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Category Archives: Community Events

PLANT: Broad Beans

April 27, 2017
Ilkley Pre-school Playgroup

Grandparent Gardening Week We’d like to say a Big Thank-you to Grandad Paul for coming in to sort out our planters and scrub the paving stones for us (we didn’t suggest that he do this by-the-way!) before the Easter break. The children had fun planting broad beans with him and we now have lots of plans […]

Categories: Children's Activities, Community Events, Family Activities, Healthy Eats

EXPLORE: Easter in Ilkley

April 6, 2017
Ilkley Preschool

There’s lots to do in and around Ilkley this Easter. See below for our top recommendations! 1. Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Nell Bank on Good Friday (14th April) 10am – 2pm. £2 per child. Prize draw at 1.45pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult. www.nellbank.com 2. Love Brownie Bakery Easter Hunt on Saturday […]

Categories: Children's Activities, Community Events, Family Activities, Holiday Activities

LOCAL: Ilkley Children’s Centre

April 5, 2017
Ilkley Pre-school

Have you ever visited Ilkley’s local children’s centre on Little Lane ? They run brilliant, regular, group sessions for all children up the age of 5 years, and at a very low cost. Please take a look at the table below for sessions during the Easter holidays. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday w/c 10th April Baby Play (0-18m) […]

Categories: Children's Activities, Community Events, Family Activities, Holiday Activities

VISIT: Straven House

March 29, 2017
Ilkley Preschool

We had a lovely time visiting the residents of Straven House. They had hidden lots of Easter eggs for us to hunt in their garden and we had great fun finding them. Afterwards, we went inside to say hello to the residents and we treated them to a chorus of our favourite songs. We’d like to say a big thank-you to […]

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PLANT: Free Trees

March 17, 2017
Ilkley Pre-school

We are thrilled that our free trees from The Woodland Trust have arrived! We have distributed them amongst all our children and their families, for them to plant at home, and will be giving the rest to ‘The Friends of Ilkley Moor’.   We have now achieved the Bronze Award on the ‘Woodland Trust’s Green Tree Schools Award’ and we are currently […]

Categories: Children's Activities, Community Events, Family Activities

DIG: Grandparent Gardening

March 10, 2017
Ilkley Preschool

On Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th March from 10.00 am until 12 noon, we are opening our doors and welcoming members of the local community into our garden, as a part of national ‘Food for Life Grandparent Gardening Week’. All gardeners – especially grandparents – are invited to come along and help the children with the […]

Categories: Announcements, Children's Activities, Community Events, Healthy Eats

We’ve Been On A Bear Hunt!

January 18, 2017
Ilkley Preschool

We have been looking forward to this trip for months and it did not disappoint! The production was full of lots of catchy tunes and great live music, that the children all enjoyed singing along to. They were all very brave and not scared at all of the great, big bear! “We were not not […]

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Small Change, Big Difference

January 12, 2017
Ilkley Pre-school

Thank-you to everyone who nominated us in October, by filling in a leaflet at the Ilkley branch of the Yorkshire Building Society, and recommending Ilkley Pre-school as a local charity. We were thrilled to receive a donation of £100 by post in January. What a lovely way to start the new year! The letter from Fiona May, […]

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The Ilkley Singers – in French!

December 15, 2016
Ilkley Preschool

We would like to say ‘thank-you’ to The Ilkley Singers for providing some festive cheer on Tuesday. This was arranged for a second year in a row by Catherine, who is a member of the Ilkley Singers and a grandma of one of our children. We all really enjoyed the performance and are extremely grateful to Catherine […]

Categories: Children's Activities, Community Events

A Christmas Visit

December 8, 2016
Ilkley Preschool

This week we have paid a visit to the Grandmas and Grandads of Holmcroft and Straven House Residential homes in Ilkley. We walked all the way and sang all our favourite Christmas songs, as well as some others! The children’s favourite was definitely ‘Jingle Bells’ and, that old classic, ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’! It was lovely […]

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