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Welcome to Preschool!
Duckling Class - Mrs Sharon, Mrs Linda, Mrs Holly and Miss Leia
Owl Class - Mrs Sharon, Mrs Linda, Mrs Kara, Mrs Violet Mrs Vicky and Mrs Nattasha
Preschool Manager - Mrs Sharon
At Prestwood Village Preschool we offer a warm inclusive, and inspiring environment where every child is encouraged to explore discover, and grow. Rooted in the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), our approach supports the holistic development of children from birth to five, nurturing confident, curious learners ready for the world ahead.
We believe in learning through play, enriched by a wide range of engaging experiences both indoors and outdoors. Our outdoor spaces provide a vital role in daily learning, giving children the freedom to connect with nature, develop physical skills, and gain independence, resilience and critical thinking from an early age.
Language development is central to everything we do, Through storytelling, conversation and rich communication opportunities, we support children in becoming confident communicators with strong foundations in literacy.
Strong partnerships with parents and carers are at the heart of our ethos. We work closely with families to create a supportive consistent and nurturing experience, ensuring each child feels valued, secure and ready to thrive.
The children enjoy many activities such as; Squiggle while you Wiggle to support the development of upper body strength and movements which will support early writing, Helicopter Stories where we capture the children’s own stories and then perform these together at the end of the session, PE and visits to our forest school area.
We have two preschool rooms offering sessional care from 08.40-11.45 and 11.45-2.45. Children can attend for morning sessions, afternoon sessions, all day or a combination of all options to suit your family’s needs. We offer 15 hours universally funded places, accept 30-hour extended hour codes and also offer privately funded places where applicable. Children in our preschool are also able to attend our breakfast and afterschool school clubs providing wrap around care from 7.30am - 6pm if needed.
What to Expect
We plan around half termly topics, which this year are:
Duckling room:
Autumn Term 1: Ourselves
Autumn Term 2: Colour
Spring Term 1: Building and Construction
Spring Term 2: The Farm
Summer Term 1: Food
Summer Term 2: Pirates
Owl room :
Autumn Term 1: All about Me
Autumn Term 2: Autumn and Festivals
Spring Term 1: Nursery Rhymes and traditional stories
Spring Term 2: Spring & growing, Mini beasts
Summer Term 1: Under the Sea
Summer Term 2: People who help us
If you are interested in your child joining our preschool then we would love to welcome you for a tour of our setting. Please contact Mrs Sharon at preschool@pvsglt.co.uk for more details.
Useful Information
8th December 2025
The walk to Lapland has begun!
This week our little Ducklings joined Owl class to begin the exciting walk to Lapland. This is a special joint mission taking place across all of the Great Learners Trust schools, and we were excited to get things started.
The Ducklings led the way, looking all Christmassy as they shook their jingle bells and sang festive songs while we lapped around the playground.
After our walk, we looked at pictures of Lapland and talked about the snowy landscapes, the reindeer, and what it might be like to visit this magical place. Their imaginations were full of wonder and it sparked lots of interesting conversations.
Well Done Ducklings.
24th November 2025
This week the Owl class have been exploring the wonderful world of light and dark. The children had great fun experimenting with torches and glow sticks inside our cosy dark den, watching how different colours and beams of light glow in the darkness.
Outside, the children enjoyed chasing their shadows and discovering how to make shadows dance across the playground. They were fascinated to see how their movements changed the shapes and sizes they created, as they also made shadows inside against the wall
We also had some thoughtful discussions about where light comes from, exploring both natural and man made light sources. The children shared brilliant ideas about the sun, lamps candles and more.
It has been a bright and exciting week of learning for our little Owls.
17th November 2025
Its beginning to look a lot like winter, the children were thrilled to see the snow yesterday, it brought so much excitement and inspired us to create are very own collaged snowmen. We had some wonderful conversations about the weather how snow is made and what it feels like.
Inside the duckling room things have been very noisey. We have been busy exploring a range of musical instruments, discovering different sounds, rhythms, and ways to play.
They especially enjoyed playing along to our favourite songs, filling the room with music, movement, lots of noise and smiles.