Jo Jingles

The children enjoyed an Easter session of music with Jo Jingles. We practiced keeping a nice steady bit with the castanets and enjoyed jumping like bunnies and doing team work with the eggs!

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

Shared Education Event

We enjoyed having our friends from St Bernard’s Preschool back! The topic was Shape, Space and Measure, so we measured our snack, took part in a shape hunt and built spacious houses for our friends to fit into.

It was a day filled with friendship and laughs! We can’t wait to see you again!

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

Red Nose Day - Comic Relief

It’s our commitment as a Right Respecting School to support those who need it most, and to raise awareness with our Green and Red Apples.

Thank you for all the donations to Comic Relief and for taking part on our eco approach by painting your child’s nose.

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery and filed under Rights Respecting School, Eco-Schools.

Litter picking

The children were busy during the Forest School sessions this week doing some litter picking with Mrs Welsh around the school grounds.

We collected a lot of rubbish that will sadly go to landfill and, luckily a few things that can be recycled!

Great work boys and girls!

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

Artist in School

We were very pleased to have Julie-Anne Richmond at school helping us to make a Mother’s Day craft.

We practiced our fine motor skills and put lots of love in it for all our mums.

Can you guess what we made?

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

Whole School Eco meeting

On Thursday 9th March 2023 we were able to have a whole school eco-meeting. We talked about landfill and how it impacts the animals, seas and even us!

We also did a bin check and discovered that some of our teachers are not putting their rubbish in the right bin!

The children sang the Eco code very proudly and contributed with some ideas about what we can do at Knockbreda to help the environment.

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery and filed under Eco-Schools.

Waste Week

Thank you to everyone who returned their Toy Pledge!

The children were very engaged in having conversations about reusing and recycling, and we stopped lots of toys from ending up in landfill!

Well done everyone!

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

Exceptional Closure- Snow and Ice

We have to advise that Knockbreda Nursery School will be closed today due to health and safety concerns for travel to and from school for children and our staff.

Please stay safe and we will see everyone in school on Monday as normal.

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

World Book Day

What a day of fun at Knockbreda! Costumes, parents, cupcakes and cinema! Thank you to the mums and dads that came to read stories to the children, you made our day!

Thank you everyone for your donations, we will send them to Book Aid International on your behalf.

See more photos on Seesaw.

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery and filed under Rights Respecting School.

March Newsletter

A copy of our March 2023 newsletter is here. This contains important information about the month ahead and includes an update to our school calendar for this year.

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

'A Place to Wonder' Visit

We had a visit from ‘A Place to Wonder’ today which gave us some time to relax through story telling and yoga. It was a great experience and everyone enjoyed having some time to calm down in the middle of a busy day. We were great at doing the breathing exercises and even had another practice in the quiet room before lunch.

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

NI Rescue Service visit

A very exciting visit today from the firefighters! They talked to us about what they do and how they help people.

They asked us to check our smoke alarms at home and some of our children were able to tell them where their alarm was at home.

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

Planting in Forest School

Thanks to our Pollinator Grant from the LiveHereLoveHere project, we have been able to purchase some new planters, plants, trees and soil to enhance school grounds. The children have begun the planting process during the Forest School sessions and were able to talk about what the plants need to grow.

Green Apples

Red Apples

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

Pancake Day

The children were able to enjoy a delicious snack on Monday for Pancake day! Here a few photos for you to see us practising our spreading skills!

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery.

Shared Education Event - Sorting and Matching

As part of our Shared Education Partnership we were able to visit our friends from St. Bernard’s Preschool before the half-term break. We met at the Parish Centre for a Sorting and Matching Activity. The children really enjoyed it and demonstrated good early mathematical skills.

Green Apples

Red Apples

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Knockbreda Nursery and filed under Partnership.

February Newsletter

Our February Newsletter is attached here. This includes a calendar section with important dates for your diary and updates and information about our school this month.

Posted on February 7, 2023 by A Devine.

January Newsletter

Please find our Newsletter for January attached here. This includes news and information about the month ahead and important dates for your diary.

Posted on January 6, 2023 by A Devine.

Open Afternoon Wednesday 18th January 2023

Knockbreda Nursery School will be holding an Open Afternoon on Wednesday 18th January 2023 between 2.00-3.30pm for children due to start in September 2023. Everyone is welcome to come and meet our staff and see around our lovely school.

Posted on December 22, 2022 by A Devine.

St Bernard's Preschool visit

We were delighted to meet our friends from St Bernard’s Preschool as part of our Shared Education Partnership program.

The children enjoyed our range of play resources and a delicious snack!

This visit marks the beginning of a year full of meet-ups and planned activities with our partnership schools.

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Knockbreda Nursery and filed under Partnership.

Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day

On Friday 9th December we all wore something festive to raise money for Save the Children. We learnt about UNICEF’S rights of a child and how we can help each other in our school and community.