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Friday Messages

Our Friday Message – 19th December 2025

In this week’s Friday Message we have some essential dates for your diary, including the end of the current term and start of the next term.

Thank you so much to all the children, families, practitioners for making our Christmas Parade and Carol singing so so fabulous!

We had Ali and Tom come in to do interviews with some families and we cannot thank you enough for the incredibly kind words.

And for those families celebrating Christmas we wish you a very special day and to all of you have a HAPPY HOLIDAY!

Our Friday Message – December 12th 2025

In this week’s Friday Message we some important dates for your diaries including term dates, INSET days and our Christmas Parade, the children are busy making Christmas Trees and decorations out of recycled materials ready for the event.

If you still haven’t applied for a primary school place for 2026, there are links to help you do so.

And we are really interested in the family, cultural, religious festivals and celebrations that happen in your family across the year. Please let us know what and how you celebrate.

Our Friday Message – December 5th 2025

In this week’s Friday Message we would like to share some essential date for you to add to your diaries.
Such as, our Christmas Parade, term dates and INSET Days.

Reception places needs to be applied for before the 15th of January 2026, there are some links to help with applications.

And we are really interested in the family, cultural, religious festivals and celebrations that happen in your family across the year.

Please let us know what and how you celebrate – you can write on our sandwich board at the front entrance or let your child’s keyperson know.

News from St Pauls

Join Our Outstanding Team – Daycare Administrator Role

Join Our Outstanding Team – Daycare Administrator Role

We're looking for an experienced administrator to become part of our happy, bustling team at one of Bristol's most dynamic early years settings. As the Bristol Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, there's never a dull moment here – we're constantly evolving, responding...

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New Core Book Videos

New Core Book Videos

Core Books are an essential approach to how children learn to read. They are a set of books that children read again and again and know really well. This helps them become really familiar and confident with practising the storybook language, so they can retell and...

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News from the Rooms

News from the Baby Room 2 – December 2025

News from the Baby Room 2 – December 2025

Belonging Baby We have been thinking about Belonging in Baby Room haven’t we? It’s been our ‘research question’ and we’ve been really interested in how the babies connect with each other, connect with the Nursery, connect with home and here, connect to their many...

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News from The Pod (Nursery Room 3) – December 2025

News from The Pod (Nursery Room 3) – December 2025

Shadow and Light We love our lightbox. We love our over-head-projector. We love to play with light. We love shadow play! Our St. Paul’s Promise “I am a great learner” supports children to be Resourceful Reflective Absorbed Involved Playing with light and dark, making...

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News from the Nursery Room 2 – December 2025

News from the Nursery Room 2 – December 2025

Orange Group in the Woods This term, the Orange Group have enjoyed exploring the woods, growing in confidence as big, bold movers outdoors. They have climbed fallen trees, stretched through tangled branches and challenged themselves to jump from logs, building...

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News from the Nursery Room 1 – December 2025

News from the Nursery Room 1 – December 2025

5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Lift Off! At the beginning of this term, we were led by one child’s interest in space and followed their learning to the moon and back! The children created space costumes and rockets using different materials…cutting, wrapping, sticking,...

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News from the Early Years 2 Room – December 2025

News from the Early Years 2 Room – December 2025

We Hammer with One Hammer, One Hammer...! Did you know that Sorrel is forest-school trained? She’s been busy leading on our outdoor learning. Out-and-about in the minibus. By the fire. In the garden. And in our new Woodwork Workshop! Sorrel has been teaching the...

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News from the Baby Room 1 – December 2025

News from the Baby Room 1 – December 2025

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! We made our own Christmas Trees this year didn’t we – wow what beautiful, brilliant, collaborative creations! But we also wanted the children to experience the magnitude of a REALLY REALLY BIG BIG TREE! Our St. Paul’s Promise “I...

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Ofsted - Outstanding!

We have achieved Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ in both our Nursery School and Children’s Centre and are now a partner in BEYTC (Bristol Early Years Teaching Consortium) and ‘Centre of Excellence for Under 3s’.

Children thrive in the setting as a result of the stimulating curriculum and the support and challenge which adults provide. They are exceptionally well prepared to move to the next stage of their education.

Ofsted Report 2019

Leaders make sure that children learn in a highly supportive and caring environment. The nurturing relationships between adults and children and the organisation of daily routines help children to develop positive habits and attitudes to learning.

Ofsted Report 2019

Family Support

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Volunteer Programme

Early Education

Free Nursery Education Places for 3-4 yr olds
Free Daycare places for 2 yr olds who meet the governments criteria
Fee-paying Daycare places for babies, 2-3s
Afterschool clubs
Holiday clubs

Professional Learning Development

Training for EYs Practitioners
Research
Placements
Train to Teach
Setting to Setting support
Study days
Placements
Networking

Address

St Pauls Nursery School & Children’s Centre
Little Bishop Street
St Pauls
Bristol
BS2 9JF

Email

stpaulsncc@bristol-schools.uk

Phone

0117 903 0337
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Fax

0117 903 1046

Term Dates

You can find our term dates here
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