Please find below our October plans, newsletter, song and rhyme sheet and key vocabulary document.  

Please find below a downloadable version of our term dates which were included in your information pack. A gentle reminder that half term holidays are coming up at the end of October. We will be closed Monday 26th October to Friday 30th October (5 days inclusive). 

Please find below a letter from the Chief Medical Officer and an information poster from parents/carers created by PHA and Department of Education. 

Please find below our September newsletter and rhyme sheet to download. We will keep you updated throughout the month via our seesaw app. 

​Dear parents,
We have created your Jolly Pirates core information pack. This will include an information booklet, core policies and updated term dates. Also inside your pack is consent forms and permission forms to be completed. These must be signed and returned prior to your child starting Jolly Pirates. We ask that the forms please be returned again by 19/8/2020. You can drop these off at any time that suits.

Please see the dates & times below to call to Jolly Pirates and collect your pack. If your child is currently in Jolly Rodgers Day Nursery it will be sent home with them in due course.
We are operating under strict Covid-19 guidance so when you are calling to collect your pack. Please go to the main door of the nursery building and ask for Jolly Pirates. We would appreciate if you would use the social distancing markers on the floor. We cannot have any parents enter the buildings at this current time.

Dates & times for pack collection: Friday 31st July - Between 9.30am - 11.30am and 2.15pm - 3.30pm. Thursday 6th August - Between 9.30am - 11.30am Monday 10th August - Between 9.30am - 11.30am and 2.15pm - 4.00pm. If you cannot make it on these dates and times, please send us a message or email to inform us.

​Many thanks, Jolly Pirates team.

Dear parents,

We issued a seesaw log in with your information letter posted to you earlier in July. Please download the app and log in to keep up to date with information for September 2020 throughout the summer. This is especially important this year due to Covid-19 changes in guidance. 

We will also be sharing transition items for the children before beginning Jolly Pirates. 

Many thanks,
​Jolly Pirates team. 

Further to our letter issued in June, we have posted out update information letters to you, which should be received over the next few days. 

Uniform information has also been posted in another post. 

Dear parents,

We will be sending out a further update letter to you all next week.
This year we have a new uniform supplier AJ Print and Embroidery based in Lisburn.
To order you can contact them on 07591073281 or you can call into their shop 
Unit 2 Lisburn Enterprise Centre, 6 Enterprise Crescent, Ballinderry Road, Lisburn, BT28 2BP.

Compulsory items of uniform which can be purchased from the supplier are:
Red sweatshirt jumper with Jolly Pirates logo.
Polo top with Jolly Pirates logo. For September 2020 we have now changed the colour of our polo tops to Royal Blue. 

You can also purchase a school coat with logo if you would like to from the supplier but this is not compulsory. 

We advise that you contact them directly to order uniform or with any inquiries. The uniform is not available to buy off the shelf and will need ordered. AJ print and embroidery are currently ordering in some sizing samples, which should be available from 10/7/2020 if you would like to visit their shop to look at sizing. However you can order uniform and state your required size when ordering by telephone. 
We would advise ordering uniform within the next few weeks as this will allow time for your sizes to be ordered and completed before starting Jolly Pirates.

Other uniform items required which can be purchased from a shop of your choosing are;
Plain navy elasticated jogging bottoms.
Velcro shoes/trainers. No shoes with laces please. 
Suitable warm coat of your choosing.

As you are aware we are receiving guidance during Covid-19 which we will discuss further with you in the letter next week. However it is asked that parents launder their child's uniform each evening to minimise the risk. Therefore this may be something parents want to keep in mind when purchasing uniform as you may want to purchase additional items. 

Many thanks,
​Jolly Pirates team. 

For all parents who have children attending Jolly Pirates in September 2020, you will be receiving a letter from us soon with some further information and updates.  

Many thanks. 

This year due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, EA have sent a letter to stage 2 applications to inform you where your child has been allocated a place. If you are successful in being allocated a place for Jolly Pirates Pre-school, EA ask that you email us directly to confirm your acceptance of place. Our email address is info@jollypiratespreschool.co.uk

You will also be receiving a letter from us soon with further information. 

Many thanks.