E/PG1/1/2

Correspondence file including:

1976 - 1977

From: 1976 To: 1977

- agenda sheet and minutes of meeting of Bedfordshire & Luton Pre-School Playgroup Association (PPA); - letter asking for financial help from Local Education Authority (LEA) for those playgroups taking Upper School pupils in connection with CSE courses with LEA response; - timetable of Bedfordshire PPA Annual Conference; - programme of a course at Maryland College, Woburn - “The Pre-School Child and the Family”; - letter requesting possible use of old school building and school house in Hockliffe by a playgroup [see also SS/CPG1/50]; - Playgroup Adviser’s report - “Why a Playgroup?”; - letter from Bedfordshire PPA organiser regarding impact of expansion of nursery education on playgroups; - LEA discussion paper - “Nursery Education”; - letter from Dunstable Pre-School Playgroups Association regarding disruption to playgroups due to short notice given to children starting school; - report - “Provision for Under-fives and their Families in Leighton Buzzard”; - reports by Social Services Playgroup Adviser report on Hockwell Ring, Luton playgroup; - report of fieldworker’s visit to Hockwell Ring, Luton to enquire about interest in a playgroup; - an assessment of nursery education and playgroup provision in Luton Borough; - report on effects of nursery expansion on playgroups in South Bedfordshire; - report on the apparent effect of nursery expansion on playgroups in North Bedfordshire; - report on effect of nursery provision on playgroups in Mid Bedfordshire; - advertisement for “Crayola” crayons, manufactured by Binney & Smith (Europe) Ltd, Ampthill Road, Bedford; - programme of Bedfordshire PPA annual conference; - Bedfordshire PPA letter regarding Bedford Playgroups Resource Centre & Liaison Officer; - letters from playgroups regarding proposed scheme for visiting playgroups; - letter from Bedford Community Relations Association requesting LEA finance of BCRA Playgroups Field Worker; - notes on fieldwork training for playgroup work in Bedfordshire; - letter from Bedfordshire PPA regarding grant aid; - notes of a meeting between LEA and Bedfordshire PPA regarding fieldwork training course; - letter of complaint from Toddington Pre-School Playgroup regarding perceived LEA attitude towards playgroups as “only a little better than childminders”, with LEA reply; - notes regarding grant to Nursery Education Fieldwork Training for Playgroup Work in Bedfordshire; - notes regarding PPA fieldwork course; - advertisement for “Finart” paints etc. Manufactured by Binney & Smith (Europe) Ltd., Ampthill Road, Bedford

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Bedfordshire and Luton Pre-School Playgroups Association,
Luton Borough Council,
South Bedfordshire District Council,
North Bedfordshire District Council,
Mid Bedfordshire District Council,
Binney and Smith,
Bedford Community Relations Association

EDUCATION, pre-school playgroups, Bedfordshire Pre-School Playgroups Association, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, business correspondence, business papers, agenda, Local Education Authority, upper schools, student, Examinations, funding, timetable, conference, programme, training, Woburn Maryland College, CHILDREN, FAMILY, buildings and land use, education buildings, HOCKLIFFE, education staff, nursery schools, Dunstable Pre-School Playgroups Association, DUNSTABLE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, social services, Luton Hockwell Ring, Luton Borough, South Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire, Mid Bedfordshire, advertisements, BEDFORD, Toddington Pre-School Playgroup, TODDINGTON