💜Purple day for Epilepsy Awareness💜

Thank you for the continued support by the parents and carers of our lovely children. 😊
We decided to participate in Purple day to raise awareness and money for Epilepsy Action. Together we were able to raise an amazing £112. 💜🦸

🔴Red Nose Day 2026 🔴

It’s our commitment as a Right Respecting School to support those who need it most, and to raise awareness with our Pinecones and Chestnuts.

Thank you for all the donations to Comic Relief and for taking part on our eco approach by painting your child’s nose. We were able to raise an amazing £101. 😊🔴

World Book Day 2026 📖📚📔

The children looked amazing and really enjoyed learning about the importance of books and stories.
And thank you all for your kind donations to the Book Aid charity; as a Gold Rights Respecting School we would like to continue developing the children’s awareness as citizens of the world with this type of charitable opportunity.

Superheroes Day 2026! 🦸🦹😊

Everyone here at Knockbreda really enjoyed dressing up as Superheroes to raise money for the amazing charity Autism NI.
Thank you kindly to all the parents who contributed and dressed their children up magnificently. It was lovely to see all the different costumes. We were able to raise a brilliant £97 for this wonderful charity.

The children were able to make their own masks and talk about what superpowers they could have.

Our visit from the amazing fire fighters.

Thank you so much to the amazing fire fighters who came and visited our Nursery this week. The children learned so much and had a lot of fun! They even started dressing up and roleplaying as fire fighters. 🔥🧯🚒👨‍🚒

February Newsletter 2026

Please find our February Newsletter attached here

January Newsletter 2026

Please find our January Newsletter attached here

Ministerial Visit

On 22 January 2026, twelve of our children visited St Bernard’s Montessori Pre‑School to take part in a special ministerial event. During the visit, they met the Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Minister for Early Education, and representatives from the Department of Education and the Shared Education team. Our pupils were wonderful ambassadors-polite, confident, and fully engaged as they enjoyed the shared education experience alongside their friends from St Bernard’s.

Christmas time at Knockbreda Nursery 🌟🎄

We have all enjoyed a lovely Christmas time at Knockbreda. We had a visit from Ellie the Elf. We then had a fireplace singalong in front of our mummies and daddies. Then we had some activities after our singalong to have fun with our mummies and daddies. Last but not least we had a very special visit from Santa Claus! 🎄🌟🎅

P7 Reading

The P7's from Knockbreda Primary School came down and read some lovely stories to the children who really enjoyed these visits. 📚

**Open Afternoon Thursday 8th January**

Following on from our December Open Day, we are holding another opportunity to join us on Thursday 8th January 2026 from 2.00pm-3.00pm. Prospective parents and children are warmly invited to drop in, explore our welcoming school, meet our dedicated staff, and discover what makes life at Knockbreda Nursery School so special!

We look forward to meeting you!

Nativity

The children loved going on an adventure to Knockbreda Primary School and St Bernard’s Primary School to have a look at their Nativity plays. Thank you so much for inviting us. 🌟

Christmas Fireside Sing a Longs

This year we are excited to welcome you into school to join in with our Christmas Fireside Sing a Long. It will be a relaxed atmosphere where the children will be invited to wear their favourite Christmas Pyjamas and encouraged to sing along to our specially prepared songs. 🎵

Chestnut Class: Wednesday 10th December at 11:00 AM (Immediate collection afterwards) Pyjamas to be worn. Pinecone class finishes at 10:30 AM on this day.

Pinecone Class: Thursday 11th December at 11:00 AM (Immediate collection afterwards) Pyjamas to be worn. Chestnut class finishes at 10:30 AM on this day.

We look forward to seeing you there!

**Open Day Saturday 6th December **

We are holding our Open Day on Saturday 6th December 2025 between 10.00am - 12noon. Prospective parents and children are warmly invited to drop in, explore our welcoming school, meet our dedicated staff, and discover what makes life at Knockbreda Nursery School so special!

If you cannot visit on Saturday 6th December, there will be another opportunity to join us on Thursday 8th January 2026 from 2.00pm-3.00pm.

We look forward to meeting with you on one of these dates!

December Newsletter 2025

Please find our December Newsletter attached here

Nina's Notes

We have been having a blast the past few weeks with Nina’s notes! So many different and creative activities to get the children moving. 💃🥁

World of Owls

Mike came to visit us in the Nursery to show us some beautiful majestic Owls. The children really enjoyed hearing all about the different owls and seeing some funny tricks. 🦉

Open Days for Prospective Parents

Knockbreda Nursery is holding our Open Day on Saturday 6th December 2025 between 10.00am - 12noon. Prospective parents and children are very welcome to visit us on that day to see around our warm and welcoming school, meet our staff and find out more about life at Knockbreda Nursery School!.

If you cannot visit on the 6th December, there will be another opportunity to join us on Thursday 8th January 2026 from 2.00pm-3.00pm.

We look forward to meeting with you on one of these dates!

November Newsletter 2025

Please find our November Newsletter attached here

Children in Need 2025

We enjoyed raising money for Children In Need with different activities throughout the day. The children had so much fun painting pudsey, making him in the playdough and having a hunt to find all the different pudseys. Thank you to everyone who supported us and helped us in raising £132.40.