Nursery 2025 - 2026

WELCOME TO OUR NURSERY

At St Peter's, our Nursery department prides itself on exceptional pastoral care and guidance. Our nursery staff ensure a carefully monitored programme of activities that are focused around improving your child’s learning and development. The early years of a child’s life are crucial. At our nursery we work hard to make every day special for our young children in preparation for the transition into the main school.

St Peter's nursery staff monitor the progress of their children through the Early Years Foundation stages (EYFS).
As part of the Early Years Foundation Stage, we complete work within 7 areas of learning and development. These are divided into prime areas (Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development and Communication and Language) and specific areas (Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.)

With access to dedicated facilities both indoor and outdoors, staff create a learning bond that allows children to grow and develop safely, reassuring parents that their child is in a safe learning environment and will be academically confident as they transition into mainstream education.

Welcome back! We hope you all had a restful Easter holiday. The children certainly had lots to tell us when they returned to school. It has been lovely to see everyone back, ready to begin our busy and exciting summer term.

Our topic this half term is ‘In the Garden’. We will begin with ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, followed by ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’. As part of this topic, the children will be planting and growing plants. We have also received a very special delivery of caterpillars, which we will care for as we watch them transform into beautiful butterflies.

In RE, we will begin our topic ‘Our Special Places’. The children will explore places that are special to them and discuss why they are important. We will also be making another visit to our local church.

Each week, we will continue to send home a library book for you to enjoy together. Reading with your child is very important, as it helps them learn new words and develop their literacy skills.

Please remember to check the school website regularly for photos and videos of your child enjoying their learning at school. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to speak to a member of the Nursery team.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support.