Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School Nursery

The Spring 2025 nursery plan paired a role-play shoe shop and Rhyme Time with outdoor pedalling: concrete examples of early learning through stories, movement and everyday tasks. The nursery belongs to Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School on Pigeon Cote Road in Seacroft, Leeds. The school provides education from age three, with nursery forming part of its early-years provision.

Catholic teaching also shapes nursery activities. The Spring 2025 curriculum included Good Friends, connecting religious education with helping others, friendship and learning to apologise. These are ideas children can practise together.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) brings together learning about language, physical movement, relationships and the world. Here, the Spring 2025 nursery plan illustrates what that means in practice: counting objects, recognising names, listening to stories and choosing resources independently. Learning extends beyond early reading and number work to sharing, managing feelings and caring for living things.

Daily stories and book sharing featured alongside Rhyme Time and Phase 1 phonics. Children were to practise noticing rhymes and hearing sounds within words, while drawing club and making labels for the role-play shoe shop gave early writing a purpose. The school also uses Little Wandle for EYFS phonics.

Outside provision supported climbing and pedalling, with Move to Include sessions adding organised movement activities. Playdough disco was planned for smaller hand movements, alongside practising coat fastenings. The Our Wonderful World theme brought investigations into which materials float or sink, lifecycles and seasonal changes. These examples connect physical activity, observation and conversation.

Across early years, design and technology combines activities children initiate with tasks adults lead. Children select materials and try simple tools, giving them opportunities to make choices as well as follow guidance.

Independence starts with ordinary routines. The Spring 2025 plan encouraged children to manage coats and shoes, choose activities and work through disagreements during play. Its newsletter also discussed new starters becoming familiar with nursery routines, making settling part of the communication with families.

Packed-lunch guidance was practical: send water, cut fruit into small pieces and keep portions manageable for the half-hour lunch period. Wrappers went back into lunchboxes so parents could see what children had eaten. Families with worries about eating were encouraged to speak with the team or their GP.

For additional needs, the school's SEND arrangements involve class teachers, support staff, parents and outside agencies. Teaching is adapted and targets are reviewed to inform the next steps. Parents can raise developmental concerns with the SENCo. Half-termly class newsletters provide another connection between home and nursery learning.

Nursery attendance does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process.

For September 2027 entry, applications open on 1 November 2026 and close on 15 January 2027. The admissions page directs families to Leeds City Council for application information and help, and requires applicants to complete the school's supplementary information form too. Treat that form and the Reception application as separate tasks.

Contact the school office on 0113 232 9031 or email admin@ourladys.org for nursery enquiries. The address is Pigeon Cote Road, Seacroft, Leeds, LS14 1EP. The school's term-dates page carries calendars for the 2026 to 2027 academic year, useful when planning family commitments.