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We have been delighted to have coaches from Coaching for Christ with us each week throughout the school year. To say thank you, we had a sponsored non uniform day and are most grateful to our generous parents who enabled us to pass on a cheque for £700.
P1 and P2 enjoyed their trip to Portglenone Forest on Wednesday 10th May. This was a Shared Education trip with the children from St Patrick’s Primary. Liz from Forest Services, had set up The Gruffalo trail for the children to follow. They enjoyed trying to work out the animals that the little mouse would meet, from the clues that were along the trail. They also enjoyed learning the names of trees and flowers as they walked along. They also loved the bluebells and were excitied to see the squirrels in the trees. Their morning finished with some den building.
Thank you to STEM ambassador Anna who delivered a sugar workshop to P6/7. They learned how much sugar there is in different food, drinks and cereals and how to reduce sugar in our diet by only eating these foods occasionally or as a treat.
Congratulations to Mark on receiving his Grade 1, piano exam. Mark has piano lessons in school with our piano teacher, Mrs. Heather McAleese. Ambassador Mr Ilir Kapiti from Kosovo, presented the certificate.
We’re delighted to have Eve and Katie (E3 Schools’ workers) and volunteers from the local church, coming into school each Wednesday, to offer pupils a lunchtime Scripture Union club. We really appreciate all the time the volunteers give up.
We were delighted that all P7s were able to complete a Cycling Skills course with Johnny McCrystal, Sustrans.
Thanks to a grant from Causeway Coast and Glens, we were able to enjoy a picnic lunch to commemorate the coronation. Pupils also completed a craft, planted seeds for themselves and a ‘coronation sunflower bed’. Mr. Ian Paisley and Ambassador Mr Ilir Kapiti from Kosovo, presented our pupils with a certificate to mark the coronation.
We are very pleased to be able to offer pupils our first ever after school ‘Jimnastics’ club.
Thank you to Roy from Sentinus who visited school on Thursday to give the P6/7 class a talk on potential career paths in Information Technology.
The staff and volunteers with Sharkin-Plan-It wanted to make sure as many parents as possible get the chance to have their views heard and have asked us to share this questionnaire. There is a small amount of funding to allow for a prize draw for those taking part. The closing date is 15th May.
We were delighted to present certificates to these children for ‘Being Kind and Caring’ and ‘Great Effort with Talking and Listening’, during the months of March and April
Congratulations to Jace, Sophie and Caleb who received these Easter eggs as prizes for their winning entries into the colouring competition for Autism NI.
Congratulations to Ted, Caleb, Penny Emilie and Jace who received certificates for Reading Eggs in P1 and P2.
Archie, Daniel and Ruby were certificate winners in P3
Congratulations to the children in P4 - P7 who received certificates for Accelerated Reading for the Easter half term.
Some children received special prizes for 100% accuracy in their quizzes.
There were also prizes for Top 5 children, who exceeded their target by the greatest percentage.
This year, we as a school, have been looking at talking and listening. The training below may be of interest to some parents.
Pupils enjoyed helping their team mates find the eggs hidden in the school grounds.
After their Fair trade assembly, P7 held a competition for each class to win an Easter egg. Thank you to all those children who entered. Jace won the P1/2 colouring competition, Lexi won the P3/4 colouring competition and Harry won the P5/6 Fair Trade quiz. Well done and enjoy your Easter eggs!
Congratulations to Izabelle P4 and Sophia P6 who were joint winners of the Accelerated Reading Cup for this half term.
Today was our Easter Assembly and we were delighted to have Mr Stanley Lee, former Principal of our school, as our special guest. We were also pleased to see so many parents and friends who had taken time to be present with us.
P 1- P3 sang ‘It’s a Happy Day’
Recorder Group played, ‘God is so Good and God’s not dead’
P4 - P7 sang ‘Thank you for Loving Me’
Mr Lee then spoke to us about the Easter Story and about how Jesus died to take away our sins.
Thanks to Laura Calderwood and Charlene Calderwood for serving refreshments. Also thanks to the P4 and P5 children who drew some beautiful Easter pictures for our programme.
