Plough Green Pre-school
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope that you all had a relaxing break. This week we introduced some caterpillars to the children. This is something that we do every year and the children love watching them go through their life stages until we release them as butterflies. The older children are learning how to play cooperatively with their peers using the brio train track. The younger children have enjoyed being animals and making animal noises during their whole group time which is great for their physical skills and speech and language development.
School / Nursery placements: If you have applied to a school or nursery for a place in September for your child, please can you let us know where they will be going so that we can help to prepare them for their transition next term. We will also be passing on your child's paperwork to their new setting later on in the term.
Stories we are enjoying this week:
'Mrs Wishy Washy' by Joy Cowley in the two year room. This is an extra large book.
'The Boy and the Bear' by Tracey Corderoy and Sarah Massini in the three/four year room (AM story) This is book ten from the NELI programme. This is a research based reading programme to support children's oral language development.
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle in the three/four year room (PM story) This ties in with our caterpillars.
Just for fun: Why not go outside with your child and see if you can find some minibeasts together. Can you find any worms, spiders, snails, ants, centipedes, butterflies... Do they have legs? If so, how many? Where do they live? What do they eat? This is great for extending children's interest in the natural world and for extending their vocabulary. We would love to see some pictures on Tapestry of your minibeasts.
Note from the committee: Thank for all the bags of clothes etc for our Happy Bag collection. This raised £84.15 for pre-school funds which will be spent directly on resources for the children.
Have a good week
Plough Green 😁
Newsletter - 17 April 2026