Established over 40 years ago, Medbourne Pre-school aims to provide high quality childcare, working with parents and families to provide an informal, happy and safe environment in which children are encouraged to make friends, have fun and develop at their own pace, by learning through play.
“The pre-school is at the heart of the community and is highly valued by parents. Children are happy and eager to learn. Staff show a genuine pleasure in being with the children.” Ofsted
RECENT NEWS
SPRING 2026
The children have been happy, busy and engaged as we enjoy the arrival of the first signs of Spring at Preschool!
Our outdoor playtimes have been full of wonder as we spot new clusters of snowdrops and daffodils and hear the birds sing- one or two very observant children noticed a busy raven on the roof of the village hall carrying twigs to begin building their family nest! We have been noticing bees, ladybirds and all sorts of mini-beasts emerging outside too, which has led to some lovely creative play- the children enjoyed using playdough and only their imaginations to add wings, eyes, antennae, creating all sorts of weird and wonderful bugs of their own. As always, it is so lovely to see the children`s personalities shining through in all of their very individual artwork. Alice from Outdoors Explorers brought with her some further activities on this theme and the children were all wide-eyed and wondrous as they enjoyed bug hunts, clay modelling and fact-learning; did you know that the very charming collective noun for ladybirds is a "loveliness"?
The children also spent a wonderful afternoon learning all about the birds in our gardens and how we might care for them- they loved feeling the seeds and mixing them up with lard to create their own little feeders to take home.
World Book Day at Preschool was a fun celebration with the children dressing up as their favourite characters/animals and sharing lots of stories, ranging from traditional fairy tales to Disney classics to information books; the Jungle Book was voted our favourite of the day!
Our fun singing sessions have been a real highlight, with the children enthusiastically joining in with their favourite nursery rhymes- we definitely have some budding performers amongst them, and it is such a joy to hear the children bursting into spontaneous song as they play from time to time!
We have also been thinking about celebrations that are held all across the world, in particular Chinese new year. Children experimented at snack time, trying prawn crackers and noodles, danced a brilliant dragon dance (see below!) with their very own artwork and had a go at painting their own Chinese symbols.
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