Children work with clay with artist/designer Louise Block

Children work with clay with artist/designer Louise Block

  The children recently worked with artist/designer Louise Block to create tea light holders out of clay.  The children experienced rolling, patting, moulding, cutting and ‘gluing’ the clay using their hands and various utensils.  Louise then took...
Bikes stolen from Nursery

Bikes stolen from Nursery

Sadly, several two-seater bikes (two of which were recently bought with our Sainsburys vouchers) were stolen from our school on Sunday 24th November.  The Police have CCTV footage of the bikes being taken and loaded into a van. We would be very grateful if anyone has...
Bristol in Bloom Gold Award for our garden

Bristol in Bloom Gold Award for our garden

Chris Curry recently collected the Gold Award for our garden from the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Faruk Choudhury. The Judge’s comments were as follows: “It was so good to see how the garden is continuing to be developed by an excellent staff team to create an...
Ofsted Report published

Ofsted Report published

As you know the Ofsted Inspector (Alex Baxter) visited the School on 25 and 26 September.  A copy of the Ofsted Report can be downloaded here.   Thank you to all the parent/carers who completed the questionnaire as Ofsted, and St Philip’s Marsh Nursery School,...

St Philip’s Marsh Open Day enjoyed by all

Last Sunday saw a very successful St Philip’s Marsh Open Day.  Ex-residents of the ‘Island’ (so called because of its location between the Feeder Canal and the River Avon) wanted to celebrate 50 years since the last member of the community moved out...
St Philip’s Marsh Open Day – 22 September

St Philip’s Marsh Open Day – 22 September

The School was once part of a thriving community that closed down in the early 1960s.  Wedged between the Feeder Canal and the River Avon, this ‘island’ population of six thousand people lived in rows of terraced houses, survived two world wars and the...
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