Welcome to our Nursery!

We are open Monday to Friday full-time, providing care and early education to children from 2 years old. Please contact the school office for an application form. If you have any questions (or would just like to come and see what we do) please contact the school office for more information and to arrange a visit!

The Foundation Stage Team have worked together to create an Early Years curriculum for St Joseph’s Nursery. 

Nursery Curriculum

Take a look at what we will be learning this half term!

Autumn 1  – Autumn 1 curriculum web

Look what we’ve been up to this half term!

Phonics Phase 1

We have been learning how to listen to sounds. We have spoke about what we need to do to be good listeners. In Phonics we have been havoing listening moments. In these moments we have listening to a rnage of environemtnal sounds both indoors and ourdoors.

We have used listening sticks to bang on a range of indoor and outdoor equipment. We listened to the difference in sounds on different materials, we also tried to make loud and quiet sounds. We have also been in our woodlands to expereince a range of different sounds. We heard birds, leaves rustling and twigs snapping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fine Motor

We have been practising fine motor skills. We are gaining confidence using scissors to make snips, we are working towards cutting our objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sensory feet

Did you know Each foot has around 200,000 nerve endings which function as sensory receptors to transmit information to your brain!  There are so many benefits to walking barefoot on different textures. Exploring different textures under our feet develops a stronger connection between our feet and the surrounding environment. We have been walking barefoot on our texture tiles. It certainly got the children talking about different textures and using a range of describing words.

Toast and Snack

Each day we prepare our own toast with the help from an adult. We toast the bread and add butter or jam. We sit and have conversations about our weekends, evenings and mornings so far. Snack time is a great time for conversation! 

We also have access to fresh fruit and milk or water. We encourage healthy eating in our Nursery and encourage parents to support us with this. Please only bring water in bottles to drink at nursery.