Margaret McMillan Nursery School

Margaret McMillan Nursery School We uphold traditional family values & provide a safe, welcoming place for children aged 0-5 years.

Over the last couple of weeks, the babies have explored textures and have been working on skills to develop their physic...
26/09/2026

Over the last couple of weeks, the babies have explored textures and have been working on skills to develop their physical development.

They have really enjoyed exploring the garden and especially the new climbing apparatus .

The children have been exploring a wide range of sensory experiences and have also been working on their hand eye coordination.

We have enjoyed lots of time in the garden, playing and learning alongside our peers.

Well done everyone!

🌟 Pre School 🌟Well done, Preschool! You have had a busy and exciting week full of learning and exploring. 👏🦷 Healthy Tee...
25/09/2026

🌟 Pre School 🌟
Well done, Preschool! You have had a busy and exciting week full of learning and exploring. 👏

🦷 Healthy Teeth
This week, we have been learning about the importance of brushing our teeth every day. We talked about why we need to brush our teeth and what we can do to keep our teeth healthy and strong. The children have been practising their toothbrushing skills and learning about healthy habits.

🏠 Houses Around the World
We have also been learning different types of houses around the world and about the materials and designs used to build them.

🐷 Our Supporting Story – The Three Little Pigs
Our supporting story this week was The Three Little Pigs. We enjoyed listening to the story and talking about the different houses the pigs built. We explored which materials were used and enjoyed joining in with the familiar story.

👩‍🍳 Cooking From Scratch
The children took part in preparing our ingredients, mixing and creating food together. This was a wonderful opportunity to develop independence, practise fine motor skills and learn how to prepare them.

🍂 Autumn Exploration
We have been enjoying the changes happening around us in our garden. The children collected leaves and observed the beautiful autumn colours, noticing how the leaves are changing.

🎨 Creating Our Own Autumn Trees
Using a variety of materials, the children created their own beautiful autumn trees. They explored different colours, textures and materials while developing their creativity and fine motor skills.

Well done, Preschool, for all your wonderful learning and hard work this week! We are so proud of you! 🌳🍂🦷👏

The Toddlers have been using their ‘pinchy fingers’ to squeeze the pipettes, sucking up the water before carefully trans...
25/09/2026

The Toddlers have been using their ‘pinchy fingers’ to squeeze the pipettes, sucking up the water before carefully transferring it onto the cotton pads.
This activity helped to strengthen their fine motor skills, hand eye coordination and pincer grip while they explored water play.

This Week Tiny Tots have been exploring being creative using junk modelling. They used their imagination and worked toge...
23/09/2026

This Week Tiny Tots have been exploring being creative using junk modelling. They used their imagination and worked together to make a car and building on their fine motor skills to do this. Well done!

✨ Our Busy and Wonderful Week at Preschool ✨🐈 Moving Like Cats!We had a wonderful movement session with one of our Trus...
18/09/2026

✨ Our Busy and Wonderful Week at Preschool ✨

🐈 Moving Like Cats!
We had a wonderful movement session with one of our Trustees, Mrs Rees. Thank you to Mrs Rees, it was incredible to bring so much fun, curiosity, and learning to the children. Together, we explored how cats move their bodies, how they stretch, jump, balance, and move with such agility.

🍕 Cooking with our chef
We had so much fun cooking from scratch with our lovely chef and making a delicious pizza! The children enjoyed getting involved, exploring the ingredients, and learning about how our food is made.

Bonjour, French!🇫🇷
We also started our French lessons this week. The children had a wonderful time discovering new words and singuing.

🎨 International Dot Day
We celebrated International Dot Day in a colourful and creative way. We explored dots, colours, patterns, and creativity.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Stay and Play with Parents
And, of course, we had our Stay and Play with Parents, which was absolutely amazing! It was so lovely to welcome our families into the preschool and share special moments of play, learning, and connection together.

What a fantastic week it has been! We are so proud of all the children and the enthusiasm, curiosity, and joy they bring to each day. 💛

🔴🟡🟢 Happy International Dot Day! 🔵🟣🟠What a fun, colourful and creative day we had in Pre-School! ✨We celebrated Internat...
16/09/2026

🔴🟡🟢 Happy International Dot Day! 🔵🟣🟠

What a fun, colourful and creative day we had in Pre-School! ✨
We celebrated International Dot Day by exploring our creativity and imagination in so many exciting ways!
We created our very own dots and spots.
We experimented with lots of beautiful colours.
We got creative with paper, making our own wonderful designs.
It was amazing to see the children’s creativity shine as they explored, experimented and created! 👏
What a lovely, creative and colourful day we had! 🌟🎨
Well done, Pre-School! 👏
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What a Wonderful Week, Pre-School! 🌟🎉Pre-School has had a busy and exciting week exploring the Hoe through our Walking.T...
11/09/2026

What a Wonderful Week, Pre-School! 🌟🎉
Pre-School has had a busy and exciting week exploring the Hoe through our Walking.

The children have been learning about road safety and being aware of their surroundings, which is so important. They enjoyed observing what they could see and hear around them and did a fantastic job staying safe and following instructions.

We have also been learning to recognise the first letter of our names, developing our early literacy skills and building confidence in identifying letters. ✨

Well done, Pre-School! You should all be very proud of yourselves! 🌟👏🎉

The Toddlers have had a busy first full week back. The have enjoyed developing their fine motor skills by threading past...
11/09/2026

The Toddlers have had a busy first full week back.
The have enjoyed developing their fine motor skills by threading pasta onto pipe cleaners to make bracelets for their friends.
They have also loved exploring the 5 little speckled frogs sensory tray, where they developed their early maths skills by counting the frogs 🐸
The Toddlers have also been caring for the babies by helping to brush their teeth.

This morning in the Baby room we got busy washing the role play babies & brushing hair. We did some turn taking sharing ...
09/09/2026

This morning in the Baby room we got busy washing the role play babies & brushing hair. We did some turn taking sharing with one another and had fun with the bubbles 🫧Using the sponges we worked on our fine motor skills squeezing the water out building the strength in our fingers​​ 😊

Today the Tinytots enjoyed a sensory afternoon activity feeding the very hungry animals. Some of the food may have been ...
08/09/2026

Today the Tinytots enjoyed a sensory afternoon activity feeding the very hungry animals. Some of the food may have been taste tested by us prior to feeding the animals 🤭there was a loud crunch and munch 🥣

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24 Hoe Street
Plymouth
PL12JA

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Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8:15am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

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+441752664884

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