The Nursery

Organisation

We have recently adopted a free flow system at St Jude’s Church Nursery which enables the children to access the areas of learning and development that interest them most. This approach allows them the time to complete activities and to move across all areas on offer in their own time and at their own pace. This system allows them to make their own independent choices in a safe and nurturing environment, where they learn and grow in confidence in readiness for school life.

Our Rooms

The Nursery is divided into coloured rooms providing different activities as follows:

The Blue Room

The blue room is a large space for the pre-school (Rainbow) children to use for physical play and both large and small scale construction resources. There are maths and writing areas, a book nook and home corner for imaginative play and dressing up.

The Yellow Room

This room is the messy area for the pre-school (Rainbow) children offering water and sand play, woodwork, sensory and textured play and other great art and craft activities.

The Green Room

This is the messy area for the younger children (Sunbeams & Stars) offering water and sand play, sensory and textured play and other great art and craft activities. It also has a little “nook” used as a sensory area.

The Orange Room

This room offers the younger children (Sunbeams & Stars) the opportunity for role play in our home corner, a book corner and writing area along with a free choice of construction and small world toys and activities.

The Red Room

This room is set up as a tranquil space for our Sparkles Group, allowing a small group of
children to be supported by our SEND (Special Educational Needs & Disability) team.

The Garden

The Garden offers all the children the opportunity for physical activities such as climbing, bike riding, mini sports, gardening and playing games.