Thanks to everyone who came to our Open Evening on 12th October. It was lovely to see so many of our families and friends having the chance to see how their children are enjoying their days at Knockbreda!
October Newsletter
For information in relation to October activities and news, please see the October newsletter here.
Welcome to Nursery!
What a wonderful start to our new academic year...welcome to Knockbreda Nursery School!
Find out all about our settling in process in our September Newsletter.
End of Year Celebrations
Our Nursery year came to a spectacular finish with two wonderful celebration events!
Both the Red and Green Apples thoroughly enjoyed welcoming their parents and carers to join at school for our end of year presentations. The delicious ice-cream was a well deserved treat enjoyed by everyone!
Thank you to all the children for all their hard work this year and to all of our parents and carers for all of their support.
May we wish you all a most enjoyable summer break and all the very best for P1!
Safety in the Sun
Nursery was delighted to welcome Rebecca Oates from The Cancer Fund for Children when she came to talk to the children about staying safe in the sun, in advance of our Hats and Shades Fundraising day which took place on Friday 3 June 2016.
Thank you to all our parents and carers for their kind donations to this worthy charity.
Diversity Day
The children at Nursery have enjoyed learning more about other cultures and traditions during our Diversity Day!
The children sampled new foods, made Rangoli pots and found out more about our Nursery families who originate from Jordan and Zambia. Sincere thanks to our parents for taking part in this day and taking time to educate the children about their home cultures and traditions.
PE Fun
The children at Nursery are enjoying learning about keeping fit and the importance of exercise through weekly PE sessions at Knockbreda Primary School. Mr McNeill (our Chair of Governors) is taking our weekly sessions and ensuring that our Nursery children keep active and fit! Thank you to Mrs McKenna for kindly lending us her hall!
June News
It is hard to believe that this is our final month at Nursery... but what a wonderful year we have had!
Find out more about what is happening this month in our June Newsletter.
Minibeast Madness
The children at Knockbreda Nursery School have loved learning about minibeasts this half-term. They especially enjoyed meeting lots of creepy crawlies when the minibeast zoo came to visit our school!
Outdoor Pods
At Knockbreda Nursery School, the children can enjoy the six areas of the Pre-School curriculum both indoors and outdoors. We have recently had a new delivery of outdoor learning pods and the children are making the very most of our new outdoor learning spaces!
They have been busy making mud pies in the Mud Kitchen, creating fairytale stories in the Woodland, playing in the Small World Area outside and enjoying socialising with their friends whilst eating snack in the outdoor Snack Shack!
Thank you to all the staff for working so hard to set up these inspiring outdoor learning areas!
Go Go Go Joseph!
The Nursery children had a wonderful time when they were invited to watch Joseph at Knockbreda Primary School! The dancing, singing and acting was of such a high standard. Well done to all and thank you for inviting us!
May News
May will be an action packed month at Knockbreda Nursery School! Find out more in our May newsletter!
Crotchets and Quavers
The children at Knockbreda Nursery School thoroughly enjoyed making music with Crotchets and Quavers this month! They even had the opportunity to play the trombone!
April News
Welcome back to Nursery! We hope you had a restful Easter break. April will be a busy month at Knockbreda Nursery School, click here to find out more!
World Book Day
There were princesses and princes galore at Knockbreda Nursery School on World Book Day...the big bad wolf even made an appearance! Such fun for everyone and a wonderful charity event for Book Aid.
Thanks to all the parents and carers who volunteered to read to the children on this special and exciting day!
Florist Fun
The children welcomed a florist to school as part of our growing topic. Great fun was had by all, making our own floral arrangements!
March news
Welcome back from our half-term break! There are lots of exciting activities taking place at Nursery, find out more here!
February News
February 2016 at Knockbreda Nursery will be a busy month! Click here to find out more about our learning this month.
As well as enjoying pancakes on Pancake Day, we will also be finding out how to stay safe on the internet and celebrating Safer Internet Day. Click here to access an e-safety guide for parents and carers.
Mr Hullabaloo's Winter Performance
Knockbreda Nursery School was delighted to welcome Mr Hullabaloo to school! We very much enjoyed his Winter Wonderland performance! He even had a few Nursery children in his cast!
Parent and Carer Training
Thanks to Mrs Catherine Gilliand (Senior Education Lecturer at St Mary's University) for leading our recent parent and carer early literacy training session. It was an interesting and motivating session, with lots of useful early reading top tips! Meeting Catherine's many puppets was a particular highlight of the night!
