Little Joe’s Nursery
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
Welcome to St. Joseph’s Nursery - Little Joe’s!
Our nursery is a nurturing and inclusive community where every child is supported to flourish and truly belong. We celebrate each child as an individual and nurture their growth across all areas of development - physical, emotional, social, academic, and spiritual. With a caring team and a safe, stimulating environment, we inspire curiosity, build confidence, and encourage a genuine love of learning.
We welcome children from the age of 3, offering them the chance to settle into our school early and enjoy a smooth, positive transition into Reception. Our hope is that your child continues their journey with us into Reception and beyond. Our aim is simple: for every child to flourish. We want our children to become independent, confident, caring, and responsible young learners with a lifelong passion for learning.
Nursery pupils are part of our EYFS unit, spending time with Reception children as well as accessing their own bespoke provision. This creates a seamless, supportive, and engaging start to their educational journey.
Learning in our nursery extends far beyond the indoor classroom. Our spacious outdoor area is thoughtfully designed to spark imagination and exploration, giving children the freedom to play, problem-solve, and discover the world around them.
If you’d like to find out more, please don’t hesitate to get in touch—we are always happy to help. We look forward to welcoming you into our school family and sharing in your child’s very special journey.
Current Nursery Times
15 hour provision: 12.00pm - 3.00pm
30 hour funded provision: 9.00am - 3.00pm
30 hour pupils can have a school lunch for a charge of £2.75
Pupils can attend until 3.15pm for a small charge of £1
Nursery Uniform
✔ Navy jumper or cardigan (embroidered with school logo)
✔ Grey trousers, shorts, skirt, or pinafore
✔ White polo shirt
✔ Black shoes or all-black trainers
✔ Blue checked dress in the Summer
✔ Grey socks or tights
✔ P.E Kit - embroidered PE joggers, embroidered PE jacket, and a white T-shirt or polo top. Plain black shorts may also be worn
For further details on our uniform, please scan the QR code.
Who Can Join Our Nursery?
Nursery is open to all children from the age of three. We offer 30 hours of free early years education to eligible families and can be flexible with part‑time requests.
Our Nursery team is highly experienced and ensures that all of our children are happy and settled within our setting.
Help Prepare Your Child for Nursery
These are just a few ideas of how you can help to prepare your child for Nursery. You will be doing lots of these already!
✔ Share books and stories.
✔ Go to the public library and share a range of books.
✔ Sing nursery rhymes with your child.
✔ Play turn-taking games such as snakes and ladders; make sure your child learns how to win and lose as well.
✔ Have play opportunities with other children, especially over the summer holidays.
✔ Talk about numbers and teach your child to count objects accurately; you could involve your child in helping around the house by counting out the bowls or spoons needed to lay the table, counting steps up and down the stairs, look at house numbers or numbers on cars or buses as you go for a walk.
✔ Talk about mathematical concepts such as: taller, shorter, heavier, lighter, full, half-full, empty, less than, more than, higher, lower.
✔ Let your child handle money and learn to recognise coins.
✔ Talk about shapes and colours.
✔ Encourage your child to dress and undress themselves, including using buttons and zips and putting on their own shoes.
✔ Encourage your child to use the toilet by themselves, including flushing the chain and washing their hands afterwards. We will be encouraging your child to be as independent as possible with this. Please have a chat with us if your child needs any support in this area.
