Plough Green Pre-school
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope that you have had a good week. The older children have been practising their turn taking this week, an important life skill. During free play we had the remote control cars in the room. As we only have four, the children had to wait for their turn. The younger children have particularly loved playing in three large cardboard boxes and exploring the lights sticks in them. (We had the new wooden kitchen set delivered in the boxes).
Stories we are enjoying this week:
'Owl Babies' by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson in the two year room. We have a story sack with this book.
'Copy Cat' by Ali Pye in the three/four year room (AM story) This is book five from the NELI programme. This is a research based reading programme to support children's oral language development.
'The Selfish Crocodile' by Faustin Charles and Michael Terry in the three/four year room (PM story)
Just for fun: Why not talk to your child about the events of the day. What is the first thing your child remembers, what was the most enjoyable part of the day etc... This will help your child to develop their thinking and problem solving skills. You could do this during the half-term break and then continue afterwards.
Note from the committee: This week we held a sponsored brick build at pre-school to raise funds to purchase warm waterproof coats for the children to wear in the garden while at pre-school. Thank you for the donations so far.
Please note that it is half-term from Monday 16 February to Friday 20 February and pre-school will be closed.
After half-term we will be offering parents and carer's the opportunity to come in to speak to your child's key person for a TEN minute chat. (If you think you may need longer please let your child's key person know.) During this time you may like to ask about September when your child could stay at pre-school or start their journey onto school.
We hope you have a good half-term break
Plough Green 😁
Newsletter - 13 February 2026