Christmas preparations are well underway! We are learning our songs for the Nativity…the children are loving them! We have also started making our Christmas surprises (secret, sorry)

I would like to start this weeks blog with a few important reminders…sorry!

School Admissions September 2025

If your child is in their last year of pre-school/nursery you can now apply for their primary school place at: www.lancashire.gov.uk/schools

It's quick and easy - and you will receive email confirmation of your application.

You must apply even if you already have siblings in school.

If you live in Lancashire you can include out of area preferences on your online application.

The closing date for primary reception applications for September 2025 is 23:59 on 15 January 2025.

Admissions information

If you are applying for Our Lady Star of the Sea you are required to submit further documentation:

your child baptism certificate
signed faith reference (click the button below)

Supplementary Admissions form

Water bottles

May I please remind everyone that only plain unflavoured water should be in your child’s water bottle. We have milk available if they prefer.

Christmas Nativity

We will be starting to learn our Christmas Nativity songs next week! We are all excited. The nursery children will be stars in our production. They will all require white leggings, a plain white t-shirt and a strand of silver tinsel please (named please). We have the shiny star costumes here ready and waiting.

Nativity productions will take place on:

Tuesday 3rd December: this production will be the dress rehearsal for the main school only. If you want your child to take part they will have to be in nursery at 8.45 am and collected at 10.30 am if it is not your child’s usual session. Please note a DVD of the production will be taken at this performance that you will be able to purchase.

Wednesday 4th December: Parent performance 9.30 am

Thursday 5th December: Parent performance 9.30 am

Please note: tickets are priced at £2 and owing to fire regulations are limited to 4 per family over both performances.

Have you ordered your tickets….they are selling fast. Complete the order form sent out last week and bring in asap.

Christmas Party

This year the KS1 Christmas Party is being held on Thursday 19th December 9.30-11.30 am. All the children are invited to join the fun but if it is not your child’s usual session they must be collected at 11.30 am. Dust of those dancing shoes children!!!!!

Parent Drop in session

On Thursday 19th November 3.45-4.45 pm we will be holding our half termly parent drop in session. We invite you lovely parents to come along to nursery and see what we have been doing and to have a chat with the nursery team. Please try and pop in to see us!

Travelling Nativity

Our Travelling Nativity has started its journey to the stable. The children who have already had chance to take it home have loved sharing the birth of Jesus as a family. We have seen some lovely drawings in our sketch book too. Thank you to everyone that has sent us pictures of your child enjoying this special story sack. We have been sharing them with the nursery friends.

If you have not had your turn yet don’t panic it will be your turn soon!

Emma’s blog

Hello everyone,

What a week of learning and fun we have had.

We have been busy practicing our cutting skills. The children have been cutting out pictures of healthy foods, such as fruit and vegetables, and unhealthy foods, like cake and sweets (which we talk about only having on our treats days). We have on our wall, a big picture of the inside the human body and we have been deciding where our cut outs should be placed discussing how the healthy foods benefit our bodies and help our brains work. The children enjoyed talking about how they like eating healthy foods and making good choices. Here is a short video about how its good to eat healthy food. Click here. Enjoy!

The children have been working hard with their pencil control by having a go at writing the sounds that we are learning, m, a, s, t, d. We have been using the rhymes to help us write.

We have also been having a go a writing our numbers 0 and 1, again using the rhymes to help us write them. It has been lovely hearing the children say the rhymes as they are practicing.

0- round in a loop like an empty hoop.

1- one line down like a stick, makes a 1, that was quick.

Keep having a practice at home if you can.

Have a lovely weekend see you all on Monday.

Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

The weather has definitely been colder this week but that hasn't stopped our play. We have been developing our throwing and catching skills this week, in the garden and in PE with Mr. Murray. As it gets the closer to the start of Advent Christmas we have started practicing our songs for the Nativity, we are so excited. Don't forget to order your tickets if you haven't done so already.

Our brain growing continues as this week we learnt about digestion. We watched a video that shows what happens when we eat food. Watch the video here

We then did our own experiment to watch what happens to the crackers. First we crunched them up in a bag, then added liquid and watched as the crackers were broken down

We've also learnt more about what our body needs and how to make healthy food choices.

Have a lovely weekend

Michelle