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Nursery - St Francis
New Parents meeting powerpoint
Video showing how to clear plates at lunch
Staff
Class Teacher: Miss Mayhew
Support Staff: Mrs Reynolds
Curriculum Information
Early Years Curriculum Information 2024-25Homework
Every half term, class teachers will create and send home a menu of activities to be completed over the course of the half term. These will be a range of tasks and will include 1 x Maths, 1 x English, 2 x Communication & Language, 2x Physical Development, 2x Personal, Social and Emotional, 1x Understanding of the World, 1x Expressive Art and Design.
These menus will be glued into a homework book and we will invite you to complete as many as you can. You can then tick off those that you have completed and either record in the homework book what you have done. If you have taken a photograph or would prefer to share something electronically, this can be sent through to class teachers via Google Classroom. Each class will then allocate an afternoon where children can bring in and share some of the tasks that they have completed at home.
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Weekly Learning
WC: 12/01/26
Maths
This week in Maths, we have continued with our nursery rhyme theme by singing different rhymes relating to our current learning. We have been consolidating our cardinality skills, colour sorting and using positional language. We have used numeral cards to support our learning as well as sorting into sets using a range of manipulatives. We sorted by colour and discussed more/less and explored in/out by singing the hokey cokey and placing soft toys in and out of different contexts such as bags, baskets and more.
Phonics
This half term, we have begun focusing on aspect 4 of phase 1 phonics which is rhyme and rhythm. Over the week, we sang 4 different nursery rhymes with actions and explored pitch, volume and speed. On Friday, we got into small groups and performed to our peers. The children were fantastic and performed with such confidence. Alongside this, we have learnt more traditional ring games and have become very confident with these.
RE
This half term, we are focusing on Branch 3 of our RE learning: Galilee to Jerusalem. We have learnt that people came a long way to see Jesus and how people loved and believed Jesus. In our group learning, we have discussed how some Wise Men saw a bright star and this led them to the baby Jesus. We discussed the gifts that the Wise Men brought to Jesus and we made our own gifts for Jesus in the creative area.
Other
We have enjoyed a range of different opportunities this week such as making bridges, exploring numbers in our ‘car park’, colour mixing with paint and playdough and our humpty dumpty tuff tray.
WC: 05/01/26
Maths
This week in Maths, we have begun our nursery rhyme topic and incorporated this into our maths learning. Each day we have sang a different nursery rhyme to support us with our maths. We have practiced cardinality, 1:1 correspondence, one less and time sequencing through play and exploration in our group learning time.
Phonics
This half term, we have begun focusing on aspect 4 of phase 1 phonics which is rhyme and rhythm. This fits in nicely with our current theme: nursery rhymes. We have been exploring body percussion to count the syllables in our name, exploring and selecting rhyming words, and reading rhythmic stories.
RE
This half term, we are focusing on Branch 3 of our RE learning: Galilee to Jerusalem. We have understood that Jesus’ birth is celebrated at Christmas and that Jesus is special to Catholics. We have also explored how we can be kind like Jesus. In our group learning, we have practiced being gentle with baby dolls and have explored what birthdays look like for other people and what was so special about Jesus’ birthday.
Other
We have enjoyed a range of different opportunities this week such as building roofs and shelters, creating animal enclosures, caring for baby dolls and a wide range of nursery rhymes.
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Home Learning for Thursday 4th December 2025
/docs/Nursery/Home_learning_for_Thursday_4th_December.pdf
/docs/Nursery/t-ad-1699277759b-the-nativity-cut-and-stick-activity-eco-black-and-white.pdf
Below are the links to the songs we are learning for our Christmas Reflection, please feel free to practise these at home!
/docs/Classes/Spring_Curriculum_Information_Leaflet/Our_Learning_This_Week__3_11_25.pdfKey Information
Our morning nursery session runs from 8.40 -11.40. Our afternoon session runs until 15.10.
Library
Our Library day is Friday.
P.E.
Our P.E. day is Friday. Long hair needs to be tied back and earrings are not allowed to be worn in school at any time.
Forest School
Our Forest School day is Monday. Please bring in named Forest School kits to be kept in schools.
A Typical Day in St Francis Class
8.30 - Classroom doors open
8.30 - 8:45 - Funky Finger Activities
8.45 - 9.10 – Register, calendar and prayer.
9.10-9.20 - Group time learning
9.20 -10.20 – Active Learning
10.20 - 10.50 - Snack and story
10.50 - 11.00 - Group time learning
11.00 - 11.30 - Active learning
11.30 -11.40 – Singing, Prayer and Home Time (for 15 hour children)
11.40 - 12.40 - Lunch
12.40 - Register and dough disco
13.15 - Group time learning
13.30 - 14.50 - Active Learning
14.50 - 15.10 - Story, Singing, Prayer and Home Time