Taken over role of pre-school newsletter want to refresh it - any ideas

[mumma2cjh]

taken over this role. Newsletter every half term, usual boring/usual stuff and usually out of date by thte time most parents have received it.

I want to make it a bit more newsworthy and interesting for parents - any ideas?

ask parents what they want to read in the next newsletter.

quotes that the children have said

no typos would be good

our preschool newsletter is atrocious

include info about the children - quotes is agood one, also say what they have been up to, the little details

I changed our newsletter to make it a bit more inclusive and friendly by listing all the children who'd had birthdays that term - no surnames or dates, simply 'Happy Birthday to Tom, Dick & Harry who are now 4'. I also congratulated parents on new babies, staff for running Race4Life and that sort of thing.

Most of them still don't read it.

a monthly round up

Diary of things coming up in next term

Maybe a section for kids to comment on an event that's taken place

I also found I'd started writing the newsletter in MN style. ie. "Please bring a cake to our cake sale on Thursday 12th February. Chocolate cake is my favourite very popular with everyone".

It amused me anyway!

Term dates
Top tips from parents
Local attractions
Holiday meet-ups
Parents views on local schools
5 things you didn't know about your keyworker

brilliant thanks everyone some great ideas. Just been told that they havent got template or anything so to make one up!

Can anyone suggest anything online I could download and use - or is there anything on word?