Our School Blogs

With the anniversary of our Nursery creeping closer the excitement is building. A huge thanks to Mid and East Antrim Borough Council for funding towards our “Artist in the community...

On Friday 12th May 2017, Ballymena Nursery School celebrates turning 50! Nursery school will not have classes that day, however, we will be open from 3:00-7:00pm and all children and...

# Ballymena Nursery School closed due to Covid-19 Hi boys and girls! Thank you so much for all your kind messages. The staff at Ballymena Nursery School will miss you, but we...

Calling all parents and guardians! If your child is registered to start Ballymena Nursery School in September, please make sure all of your forms have been returned to nursery before they start...

We are busy in nursery getting our classrooms ready to welcome all our new boys and girls, and of course our returners. We hope you are getting ready for nursery...

At this time it is very important to have discussions with your children about starting nursery. Explain to them as best you can, what will happen on a typical nursery...

Here at Ballymena Nursery School, we always emphasise that we work in partnership with parents. We sometimes need your helping hands with extra activities or charity fundraisers, but we also...

It’s natural for all children to worry at times, and because of personality and temperament differences, some may worry more than others. Luckily, parents can help their children learn to...

Welcome back to nursery everyone! We have had a very good first week and most children have settled well. The children are beginning to pick up the nursery rules and...

The Principal of Ballymena Nursery School has successfully been trained in providing a Safe Place in nursery. The training, knowledge and professional development, good guidelines and practise has been shared...

Activities at home should be designed to help your child love language and literacy. Build your child’s confidence and encourage any attempts along the road to drawing, communicating, reading and...

Although the weather in Northern Ireland does not always support outdoor play, we do our best at Ballymena Nursery to get outside as often as possible! We are very lucky...

Fine motor development involves the use of small muscles in the hands and fingers, and is needed for everyday activities now and in the future. It is the ability to...

Our Open Day always has lots of interest for parents of children starting nursery the following year. We would love for everyone to join us and look around but unfortunately...

On Friday everyone wore their spotty clothes and we had a teddy bears picnic in order to raise some funds for Pudsey bear and Children in Need. We had taken...

We have a strict ICT policy at nursery which the children, parents, staff and volunteers all must adhere too. Mrs McMullan, our ICT coordinator has also previously been involved in...

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# Thank you for visiting our website. # # We hope you enjoy our virtual open day. While we hope to be able to open our doors to you all...

Ballymena Nursery School has been awarded the title of “Every School a Good School” in recognition of our nursery having a high level of capacity for sustained improvement in the...

“The Sharing From The Start initiative which involves over 2400 children is supported by the European Union’s Peace IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. It involves early...

Being creative is about making new things, taking risks, experimenting, coming up with new ideas, solving problems and coping with uncertainty. Creative play, both indoors and outdoors, not only helps...

Throughout November and December we have been working hard at Ballymena Nursery preparing our virtual nativities. We have enjoyed lots of beautiful quiet Christmas carols together, lively upbeat party tunes...

This year we have had to take a very different approach to our work for our ECO school green flag award. One of the ways we have had to adapt...

Our first term is over and boy has it been busy. Meeting new people, learning new rules, establishing new routines and we have enjoyed lots of new activities. To end...

At nursery we celebrate the opportunity to teach the children about world cultures. We can travel the world without needing a suitcase. Starting the new term together, introducing the children...

Next week we would have been settling back into nursery after the Christmas break with a fun activity – a special week long show and tell! Whichever way a family...

Today we want to share a link with you for free books online. Please check them out at - https://monkeypen.com/pages/free-childrens-books Thank you to our friends from First Steps Playgroup for...

To celebrate the world around us, the first country that we learn about is here, home, Northern Ireland. At Ballymena Nursery we begin the new year with a renewed emphasis...

"Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful is an environmental charity dedicated to making Northern Ireland a cleaner and more pleasant place in which to live." This website is the central hub for...

Junk art is a fun and exciting way for children to explore new ways of improving the world around us. Not only are they having fun and being creative, they...

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the changes that this has made to the school landscape, KNIB Eco Schools program has created guidance that will help us navigate...

While we don’t “teach” maths at Nursery, children are using early math skills throughout their daily routines and activities. We learn about shapes and colours, size and measurements etc. everyday...

Boys and girls you have been working so hard, we are so proud of you! We wanted to share some of your best bits for everyone to see on our...