Days and times

Monday to Friday

9.30 - 11.30am

Holidays and In Service days are the same as

Laurencekirk Primary School and Mearns Academy.

Age Group

Ages 2 - 5 years

Currently the majority of our children

are aged from 2-3 years old

Where

Mearns Community Campus - Room GP2

Group Size and Staffing

10-15 children per session

Three members of staff, two Play Practitioners

and a Senior Play Practitioner.

Welcome!

We are Laurencekirk Pre-School Group but children come to us

from all over The Mearns: Fettercairn, Luthermuir,

Marykirk and other surrounding villages.

Fees

Sensory Play

• Stimulate our senses - play with sand, foam, rice, gloop, water, compost, bubbles, food-tasting, music, arts and crafts.

Role Play

• Use our imaginations - play in the House Corner, dress up, play with the farm, the town, the dolls' house... and draw and make.

Literacy & Numeracy

• Listen - enjoy storytime, look at books in the library.

• Develop fine motor skills - make marks with crayons and create shapes with playdough.

• Make shapes and patterns, measure volumes and count - cut, use building blocks, sing and play in the water and sand bowl.

A typical

day at LPSG!

Outdoor Play

• Socialise - race on ride-ons and play games

• Stretch legs and imaginations - run, jump, climb and play on the playground equipment.

Sessions

Outing

• Walk to the shop - buy our snack, play at shops and talk about nutrition.

• Visit the park - play games and use our imaginations.

• Walk to the woods - find bugs and footprints and learn about nature.

• Visit the train station - learn about transport, work and people.

• Meet up with other groups - visit the school, the nursery and other groups and share activities.

9.30 – 10.30

Tidy up (kids too!) for a Group Activity

• Team effort - tidy, dance, sing, play games.

• Contribute - parachute fun.

• Watch & Listen - puppet stories.

Snack Time

• Choose snack - take responsibility, choose and collect snack and tidy up after.

• Learn about nutrition - use ‘Setting the Table’ guidance for nutrition.

10.50

10.30

End of day fun

• Outdoor play

• Library

• Storytime

• Group games

• Finish with the Tick Tock Song!

11.10

11.30 Time to go home