Eco Meeting

Our Eco Team met today to discuss progress towards our action plan and to update our Big Bird Watch survey, following the success of our bird cakes.   This week, Knockbreda Nursery School has also been supporting Waste Week and learning about the negative impact of plastic on our environment.  Pupils, staff and parents are all looking forward to the installation of our eco classroom ‘The Reco Box’ in Term 3 and the further learning opportunities this will present during our Forest School play sessions.  What a lot of eco learning is taking place, here at Knockbreda Nursery School!

World Book Day

Thank you to the many parents and family members who joined us to ‘share a story’ on World Book Day! What an exciting morning at Nursery!

Yoga at Knockbreda Nursery School

The children at Knockbreda Nursery School enjoyed a yoga session with Susan from The Yoga Quarter today.  The session focused on our senses and we all felt most relaxed after our Yoga workshop!  Thank you Susan!

March News

Please find our March Newsletter attached here.

Eco News

There was exciting news at today’s Eco Meeting!

As a school we are committed to outdoor play and the value of the Forest School approach. In order to further enhance these opportunities, Knockbreda Nursery School made an application to the lottery funded Awards for All grant scheme to apply for an eco classroom. The school is delighted that we were successful in our application and it is anticipated that our eco classroom will be installed in our Forest School in time for Term 3!

The eco classroom will allow the children a sheltered and designated learning area for activities, table tasks and snack-time, with full lighting and heating installed. The eco classroom will also include an eco toilet and hand washing facilities. The classroom has the option of video camera installation to allow the children to watch and observe the local wildlife first hard via the classroom’s bird box camera. The lottery grant award is £10, 000 and this will cover the basic classroom cost and fit.

 The Eco Committee originally suggested the idea of a ‘shelter’ for Forest School at our first meeting in October…how exciting that this idea can now become a reality!

Rhyme Time

Thank you to the librarians from Cregagh Library who delivered Rhyme Time today to the children at Knockbreda Nursery School.  We all enjoyed the many songs and rhymes!

Shared Education- Shared Circle Time

The children in the Red Apples enjoyed shared Circle Time with our friends at St Bernard’s Preschool as part of our Shared Education Partnership.  The children all took part in a Circle Time session about keeping fit and the importance of exercise, after which they enjoyed shared play together. 

What a great day we all had!  The Green Apples are looking forward to their turn to take part in shared Circle Time with St Bernard’s Preschool next month!

February Newsletter

Please find our February Newsletter attached here.

Big Garden Bird Watch

Big Garden Bird Watch 2019

RSPB

The Nursery children loved taking part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch during their Forest School sessions.  The children were keen to use the binoculars to look for different types of birds, to identify the species and to count the total of them!  The children even made some bird cake for the birds, to help care for them during these cold Winter months.

Eco Meeting

The children from the Green Apples’ class met to discuss progress towards our Eco Action Plan and to talk about our plans for taking part in The Big Garden Bird Watch.  The children are very keen to make sure that we are looking after the birds in our garden so we will be making bird cake in our cookery sessions next week.

Sincere thanks to the parents who also attended our meeting.

Final School Tour for new applicants 2019 entry

We have received a number of requests from parents keen to view our school having been unable to attend our previous open days or school tour. 

In order to facilitate parents in this position, there will be a final opportunity to visit Knockbreda Nursery and join a short tour of the school on Thursday 24th January from 1.30-2.00pm.  Please note that this tour is for parents/ carers only; children should not attend.

It would be appreciated if any new parents who plan to attend could contact the School Office on 02890 401567 to let us know.

Mr Hullabaloo

The children at Nursery enjoyed a Winter performance from Mr Hullabaloo!  Some of our children even took on the starring roles!

Campfire burning

Thank you to Carl for helping to organise our first campfire session!  The Nursery children enjoyed singing songs around the campfire during this week’s Forest School session.

Visit from the Ambulance Service

The children at Knockbreda Nursery School were delighted to receive a visit from the NI Ambulance Service.   The paramedics gave the children the opportunity to board the ambulance and look around, ask questions and even have their wounds dressed!  Thank you!

School Tour

In order to facilitate requests from parents who were unable to attend our Open Days before Christmas, there will be an opportunity for any parents who still wish to visit Knockbreda Nursery to join a short tour of the School on Tuesday 15th January between 1.30-2.00pm.

It would be appreciated if any new parents who plan to attend could contact the School Office on 02890 401567 to let us know.

January Newsletter

Our January Newsletter is attached here. This includes important school information and details of the activities and events planned for the start of the new term.

Shared Education Christmas Events

The children at Knockbreda Nursery School joined with their friends from Knockbreda Primary School and St Bernards to enjoy a Nativity performance from Knockbreda Primary School and a magic show by Fizz Whizz Pop! What a perfect end to our term!

We will look forward to shared play sessions and shared Circle Times together in the new year, as part of our Shared Education project.

Christmas Elf

The children at Knockbreda Nursery School received a visit from the Christmas Elf to remind them to keep Norther Ireland tidy so that Santa can land his sleigh safely on the streets of Belfast this Christmas Eve!  The Christmas Elf was certainly full of mischief!

Happy Christmas!

The children at Knockbreda Nursery School enjoyed wearing their Christmas jumpers to Nursery and raising money for Save the Children!  Thank you for all the generous contributions to this important charity.

They were also delighted to receive a visit from Santa!

Merry Christmas everyone!

December Newsletter

Our Newsletter for December is attached here. We have lots of festive activities planned for December and Santa will even make time to visit us before the end of term!