Many thanks to our P6/7 ‘poppy shop staff’. The ‘Poppy Shop’ has been busy and we were delighted to raise £81 for this good cause.
Last week P4 and P5 together with the P5 children from St Patrick’s Primary school enjoyed their trip to the People’s Park in Ballymena. Our children had their break at the park. Afterwards they had time to play with the friends they have made from St Patrick’s, through the Shared Education project.
They then went by bus to Ballymena library. Here are a few things they learned at the library:-
How books are organised and how to find them.
They were shown the different sections of the library.
Given the opportubity to borrow or browse.
They were shown how to join the library.
Road Safety Week is 14-18th November and this is a good time to have a chat with your child about simple things they can do to help keep themselves safe.
Promotion & Outreach Branch, Safe & Sustainable Travel Division, Department for Infrastructure (DfI) have a variety of road safety leaflets that parents can refer to. Here is a sample of some of them:
Parents’ Leaflet (0-7 and 8-11 years)
This has advice for parents on safe forms of transport and how to teach their children about road safety.
Bus Safety (Primary)
Road safety education leaflet on-bus safety.
Be Safe, Be Seen
Advice to make sure you are seen both day and night.
These can be viewed and down-loaded here.
Our ‘Poppy Shop’ will be available in school each day this week Tues - Fri at lunchtime. Click here for prices and details of what is available. Paper poppies are also available (suggested donation 50p).
Harvest Fun!
All the children had a wonderful time at our ‘Harvest Hoolie’.
Drama with Mr Montgomery. Chocolate Apples with Mrs Howe. Harvest Craft with Mrs Henry. Harvest Quiz with Mrs Peden. Harvest Games with Mrs Gray.
What a fun morning!
Well done to these children who received awards for good presentation: Ted, Penny, Jack, Holly, Daniel, Minnie, Erin, Lily, Bethany, Hollie, Tilly and Wiktor.
Well done to these children on receiving an award for being kind and caring: Lily and Ruby (Kevin and Aoife absent)..
We have been eagerly awaiting the EA’s launch of an online payment system. They are now seeking parental input with a survey.
Have your say and help shape the EA’s new online payment solution for families and schools.
An online payment solution is an app or web link which enables parents and carers to make secure payments for school related activities such as school meals, school trips, school milk, music and recreational activities.
Tell us your experiences with online payments for school related activities by completing this short survey before Friday 4 November.
Congratulations to the joint winners of the Accelerated Reading Cup for this half term, Joy and Robin
At the Harvest Assembly five children from P4 and P5 and six from P6 and P7 were chosen to receive special rewards for high achievement in their Accelerated Reading quizzes.
We had our Harvest Assembly this morning. It was great to be able to welcome so many parents and friends to our school for this special occasion.
Thanks to our P1 and P2 children who drew some beautiful harvest pictures for the programme.
P1 - P3 children sang the song ‘The Sun Came Shining Down’
Our speaker for the Harvest Assembly was Rev Watt from Killymurris Presbyterian Church. We especailly thank him for stepping in at short notice for Colin Tinsley, who was ill.
P4 - P7 sang the song ‘You’re the God of the Sunshine’
Five girls from P6 - Evie, Hollie, Jane, Beth and Katie, gave us their Take 5 presentation. Take 5 shows five different ways in which people can maintain and improve their mental well being.
Give
Be Active
Connect
Take Notice
Keep learning
The collection today was to support the people of Ukraine.
Thanks to Laura Calderwood for preparing tea and also to Mrs Elsie Calderwood for providing the delicious traybakes.
Rasharkin Community Association are looking for thinking ahead to music at Christmas. Click here for more information
Today P3 had their Shared Education trip with the children from St Patrick’s Primary, to Portglenone Forest. This session was taken by Liz and Petra from the forest service. Liz allowed the children to explore and learn about the forest through stories and fairytales. They all had a great day in the Autumn sunshine.
Last week in their shared education session with St Patrick’s children, our P3 children enjoyed making ‘Small Worlds’ using natural materials from outdoors. From the photos, you will see that there were fairytale worlds, dinosaur worlds, princess worlds and farms and zoos.
Each year we ask our P6/7 to prepare a presentation to share with the whole school on ‘Take 5’. This helps us reminds ourselves how we can take care of our bodies and our minds. Chris Lindsay, EA, came to present our winning group, the ‘Take 5 ambassadors’ with their badges. Well done!
This Parenting Week 2022, Parentline NI remind parents, carers and family members they are here and #inyourcorner. Whatever you are facing as a parent, Parentline are here to listen, support and guide you. We have no waiting lists and are here for your call. #parentingweek
P1 and P2 have had their second morning of Shared Education with the children from St Patrick’s Primary School. The lessons which they are working on together are under the title ‘Growing Together’.
In small groups, they had a short ‘Getting to know you’ activity - their names, the things they liked or didnt like to do etc
They then heard the story ‘Tree’, which is a story about trees through the seasons.
The next activity was a scavanger hunt. The children had to find the letters of RASHARKIN which had been put up around the playground
At the end of their session, they had to evaluate their morning. All the children agreed that they had all enjoyed it a lot.
For the month of September, certificates were presented for:
Being Kind and Caring
Working well in the new school year
Congratulations to those pupils who received certificates for September!
Our P3 children along with the P3 children from St Patrick’s Primary school are meeting together for Shared Education under the title ‘EXPLORING THE OUTDOORS’
Today they had a very busy session where the made dens and mandalas.
Having fun while learning with our Shared Education friends from St Patrick’s PS.
