North Eastern Education and Library Board Ballyclare Nursery School Grange Drive Ballyclare BT39 9EY Tel/Fax: 02893 352982 Email: ballyclarenursery@yahoo.co.uk Principal: Mrs. K.M. Castles B.Ed; D.A.S.E; M.Ed.

Home What's New About Us Staff List Our Facilities Calendar Policies Activities P.T.A Contact Us Visits, Events/Activities for Children These are a sample of the activities we provide for the children (these vary each year). At our Jo Jingles sessions, children can play percussion instruments expressively, sing songs, hold a tune and find the rhythm to move and dance to. Most importantly, the children have lots of fun and everybody joins in. Special Activities This year the children will enjoy visits from Big Bad Bass (an Ulster Orchestra trio), Exploris, R.S.P.B., the Rain Forest Adventurers and Armagh Planetarium. We are also privileged to work with Liz Weir, a fantastic local story teller and Anu Sundaralingam, A Sri Lankan artist and both these ladies provide a valuable specialist input into our work with the children. The school photographer comes every year to take individual and class photographs. Last year parents,staff and children rounded off the year with a very enjoyable PTA barbeque in Carnfunnock Country Park. Helping Others Every year we send shoe boxes to Romania, and have a sponsored tricycle ride. Last year we donated money to Marie Curie's Daffodil Appeal and the children thoroughly enjoyed planting and looking after their daffodil bulbs. The school also donated to the Children's Heartbeat Trust as one of our families was involved in this project. Jobs people do We try to arrange visits from police, ambulance and fire brigade but sometimes this is just not possible due to severe demands on their time. The school was very pleased to welcome several of our parents who were willing to share their work experiences with the children. Dr Stevenson allowed the children to use her stethoscope which they were totally enthralled by. Mrs Healy and her beautiful, patient dog allowed the children to listen to its heartbeat and Mrs Templeton encouraged the children to examine each other's eyes which was a fascinating experience.

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