The year 2004-2005 has been an exciting year for the Project.

Here are just a few of the things we have been successful with during this last year:

  • We continue to run two very successful breakfast clubs, which daily cater for 30 children each (on two key sites – Milton Court School and Regis Manor School) throughout term time – resulting in an enormous number of breakfasts! We now employ two mothers from the community to run the breakfast club at Milton Court School.
     
  • A fun and games day was held during the October and February half terms with around 60 children attending on both days.
     
  • We continue to run three successful After School Clubs - Hama Beads x 2, and Games – with around 20 children attending each club.
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  • New for 2004- lunchtime Games Club at Regis Manor School with 19 children attending and the Come and Make lunchtime club at Milton Court School.
     
  • Our weekly coffee morning for mums to drop in at Milton Court continues to be a success. We have had a wild and varied programme of events from school nurses, health visitors, Home Start through to Paediatric First Aid and chocolate tasting.
     
  •  New for 2005 – Afternoon Tea and Natter at Regis Manor, same as a coffee morning but in the afternoon.
     
  • The parent and toddler group continues to be successful with a growth in number of children attending.
     
  • New for 2004 – Baby Café – run in conjunction with the Salvation Army. We currently have 13 babies registered, with on average 8 attending each week. This provides a venue for new mums to meet together and swap experiences. We also have a Health Visitor drop in every 6-8 weeks.
     
  • In partnership with the Salvation Army we have jointly delivered a Parenting Information Session courses (our own), and a Handling Children’s Behaviour courses – all for parents. These have been found to be so valuable by parents that they set up their own (facilitated) support group.
     
  • The Pre School (Milton Early Years and Childcare Project) (two sessions daily) continues to run effectively and continues to have higher demand for spaces than spaces available.
     
  • The Project staff continues to help out within the schools, whether as part of the Reading For Life Scheme at Regis Manor or at Christmas Fairs, or on school trips.
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    Throughout the year we have continued to build on our good reputation amongst the community – the benefits of which we are starting to see by greater community involvement in breakfast club and holiday clubs.

    Contact
    Milton Early Years Project
    c/o Milton Court Primary School
    Brewery Road,
    Milton,
    Sittingbourne.

    Tel. 01795 428764