My Shotley & Erwarton

Shotley Kidzone (Registered Charity Number 293543)

SHOTLEY KIDZONE - (formerly Shotley Village playgroup) started in 1968, in the village hall. The playgroup became a charity in approximately 1984. In 1989 the playgroup moved into a second hand portacabin at the primary school (see picture, right).
	The old Kidzone building before replacement in Oct 2005
Growing from strength to strength, by 2003, it was serving a population of approximately 2,330 covering Shotley, Shotley Gate and Erwarton. There are now 100 children on its register.

It moved into its new premises (see picture, right) in October 2005 (inside Shotley School grounds). The project took two years to complete and after a lot of hard work, we got there in the end. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising events over the years. We need to continue to fund-raise in order to be able to meet the running costs of Kidzone, so look out for up-coming fundraising events, which will be advertised on this website (News section).	The new Kidzone premises

The garden landscaping was carried out for Kidzone by LandsCapability. As well as being at a special price, they very kindly donated the patio centrepiece seen in the photograph above. Please support them - visit www.landscapability.com We are also very grateful to Alex Pettersson, one of the school parents, for donating all the plants.

Where did grants and funding for the new building come from?
Shotley Parish Council Councillor David Wood Playgroup Donations/Fundraising Awards for All (National Lottery) Lloyds TSB Foundation SCC Community Development fund SCC Full Day Care Suffolk Environmental Trust Ipswich & Norwich Co-op Suffolk Regeneration Trust


What do we offer?
Shotley Kidzone offers a high standard of childcare and is managed by Therasa Butcher. We employ five members of staff and have 1 volunteer as well as parent helpers. We offer the following:-

Daily Pre-school Sessions including lunch and extended sessions [from age 2 ½. (Pick-up from Nursery)]. Breakfast and After School Clubs from 8.00am until 5.30pm (Drop and pick up from school). Holiday Club. Kids Club (parent, baby & toddler group) every Tuesday afternoon from 1.15pm until 3.00pm.

For further information and general enquiries, please telephone Therasa Butcher on 787873, or call into Kidzone.

Can any one spare some time and skills? Please can you help with our fantastic new garden? Grass cutting,weeding and general plant care. If you or anyone you know would like to help us please contact the Chairperson on 787873.

Shotley Community Primary School PFA


(c) Shotley & Erwarton Parish Plan Steering Committee. Page last updated: 21-07-09