We were delighted to welcome Jo from Performing Starz to conclude our World book celebrations with a very fun and engaging puppet show! We had a chance to move, dance and laugh as we watched and listened carefully to the puppets!
Thank you to the very kind mums, dads and siblings that came to read a story or two for us! We loved having you in our classroom!
And thank you all for your kind donations to the Book Aid charity; as a Gold Rights Respecting School we would like to continue developing the children’s awareness as citizens of the world with this type of charitable opportunity.
We are the only controlled mainstream Nursery School in Northern Ireland to have attained this award. A big thank you to all the children, parents and staff, particularly Mrs Welsh, who have worked tirelessly to ensure we achieve the award. The full report can be read here.
Thank you to all the parents that attended the informative session on our journey from Silver to Gold Rights Respecting School Award from UNICEF.
The assessment day will take place on 8th February and we are looking forward to inviting a member of the UNICEF team to see how rights are embedded in Knockbreda Nursery School.
Thank you for taking part on Christmas Jumper Day and for giving generously to Save The Children.
We talked to the children about the reason for giving money to this charity and we sang our Rights Respecting Song as we remembered how lucky we are to have our rights respected.
The Friendly Balloon Company
Thank you for helping us celebrate children’s rights by wearing something blue to take part on World Children’s Day
The children have begun to learn the ABCDE of rights in our Rights focused Circle Time sessions and are developing a good awareness of their rights.
Keep an eye on our Rights Board in the Hub area where the children’s ideas will soon be displayed!
This week we have talked about ways we can keep safe in the sun. Yesterday we had a visit and talk from Rebecca from Cancer Fund for Children and today we had our Hats and Shades Day!
We all really enjoyed wearing our cool hats and shades in school !
Thank you to everyone for the kind donations, we raised £80.90!
Today we held our last whole school eco-meeting of the year! We were able to look back at all the great things we have done this year for our environment and to suggest actions for next year at Knockbreda.
As suggested by the children during previous eco-meetings, Mrs Welsh has now purchased some ‘Don’t drop litter signs’ and an outdoor bin, and these will soon be displayed near our gates to help ‘keep Knockbreda, tidy, neat and clean!’ ♪♪♪
Hip Hip Hooray! We have succesfully renewed our Green Flag Award and we have been invited to collect it at Belfast Castle in June!
Mrs Welsh encouraged the children to continue to have green hands when they go home by taking part on the Saving Energy Challenge and by joining on the Translink Challenge by scooting, biking or walking to school in June.
To finish our meeting, Mrs Welsh reminded the children that it is their right to learn about how to look after the environment.
Thank you Green Apples, Red Apples and parents for attending our last whole school eco-meeting!
We had such a fun day today celebrating National Children’s Day!
As a Right Respecting School we used this day as an opportunity to celebrate children’s rights. The Green and Red Apples are showing great understanding of their rights and know that no one can take their rights away! We wore something blue, sang our Rights Respecting Song, and had a picnic outside! 🌞
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.
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.
A visit from Jack and from Goldilocks!
Even the staff got involved too!
A big thank you to all of those who donated to our Book Aid cause. We raised £44.10.
At the start of December we raised money for Save the Children. Don’t we all look festive! 🎄🎅🤶
We linked this day to our Rights Respecting Schools UNICEF circle time.
Dear friends and family,
We miss you all!
Sending love to all of our family and friends at this difficult time.
Stay safe and take care.
Knockbreda Nursery School
Knockbreda Nursery School is delighted to have been accredited as a Silver Rights Respecting School!
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.
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!
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 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.
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.
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!
