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All schools are encouraged to advocate a consistent message about healthy eating, as per the Food in Schools Policy. This means all food and drink provided and consumed within the education setting should be nutritious and of good quality. School meals are a great choice, however if parents decide to provide a packed lunch, or morning break or snack, the following guidance may be useful for healthy eating tips and ideas.
The ‘Are you Packing a Healthy Lunch?’, ‘Healthy Breaks for Schools’ and ‘Healthy Choices’ resources are all available by clicking on each title.
The Public Health Agency, in partnership with Health & Social Care Trust dietetic teams, are running a series of nutrition webinars including sessions on healthy lunchbox and snack ideas, which parents may find useful. For further details and joining instructions please check the PHA social media channels. If the dates/times don’t suit or you would like to find out more about other nutrition topics, pre-recorded sessions are available to watch on the Public Health Dietitians - YouTube channel.
Well done to Dan on his success.
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On Tuesday 28th June, P6/7 went orienteering to Portglenone Forest under the guidance of Mr Fred Corscadden who had taken the children for an after schools orienteering club during the year. Despite the heavy rain, the children had a great time and completed two courses with some fast times.
Today we had a very entertaining morning in school watching our annual Rasharkin’s Got Talent competition. Thanks to Mrs Wright and the P7 children for organising this :- gathering music, doing powerpoints, posters, organising prizes and sorting out the running of the competition.
Everyone enjoyed listening to piano, violins, drums, jokes, songs and watching football demonstrations, gymnastics, dancing and magic tricks. It was a very varied programme, show casing the many talents of our children.
The shared winners of the trophy were Brooke with a beautiful ribbon dance, and Thomas drumming.
On Wednesday 22nd June we had our Prize Day to celebrate the many succesess of our pupils throughout the year. This year we had two sessions, P1 - P3 and this was followed by P4 - P7. We were delighted to welcome parents and friends to these events. Our special guest speaker was Mr Jonny McCrystal from Sustrans. He encouraged us all to be more active when we are travelling locally. Congratulations to everyone who received certificates, achievements awards and special trophies.
Best wishes to the children in P7 who will be moving to their new schools in September. We look forward to hearing how they are getting on in the years ahead. We are also saying goodbye to Mrs Morrison who has been with us as Classroom Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisor for the past six years. We thank her for her faithful service to our school.
Well done to all the children who took part and enjoyed the team games on Sports Day. A massive thanks to Mrs. McIlmoyle who worked hard to carefully collate the points. Thanks to Mr. Wilson who judged the mascots for us. The winning team was the ‘Royal Racoons’, who also had the winning mascot. Second place were the ‘Regal Tigers’ and third place went to the ‘Jubilee Winners’..
On Friday 17th June P4/5 went to CAFRE Greenmount campus as part of the ‘Bank of Ireland’s’ Open Farm Weekend. While there they had the opportunity to:
Make their own butter
Experience what it would be like to milk a cow
Visit and identify vegetables growing in the vegetable plot
Visit the milking parlour
Make their own flower arrangements to give to their dads, grandads, uncles etc in the floristry department
See lots of different types of farm machinery
After we left Greenmount we went to Antrim Castle Gardens where we had a picnic and then visited the new garden that was created for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee before walking along the river path to Antrim Loughshore where the children played in the park and fed the ducks.
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On 25th May the P1,2&3s enjoyed a trip to bushmills, where they were treated to a morning of craft and role play to commemorate the village’s past connections to the Queen. The highlight of the morning for most of the children was a trip on the tram to the Giant’s Causeway. The day was finished off with lunch and play at Megaw Park Ballymoney.
Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who used their time to help us garden. It was a lovely opportunity to enjoy each others’ company and for chidlren and adults to work together to make our school grounds even better.
Today we had a very special Jubilee themed Sports Day. It was great to see so many parents and friends coming along to support the children. The main races were, bean bag, obstacle, running and egg and spoon. The P4-7 children also participated in the mini marathon around the school grounds. We also had four Jubilee team activities, - Feed the corgi; Coronation; March of the Guards; The Queen’s Royal Polo. Thanks also to those parents who joined in the obstacle race.
Many families are starting the think about uniform for next school year. Please remember to label all uniform. If you choose to purchase labels from ‘My NameTags’ the school receives 24% from all orders.
Over the last year, the CCEA Primary Maths Team have developed the Help Your Child with Maths hub to support parents and teachers as you work together from home and the classroom.
This primary resource will continue to grow in the next academic year and help learners to use consistent maths language and processes as they study.
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On Friday 27th May we had a lovely visit from the Mayor for Causeway Coast and Glens. He called in to see the children enjoying the fruit and vegetables that is served up each Friday morning free to pupils thanks to a grant from Causeway Coast and Glens.
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We enjoyed crafts and games on Wednesday 1st June to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The children decorated fabric squares which will be sewn together and used to create a large patchwork and made individual souvenirs in their classrooms. Lunch was a big picnic outside in the sunshine. Many thanks for Causeway Coast and Glens and DE for their grants whcih made this all possible.
