January 2012
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a very happy new year. We'd love you to come to the Curry/Quiz night being held at the Community Centre on Friday January 27th. All proceeds go to pre-school and it sounds like fun! For more info please go to our 'events' page. Hope to see you there!!
September 2011
Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely Summer break and are looking forward to the new term. Morrisons supermarkets have just started their voucher scheme for 2011 so please remember to collect the vouchers when you're shopping and leave them in the red post-box in reception. Thank you. All the supermarket schemes help us by enabling us to order new equipment for the children so tell your friends too!
May 2011
The supermarket voucher schemes are going well. We currently have just over 1800 Tesco vouchers and almost 1400 Sainsbury's vouchers. Please keep them coming in! The schemes close soon and then we have to send off our orders quite quickly so if you've got any more vouchers please bring them into pre-school as soon as you can. Thank you!
April 2011
Well done to all the parents and supporters of pre-school who registered with www.havenfunfitness.com We have reached the 100% target and will now receive some free sports equipment. Thank you. We couldn't have done it without you!
February 2011
Sainsburys and Tesco have started new voucher schemes for 2011 so please collect the vouchers when you go shopping and give them to pre-school (please leave them in the box in reception). Many thanks!
Please see the e-mail below from easyfundraising. We really have raised over £400 in the last 3 years and that's with only a very few supporters. Please help us by shopping through the easyfundraising website whenever you buy anything online. It may only raise a few pence each time but it all adds up! Please go to our 'Easyfundraising' page for full details of this fantastic way to raise money.
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Dear Henley Pre-School,
Watch out for the postman because you’ll soon be receiving a cheque for £43.65.
That’s how much supporters of Henley Pre School Centre raised between October and December 2010 by shopping and searching with easyfundraising and easysearch.
Overall, easyfundraisers have raised over £2.2 million – including £302,144 in the last three months alone - and it’s making a difference to thousands of causes in the UK and around the world.
In total Henley Pre School Centre has now raised £402.06 and we’re looking forward to helping you raise even more in 2011.
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Donations increased to 5.5% (was 4%)
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If you'd like to recommend Henley Pre-school to other parents in the area please go to the 'Netmums' website and leave a review. Thank you!
Pre-school is now set-up to accept Childcare Vouchers. More information can be found on the Netmums and HMRC websites. Alternatively, please contact pre-school and ask Caroline, our Treasurer, for further details.
January 2011
'Boilerjuice' have increased their donation from 10p to 25p per 100 litres of oil ordered. If you use oil to heat your home why not get a quote from them? It doesn't cost anything and you might even save money. Go to our fundraising page for full details.
December 2010
We have now been given approval to take children from 2 years old. Please contact us if you'd like to enquire about a place for your child. All the information you need can be found in our Prospectus.
November 2010
We are selling yummy Christmas puddings to raise money for pre-school. Unfortunately, all the chocolate sponges and ginger sponges have now gone (they did sound particularly scrumptious)! but we have quite a few of the 454g plum puddings left (serves 4). They are £5 each. We will be selling them at the Henley Christmas Fayre on Saturday November 27th so make sure you buy one before they all go! If you can help in the kitchen anytime between 8:30am and 3:30pm you'd be more than welcome!!
October 2010
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July 2010
'Easyfundraising' now has a link on Facebook. To find out more about this easy to use fundraising scheme click here.
June 2010
Volunteer required.
We're looking for a volunteer trustee to help run pre-school alongside the committee. Pre-school is run by parents of the children who volunteer to join the committee. As their children move on to primary school these parents naturally step down and all the knowledge and expertise they have gained is lost (although there is normally a hand-over period). This is very unsettling for staff and not ideal for pre-school as a whole so we are looking for someone to join the committee in the longer term to provide some stability. If you are interested, or you know someone who might be, please get in touch with us. You don't have to have any connection to pre-school, experience or specialist knowledge, just a desire to help! The amount of time you put in is up to you too. You don't have to volunteer alone, why not get involved as a couple? Please note that all volunteers are subject to CRB checks. We look forward to hearing from you!
May 2010
WIN A TV WORTH OVER £1000!
This month, easyfundraising have teamed up with Argos to give away an awesome flat screen TV worth over £1000. This 42inch, High Definition TV comes complete with Freesat so whatever you want to watch, you can watch it in style.
How Do I Enter?
Every time you shop online with easyfundraising between 1st and 31st May, you'll be entered into a free prize draw to win this great prize. You get 2 entries when you make any purchase from Argos and one entry when you refer a friend to easyfundraising. Log on to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/henleyps and visit the 'Refer a Friend' page for more details. Finally, you also get one entry when you register with easyfundraising to help support us. Sign up right now at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/henleyps or see our easyfundraising page for more information. Good luck!
April 2010
Suffolk County Council and local Councillor John Field have generously given us some money for new equipment. We have already spent some of it on new sand and water trays (which are a big hit with the children, hence the bags of soggy clothing at home time - sorry)! some colourful splash mats and a large 'footprints' rug. We also intend to up-date our prospectus, buy a new staff uniform and replace our old shed with a brand new, maintenance-free one! On behalf of the pre-school committee, the staff and the children, thank you so much to SCC and John Field.
March 2010
We're about to place a new order for 'Henley Pre-School' merchandise so if you'd like to buy anything please let Andrea know or complete the order from in reception. See our 'fundraising' page for more details.
World Book Day is on Thursday March 4th and to celebrate we're holding a coffee morning with Usborne Books on Friday March 5th. It'll be held in the bar area of the Community Centre between 9 and 12. As well as tea and coffee there'll be cakes available and a raffle. This event kicks off our 'Ready, Steady, Listen' week. You should have received a sponsor form from pre-school which encourages your child to listen to stories etc. You should also receive a £1 World Book Day Token from pre-school this week which you can spend in most good book shops or when ordering books through the Scholastic Book Club. If you don't have a catalogue just go to www.scholastic.co.uk and pass your order to Andrea by 26th March.
February 2010
We're now collecting Sainsburys vouchers. The scheme runs from
7th February until 8th June 2010. Please remember to collect them and drop them off in the box at pre-school. Thank you!
January 2010
You may have recently received a copy of the Spring 2010 'Yellow Moon' catalogue. If you are ordering please don't forget to quote our source code 'SHE10301' so that we receive the commission. Alternatively, to save you paying any P&P charges, you can give your order to Andrea who will put them all together and pre-school will pay the P&P (if the order totals more than £40 P&P is free). Please could all orders be handed in to pre-school (marked for Andrea's attention) by Friday 12th February.
Please note that the order deadline has been extended to Friday 5th March.
We're collecting Tesco vouchers again. The new scheme runs from 1st March to 9th May so please don't forget to pick up your vouchers when you go shopping!
Pre-school is closed again today (Friday Jan 8th) due to the weather. We will contact parents on Monday morning to advise if we're still closed. If you don't hear from us then you can assume we're open. Apologies for the disruption.
Pre-school will be closed today (Thursday Jan 7th) due to the weather. Please listen to the radio to see if we're open tomorrow. If Henley Primary School is closed then pre-school will be as well. Enjoy the snow and take care!
December 2009
Thanks to everyone who made cakes, buns, muffins and biscuits etc for the Community Centre's Christmas Fayre on Saturday. Despite a disappointing lack of volunteers to help in the kitchen the committee raised just over £200 so well done ladies! Thanks to Alex for doing the preparations beforehand, making the delicious soup etc and to Jill for helping in the kitchen all day. There were some very tired feet by 4 o'clock! Also, a huge 'thank you' to Jamie from JLS Catering who very generously made us some of the biggest sausage rolls I've ever seen and some very tasty cheese scones. I can highly recommend both. (Well, someone had to sample them)!
The wreath-making night was another great success with all the tickets being sold. Like last year Di Palmer gave a demonstration on how to make table decorations and other Christmassy items as well as the wreaths. With the help of mulled wine, mince pies and Christmas music there was plenty of Christmas spirit! Look out for the beautiful wreaths that were made as you drive through the local villages. Thanks to Alex for organising it all again, to Di for her very entertaining demonstration and to Tim Clarkson for providing all the greenery again. More than £250 was raised so thanks to everyone who came along.
November 2009
Do you have any old jewellery at home that you never wear or perhaps an odd earring or a broken watch? Please donate any unwanted jewellery as we can send it off to be recycled and receive money back in return. Please click here for more information or go to our fundraising page. Thank you.
October 2009
Well, if you missed our pamper evening on Tuesday you missed a great night. The main hall was packed with a wide variety of stalls and there was Shiatsu, Reflexology and Indian Head Massage going on in the Boughton Room. Well over 100 people attended and with the money from the Grand Draw a total of over £800 was raised. Well done to everyone involved and thank you to all those who came. This money is much needed and greatly appreciated. I can't wait until the next one!
September 2009
A good night was had by all those who came to the Cross Keys on Saturday night! The Inflatables played until midnight and £160 was raised for pre-school. Thanks to 'Jack White Music' and Mark, the landlord of the 'Cross Keys,' for donating raffle prizes. A special mention must also go to Gary Hobbs who won the pub card and gave the prize money back to pre-school. What a star!
The latest Morrisons voucher scheme has started. Vouchers can be collected in store until 1st November 2009 and this time there are three different ways to collect them. Please visit their website at www.morrisons.co.uk/letsgrow for more details.
August 2009
We've now got Henley Pre-School polo shirts and sweatshirts for sale - please see our fundraising page for more details.
We've received another cheque from 'easyfundraising' so thank you to everyone who supports us through this scheme. It's not too late to register. Check out our fundraising page for more information or go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/henleyps.
Yorkshire Building Society has generously donated £50 to pre-school as part of their 'Make A Difference' week. This money certainly will make a difference to us so a big 'thank you' to them and also to Adam's family for nominating us.
July 2009
Please note that the Community Centre's Summer Fair scheduled for July 25th has been cancelled.
Sports Day - 10/7/2009. Well done to the staff for organising it so well and to all the children who thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Even the weather behaved itself! The raffle and refreshments raised £75 so all-in-all it was a very successful afternoon. Looking forward to next year's event already!
The 'Bag2School' collection in May raised a fantastic £120. Many thanks to everyone who donated items. The next collection will be on November 12th at 10:15am.
June 2009
Our playhouse has arrived!!! All the children (and staff)! were very excited to see it in the garden area this morning. Many thanks to Jonathan for putting it together for us. Here it is......................
Does anyone have a spare 'pop-up' gazebo they don't want? We'd like one for the garden area to help protect the children from the sun. Thank you.
May 2009
We now have a 'piggy' in reception for snack donations. He's always hungry so please make sure you feed him lots of coins!! We also have a new red 'post-box' for all Tesco/Sainsburys/Morrisons/Box Top vouchers.
Thank you to everyone who donated bags of clothes etc for our Bag2School collection last Wednesday (May 20th). There was quite a pile by 12 o'clock when the van came to take them away to be weighed. As soon as we know how much money was raised we'll let you know.
The date of our next committee meeting has changed. It is now on Monday 1st June at 7:30pm at the Cross Keys. All parents are welcome to attend.
April 2009
The staff and committee thought the children might like to have a permanent playhouse in the garden area. If you would like to contribute towards it's purchase (it costs £400) we would be most grateful. You can give cash or cheques (made payable to 'Henley Pre-School Centre') to Lisa at pre-school or you can make a donation on-line via this website. (Go to the bottom of our fundraising page and click on the 'donate' button). We know times are difficult but even £1 or so would help. Thank you very much.
Our Easter Morning Market was a great success and almost £300 was raised for pre-school. Thank you to everyone who came along and to the parents who helped out. A special thanks to Alex for all her hard work in organising this event.
Our next committee meeting is on Monday 27th April, 7:30pm at the Cross Keys. Coming to committee meetings is a great way to put across any idea you may have and to help organise fundraising events. It also gives you a chance to meet other parents and to become actively involved in your child's early years education. If you'd like to join the committee but can't attend meetings in the evening please speak to a current member and we'll arrange a more convenient time for everyone.
March 2009
Our next committee meeting is on Monday 23rd March, 7:30pm at the Cross Keys. All parents are welcome.
February 2009
We're collecting Sainsburys 'Active Kids' vouchers and Tesco vouchers too. Please bring them into pre-school and place them in the boxes provided. Thank you.
Our next committee meeting is on Monday 9th February at 7:30pm at the Henley Cross Keys. It would be great to see some new faces!!
January 2009
The bags of secondhand clothes, bedding, soft toys, shoes, bags, belts, curtains etc brought in by parents to pre-school last November raised £114. We are very grateful to everyone who donated items. Two more collections have been arranged for 2009. The 20th of May at 12 o'clock and the 12th of November at 10:15am both from the community centre. We'll issue reminders and blue bags nearer the time.
Yellow Moon's Spring 2009 catalogue is out now. www.yellowmoon.org.uk If you'd like to order anything please see Andrea or contact us before 13th February. Ordering through pre-school saves you paying P&P (£3.95). Alternatively, if you order directly from Yellow Moon, at any time, please quote our source code 'SHE10301' to ensure we receive commission on your order. Thank you.
Easyfundraising - latest news.
Order your groceries online from Tesco through 'easyfundraising' and they will donate £5 to pre-school (for first shop only). There are several other new offers so check them out! www.easyfundraising.org.uk/henleyps
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
We've added up all the proceeds from our Christmas fundraising events and were amazed to find it totalled £755! Thanks to everyone who supported us, especially at our 'Christmas shopper' and wreath-making evening which were very successful. We'd like to say a huge 'thank you' to Alex for all her hard work in organising both of these events (especially despite being so poorly) and a big 'thank you' to Louise for looking after the refreshments at both Community Centre events. Thanks also to the parents, family and friends who kindly donated cakes, buns, raffle prizes etc and who bought lots of raffle tickets! Pre-school relies on donations and fundraising to keep going (especially in the current economic climate) so we are very grateful to you all.
Our next committee meeting is on Monday 12th January at 7:30pm at the Cross Keys Pub in Henley. New members are always welcome so if you'd like to be more involved in the way pre-school is run or help with fundraising or just find out what we do please come along. You're under no obligation to join and even if you do it's up to you how much time and effort you want to contribute. We're a very friendly bunch!
December 2008
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November 2008
HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!
We're still in need of volunteers to help serve the refreshments on Saturday Nov 29th at the Community Centre's Christmas Fayre. If you are able to help, even if only for half an hour, please put your name on the list in pre-school reception or just turn up on the day. The fayre starts at 10:30 and finishes at 3:30pm and we hope to have the kitchen open the whole time but we can only do this if we get enough helpers. We'd also appreciate donations of cakes and biscuits etc to sell (home-made or shop bought). Please could you bring these into pre-school on Friday Nov 28th.
We really do need you.
Don't forget that if you want to order anything from the 'Yellow Moon' or 'Scholastic Book Club' catalogues you pay no P&P charges if you order through pre-school. The dead-line is 14th November to ensure items arrive in time for Christmas.
October 2008
At last we've got some photos of the Ladies Driving Challenge. We're still waiting for some sponsorship money to come in but we think about £500 was raised. Well done ladies!!
Ladies Driving Challenge - 28/6/2008
September 2008
Great news!! A successful AGM was held last night and (just)! enough volunteers came forward to form a new committee. The new Chair is Nicola Hall, Vice Chair is Louise Prentice, Treasurer is Jill Adams and Secretary is Andrea Turner. Other members are Alex Adams who is staying on from the previous committee and we welcome Angie Gipson and affilliate member Mark White. Many thanks to all of you for coming forward and a big thank you to Sarah Quinton, Doreen Harvey, Tim Green and Lana Fleming for the superb work they did on the previous committee. We look forward to Henley Pre-school's continued success.
Please come to our AGM on Monday September 29th at 8pm in the Boughton Room at the Community Centre. We will (hopefully)! be electing new committee members as the majority, including the main post-holders, are standing down after 2 years now that their children are moving on to Primary school. So far, despite requests, we've had no volunteers and you may not be aware that pre-school will have to close if these posts are not filled. As well as Chair and Secretary posts we also need 'ordinary' members to help with advertising, fundraising etc. The committee has to have a minimum of 5 members. If you want pre-school to continue and would like to get more involved in how it's run or help with our various fundraising activities now is the time to come forward! We don't want to lose our lovely pre-school.
The Cross Keys pub in Henley is holding a quiz in aid of pre-school on Wednesday September 17th at 9pm. It's only £1 per person to enter with a maximum of 6 people per team and there's a prize for the winners. If you'd like to become involved in the running of pre-school or help with fundraising etc please feel free to join our committee meeting before the quiz at 7:30pm in the 'snug'. We're a friendly bunch and keep the meetings as informal as possible. We desperately need new members!!
Update - £60 was raised for pre-school.
August 2008
There will be a treasure hunt around the village on Sunday Sept 21st. It starts at the Community Centre at 2pm and there will be a prize for the winners. Entry is £5 per car. Update - £105 was raised for pre-school and it was great fun!
Bramford village is holding a street fair on Sunday August 24th from noon until 5pm. There will be a tombola stall in aid of Henley Pre-school plus many other attractions.
Update - £32 was raised for pre-school.
July 2008
It's only a few days until our fundraising night at the Cross Keys (Aug 22nd). There will be live music from 'The Inflatables' www.theinflatables.org, a raffle and it's a beer festival weekend. Entry is free but if you'd like to make a small donation there will be plenty of chances to do so during the evening! All proceeds will go to pre-school. If you are able to donate a prize for the raffle we would be very grateful. Prizes donated so far are a day pass for 2 at the Swallow Leisure Club (Belstead Brook Hotel), a bottle of whisky and some beer. Update - £222 was raised for pre-school. Big thanks to all who came along and had a great time!
Don't forget to come and join in the Community Centre's 10th anniversary celebrations on Saturday July 12th between 11-4pm. Pre-school are running the BBQ and Grand Draw and there will also be tombola stalls, face/nail painting, crockery smash, welly throwing, cream teas, bouncy castles and lots, lots more. Kevin Beattie will be officially opening the event at 12:30 and the draw takes place at about 3pm.
Update - £745 was raised for pre-school. Many thanks to everyone who helped and/or supported us
The Ladies Driving Challenge was a great success. Everyone enjoyed themselves and can't wait to do it again next year! Hopefully, we'll soon have some photos of the ladies in action and we'll let you know how much money was raised.
June 2008
We've sent off our Sainsburys 'Active Kids' order with the 1500 vouchers you collected for us. The play equipment on order is as follows:- a catchball, 2 gripper hoops, a gripper target toss set, a numbered tailball, a spordas poco ball, 2 stampabouts, a super bouncer and a tippin' target set. If you'd like to know exactly what these items are please click here. They can be found under the 'Early Years' and 'Playtime' categories.
Tickets are now on sale for our grand draw which will take place on Sat July 12th at the Community Centre 10th anniversary celebrations. If you would like to buy some or help to sell some for us please contact us.
We've sent off our Tesco 'Computers for Schools' order. You collected over 1500 vouchers which we added to the 1500 already banked from last year. This meant we've been able to order quite alot of art and craft materials eg patterned card, different types and sizes of brushes, feathers, mark making tools and rolls of 'mod roc' which is similar to the plaster cast bandages used for broken limbs and which can be used for making models/sculptures etc. We also ordered the RSPB's 'First book of Garden Birds'. Thank you. We know the children will enjoy using all of these things. Any further vouchers we receive can be banked as long as we get them in by 22nd September.
A fun time was had by everyone at the Cross Keys' quiz night on June 11th. Seven or eight teams took part and the winners were 'Les's Boys' so well done to them. The teams raised £36 which Mark, the landlord, very kindly rounded up to £50! Thanks Mark and to everyone who took part. Why not come along to the next one? (Date TBC).
May 2008
We've received another cheque from 'easyfundraising', this time for more than £16. Thanks to everyone who's registered and/or uses 'easysearch'. If you would like to help raise money for preschool please click on the link above or go to our fundraising page. It costs nothing, in fact you might even save yourself some money. If you're still not convinced have a look at this short promotional video on Youtube.
The Tesco 'Computer for Schools' scheme 2008 has now ended. We have a few weeks left in which to finish collecting vouchers before sending off our order so if you have any at home please don't forget to bring them in to preschool. Any vouchers received after our order has been sent will be banked for next year. We'll let you know what we order before the end of the summer term.
The Sainsburys 'Active Kids08' scheme ends on 4th June. We have a list of items that we'd like to order but we need quite a few more vouchers to meet our target. Therefore, please could you ask your family and friends to help us collect as many as we can in the last few weeks of the scheme. Don't forget that you can now exchange 'Nectar' points for vouchers. Please see our fundraising page for more details.
Henley Preschool is holding an 'Open Evening' on Monday 19th May from 6-8pm in the Boughton Room at the Community Centre. If you are interested in learning about preschool education and seeing what the children are achieving from their learning environment please come and join us. It's an ideal chance to meet with staff and committee members and also a great opportunity for you to see how children develop from the activities provided. There will be a complimentary glass of wine on arrival.
******Update - Thanks to everyone who came along. The evening was a great success. Many thanks to Lisa for all her hard work putting it together and to everyone who helped out.*************
The 'fones4schools' deadline for this year is 13th June. We can continue to collect 'phones after this time but if we miss this deadline we won't receive any money back until next year. 'Phones will be collected from us free of charge if we have more than 50 and we still have a way to go to reach this target. If you have an old mobile 'phone, in any condition, that you no longer want we would be grateful if you would please donate it to us. See our fundraising page for more details.
April 2008We will soon have vacancies on the committee in key posts as the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson & Secretary have advised that they will be standing down in September. We will need these posts to be filled in order for preschool to continue so if you are interested in volunteering for one of the posts or would like to find out more about what is involved please contact us or speak to one of the current post-holders. All parents are welcome to become committee members; there has to be a minimum of 5 and we always need help with fundraising etc. It can be very rewarding and we have fun too so please give it some thought.
The date has been announced for our Summer Fun Day. This year we are joining in with the Community Centre's 10th anniversary celebrations on Saturday 12th July. Several other village groups are also involved, including Henley Tots and the Primary School, so please come along and support us. There will be lots of things going on to suit all ages and preschool will be running the Bar-B-Q. Tickets will be on sale shortly for the grand draw which will take place on the day. Many prizes have been kindly donated by local businesses and Swiss Farm are sponsoring the tickets. Thank you!
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Throughout April and May, every purchase you make with any of easyfundraising's 500+ retailers will earn you one entry into a free prize draw to win an Xbox 360 and 3 games. You can even earn extra entries by letting your friends know about the easyfundraising scheme! If you haven't registered with easyfundraising yet, sign up for free right now at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/henleyps and you'll receive one entry into the draw just by registering!
The 'Bag2School' van came,15th April, as arranged and took away our large pile of bags. We had a great response so 'thank you' to everyone who donated items. The total weight of the bags was 520 kilos which means we should receive a cheque for £156 in the next couple of weeks! (See our fundraising page for more information on this scheme). The next collection will be on November 5th.
We've received the play equipment that we were able to order thanks to the vouchers you collected through the 'Tesco Sports for Schools 2007' scheme. We now have some balance boards, playground balls, a bowling set, sticky monster mits, an umbrella set, action station spots and some 'nobbly wobblys' (Apparently, these are bouncy, colourful balls)!
March 2008
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Thanks to everyone who came to our Easter coffee morning. About £50 was raised and everyone enjoyed themselves too!
Tesco 'Computers for Schools 2008' has started. Please look out for vouchers instore or online.
We're collecting items to exchange for cash in a scheme run by www.bag2school.com We want good quality secondhand clothing (ladies/gents/childrens), shoes, bags, belts, bedding, curtains & soft toys so when you're doing your spring cleaning(!) we'd be grateful if you'd pass on your unwanted items to us please. For more details please see our fundraising page.
February 2008 Fourteen preschool mums and members of staff are taking part in a ladies driving challenge on 28th June. If you are interested in sponsoring one of them please speak to a staff or committee member. We'll let you know how they get on!
We've got a small stock of tea-towels left which we're now selling for £2 each. Please see Doreen or contact us if you'd like to buy one.
We've just received a cheque for more than £62 from www.easyfundraising.org.uk If you've not registered yet please check out their website. Even if you don't shop online you could take up their free offers/trials which generate donations to preschool at no cost to you. Also, don't forget to use www.easysearch.org.uk as your search engine.
We've registered with www.boilerjuice.com If you use oil to heat your home just place your order through them and they will donate 10p for every 100 litres ordered to preschool. That's £1 every time you fill up a 1000 litre tank. Using Boilerjuice will also save you from having to contact lots of different companies to find the cheapest supplier as they do all that for you. They also offer a discount if you order at the same time as your neighbours or other 'IP6' members. When ordering don't forget to quote our 'Boilerjuice Community' reference number - 34772.
Sainsburys 'Active Kids' scheme has started. Look out for vouchers instore (or online) and start collecting! This year you can also exchange Nectar points for vouchers - please see our fundraising page for more details.
The next quiz night in aid of preschool is 11th June at the Cross Keys starting at 9pm. Teams can consist of up to 6 people, £1 per person, with a prize for the winning team.
January 2008 
There’s now a new and easy way for you to help us raise funds for Henley PreSchool Centre - simply by shopping online! 'easyfundraising' is a shopping directory that features some of your favourite online stores, including Amazon, NEXT, Debenhams, John Lewis, Toys’R’Us, HMV and over 500 others. All you have to do is use the links on the easyfundraising site whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost to you, we'll receive a donation of up to 15% from every purchase you make. It really is that simple!
It’s completely FREE to register and use and you still shop with each retailer in exactly the same way. Many retailers even offer additional discounts and money saving e-vouchers when you shop using easyfundraising.
If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/henleyps and when you register, select Henley Preschool Centre as the organisation you wish to support.
'Easyfundraising' update - January 2008
If the gloomy British weather is making you yearn for a spot of summer sun, don’t forget you can raise much needed funds for us just by booking your next holiday through the easyfundraising website.
Easyfundraising’s extensive 'Travel' section features plenty of big name travel retailers and offers every type of holiday from short breaks to cruises, package holidays to city hops and even includes ferries, coaches, train tickets, car hire and airport parking. Choose from most of the main tour operators including British Airways, Expedia, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Virgin Holidays, Airtours, Lastminute, Hotels.com, Superbreak, Hilton, Laterooms and many more.
After the high cost of Christmas you might be planning to save some money this year, so why not shop around for a better deal on your car and home insurance with easyfundraising and raise funds for us at the same time?
Easyfundraising’s 'Insurance' section includes all the well known insurers, many offering donations of more than of £30.00 when a new policy is purchased. Insure your car or home with NatWest and we’ll receive a donation of £35.00, insure with Churchill and you’ll generate £30.00 for us, while Direct Line will donate £30.00 for car insurance, £37.50 for home insurance and a massive £42.50 for every new life insurance policy. There's also Esure, More Than, Marks & Spencer Finance, Sainsburys Finance, Budget, HSBC, Nationwide, The Post Office, Prudential plus a host of other insurers to choose from. Donations apply to new policies only, not renewals.
Why not also ask your family, friends and colleagues to support us simply by switching their insurance with easyfundraising.
Logon to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/henleyps to support us today!