- Telephone: 01282 771146
- Email: office@st-john.lancs.sch.uk
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School Love One Another
Calendar Dates
- Aquasplash Festival 25th February 2026 at 11:00
- Golden Book Assembly (invite only) 27th February 2026
- Y5/6 Multi Skills 2nd March 2026 at 13:00
Nursery
Welcome To Our Nursery Class
St John's Nursery Class 2025-26
In our Nursery there are two teachers:
Mrs Barker and Mrs Dowson
and our Teaching & Learning Assistants
Miss Barnes & Mrs Bleasdale
We also welcome students from local colleges on work placements. We currently have Miss Taylor from Burnley College every Thursday and Friday.
· The Nursery starts each day at 8.45am. If your child requires morning only sessions (15hrs a week) they should be collected between11.30 and 11.45am.
· The morning session ends at 11.45am (our doors open at 11.30) when those children who stay all day (30hrs) have their Packed Lunches (11.45am-12.15pm) which they bring from home before continuing the day with the afternoon session.
· The Nursery closes each day at 3.15pm. Our doors open from 3.00pm and all children should be collected by 3.15pm
· All Nursery Children receive free milk and a fruit snack each morning and have access to indoor and outdoor provision throughout each session.
· We have access to the school grounds and facilities and also join the rest of the school for important occasions and celebrations and for school masses in church.
· All Nursery sessions are Teacher-led.
Every child will be allocated a Key Worker who will make sure they are always settled, happy and learning. Parents & Carers will be able to contact the Key Worker by email and at morning and afternoon door openings in person.
Other messages can be passed on via office@st-john.lancs.sch.uk OR calling 771146
Happy Half Term To All Our Nursery Families! Remember to send your news & pics to NurseryBears@st-john.lancs.sch.uk
February 2026: Igloo challenges.... Teamwork, finger gym and lots of fun!
February 2026: Physical skills this half term are all about developing balance. We made bridges and slopes outdoors and we’ve been practising squats on two feet (no hands on the floor) and one leg balancing indoors. We are also trying to stand from sitting without pushing up with hands....
February 2026: Making Ice Crowns for role play activities. We painted foil and cut it into ice shards. The fabrics helped us make capes and robes. Would you be a kind or cruel Ice King or Queen?
January 2026: Celebrating the seasons ❄️Winter ❄️
January 2026: Learning all about WINTER! We have read stories, looked at images, played with ice, mixed shades of blues, designed winter mittons and made Winter Art with silhouettes, colour mixing and glitter. Our Nursery class looks like an Ice Palace from The Snow Queen Story!
January 2026: We made bird feeders to care for the animals in our world. The local birds and squirels will enjoy eating the seeds and nuts. Look out for them in the Secret Garden and Church Gardens (of course we had a bit of exercise and fun while we put them up!)
January 2026: Sharing news! Thankyou to all the families who have shared photos of Christmas, farm visits, festive tractor runs, swimming certificates, home baking, building models at home, good news, holidays and specai events. Please keep sending photos for our News Board in class to our dedicated email: NurseryBears@st-john.lancs.sch.uk
January 2026: Welcome to all our New Starters.........we are so glad you have joined us!
January 2026: We went to church today to celebrate the arrival of the Three Kings at the stable. They brought Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. We visited the Crib and looked at all the figures.
January 2026: Welcome Back!
December 2025: Father Christmas came to see us all and he brought us a present each! We thought we heard the reindeer on the school roof....
December 2025: We were so proud of all our children for practising and performing our Nativity Story so enthusiastically! Well done to all of them
DIARY DATE- Christmas Nativity Performed by Reception & Nursery Children on Wednesday 10th December at 9.30am in the hall. All welcome. £3 on the door.
December 2025: Working together in the outdoor area- coordination, ball skills, balance, planning, negotiation and lots of fun!
December 2025: Advent is the time we wait and get ready for Jesus’ birthday. We are making gifts for our families and developing fine motor skills while we make...
December 2025: Frosty weather means getting wrapped up and getting outdoors to investigate what’s happened to our water play area.... we found ice and some of the toys were frozen into the ice.
November 2025: Mark Making with a range of tools : pencils, wipboards, felt tips, crayons, chalks. We have mark making available every day in many ways both indoors and outdoors.
November 2025: Maths skills with repeating patterns. We use a variety of resources to practice the concept. After making the patterns one of our group used his cubes to make all the Numberblocks family. His counting was accurate and each tower replicated each character! He thought he was playing but we were delighted with his counting skills!,
November 2025: Creativity and hand strengthening with play dough. We make play dough in class each week and involve the children in choosing the colour and what scent or flavouring we add. We also use herbs to give our senses a natural boost! Using the tools eg rolling pins, cutters, mincers is great for making small hands stronger.
November 2025: Biscuit making using poppy shapes and colours.
November 2025: Forest School Activities- Painting Night Sky firework pictures and making Firework sticks to run and dance with...
November 2025: Forest School Activites- Singing The Firework Song with Hedgehog
November 2025: Forest School Activities- Camp Fire safety and gathering on the log seats 🔥
November 2025: Forest School exploring
Happy Half Term Holiday to all our Nursery Children and their families. Thank you for all your support in this first half term.
October 2025: Disney Theme Week- Well done Everyone- You looked AMAZING!
October 2025: Disney Theme Week: Encanto fun with Piñatas and painting
October 2025: Disney Theme Week: Magnetic Fun!
October 2025: Disney Week. Nursery and Reception did Zumba with Jess.
October 2025- Disney Theme Week- Making Mickey & Minnie ears
October 2025: Disney Week- Making Mickey shortbread biscuits
October 2025: Playing and learning together.... Bouncing, riding, balancing, rolling, counting, building, creating and mark making
October 2025: Fun with pumpkins! Fine and gross motor skills and lots of turn taking
October 2025: Developing pincer skills with spider webs and tweezers
October 2025: Investigating and celebrating Autumn and all its beautiful colours!
October 2025: We added our links to the Special Anchor that has been visiting all schools in the Salford Diocese. We prayed our Nursery prayer for our own families and all the other "Pilgrims of Hope".
September 2025: God's wonderful creation- we searched the local area for things we thought were beautiful. There were so many things the children wanted to photograph. Aren't we lucky to have such a beautiful world to live in?
September 2025: We went to church to look around and try out where we will sit in school masses. Mrs Dowson was so proud of the children who went to church with her on Friday- they were so good 😊
September 2025: We went to the Secret Garden to explore The Trim Trail. This is where we will do our Forest School sessions next month
September 2025: We love painting! Painting hands, exploring textures and senses and having fun!
September 2025: Snack and milk are taken at tables so we can talk to each other and be safe
September 2025: Settling in.... meeting new friends, learning routines, looking around and becoming familiar with our new Nursery Family
Our Autumn Term Class
Autumn Term: Who's Who? Can you name all your Nursery friends?
