Open Days for Prospective Parents
Knockbreda Nursery is holding our Open Morning on Saturday 9th December 2023 between 10.00am - 12noon. Prospective parents are very welcome to visit us on that day to see around our warm and welcoming school, meet our staff and find out more about life at Knockbreda Nursery School!.
If you cannot visit on the 9th December, there will be another opportunity to join us on Tuesday 9th January from 2.00pm-3.00pm.
We look forward to meeting with you on one of these dates!
October Newsletter
Our Newsletter for October is attached here. This is the reference for all of the activities that we have planned this month and also contains useful dates for your diary.
NIFSA Forest School Family (September)
As expected the sun is out now that the kids are back to school. Here are a few things to do in the outdoors.
Jump Jiggle and Jive
To celebrate the end of year, we had a great session with Jump, Jiggle and Jive moving our bodies and practising our balancing skills! So much fun!
Green Flag Award 2023
We are thrilled to announce that Knockbreda Nursery School has been awarded for the third time in a row, the prestigious Green Flag Award! This award recognizes our commitment to promoting environmental awareness and sustainability amongst our Green and Red Apples. From recycling and composting initiatives to planting and caring for trees, the children have been actively involved in eco-friendly activities and meetings throughout the year. This award is a testament to the hard work of our students, teachers and parents and we hope to continue championing green initiatives in the future.
Keep up the good work!
Playball NI
We had so much fun in our PlayBall NI sessions with Coach Scott this month! We got a chance to practice our running, throwing, batting, catching, kicking, pulling, and working together as a team! 🏃♀️🏃
Hats and Shades Day
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!
June Newsletter
A copy of our June Newsletter can be found here for important dates and information about our activities this month.
Diversity week
On Monday The Green Apples were able to enjoy a visit from one of a mum who is from Spain. We learnt about the Spanish flag, the food, La Feria de Andalucia and we even listened to some Sevillanas music and got a chance to dress up! Thank you for coming!
The Red Apples were able to hear all about France from Mrs Beggs.
During the rest of the week we have been reading books about other places in the world and talking about flags and cultures in other countries. We have also enjoyed different snacks and fruits during the week.
Whole School Eco-Meeting
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!
The Recycling Rat Show
We were delighted to have George from the Belfast City Council back at Knockbreda, with his friend with stripy socks Mr. Rat!
George was able to talk to the children about littering, recycling, reusing and about landfill. The children were able to contribute to the story as they are very keen on looking after the environment and have now a great understanding of what items can be recycled and what bin items should be put in. Great job boys and girls!
National Children’s Day at Knockbreda Nursery School
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! 🌞
Shared Education Event
More than 140 children were able to get together at St. Bernard’s Primary School for our 4th Shared Education event of the year. The children played some number related games, enjoyed a healthy snack and were able to see some friends!
May Newsletter
Please find our May 2023 Newsletter attached here for information.
Global Action Days- Reuse
Book Swap week!
Thank you to all the parents that have already participated on our book swap!
By swapping your books, you are saving paper, water and energy that goes into printing new books.
Book swap will be available until Friday 28th April 2023.
Earth Day and Global Action Days- Reduce
As part of our commitment to our planet and our Eco-School targets, and as we also celebrate Earth Day, we have had a Meat Free lunch in school today
The menu included a quiche, chips and salad, and we chatted about the impact we can make on our loved planet Earth by reducing the meat that we eat even by one day a month!
April Newsletter
Our April Newsletter is here. This contains information about all our upcoming activities and events this month.
Big Seed Sow Week- Earth Hour
A great big THANK YOU to all the parents and grandparents who donated 60 min (or more) for Earth Hour and joined us this week in Forest School for our Big Seed Sow Week. We were able to plant many trees, bulbs and seeds and we can’t wait to see them bloom!
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!
