P1, 2 and 3 joined with St.Patrick’s PS for their 3rd Shared Education day. The theme for this year’s activities is Stories in nature. There was shelter building, role play and nest building all taking place. Everyone had lots of fun while learning about characters and settings in books.
We were delighted that our application for a grant to CYPSP was successful. This allowed for the purchase of new football nets for the school, as was requested by the school council. Many thanks to CYPSP for their support and the school councillors for organising it and sending a note of thanks.
Well done to our P6/7 Table Tennis team who were amazing representatives of our school. Fourteen schools took part with thirty- two individual entries in the boys under 12 section. Toby was 3rd overall with Luke getting knocked out in the semi-final. Jacob knocked Ethan out in the consolation semi - final going on to win the consolation group. A very high level of skill was on display in all the matches from our talented team.
Congratulations to these pupils who received certificates for Accelerated Reading, ReadingEggs and for showing kindness to others or excellent number work.
It was a pleasure to welcome parents and friends to share a special Easter assembly with us. The pupils performed beautifully, some musical pieces and P7s shared their amazing Easter Week animations. Mrs. Eve McMullan (SU), along with her intern, Ruth, shared a children’s Easter lesson. With many thanks to everyone who worked hard to make this event possible.
Children worked in mixed age teams to find their team’s eggs. On a beautiful sunny morning this was a great way for the children to build their skills of team work and resilience, working hard to keep going until they found all their eggs. Thanks to our school councilors children also worked together in teams to complete a scavenger hunt.
P1/2 enjoyed a great trip to Portglenone Forest, learning about the World Around Us with the help of Liz (Forest Service), alongside their peers from St. Patrick’s PS.
We were delighted to have Sinéad from Kilrea Fire Station visit our school. She talked to the P5 children about the importance of Fire Safety.
Congratulations to these pupils who received certificates in assembly to mark their improvement in spelling work and showing kindness to others.
A trip to Score, Coleraine, saw our football team take on the Causeway Sports Academy Schools Cup. We had a fantastic morning with lots of skills on show, plenty of goals and making it to the final! The boys worked hard for the team and were a fantastic representation of Rasharkin Primary School. Making it to the final was a huge accomplishment and only narrowly missing out on the trophy in penalties. Well done boys, a great team effort!
Primary 4&5 enjoyed a trip to W5 in Belfast to finish off our celebration of British Science Week. Alongside exploring the museum, we took part in a ‘Seas the Day’ workshop with Matt. He taught us about Belfast Harbour, pulley systems, infrared drones, hovering boats, and local wildlife. What a great way to spend a Friday!
The theme for British Science Week this year was “Change and adapt”. P6/7 had a special STEM day where they were given the challenge to create a marble run that would last 10 seconds. The closest was Thomas and Toby’s run which lasted 6. 45 seconds. Lots of problem solving was involved and there was some great teamwork too.
We have been delighted to work with RISE (NI) staff for many years to support pupils in our school. They have also developed a website with information and guidance to support parents of children throughout primary school, which can be accessed here, or at any time from our ‘For Parents - Links - RISE (NI)’ section of the school website.
Pupils have enjoyed researching and being creative to find costumes for World Book Day. We were so impressed by the effort many pupils went to with their costumes and it was a delight to hear all the lovely conversations about books.
Pupils in P6/7 have the chance to share stories with the pupils from Rasharkin Community Playgroup. What a delight to have these special visitors.
Click here for more information about Autism Cafes, organised by NHSCT, for any parent looking for advice or support (no diagnosis necessary).
Parent Line NI have also organised this ‘Worry to Wonder’ workshop for parents who are wondering how they can best support their child through worries.
It was great to be able to offer P6/7 children the opportunity to develop their performance skills with Konflux Theatre. Layla worked with children to prepare and then preform a pantomime version of Jack and the Beanstalk, alongside their Shared Education partners from St. Patrick’s PS. We were delighted that so many parents and friends took the time to come and see the short performance and all the wonderful props the pupils made.
Congratulations to these pupils who received certificates in assembly for 'being ‘Kind and Caring’, Super Talking and Listening and having a ‘Great Attitude to Work’ . Pupils also received certificates for their hard work in reading with Accelerated Reading certificates and ReadingEggs certificates. The AR cup was won by Anna, in recognition of her outstanding work in the last half term. Well done to everyone!
Since September 2024 our football team have been playing different schools in the Small Schools’ Football Tournament. The boys have played fantastically well throughout and earned a place in the finals. They won all their matches throughout the day, but in the final were up against a very tough team and unfortunately this year was not our year to win. The boys tried hard nonetheless and were runners up in the competition. Well done boys, we are very proud of your effort.
We’re delighted to be able to offer some of our children the chance to take part in in the ‘Express Yourself’ (RISE) programme this term. This programme is run by NHSCT staff to help children to develop strategies and techniques to express their thoughts and feelings. This has been carried out through lots of fun games and everyone has loved the weekly sessions.
The children in P6/7 enjoyed an amzing treat of full day visit to Airtastic, with P7 children from St. Patrick’s Primary School. They each got to participate in sessions in the Inflata Park, Lazer Tag and Bowling. Many thanks to TBUC that provided the funding for this entire programme and a very special treat as a finale.
