Knockbreda Nursery School had a productive meeting on Friday 8 November 2019, when the children met as a Steering Group to discuss our plan for the year and our forthcoming ShoeShare event.
Belfast City Council Visit
Knockbreda Nursery School welcomed Kirsty and Jane from Belfast City Council to talk to us about litter and the importance of using the right bins for our rubbish. The children were even invited to dress up as Captain Clean Up!
Shared Education
Knockbreda Nursery School was delighted to welcome friends from St Bernard’s Pre-School for our first Shared Education event this year.
The children were invited to join in our Forest School sessions with the Red and Green Apple classes.
A wonderful morning was spent planting bulbs, hammering pumpkins and enjoying snack together in our Reco Box classroom.
November Newsletter
Our Newsletter for November can be found here. There are lots of events, activities and diary dates included for the rest of our busy term!
Eco Meeting
Knockbreda Nursery School held its first Eco Meeting with all children in attendance. We talked about what it means to be an eco school, how we can look after our school and what litter to put in each bin. We all agreed that we love playing outside and need to look after Knockbreda Nursery School inside and outside!
Well done everyone!
Rights Respecting School Meeting
Knockbreda Nursery School held its first RRS Meeting with all children in attendance. We talked about what rights are, who has them and what they mean. We even started to think about how fortunate we are to have rights. Well done everyone!
Family Drop In Night
Thank you to all of our children and their families and friends for joining us for Family Drop In Night.
It was wonderful to welcome pupils present and past to enjoy the play provision on offer, indoors and outdoors, through our Nursery Rhyme Time topic. The children thoroughly enjoyed showing their families around Nursery and sharing stories about their favourite places to play at Knockbreda Nursery School.
Special thanks for the beautiful cakes donated by Caroline McCargo Thompson and the chocolate prizes donated by Rosetta Co-Op.
October Newsletter
Please find a copy of the School’s October Newsletter attached here.
September Newsletter
Our September Newsletter is attached here. This month’s Newsletter includes important information about Knockbreda Nursery School, information about our activities and topics as our children settle into the school routines and a list of diary dates for the upcoming school year.
Shared Education Event
To finish a wonderful year of Shared Partnership, Knockbreda Nursery School and St Bernard’s Pre School enjoyed a shared visit from the Petting Zoo. We had lots of fun learning about the animals together!
Knockbreda Nursery School- The Best Kept School in Northern Ireland 2019
Thank you to all of our pupils, parents and staff for their continued support of our school’s commitment to outdoor learning and the importance of the environmental curriculum.
Knockbreda Nursery School is delighted to have been selected as the Best Kept School Winner for the 2019 Pre Primary South Eastern Region, the winner of the Welcome Award 2019 and also the Overall Best Kept School 2019 Winner, Best of the Best!
Congratulations!
Shared Education Fun Days
The children from Knockbreda Nursery School, Knockbreda Primary School, St Bernard’s Primary School and PreSchool enjoyed a carousel of activities as part of our Shared Education Fun Days. The children played together indoors, outdoors and enjoyed shared stories from the P5 pupils.
A highlight of the day was taking part in a yoga session with Laura from Primary Yoga. This session allowed the children to apply their effective listening skills; this has been a focus of our Shared Education Partnership work this year.
Hats and Shades Day 2019
Thanks to Rebecca Oates from Cancer Fund for Children for visiting Knockbreda Nursery School and speaking to the children about staying safe in the sun. We now know the SMART rules for sun safety. Thanks also to all of our parents and families for their generous contributions to this important charity.
June 2019 Newsletter
What a busy and exciting year we have had! Thanks to all of our families and friends for their continued support; we hope that each of our children will hold many happy memories of their precious time at Knockbreda Nursery School.
Find out more about what is happening in our final month at Knockbreda Nursery School in our June newsletter.
Shared Education Celebration
Many thanks to all the parents and friends of Knockbreda Nursery School, Knockbreda Primary School, St Bernard’s Pre School and St Bernard’s Primary School who joined us for Shared Education Celebration morning. This was a wonderful opportunity to socialise together and to celebrate the success of another positive year of shared partnership between our schools.
Diversity Day
Diversity Day at Knockbreda Nursery School provided an opportunity for the children to learn more about other cultures and traditions. The children enjoyed presentations about Spain and France. The children even tasted some foods, sang some new songs and tried on some cultural dress. What a wonderful way to learn about the world around us and to begin to develop respect and understanding of other traditions.
Special thanks to our presenters.
Nursery PE
The children at Knockbreda Nursery School have been enjoying weekly PE sessions at Knockbreda Primary School. Special thanks to Mr McNeill for facilitating these lessons.
Eco Classroom Opening Event
Thank you to all our parents, pupils, Governors and staff who joined us for our Eco Classroom opening event. Our Reco Box classroom would not have been possible without your support. Sincere thanks also to our local Co-Op for supporting our fundraising efforts and for providing refreshments for our opening event. At our opening afternoon, families had the opportunity to make an eco-pledge, by tying a ribbon onto our school fence to represent each pledge made.
Reco Box!
Our new Reco Box eco classroom has been installed and we think it is wonderful! Thanks to all of our families and friends for helping with our fundraising efforts!
Details of our formal opening will follow soon….
Visit from Party Animals
The children enjoyed an interactive visit from Party Animals, handling lots of creepy crawlies and learning many new interesting facts!
