We are proud to announce that we are the first nursery in Northern Ireland to receive the PremAware Award and hold ‘PremAware Nursery’ status. The award was presented by TinyLife, in partnership with The Smallest Things Charity - for Premature Babies & Their Families. 

We are delighted to be the first nursery school in Northern Ireland to receive this award. As a team, we are always striving to meet the needs of the children and families in our community. The training was a way for our staff to gain a better understanding of how children who experience preterm birth can be impacted later in life and what we can do to support those children. While we understand that not all children who are born preterm will experience difficulties, achieving this accolade has developed our capacity to have open and informed conversations with families and will help us to ensure every child in St Joseph’s reaches their full potential.  

June 2023