Our Nursery is attached to our Infant School, and provides a wonderful start to education for children aged 3 and above. We have 52 places, split into 26 morning and 26 afternoon sessions, with a limited number of 30‑hour places available. For more information or to arrange a visit please email the school office: info@st-aloysius.co.uk
Morning: 8:30am–11:30am
Afternoon: 12:15pm–3:15pm
30‑hour offer: 8:30am–2:30pm (Mon–Fri)
Number Day
It was dress up for Number Day today and Nursery all looked fabulous in their number outfits. They had a very busy day making Gingerbread Men where they weighed out their ingredients very carefully. They also played lots of number games with their friends. It was great fun!
Nursery B Nativity
Well done to Nursery B children who shared their Christmas story with their families this morning. They gave an amazing performance as they confidently sang and danced on the stage. We are very proud of them!
Nursery Stay and Play
This week Nursery have had their Autumn Stay and Play Sessions. They had a fantastic time showing their families around Nursery. They made Diwali lamps, necklaces, hedgehog crafts, firework pictures and shared all their amazing work in their Learning Journals. It was so much fun!
Snow Day
This week it snowed and the nursery children had so much fun making snowmen, sledging and making snowballs.
Beekeeper Visit on World Bee Day
What better way to celebrate World Bee Day than with a visit from a beekeeper! Kari’s Nana, Michelle, is a beekeeper and kindly volunteered her time this afternoon to visit us.
Michelle brought along some bees for the children to take a closer look at. Reception and Nursery were fascinated by Michelle’s suit and even had the opportunity to wear a miniature version themselves.
Michelle showed us a smoker that she uses when caring for her bees. The children were able to hold and explore a honeycomb, smell a candle which was made from pure beeswax and had a taste of some delicious honey!
We would like to say a huge thank you to Michelle, our beekeeper. Kari, your Nana is simply bee-rilliant!
Science Buddies
Nursery have really enjoyed working with Science Buddies as part of MADDSTEM week. They had so much fun being Scientists and taking part in exciting experiments. The children loved creating their own volcanic eruptions.
VE Day In Nursery
The Nursery children have been very busy learning all about VE Day. They enjoyed exploring the importance of Air Raid Shelters during the war. The children looked at lots of photos and watch some videos about how Air Raid Shelters were made and used. They decided they would like to build their own Air Raid Shelters and worked very hard in the Secret Garden. The children enjoyed building and exploring the different materials and designs. During Playtime they had a chance to have a cupcake or biscuit from the bake sale. The children even prepared for a VE Day picnic by making Union Jack flags, jam sandwiches and biscuits. The children were also very respectful as they observed the two-minute silence and remembered all that happened during the War. Finally, they had the best VE Day picnic where they enjoyed lots of yummy food, while listen to and singing songs from the war.
Planting in Nursery
This week Nursery have been reading Jasper’s Beanstalk and have enjoyed planting lots of beans in the greenhouse. They are very exited to take care of them and watch them grow.
Chinese New Year
This week in nursery we have been learning all about Chinese New Year. This year, it is the Year of the Snake, and we have been listening to the story of the Great Chinese Race. We have been very busy making yummy Chinese stir fry with noodles. We have also created an amazing dragon and made up our own dragon dance to music. Finally, we had lots of fun counting coins into our lucky red money wallets.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea
This week Nursery have enjoyed reading The Tiger Who Came To Tea. The children have have been making their own sandwiched, biscuits and invitations for their tea party. They even invited the Tiger and made him a huge plate of food.
Nursery Christmas Celebration
Nursery have had and amazing party day with lots of fun and laughter.
Nursery Nativity
Well done to the Nursery children who shared their Christmas Nativity with their friends and family this afternoon. They did an amazing performance as they sang and danced, we are so proud of them!
Early Words Together
A group of our Nursery parents and carers came into school this morning to begin their Early Words Together workshops. The programme, delivered by South Tyneside Council Family Hubs, gives our parents and carers the chance to spend quality time with their child through a range of language and communication focused activities. This includes sharing books and stories, singing songs and rhymes, playing with letters and sounds and drawing as part of the early stages of learning to read and write. The first session was all about supporting talk through imaginative play, early years practitioners supported our group to develop listening skills and build vocabulary through shared talk and use of imagination. It was a lovely session filled with plenty of fun and lots of rich language.
Hibernation
This week in nursery they have learnt about animals that hibernate.