Knockbreda Nursery School RRS Silver Award- Rights Aware

Thank you to all of the pupils, parents and carers, staff and Governors who have helped to support and strengthen our school’s commitment to being a Rights Respecting School.


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We are delighted that following our one day assessment today, we have been awarded the Silver Award: Rights Aware.


Find out more at:

https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/getting-started/silver/what-is-silver/


Thank you for all your support!

Posted on March 2, 2020 and filed under Rights Respecting School.

Celebration of Love

Thank you to all our parents, families and grandparents who attended our Shared Education Celebration of Love coffee morning at St Bernard’s Primary School. What a wonderful way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2020 and filed under Partnership.

RRS Steering Group Meeting

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.


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Posted on February 14, 2020 and filed under Rights Respecting School.

Yoga Time

The children at Knockbreda Nursery enjoyed a yoga session with Susan! We all had such fun practising our yoga poses! Thank you!


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Posted on February 14, 2020 .

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!

Posted on February 11, 2020 and filed under Eco-Schools.

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.

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Posted on January 24, 2020 and filed under Rights Respecting School.

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.



Posted on January 24, 2020 and filed under Eco-Schools.

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! 

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Posted on January 22, 2020 and filed under Eco-Schools.

Mr Hullabaloo

The children at Knockbreda Nursery School enjoyed an engaging and interactive performance from Mr Hullabaloo. Thank you for your visit Mr Hullabaloo!

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Posted on January 20, 2020 .

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!

Posted on January 14, 2020 and filed under Eco-Schools.

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.

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Posted on December 19, 2019 and filed under Rights Respecting School.

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!


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Posted on December 18, 2019 .

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!

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Posted on December 17, 2019 .

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.

Posted on November 29, 2019 and filed under Partnership.