Poppins Parent & Toddler Group

25/01/2026

Making cake for birds tomorrow 🐦‍⬛

26/10/2025

Hi everyone, and a special Hello and welcome to our new followers.
Just a quick reminder that there's no Poppins tomorrow as it's half term, but we'll look forward to seeing everyone again next Monday.

15/09/2025

02/09/2025

I hope everyone has had a lovely summer holidays. ☀️Looking forward to seeing you all again next Monday morning. 😊Good luck to everyone starting a new adventure this week at Big School or preschool. x

21/07/2025

Summer newsletter…
Thank you everyone for a lovely summer term at Poppins. We have welcomed lots of new families and had some exciting mornings in the hall and on special outings such as the Big Toddle when we raised £107 for Barnardo’s. Also a great ferry trip to Instow & a fun visit to the RNLI lifeboat station.
We will be back in the hall on Monday 8th September . The following week Monday 15th September the book festival will be in the hall so the current plan is to have a beach meet up morning as the weather is often lovely in September. I will confirm this nearer the time and send details to the WhatsApp group.
On Monday 22nd of September, we will have an author visit from Petr Horacek who has written many children’s stories will be coming to Poppins to read stories and have fun. If you have any his books to bring along, please do as he is happy to sign them but also if you would like to buy any Walter Henrys bookshop in Bideford will give you a 10% discount if you mention Poppins Appledore. He is going to read a variety of books and does not want to tell us which because he wants it to be a surprise when he comes! but if you look on his website www.petrhoracek.co.uk you can see some of the stories which he has written. If you would like any of his books ordering for you, please WhatsApp Claire.
If you are not on the Poppins WhatsApp group and would like to be, please send us Facebook Messenger message and we'll sort it out for you. It is a great way of keeping everyone updated with any changes of plan or exciting announcements.
I hope everyone has a very happy summer and plenty of sunny days too. Good luck to the children who will be starting big school in September and also those who may be going to preschool or nursery.
A big thank you too, our amazing tea and toast team.
Look forward to seeing you all in September. ☀️😊

11/07/2025

The new Poppins cupboard is all finished and more importantly all paid for!

11/07/2025

On behalf of everyone at Poppins Parent and Toddler Group, Claire and her team of helpers, and all the mums, dad's, grandparents, carers and especially the children, can we all say a huge THANK YOU to the Appledore Pirates for their fabulous donation. You are wonderful, generous and kind people.

01/07/2025

We had great turn out for the fantastic trip to Instow beach on Monday. A huge thank you to the Appledore and Instow Ferry for getting us all there and back.

24/02/2025

16/02/2025

Have a lovely half term everyone. There's NO Poppins tomorrow (17th February) but we're back next Monday (24th) and looking forward to seeing you all then.

02/02/2025

Stars & moons tomorrow morning 🌟🌒 I have mostly set up Poppins but will be there from 930 in the morning if anyone is able to come along a bit earlier to lift a few things 🙂

13/01/2025

Looking forward to making, decorating, (and eating) gingerbread men today.