Knockbreda Nursery School’s Steering Group met to discuss and plan for our Book Aid, World Book Day charity event and to review our charter and action plan progress. Thank you to our parents and Chairman for attending.
Yoga Time
The children at Knockbreda Nursery enjoyed a yoga session with Susan! We all had such fun practising our yoga poses! Thank you!
Best Kept School
Knockbreda Nursery School was delighted to welcome the staff from the Northern Ireland Amenity Council to visit our school and to view ‘the best kept school’ in Northern Ireland. Thank you for coming to visit us!
RRS Meeting
Knockbreda Nursery School’s Steering Group met to discuss progress towards our Silver action
plan, Silver Assessment Day and the success of our recent Shoe Share initiative when school collected 75 pairs of shoes! We were also delighted with our School Charter which is now on display.
Eco Meeting
Knockbreda Nursery School Eco Team met to discuss our progress so far this year. The children were delighted to find out that during Energy Week, we saved the weight of a chimpanzee! Well done Nursery! We
are looking forward to taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch this month.
Campfire Burning
Thank you to Carl for leading our interactive campfire session. The children enjoyed singing songs round the campfire with their friends and teachers as part of our weekly Forest School sessions. What a wonderful experience for our Nursery children!
Mr Hullabaloo
The children at Knockbreda Nursery School enjoyed an engaging and interactive performance from Mr Hullabaloo. Thank you for your visit Mr Hullabaloo!
Sammy Squirrel
Thank you to Belfast City Council for bringing Sammy Squirrel to visit Knockbreda Nursery School.
The children enjoyed his visit and are keen to make sure all litter goes in the bin and keeps our wildlife safe!
January Newsletter
Our January Newsletter is attached here. This includes our calendar of important dates and events for the coming term.
Shoe Share
Thank you to all of our school community for coming together to support Unicef and Clarks’ Shoe Share Appeal!
In total, we collected 75 pairs of shoes!
Many thanks for your support.
Gathering Drum
Thank you to Joe from Gathering Drum for a wonderful drumming session! The children thoroughly enjoyed playing their djembe drums and singing Christmas songs!
Christmas Elf
Thank to Belfast City Council and the Christmas Elf for coming to talk to the children at Knockbreda Nursery School about the importance of keeping our local area tidy and clean. The children are keen to make sure they stay on Santa’s good list!
Shared Education Festive Coffee Morning
Thank you to all our families, grandparents and friends who joined us for our Shared Education Coffee Morning. It was a wonderful opportunity to find out more about this year’s programme of events and to further strengthen our Shared Education School Community. Thank you also to Sainsburys for kindly gifting the refreshments.
Fire Visit
Thank you to all at Blue Watch for coming to visit the children at Knockbreda Nursery School.
The Nursery children were in awe of the fire engine and thoroughly enjoyed trying out the hose!
Visit from the Owl Man
Thanks to Mike from the World of Owls for visiting Knockbreda Nursery School and bringing his beautiful owls to visit the Nursery children!
Mark The Day
As part of school’s ongoing commitment to promoting the rights of the child, Knockbreda Nursery School supported International Children’s Day on 20th November 2019.
This year marked the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
To support Unicef and ‘Mark the Day’, Nursery children came to school wearing something blue!
BBC Radio Ulster
On Friday afternoon Knockbreda Nursery School was invited to the Vinny Show on BBC Radio Ulster to talk about out Children In Need fundraising activities! What a wonderful experience- thank you! As you can see, we even met Pudsey!
Children In Need
Knockbreda Nursery has had a busy week supporting Children In Need!
The nursery pupils have been busy planting for Pudsey with their family, friends and grandparents during our Forest School sessions and enjoying Pudsey storytelling sessions outdoors. They have been baking biscuits for Pudsey, creating Pudsey craft, matching and sorting the Pudsey bears and taking part in Pudsey themed PE!
Thank you to our families for all their generous donations.
Community Eco Activity Days
Knockbreda Nursery School has had a busy two days enjoying our Community Eco Activity Days!
As part of our ongoing commitment to outdoor learning, environmental awareness and our work towards eco school status, Knockbreda Nursery School hosted two Community Get Together events on Wednesday 13th (Red Apples) and Thursday 14th November (Green Apples). On these dates, friends and family of Knockbreda Nursery School were invited to join us during our Forest School sessions.
Our Forest School sessions involve a range of outdoor activities including planting, gardening and seasonal activities. As part of these sessions, we planted some vegetables, flowers and also undertook a campus litter pick.
As part of Children in Need fundraising, during our Forest School sessions the children also enjoyed Pudsey storytelling sessions and planting carrots for Pudsey!"
We are grateful to the eco committees from our Shared Education partnership schools (Knockbreda Primary School and St Bernards’ Primary School) for also joining us; their pupils were such great eco role-models for our Nursery children.
RRS Meeting
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.
