This year you will soon be able to download a free World Book Day ‘app’ from the appStore – with exclusive short stories from Malorie Blackman, Anthony Horowitz and a whole load of other authors too.

There are all the usual resources for children, schools and libraries from the World Book Day website – with activity sheets, lesson plans and news about the latest books – for Nursery and Pre-school, Primary and Secondary school children too.

This year you can watch some great trailers and and see authors talking about their books too.

You can also enter a Design a Bookmark competition, with prizes for children up to 8 years, 9-12 years and 13-16 year olds.

Don’t forget you can use your World Book Day voucher to get some great books for just a Pound from a participating bookshop.

Get celebrating the book together – the World Book Day website is a great place to start!

Church Hill Nursery School & Children Centre Holiday Playscheme
For children 3 to 8 years
From Monday 13 February to Friday 17 February
8am to 6pm

Our holiday playscheme is open for children aged 3 to 8 years and families in the community, with a lovely indoor and outdoor space. Booking is necessary and a minimum of 2 days a week required.
£23 per day with a packed lunch plus £3 if you require lunch.

Contact:
Sarah Mukwenya
020 8520 4919

Winter Daze for February half term is now available to view and download on the LBWF web site.

Packed with ideas and information about centres of activity for the forthcoming half term holiday. The range of things to do covers sport, crafts, gardening and much more.

As always Waltham Forest services cover a range of ages, with something to do for the under 5′s, 5 plus, 13 – 19 years…and people of all ages and abilities too.

You can see the latest edition of Winter Daze on the Waltham Forest borough web site here.

You can download and view a .pdf copy of the booklet here.

Happy half term break everybody!

We have just published our newsletter for Spring 2012. Packed full of news and information about Church Hill Nursery School.

Our theme this term is ‘Ourselves’ and we will also be looking at and exploring winter weather, making displays of family and baby photographs.

We will be changing the role play area into a ‘hospital’ to develop understanding and learning about these things.

You can also news about our Sustainability Action Plan and the Parents Forum too. Dates for your diary are also on our newsletter page.

You can find our newsletter on the main Church Hill web site here.

Waltham Forest are holding two major FREE firework displays on Monday 2nd. January 2012.

You can see the details below, with events at the Marsh Lane Playing Fields and also at The Highams Park.

We are going to be welcoming in 2012 with a bang, as we light up the sky of Waltham Forest with two spectacular firework shows that will be choreographed to music from the movies.

Mark the end of your seasonal celebrations by coming down to Marsh Lane in Leyton or The Highams Park to marvel at the fireworks, while enjoying our fun packed entertainment programme including a fantastic fun fair, fire performers and food and drink stalls for everyone to enjoy.

You can register with the Borough to keep up to date with the Big Six events in Olympic Year, with a chance to get free tickets to events, here.

We have updated our activity planner from November – which is why we are all smiling.

You can see or download a full copy of our planner from the front page of our website here. It’s a publication worth having, as it includes not only our calendar, but a location map and local places to visit – really useful.

It is also available on our Children Centre activities page, where you can immediately see the weeks activities by day.

We are in the process of tidying up our web page navigation, making the buttons easier to use and fewer of them

Why not check out our updated Extended Day Care page and the new prices, or see updated information on our accessibility page – about getting the best from our web pages and news feeds.

A new edition of Autumn Daze is now available online to download. See more here for the 2011 edition.

This great Waltham Forest publication offers parents and carers information about activities available on the borough for the forthcoming half-term break.

There are details of things to do for children under five, for children between five and ten years, as well as for young people aged eleven to nineteen years of age.

You can also find activities for the whole family – from Brooks Farm activity sessions to spectacular firework display.

Check out the pdf version here. Free pdf software available here.

We have just published our Autumn newsletter on our web pages

You can keep up to date with all our news at Church Hill. Did you get your Treasure Box? Did you know we had a vacancy for a Parent Governor?

Our theme for this term is Celebrations Around the World, with special activities planned for our International Day on the 24th November 2011.

Read more on our newsletter page here. (..and see some drawings by the children too!).

We have just published the latest copy of our sustainability news for June 2011 on our Centre website.

You can read the news online here.

We have information about gardening, improving left litter and our ‘Green Flag’ award.

We are committed to making the care for our environment at Church Hill an ongoing process. Read our newsletter and get involved too.

Church Hill – making the world greener one day at a time…together.

Don’t forget to ring and register for your free smoothie on the day of Le Tour de Waltham Forest – Sunday 26th June 2011.

You can call on 020 8496 3000 and get involved in this great day of cycling, exercise and fun taking place in Walthamstow Town Square.

Why not go along and and check out the great cycle displays and get a free bike safety check?

On the day you can take part in bike rides around the borough. For the really keen try the bronze, silver or gold rides – from 6 to 22 miles.

Is your bike fit enough? See you there…

See the poster online here.