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Since opening our pre-school, we had always offered a lunch club on a Friday, because this was the day that we ran both a morning and afternoon session. However, in September we had to make the hard decision to close the Friday afternoon session and concentrate on filling our morning sessions. This was all part of our business plan!
We didn't want to stop having our lunch club, though, because we felt it offered the children many benefits. Most importantly, lunch club provided the children with a chance to experience an important part of a school routine, which obviously helped to smoothe their transition to school. So, we decided to offer lunch club after every morning session.
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