We are writing to share some important news with our nursery community. Carolyn, our much-loved SENDCo, will be leaving Ilminster Avenue Nursery School at the end of this term after an extraordinary 30 years of dedicated service to our children and families. Carolyn...
We are delighted to announce that our new room has been built following a successful funding bid, enabling more spaces for our eligible two-year-olds in our community. We will be able to offer an extra 40 spaces across the week, significantly expanding our provision...
Welcome to Term 2! I love this term! First come the amazing autumn colours. The children love to explore the leaves, pinecones and conkers. They use them to make pictures, prints and collages. After Autumn comes the excitement of Christmas! We will be planning lots of...
Welcome to Term 1! I would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new families, as well as a “welcome back” to our returning families. It is so lovely to see you all again, safe and well! It is an exciting start to the new year! As I am sure many of you will have...
The Bristol Children’s Centres Parenting Team work all through the Summer holidays and are starting to fill groups that start in September now! See below some information from Bristol Children’s Centres about their FREE parenting programmes. Are you pregnant or a...
We received this beautiful testimonial from a parent that we wanted to share... End of an era... And just like that… my darling Dixie’s nursery days are over. 🥹💖 She started in Raindrops back in April 2023, completely non-verbal — but she settled quickly and truly...
On Tuesday the 29th of July, come on down to the Knowle West Health Park Community Fun Day, running from 11:00am to 3:00pm! For a fun filled day, including face painting, craft activities and circus fun with Circomedia. There’s a free lunch from 12:30pm and drop-in...
Join in the fun at the Inns Court Summer Festival, running from Saturday the 19th of July up until Monday the 21st of July. There will be food, crafts activities, bouncy castles, games and circus skills. For more information visit the Boing Café or visit the Inns...
Please note, our last day of this term (and the 2024-2025 academic year) will be Friday, 18th July 2025, but we will be holding Stay and Play sessions on Monday, 21st and Tuesday, 22nd July from 10:00 am - 11:00 am for new and returning children. Our 2025-2026 Term...
Exciting news from Ilminster Avenue Nursery School! We are now proudly showcased on the newly launched Bristol Nursery Schools website, highlighting our city's remarkable maintained nursery schools. Since 1936, we've been champions of play-based learning in our...