Thornton Hough Preschool/Playgroup

Thornton Hough Preschool/Playgroup Thornton Hough Pre-School/Playgroup is located in the beautiful, picturesque village of Thornton Hough.

Thornton Hough Pre-School/Playgroup is located in the beautiful , picturesque village of Thornton Hough with close network links to the M53 and A41. The Pre-School is located next to Thornton Hough Village Hall where we have a lovely indoor and outdoor area. With our close proximity to the village we are able to enjoy walks around Thornton Hough and the children are able to grow fruit and veg on our village allotment.

Fot the last 2 weeks we have been caring for some ducklings .This is part of our summer theme of caring for living thing...
12/06/2026

Fot the last 2 weeks we have been caring for some ducklings .This is part of our summer theme of caring for living things. On 3rd June 2 eggs hatched and Poppy and Tommy were born . The children have seen them drink, eat, sleep, run around and swim .
They have learned words associated with the ducklings and have written words for our displays - ( egg, hatch, beak, feather, duckling, pond, peeping)
Activities linked to learning have included - a colourful duck collage,painting with cotton buds and a collage of Poppy and Tommy for the wall display, and making a pond.
Other crafts included handprints ducklings, counting 1-10 ducking pictures, matching amount to numbers and been singing " 5 little ducks went swimming one day"
The ducklings loved swimming in the water tray .
The first weekend they went to the home of a member of staff who looked after them . The two ducklings have now been adopted and have gone to live on a farm near Chester .
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This week we have started to look at animals and nature all around us.The children played with sea creatures and ducks i...
05/06/2026

This week we have started to look at animals and nature all around us.
The children played with sea creatures and ducks in the water tray . They also made a pond adding plants, sticks, fish and frogs to the display.
We have played games in small groups to encourage turn taking and asked the children to predict what might happen next . This included Snail's Pace and Animal Sound Track lotto.
In the garden using the large blocks we constructed a pirate ship, used chalk to draw on the patio and played with the messy kitchen.
Matching games included matching numerals 1 to 10 - garage spaces were numbered and so were 10 toy vehicles . Who could match and park in correct space?
Another game was matching colours to different items .
Using large tweezers the children picked up large pompoms dropping them into egg boxes. This activity helps to develop and strengthen fine motor skills.

This week the children played with small world dinosaur land, Peppa Pig and Bluey House . We had a treasure hunt in the ...
22/05/2026

This week the children played with small world dinosaur land, Peppa Pig and Bluey House .
We had a treasure hunt in the messy room . Hidden in shredded paper the children searched for a variety of objects using tweezers.
We have also looked at initial letters sounds of words. Preschool children are encouraged to copy or write their names from memory on pictures .
Craft has included printing with stencils, and using cotton buds to paint with .
We had two special birthdays this week . We use a cake with candles added and all the children sing " Happy Birthday" . ( usually the numbers are 3 or 4 however this week the numbers were larger !!)
Other activities included threading, cutting with scissors, group games, tumble tots , and in the garden fun on bikes, and building with large blocks .
Have a lovely break ... from all the staff

We have continued with our Jack and the Beanstalk theme this week . Using green playdough/ lolly sticks/ pompoms/ leaves...
15/05/2026

We have continued with our Jack and the Beanstalk theme this week . Using green playdough/ lolly sticks/ pompoms/ leaves and hammers the children have been making beanstalks and characters from the story aswell as constructing their own ideas such as building a bridge and castle.
Our lettuce seedlings are growing well and we discussed how things grow including the children!!! We measured the height of the children this week ... a range of 95cm up to 114cm .... the taller ones were as high as the giraffe's head on the measuring chart.
Using foam and blocks to play with the children made a castle in the clouds . This sensory activity was extended by adding food colouring and tools to mix the foam to see what happened .
Games including Animal lotto, multi-peg puzzles,
collage, printing with everyday objects aswell as making treasure maps, outdoor play in the boat all involve turn taking, exploration and let children use their imagination.

This week we have been looking at growing and caring for plants and vegetables . At school the children planted lettuce ...
08/05/2026

This week we have been looking at growing and caring for plants and vegetables . At school the children planted lettuce seeds in trays. They had to guess when the shoots would appear.... 3 days later little shoots started to appear.
One Tuesday afternoon the children visited Little Acorns Forest School at Ness Gardens . They played with outdoor activities , planted mangetout, and had a story . Thank you to all who arranged this trip .
We have been looking at parts of a flower , roots, stem, leaves and flower all the children have coloured in and labelled their pictures. The preschool children used scissors to cut out labels .
In the messy room the children made flower paintings using handprints to make petals and printed with stamps to add garden creatures. The plants in the pots outside are now in flower and everyday the children have been watering them .

This week the children have been using small plant pots and compost, they pretended to pot real garden flowers in the bu...
01/05/2026

This week the children have been using small plant pots and compost, they pretended to pot real garden flowers in the builders tray . They also used pipettes - pressing the ends under water so that the liquid flowed up the tubes. This science investigation let the children explore and see how 2 different colours change when mixed together. Some of them pretended to made magic potions too.
We have been looking at numerals 1 to 10 . Using different sized coloured and numbered blocks the children were encouraged to name colours, recognise numerals, and work in small groups to both order by size and numeral 1 to 10
They also used small interlocking cubes to measure various items . " How many cubes did you use?", or " How many cubes do you think you will need?" (counting and estimating).
The new children have been painting self portraits for the wall display.
Our new role play area will be " Jack and the Beanstalk" . Lots of props are being prepared for the children to play with . The preschool children have also been writing labels for the display .
In the garden large play blocks were available for the children to construct the Giant's Castle .

We have continued to link activities to Jack and the Beanstalk . Together we made a large 3D beanstalk adding leaves num...
24/04/2026

We have continued to link activities to Jack and the Beanstalk . Together we made a large 3D beanstalk adding leaves numbered 1-10. Preschool children were encouraged to recognise and sequence numbers to slot into the structure .
They have played with the big castle and used the wooden blocks to design their own castles..
We also provided playdough, green sticks and paper leaves .... build your own beanstalk game .
Some of the children have also been painting and adding details to their individual Giant Beanstalk picture.
On Thursday we celebrated St George's Day . Children coloured in flags and we talked to them about the story of St George and the Dragon .
In the garden the children had a go on the balance beam. They tried different ways of moving across it - walking, crawling, sliding and pulling themselves along. We have also been planting some more plants and using watering cans to give the plants a drink .
Today the children played large animal dominoes in small groups, and with the pipettes and test tubes in the water tray experimenting how to move water, and make potions.

Welcome back after the Easter Holidays . We are now in the Summer Term and we have started to look at nature and how pla...
17/04/2026

Welcome back after the Easter Holidays . We are now in the Summer Term and we have started to look at nature and how plants grow. In the garden we have been planting out our pots . The children have added compost and been watering the new plants. Together we have talked about roots, leaves and flowers.
Linked to growing is the story Jack and the Beanstalk .... more about this next week. We have been talking to the children about the different characters in the story.
Other activities have included practice using scissors . The preschool children have cut out dinosaurs whilst the younger children have been cutting and snipping paper with snippy scissors.
Our at home activity is for the children to go on
"Spring Hunt" .... ticking off what they have seen on the sheet and anything else too !

Easter holidays have arrived and we come to the end of the Spring Term . We have been busy with lots of activities this...
27/03/2026

Easter holidays have arrived and we come to the end of the Spring Term . We have been busy with lots of activities this week. A big "Thank you" to all the children who contributed to our fundraiser
making and bringing in their Easter bonnets . We also watched Thornton Hough Primary School Easter Parade on Thursday.
The children took home their Easter cards and we also had a visit from the Easter Bunny who brought all the children a little gift.
In the garden we played Egg and Spoon games. This encouraged physical skills, balance and hand/eye coordination.
We made Easter cakes, taking turns discovering how will chocolate melt, mix in crispies and decorate with an egg.
Playdough was used to make pretend hot cross buns . The preschool children matched the numerals to quantity and some also could order the numerals .
They also designed collage eggs, sticking on shapes, feathers and adding paint to decorate them.
We wish all our families a very Happy Easter . From all the Playgroup / Preschool Staff

This week we have started our Easter activities. There is lots of craft activities as the children have started to make...
20/03/2026

This week we have started our Easter activities. There is lots of craft activities as the children have started to make Easter cards, pasta 3D eggs and also been filling small eggs with sand . They have also been using sieves , tubes and funnels as they investigated "fine sand' with larger bits hidden in it.
This week also we marked St Patrick's Day with colorings and a story called "Peppa goes to Ireland". Today is Red Nose Day so together we have decorated cakes with icing adding a red nose .
Our small world small animals activity let's the children explore changes in nature as Spring arrives - It included baby lambs, chick's, 3D insects, model birds nests and small garden bird puppets.
Outside we set up our new Aquaplay ... interactive using boats, water and movable gates helps children see how water moves and interact with each other socially .
There has also been numeral/ how many teddies game , and writing using water pens on a multicoloured mat.

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The Village Hall, Manor Road
Thornton Hough
CH631JB

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 1pm
Tuesday 9am - 1pm
Wednesday 9am - 1pm
Thursday 9am - 1pm
Friday 9am - 1pm

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