Plough Green Pre-school

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope that you have had a good week.  All of the children have been enjoying hammering golf tees into pumpkins, good practice for when they do woodwork in the garden. This is great for developing their physical skills, one way of building their muscles so they will be ready for when they start writing.

Thank you to the parents/carers who supported us last night by attending our EGM.  We had enough votes to be able to approve the conversion of Plough Green Pre-school from an unincorporated charity to an incorporated charity.  Further updates will be provided.

Stories we are enjoying this week:  
'Owl Babies' by Martin Waddell in the two year room.   We use a story sack with this story.  
'Giraffes Can't Dance' by Giles Andrede and Guy Parker-Rees in the three/four year room (AM story) 
'Shark in the Park!' by Nick Sharratt in the three/four year room.   We use a story sack with this story  (PM story)  

Just for fun:   Why not play musical statues with your child.  (Play some music for your child to dance/move to, can they stop when the music stops and start when the music starts again?   This is great for developing good listening skills.  We have been playing this with the older children but all ages can have a go. 

Something to think about for parents/carers, some children's programmes may seem like harmless fun and 'everyone is watching them'  but not all children are ready to view them.  As an example Spiderman and Incredible Hulk often show fight scenes.  It may seem ok at home but not all children can differentiate when it is real and when it is not.  Copying what the characters are doing on the programmes, on other children at pre-school is not appropriate play.   It is very confusing for children...

Please note that we have a two week break for October half-term.  Our last day of this half-term is Friday 16 October 2026.  We will return on Monday 02 November 2026.  

​Have a good week
Plough Green  😁

 

Newsletter - 09 October 2026

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