Nursery
Welcome to Nursery
Meet the staff
Miss Wallace - Class Teacher
Mrs Smith - Teaching Support Assistant
Miss James - Teaching Assistant
Autumn 2
Please click to the left of the page to view the full curriculum for this term.
Class Saint
Our Class Saint this year is St Mary – Mother of Jesus
We will be learning all about St Mary throughout the year and we will be celebrating her Feast Day on the 14th of January 2026.
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Our Class Saint – The Holy Family
Baptism
We will look at this Special celebration and we will look closely at what happens during a baptism and what this means in the Catholic Faith.
Advent
We will look closely at the time of Advent where we count down to the special meaning of Christmas and the Birth of Jesus.
Literacy
Story focus
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Hibernation stories – The Bear’s Winter house
Non-fiction – Celebrating Diwali
Stickman
Rhyme of the week
Autumn rhymes
Traditional rhymes
Number rhymes
Phase 1
Aspect 1 – General sound discrimination – environmental
Aspect 2 – General sound discrimination – instrumental sounds
Aspect 3 – General sound discrimination – body percussion
Aspect 6 – Voice sounds.
Aspect 7 – Oral blending and segmenting
Bug Club – All Sorts of Art
Reading Expectations
Library books – Class library books will be changes weekly, on a Wednesday. Please put you library book in your book bag on a Wednesday to be changed.
Reading books – When the nursery children have a reading book, this will be a picture book. Once this transition happens please try to take the time to read their school book 3x a week. This will help to prepare them for a reading routine throughout their time at St Marys and further!
We also encourage reading of children’s favourite books, traditional tales and all other books they love!
PE
Please bring in your P.E bag and ensure that ALL clothes are clearly labelled. P.E bags will remain in school and we will send them home at the end of each half term
Website Links
Key events this half term
Please see the school messenger and website calendar for further information.