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.
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.
The children at Knockbreda Nursery enjoyed a yoga session with Susan! We all had such fun practising our yoga poses! Thank you!
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.
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.
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!
The children at Knockbreda Nursery School enjoyed an engaging and interactive performance from Mr Hullabaloo. Thank you for your visit Mr Hullabaloo!
Our January Newsletter is attached here. This includes our calendar of important dates and events for the coming term.
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.
Thank you to Joe from Gathering Drum for a wonderful drumming session! The children thoroughly enjoyed playing their djembe drums and singing Christmas songs!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.