at www.gruffalolive.com

£11 p. ticket
Running time: 55 minutes (no interval)
Shows from 30 September – 04 October 2014

- 1.30pm & 4.30pm Tuesday
- 10.30am & 4.30pm Thursday – Friday
- 10am & 12pm Saturday -

Theatr Clwyd, Mold - See more at: http://www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk/en/whats_on/event/38572#sthash.s3YGZUEr.dpuf

Note from a parent:

Before booking tickets please watch the sneak preview online (see link above) because the costumes are not like the characters in the books and are a bit more imaginative and this might not suit every child who is expecting the usual Gruffalo costume!

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe - Theatr Clwyd

There’s a problem with shoes. They keep getting mixed up. That man has a welly on one foot, and a fluffy slipper on the other. The woman over there is wearing a flip flop and a football boot. Some people don’t have any shoes at all!  What’s going on? Has that woman who lives in a shoe got anything to do with this?

Help us find out in Oily Cart’s beautiful new show for children from 3 to 5, their families and friends.

Join us on a journey through the sights, scents textures and sounds of this multi-sensory Oily Cart Wonderland in the company of a live musician, plenty of puppets and all sorts of shoes.

From Oily Cart, the company who brought you Mr and Mrs Moon last year.
www.oilycart.org.uk

Suitable for 3 – 5 year old.

Dates: 20 – 31 January 2015

- See more at: http://www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk/en/whats_on/event/37972#sthash.Y75Y2R2p.dpuf

Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Flintshire.

Farewell to Liz / ideas for new menu

This week we said a big thank you and farewell to Liz, our chef at the nursery, after 12 years!

Liz has semi-retired and is moving on to work part-time at The Marches School in Oswestry.

We have recruited a new chef who will be starting in a few weeks but in the meantime, it will be chef's Lynn and Sue in the kitchen preparing morning break and tea time meals! 

Therefore we are reviewing our menu and we are looking for suggestions on what we can offer at break and tea time (4pm) so please pass on any ideas to the Nursery Office for consideration.

Celebrity TV characters at Eagles Meadow in August - Wrexham

Every Tuesday in August, join one of your favourite TV characters, including Mike the Knight, Leo & Raph from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fireman Sam and Lau Lau from Waybuloo for a meet and greet event at Eagles Meadow Wrexham!

Visit the shopping centre where the characters will be appearing at intervals between 11am and 3.30pm  don't forget your camera!
- Tuesday 5th August  Mike the Knight
- Tuesday 12th August  Leo and Raph from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Tuesday 19th August  Fireman Sam
- Tuesday 26 August - Lau Lau from Waybuloo

http://www.eagles-meadow.co.uk/events-digwyddiadau/554-celebrity-summer-at-eagles-meadow-shopping-centre

Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre in Wrexham has its own underground car park but if you are happy to walk a little way for a cheaper fare, use the Council's Crescent Road Car Park which is opposite Eagles Meadow (the Debenhams side) just up the road by the Mecca Bingo which is £1.50 over 2hrs and free after 3pm. For more details on the car park see: http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/travel/car_parks/town_centre_carparks.htm

Summer Raffle Update

A big thank you to all those who bought raffle tickets or donated prizes for our Summer Raffle.

A total of £371 was raised for the charitable funds!

If anyone has any suggestions on how we can spend the charitable funds please let us know!

Thank you
Peter Pan Nursery Parent Support Group

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids - Rhos, Wrexham

An award-winning children's show is coming to The Stiwt in Rhos, Wrexham.

Little Howard's Big Show for Kids, a BBC TV favourite on CBBC, is bringing its tour The Stiwt on Saturday 1st November 2014, at 2.00pm.

Tickets are priced at £16 for an adult and child, or £10 per adult and £8 per child.

Tickets can be purchased from the Stiwt Box Office: 01978 841300.

Visit the CBBC page:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/little-howards-big-question

Visit the Tour page: http://www.littlehoward.co.uk/

Country of the week is India!

This week the country that the classroom children have been learning about is India!

They have been trying out dancing .....

 

and curry, poppadums and naan bread!