Banbridge Nursery School

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Christmas has arrived at BNS

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Music day 

Week beginning 18th Nov

Our first school trip to Oxford Island

Back to school after the half term holidays 

October Fun 

Week beginning 14th October 2024

This week we have been busy exploring the forest during our weekly forest  school session and we engaged in a relaxing, thinking spot activity, that encouraged us all to stop and take in the sounds and smells of the environment around us and to feel the breeze across our faces. The children have also been exploring and learning the names of different types of fruits and vegetables and pumpkins have been a huge interest as we draw closer to the Halloween holidays. We also met ‘Pickles’ the hedgehog and have been learning lots about seasonal change and woodland animals. Well done everyone on another busy week of learning and fun at BNS!

Some photos of our fun filled week

First weeks at Banbridge Nursery School!

What a fun couple of weeks it has been :D! The boys and girls have done an excellent job at settling into nursery school life and have been working hard to develop their independence and self-help skills to complete our daily school routines. There has been lots of investigating; building; negotiating and exploring within both the indoor and outdoor classroom environments, as well as getting to know each other along the way. We are incredibly proud of the boys and girls and look forward to another fun-filled week, full of learning and play.

FROM NURSERY SCHOOL TO P1!

What an incredible year it has been for the class of 2023-2024. We are so proud of the boys and girls and each of the achievements they have made throughout their time here at Banbridge Nursey School. Each and every one of them have grown so much and we feel so privileged to have had the opportunity and pleasure to teach and work with your children everyday. We all had so many special times and how fast the year did go! Now its time to part but your boys and girls will always have a special place in our hearts.

Thank you for everything!

From all of the staff at BNS ☺️❤️

What a day that was! Thank you to every single girl and boy and grown up who made this family celebration so successful, enjoyable and memorable. Enjoy the memories

Green day

Green day was so much fun! We carried out our ‘big spring clean’, built dens, searched for minibeasts and even had our snack outside like a picnic! Everyone looked brilliant wearing their green clothing and had so much fun playing outside all day.

GRANDPARENTS DAY

Streamvale farm trip

A beautiful, sunny week in BNS!

Week beginning 22nd April 

This week was gardening week and the boys and girls and our lovely parent volunteers have helped transform our school garden and made it beautiful again! Thank you again to everyone for their help :-)

Back to school fun after the Easter holidays 

Easter Celebrations

What fun we had before the Easter holidays! We painted eggs as we had intended to have an Easter egg rolling competition on the last day of school but the weather was too poor! We had an Easter disco and a surprise visit from the Easter bunny. We hope everyone had a lovely Easter!

Week beginning 19th March 2024

Another busy week. We enjoyed visits from Bert the police officer, as well as Alice’s mummy who taught us some French and Florence’s mummy who came to share some favourite stories with us. Despite the very changeable weather, we enjoyed long periods of time outside every day. Miss Thompson made a tyre swing for the girls and boys and this was a big hit!

Following on from the interest shown in floating and sinking last week, we were building boats from recycled materials and testing them in 5e water tray - some were more successful than others

4-8 March 2024

This week we celebrated World Book Day with a special musical morning. Ricky and Chris brought Jack and the Beanstalk to life through music and sounds and we loved every minute of this interactive session. 
We were also back in the forest on Tuesday and had another parent in to read some favourite stories.

 END OF FEBRUARY FUN

Back to school fun after the half term holidays!

The children have all settled in very well after their half term holidays and have been busy engaging in lots of forest school fun; developing their knowledge of people who help us in the community and developing their ability to turn take with others. There has also been lots of interest in ‘fairytales’ and playing ‘schools’ and the children have enjoyed acting out these stories and roles during their play. We continue to support the development of the children’s fine motor skills and this week they have learnt how to safely use a saw to cut elder wood, a potato peeler to whittle and a hammer to hit nails appropriately. 

Making Pancakes 

Today we made pancakes for snack. Pancake Tuesday is happening next week but the children enjoyed making pizza so much for their snack a few weeks ago and asked could they make pancakes next. The children did an excellent job at helping Miss Thompson weigh the ingredients, crack the eggs, measure the milk and stir the mixture. The children loved picking their toppings and loved eating their pancake even more.  The adults in school then had a competition to see who could toss and catch the pancake the most and Miss Thompson won!

Our Trip to the post office and post box

On Wednesday 7th February we walked down to the shop to visit the post office counter. The children payed for their stamp, which now has the King’s head on it and stuck this to their envelope. We then headed outside to the post box to post our cards.

Week beginning 29th January- 2nd February 2024

This week consisted of a visit to Downshire Nursery to see Mr Hullabaloo, learning lots about birds and a visit from our forest school officer. We have also been having lots of fun playing outdoors, building circuits and lots of music was had during our music sessions on Wednesday.

Week beginning 22nd January 2024

This week, we have been busy learning about ‘birds’ and completed the ‘big bird watch’ on Friday morning.  The boys and girls have also been very busy building large and small models; developing fine motor skills their ability tear and crumple and have learnt how to use technology I.e. the iPad to take photographs and videos of their play. 

Week beginning 15th January 2024

A busy week with a visit from ‘wee critters’ on Monday, a wintery forest school session on Wednesday and today we made pizza for snack. The children have also been very busy learning about winter and the changes it brings and have enjoyed experimenting with the freezing and melting of ice and water. We have also been practicing new skills including threading and have been singing lots of our primary movement songs, which you can find on our primary movement section on our site. 

Next week brings a forest school session with our forest school field officer and an eco school challenge- ‘ the big bird watch’. 

Have a lovely weekend!

A wonderful visit from Wee Critters!

On Monday 15th January, Allan and his wee critter friends came to Banbridge nursery to help teach the boys and girls about nocturnal animals and the importance of caring for small animals and the environment. 

Back to school fun after the Christmas holidays!