Nursery

Welcome to Donacloney Primary School Nursery Class Page

Here you will find some useful information about what goes on in our Nursery.

NURSERY TEACHER: Mrs K Castles

NURSERY ASSISTANT: Mrs L Keery

NURSERY TIMES: 9.00am – 1.15/1.30pm

As you can see, playing and learning at Donacloney Nursery is so much fun!

Getting Ready to Learn Programme 2021-22

Celebrating World Book Day with photos of our book collections and our favourite books.

We have been learning about animals from hot and cold places and made some tigers, giraffes, zebras, elephants , polar bears and snakes.

After listening to the story Whatever Next, we decided to have a Moon Picnic, just like Baby Bear.

Out on a birdwatching walk.

Our Big Bedtime Read Pyjama Day.

We love to plant and we are very pleased to see our daffodil shoots poking through the soil.

Having fun in the snow while learning about freezing and melting.

Learning through our Space Topic.

Fostering an interest in books is so important. This year we enjoyed listening to lots of Christmas stories.

All dressed up for our Nursery Nativity.

Getting ready for Christmas is fun!

The Daily Mile Santa Run

Lots of creativity inspired by hedgehogs 🦔

Little gardeners planting Daffodil bulbs

Learning through our Down on the Farm topic.

Odd Socks Day made us think about how we are all unique.

Off to Nursery Rhyme Land with Jo Jingles

An Autumn walk in the school grounds

Pumpkin time!

Dressing Up Day.

First days in Nursery for the class of 2021/22

Our Wildflower garden is looking very colourful.

Arrival and pick-up arrangements for 2021

Due to Covid, parents will not be able to enter the Nursery building. You can access the Nursery by walking up the side of the Nursery Unit through the large gates.

Parents must wait until a member of staff opens the gate, and must socially distance from each other, and take turns entering the Nursery outdoor area. Hand sanitiser is available.

On your child's first day, Nursery consent forms, reply slips and All About Me Books should be left in the box provided. Wellie boots, kitchen roll, tissues and drawstring bags should be left on the unit outside.

Mrs Castles or Mrs Keery will meet each child at the door as they enter from the outdoor area.

At home time parents should wait outside the Nursery gate. A member of staff will bring the children outside to be picked up.

We are staggering the pick-up times to give staff time to help get the children ready for home in groups and to enable parents to social distance while waiting. All parents have been given a time.

Starting Nursery

If you are starting Donacloney Nursery this is where you will find out all about it.

Induction Information for 2021/22

If your child is starting Nursery this year please take time to share this section of our Nursery class page with your child. It will help them become familiar with the staff, areas of play and activities on offer.

The Nursery teacher is Mrs Castles and the Nursery Assistant is Mrs Keery.

Mrs Castles and Mrs Keery will play with you and help you to learn new things.

You will do self-registration and hang your coat up on your own coat peg. You can keep your wellie boots in Nursery and you will need them when you play outside.