St Mary's Church of England School
Nurturing Creative Thinkers

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St Mary's CE Primary School,
Kendal Road,Kirkby Lonsdale,
Cumbria LA6 2DN

Nursery

Nursery

Welcome to St Mary’s school! We are the foundation for everything that is to come in our wonderful school, and what a place to start!

Please see our EYFS Page to explore our curriculum and essential documents.

All of our very hard work is play based and designed to help develop the skills required to thrive, succeed and enjoy our time in nursery, ensuring we are ready to move on to the rest of the school.
We access the outdoor area and whole school grounds on a daily basis to provide a broad and balanced experience.

Nursery Staff

Mrs R Hoban - Nursery

Mrs Hoban Supports our children in various classes throughout school.

Mrs K Wadsworth BA (Hons) PGCE - Nursery

Mrs Wadsworth Profile After attending King Richard School in Cyprus (GCSEs), Mrs Wadsworth then went to Chichester College (A Levels) and read Sociology at University of Sussex and then University of Cumbria (PGCE). Mrs Wadsworth is a formal Military Officer and has worked in various international schools.

Miss A Robinson - Nursery

I have worked at school for the last ten years. In that time I have had many, many different jobs! I am currently run the breakfast club, I lead the lunch club for nursery children and I am a nursery assistant, which I have been doing for three years. This is also my favourite and […]

Mrs E Hutchinson, BA (Hons) - Nursery

Mrs Hutchinson Profile I have worked at St. Mary’s for sixteen years and have taught in Nursery for the last 3 years. I love working in Nursery, the children make me smile with their enthusiasm, every day is different and you never know which way the children are going to take the learning. I love […]

Latest News

Outdoors

Each Friday, our children take part in a whole host of activities outdoors in the school grounds. What a fantastic frosty day to explore the grounds, the willow, the woods and the fields.

Fun in the sun

Nursery have been explore the grounds through the woods and into the meadow this week. They have been looking for some interesting things in and around school….What might they have found? Ladybirds, spiders, woodlice, snails, ….

Children’s Mental Health Week

This week we are getting the children to think about their own mental health. We are asking them to reflect on expressing themselves and being themselves. Classes are providing activities to explore their thoughts and feelings and think about their friends too. It started on Monday with an assembly from Oak National Academy and the […]

Bake Off Week

We have had a great week of baking with so many families taking part. There have been some very busy children this week, learning new skills and hopefully, enjoying and sharing their baked goods with their families.

Forest School

In the Early Years, Friday is our Forest School day. Forest School is a child centered approach around natural play. It develops independence, self esteem and relationship skills. It gives the children a chance to engage with the natural environment, the opportunity to encounter risks and overcome obstacles. In Forest School, we love exploring the […]

How will we reach the top! Creativity, Problem Solving, Fine Motor Control and Teamwork

In Reception, we are very lucky to have a wide range of construction equipment from junk boxes to tiny curved blocks difficult to balance to large blocks for building outside. Reception amaze us every day with their building and architectural skills. Construction Play is proven to make a difference to the way children think and […]

How many conkers did you find?

Maths is an important part of learning for all children in the early years and receiving a good grounding in maths is an essential life skill.  Lots of our Maths is done practically through natural, inquisitive problem solving.  We focus on number but also enjoy measuring and developing our own spatial awareness. Here we used […]

Teamwork – we are concentrating and co-operating!

‘My way, your way a bit, my way again!  Don’t let the marbles escape!  We did well working together!’ Personal, social and emotional development is central to our Nursery curriculum.  We support children to feel happy in our school environment, learn to get on with others and make friends, understand and talk about feelings, learn […]

Explore, observe, discuss but will they float?

In Nursery, we love water play.  We’ve been out exploring in puddles today and using them to help mix colours. Knowledge of the World enables children to explore and investigate their learning environments.  It enables children to communicate, interact and talk about what they want to do.  We value all the children’s ideas and allow […]

Balance, stretch, swing, roll, climb, jump …

In Nursery, we access our beautiful outdoor areas each day.  We have our own outdoor area, infant playground, field, garden area and forest area. Our physical development curriculum provides children with opportunities to be active and interactive; and to develop their co-ordination, control and movement. Here we were using all our muscles to rub out […]

Reading List

We’re Going on a Lion Hunt
By David Axtell

The Naughty Bus
By Jan Oke

The Train Ride
By June Crebbin and Stephen Lambert

Jolly Christmas Postman
By Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Nursery Calender Events

Nursery Curriculum

Click here to view online or download Nursery Curriculum

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Year Groups

Nursery

Reception

Nursery and Reception make up the Foundation Stage

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Year 1

Infants

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Year 2

Infants

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Year 3

Juniors

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Year 4

Juniors

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Year 5

Juniors

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Year 6

Juniors

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