Spring Newsletter
SETTING PHONE NUMBERS
KINGS ROAD: 07875 980211
MERDON: 023 8026 2858
SCANTABOUT: 023 8025 5789
HILTINGBURY: 07904 260609
OFFICE: 023 8025 5686
office@rebeccas-clubs.co.uk
Dear Parents / Carers,
We hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and welcome you all back.
Firstly we would like to thank all parents /carers for their food donations to the Eastleigh food bank. Here is Sally handing it all to them just before the end of term.
We will be making an appointment to introduce ourselves to the new Head, Mary Strong, at Chandlers Ford Infant School and the new Head at Scantabout Primary School, Tina Thomas.
Tax-Free Childcare scheme
The long awaited Tax-Free Childcare scheme, which was first announced in 2013, is finally due to be launched ‘early’ in 2017, although no specific start date has yet been given. Tax-Free Childcare will eventually replace the existing employer-supported childcare voucher scheme. The childcare voucher scheme will close to new entrants from April 2018 and the expectation is that most parents will choose to transfer to the new scheme.
HMRC have started contacting Ofsted-registered childcare providers, inviting them to sign up for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme, which we have already done. The scheme will be rolled out to parents of the youngest children first, with parents of the oldest eligible children (i.e. those aged 12, or 17 for children with disabilities) able to join by the end of the year
See the HMRC’s overview of the Tax-Free Childcare scheme for more details.
Collections – Could we ask parents/carers to collect stamps for a Grandma who sends them to a charity and milk bottle tops for the Beavers. Thank you!
Enjoy the Spring term from all of us at Rebecca’s
When writing cheques to us please ensure they are made payable to either:
REBECCA’S OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB or TJHP LTD – MANY THANKS
INSET DAY CLOSURES
Chandler’s Ford Infant School 17th Feb, 25th & 26th May
Merdon Junior School 16th & 17th Feb, 26th May
Hiltingbury Infant & Junior School 3rd Jan, 17th Mar, 26th May
Scantabout Primary School Provisional – 20th Jan, 27th Feb, 5th June
St Francis CE Primary School 17th Feb, 24th & 25th July
VOTING DAY CLOSURES
Hiltingbury Rebecca’s May 2017
Scantabout Primary School May 2017
20th – 24th May
10th – 21st April
29th – 2nd June
THE NEXT HOLIDAY CLUB,
AT SCANTABOUT PRIMARY SCHOOL, WILL BE 20th – 24th FEBRUARY. HOURS ARE 8AM-6PM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE CHILDREN TO ATTEND PLEASE CONTACT US ASAP SO WE CAN FORWARD
THE RELEVANT INFORMATION. PLACES ARE ONLY CONFIRMED WHEN CONTRACTS ARE RECEIVED IN TO THE OFFICE
Planning themes for the Spring term:
January – Burns night, Chinese New Year
February – Valentine’s Day
March – St Patricks’s Day
April – Easter, St George’s Day