Fun in EYFS ❤️

Here is a quick recap of our last week in preschool. 💛

Recognising God has Friends all over the world 🌎

Preschool have been looking at our world map in school to see how God has friends all over the world. ❤️🌎

World Mental Health Day 💛🌎

For World Mental Day preschool went around school handing out yellow flowers to staff. We hope these help brighten their day. 💛🌎

Free painting ❤️🎨

Preschool enjoying some free painting time, exploring textures and seasonal colours. ❤️

Planting bulbs in our spiritual garden 🪴

Preschool have been planting spring bulbs in our spiritual garden. 🪴
We have planted these in a shape of a cross to remind us that God loves everyone. ❤️

We will watch and observe our bulbs grow throughout the seasons. ☺️

God’s wonderful world

This week in RE Pre-school and Reception have been learning about the story of creation. The children learnt about how all the things God made were ‘very good.’ We decided to share a Prayer and Liturgy together in the Spiritual Garden, where we celebrated God’s wonderful world. After, we searched for things God had made and thought about what he would say about it.

Creation and Covenant

Our New RE Topic! 📖✨

This week, we’ve started learning all about the Bible! The children have been excited to discover why the Bible is such a special book. ❤️

We’ve also been talking about Pope Leo and how he helps lead the Church. The children were so excited that they went home and told their parents all about Pope Leo! 🙌🏼

It’s been a fun start to our new topic, and we can’t wait to learn more! 😊

#RE #Bible #PopeLeo #LearningIsFun #ExcitingTimes

First week in Preschool ❤️

🎉 Our First Week Back Was AMAZING! 🎉

What an incredible start to the year, little stars! ✨ We’ve made new friends 👯‍♀️, explored exciting activities 🎨🧩, and had SO much fun together! From playing games 🏃‍♂️ to learning new things 📚, every moment was filled with laughter and smiles! 😊💖

Here’s to a year full of new adventures, growing together, and making even MORE memories! 🌈🚀 We can’t wait to see what next week brings! 🎉🌟

#FirstWeekFun #BackToSchool #PreschoolAdventures #LearningAndLaughing

Composition to 5

This morning in preschool we have been looking at different ways to make 5.

Pizza making 🍕❤️

In preschool today we have been making pizza, we used all different toppings to show it is ok for everyone to like different things. ❤️🍕⭐️

Preschool outdoor learning

Preschool have been enjoying playing in our mud kitchen and planting some herbs in our planting patch.

Preschool

Investigating forces

Preschool have been investigating magnets around class.

Open evening ❤️🌈⭐️

🌟 📚 Do you have a child due to start Reception Class in September 2025?
Applications have opened on the Wigan Council website and will close on 25th January 2025. Between now and the closing date is your opportunity to visit local primary schools and choose the right school for your child. ❤️

📚 To give prospective families a closer look at our fantastic reception class and the experiences we offer, we invite you to our Open Evening on Wednesday, 27th November from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.

🍎 Join us to tour school, meet our dedicated staff and discover all that St. Jude’s has to offer. It’s a perfect opportunity to ask questions and see firsthand how we create a supportive and stimulating environment for our youngest learners.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of our nurturing, vibrant school community! We can’t wait to welcome you and your child.

⭐️ For more information and to apply, visit the Wigan Council website today! https://www.wigan.gov.uk/resident/education/schools/school-admissions/primary-schools.aspx

StJudesschool #Reception2025 #OpenEvening #WiganCouncil #EarlyYearsEducation #FutureofEducation

❤️💛 Making patterns 💛❤️

Today in preschool we used linking cubes to make patterns. ❤️💛

🐻❤️ Children in Need ❤️🐻

This morning in preschool we are celebrating children in need by making some of our own Pudsey ears. ❤️🐻⭐️

🌎❤️ World Kindness Day ❤️ 🌎

In preschool today we decided to show people in our school environment how much we care about them. 🥰 We made some lovely cards and brought some delicious chocolates. Then we went around school showing random acts of kindness to others. 🥰

🧦 Odd socks day in preschool 🧦

Today in preschool we all wore our odd socks to support anti bullying week. ❤️

⭐️❤️🥰 Open Evening 🥰❤️⭐️

🌟 📚 Do you have a child due to start Reception Class in September 2025?
Applications have opened on the Wigan Council website and will close on 25th January 2025. Between now and the closing date is your opportunity to visit local primary schools and choose the right school for your child. ❤️

📚 To give prospective families a closer look at our fantastic reception class and the experiences we offer, we invite you to our Open Evening on Wednesday, 27th November from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.

🍎 Join us to tour school, meet our dedicated staff and discover all that St. Jude’s has to offer. It’s a perfect opportunity to ask questions and see firsthand how we create a supportive and stimulating environment for our youngest learners.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of our nurturing, vibrant school community! We can’t wait to welcome you and your child.

⭐️ For more information and to apply, visit the Wigan Council website today! https://www.wigan.gov.uk/resident/education/schools/school-admissions/primary-schools.aspx

StJudesschool #Reception2025 #OpenEvening #WiganCouncil #EarlyYearsEducation #FutureofEducation

❤️🌈⭐️ Fun Friday in Early Years ⭐️🌈❤️

What a lovely morning we have had in our early years department this morning. ⭐️
We have been using our water play equipment, we have been pouring, mixing and strengthening our developing gross and fine motor skills.

Learning about number two. 🌈

Our focus this week in maths is all about the number two. ⭐️🌈🥰

Showing love in preschool. ❤️

In our RE topic this week we have been looking and learning all about how God loves everyone and how Mary loved Jesus. To celebrate this we made a collage heart to hang in our RE area. ❤️🙏

Bonfire night 🔥🎆🍂❤️

We have been learning all about bonfire night today. ❤️
We have made some salt art fire work pictures. 🎆 We have watched about what we need to do to stay safe on bonfire night. 🔥 And we have celebrated our learning in our floor book. 😊

Meg and mog 🕷🧪🍂

In preschool this morning we have been continuing our ‘Meg and Mog’ story. We went into the school grounds with our nature wands, and made some nature potions. 🧪❤️

Preschool potions 🧪⭐️🕷

Our amazing potions are ready! ⭐️

We went to collect them from the kitchen, and we noticed they weren’t like water anymore. One child said “it’s wobbly!” ❤️

We then enjoyed our wonderful creation together for an afternoon snack. 💛

Well done preschool! 🧪🥰

Reception class 2024 open evening. 🌈

🌟 📚 Do you have a child due to start Reception Class in September 2025?
Applications have opened on the Wigan Council website and will close on 25th January 2025. Between now and the closing date is your opportunity to visit local primary schools and choose the right school for your child. ❤️

📚 To give prospective families a closer look at our fantastic reception class and the experiences we offer, we invite you to our Open Evening on Wednesday, 27th November from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.

🍎 Join us to tour school, meet our dedicated staff and discover all that St. Jude’s has to offer. It’s a perfect opportunity to ask questions and see firsthand how we create a supportive and stimulating environment for our youngest learners.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of our nurturing, vibrant school community! We can’t wait to welcome you and your child.

⭐️ For more information and to apply, visit the Wigan Council website today! https://www.wigan.gov.uk/resident/education/schools/school-admissions/primary-schools.aspx

StJudesschool #Reception2025 #OpenEvening #WiganCouncil #EarlyYearsEducation #FutureofEducation

Making potions 🧪❤️⭐️

This morning in preschool we have been reading one of our termly stories “Meg and Mog” and in the story they made a potion, so preschool decided what an amazing idea it would be to make our own potion. We worked together to mix, pour and stir our amazing potion. We will keep checking our potion to see how it changes from a liquid to a solid. We look forward to updating you with our marvellous creations. ❤️

Looking for signs of autumn 🍂

Preschool went for a walk in our school grounds, and we have been looking for signs of autumn. 🍁 We went to the spiritual garden to observe the leaves changing on our trees. 🌳

Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins 🎃 🖼

In art preschool have been learning all about Yayoi Kusaman, and how she painted spots on pumpkins. We got our own pumpkins together and set off to work, we worked together to make our spotty pumpkins, we was showing amazing sharing and turn taking skills. Well done preschool. 🧡🎃

Story time with Mr Wilson. 📚 🐻 ❤️

Mr Wilson came to preschool and he brought one of his favourite stories with him, We’re Going On a Bear Hunt 🐻. The children were so excited, we thought we need to document this special moment in our floor book. ❤️

Clay hedgehogs in preschool. 🦔

In preschool we have been learning all about hedgehogs. We had an amazing idea to make our own clay hedgehogs. We used our fine motor skills to model and mould our clay. When we had made our hedgehog shapes, we then added our eyes, nose and the very important spikes. Well done preschool.

Drawing Club

Preschool Drawing Club

This week preschool have begun Drawing club. Our first text is, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

All About Me Biscuits

Our topic this autumn is All About Me. We can all identify the parts of our face. We decorated some biscuits and spoke about how everyone is different and how out biscuits are different too.