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Friday Messages

Our Friday Message – May 16th 2025

In this week’s Friday message from St Pauls, we’re excited to announce that Bianchis Restaurant, a local family business known for their incredibly delicious food, will be taking over our kitchen this summer! Parents, carers, and families are invited to a menu tasting session on Tuesday, 20th May at 9:00 am in our Community Room. We’re also continuing to focus on our Literacy Curriculum, which supports children to develop a love of books that ignite imagination, creativity, and possibilities.

Our Friday Message – May 9th 2025

In this weeks Friday Message, we have the latest dates for you to add to your diaries, including INSET days and term dates.

There are some links to the East and Central Family Hub and the Central Bristol Children’s Centre with information and support about anything relating to you and your family.

And we are delighted to announce we have an exciting new restaurant taking over our kitchen this summer.

Our Friday Message – May 2nd 2025

In this weeks Friday Message, we have some essential dates for you to add to your diaries, including INSET days, term dates and our Summer Picnic.

We have some great links to share with you, with advice for potty training and watch out for a Clay Day coming soon!

We would also like to thank everyone for all the fantastic book donations so far!

News from St Pauls

In Loving Memory of Lydia Greenslade

In Loving Memory of Lydia Greenslade

Dear Parents and Carers, I’m writing to share some incredibly sad and shocking news with you. On Monday night, we lost a hugely important and loved member of our St Pauls Team. Lydia Greenslade, one of our Early years Practitioner died in the BRI from acute and severe...

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St. Pauls Nursery’s Lucy Driver Awarded OBE

St. Pauls Nursery’s Lucy Driver Awarded OBE

We are delighted to announce that Lucy Driver, our Headteacher here at St Pauls Nursery School in Bristol, has been awarded an OBE in the 2025 New Year's Honours List for her outstanding services to Early Years Education. This prestigious recognition reflects Lucy's...

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News from the Rooms

News from Nursery Room 2 – May 2025

News from Nursery Room 2 – May 2025

We Love Worms! Have you ever been on a Woodlice Hunt? Have you ever been on a Spider Safari? We have been on a Worm Watch! In our Allotment we have a wormery. You are welcome to come and look at the worms anytime or use some of their amazing poo to help the plants...

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News from the Nursery Room 1 – May 2025

News from the Nursery Room 1 – May 2025

We Are Mathematicians! Maths is everywhere! Children are natural mathematicians. They intuitively look for patterns and relationships. We have been “researching children researching the world”! Michael from Bristol University has been helping us with Block Play...

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News from the The Pod (Nursery Room 3) – May 2025

News from the The Pod (Nursery Room 3) – May 2025

We Make Marks Our St. Paul’s Promise “I can use marks to communicate meaning” supports and encourages children to explore and experiment with marks. We have made HUGE marks outside with water and BIG painting and decorating brushes. We have made intricate, powdery...

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News from the Baby Room 2 – May 2025

News from the Baby Room 2 – May 2025

Researching Children Researching the World! Here at St. Paul’s we are fascinated by children’s fascinations! Their curiosity is compelling! Their explorations exciting! A significant part of our thinking, learning and teaching here is REFLECTIVE NOTICING. This means...

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News from the Baby Room 1 – May 2025

News from the Baby Room 1 – May 2025

Clay Play Rhea – our amazing Artist-in-Residence – has been “claying” with children from Babies to Nursery – and teaching and supporting all of us to play and explore with clay. We have been; Squeezing Slicing Pushing Tapping Rolling Pressing Scraping Cutting Pulling...

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News from the Early Years 2 Room – May 2025

News from the Early Years 2 Room – May 2025

Researching Children Researching the World! Here at St. Paul’s we are fascinated by children’s fascinations! Their curiosity is compelling! Their explorations exciting! A significant part of our thinking, learning and teaching here is REFLECTIVE NOTICING. This means...

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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

Drop–ins
1:1 Family Support
Parenting Programmes
Training and qualifications for parents
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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