A message from Dave, our Sustran's Officer;
My Sustrans activity this week for your pupils is an ‘active’ Scavenger Hunt.
It’s really simple and fun and if you can, I’d love you to share it.
The worksheet is attached to this message.
This is the link to a short description video on YouTube https://youtu.be/RIG8N38qKp4
Have a good week!
Warm regards, Dave.
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Dear parents
I trust that you and your families are keeping well and staying safe.
As happened previously, the Learning Packs will have to be collected from school and with this is mind the main School Mall will be open on Friday 29 May (9.30am – 3.00pm) and again on Monday 01 June (9.30am - 3.00pm). We ask that you simply collect the final Learning Pack from the school Central Mall, avoiding conversation with any other parents in the building at that time. There should be no more than two adults in the Central Mall at any time, so please be vigilant and observe social distancing rules. (The Mall doors will be off the Buzzer System so access is more straight forward enabling you to enter and leave the building with ease).
Nursery parents will also receive a SeeSaw code from Mrs Emerson. For those nursery children who have a sibling in the school, the SeeSaw code is in their sibling's pack. All other SeeSaw codes can be collected from the designated Nursery Table at the top end of the Mall.
We have Key Worker children in school so we ask that you DO NOT move to the classrooms or attempt to speak with staff who may be in the building. It is vital at this time that we avoid contact with other people. Later in the month we will have any outstanding class books etc ready for collection along with an End of Year Report.
My Board of Governors, staff and I extend very best wishes to each member of the Waringstown Primary School community.
My thoughts and prayers continue to be with you all.
C McCambley
(Principal)
Here are a few suggestions for Nursery home learning linked to our May Minibeasts Topic…
· Go for a minibeast hunt in your garden – can you name the minibeasts you find? Talk about colour, shape, number of legs etc
· Use the internet to look at pictures of common minibeasts and have a go drawing or painting your favourite minibeast!
· Use old junk art material eg. Yoghurt pots to make a 3D minibeast
· Use lego or other construction material to make a minibeast
· Use play dough (or make dough) and manipulate the dough to make minibeasts – adding the correct parts – eyes, feelers, legs etc
· Make spider biscuits using plain round biscuits, icing sugar and laces to cut into 8 legs
· Physical movement and role play – can you pretend to be a minibeast? Crawling on ground, hopping two feet together,
slithering along ground. Play guess who I am?
· Sing rhymes and songs from the May rhyme sheet about minibeasts
· Watch Minibeast Adventures with Jess (youtube)
Dear Parents of Primary 7 Pupils
Re: Post Primary School Admissions 2020/21
The Education Authority has taken the decision to prepare and issue notification of post primary placement letters on behalf of schools to parents / guardians for receipt on Thursday 04 June 2020. The letter will provide: the application outcome, information on the appeals process and links to the EA website for more information.
Should you not receive a letter from the Education Authority informing you of your child’s next school, or if you would like to speak to someone about your child’s placement, please contact the school on Thursday 04 June (9.00am – 12 noon).
Yours faithfully
C McCambley
Please find below a web link to the You are not alone campaign. Newry and Mourne District Council have teamed up with the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust to launch a media campaign, aimed at children/young people, to support those who may be experiencing domestic abuse.
https://www.newrymournedown.org/safeguarding
Please find attached a PDF which may help discussing Covid-19 with your child.
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Here's a creative writing project our pupils may enjoy whilst at home. The British Library is asking children to write miniature books in lockdown, following the footsteps of the Bronte children two hundred years ago. This miniature books will form part of an online "National Library of Miniature Books for the toy world."
Use the link below to get more details
https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books/activities/make-a-miniature-book
Follow the link below to access daily interactive music ideas and follow up activities;
http://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/
Hello! I hope you and your family are well.
Our Sustrans officer Dave Wiggins, who your children will know from school, has produced a week 6 activity called JUNIOR BIKE DOCTOR.
It encourages and helps families to get out their bicycles and check them over to make sure they are in good condition and safe to ride.
Here is a link to the YouTube video which explains the activity https://youtu.be/17VDfJMb9Ic
A worksheet and certificate are attached.
You can send in any photographs to @SustransNI on Social Media.
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Usually during Term 3 of the school year, we’d be spending this time preparing for our Annual School Sports Day and this year will be no different.
The sports organisation, Healthy Kidz, have created a number of fun sporting events that will allow you to compete against the other pupils in our school, by recording your results in the Healthy Kidz App.
The Resource Pack attached will provide you with the information you need to get signed up, set up these events and improve all of the components of your physical fitness in preparation for the Healthy Kidz Home Sports Day.
Beginning Monday 11th May, we’re asking you to stay active at home, by practicing all of the different events using the Coaching Tips and Preparation advice.
Once you’ve given each of the 7 events a go, you'll be asked to choose your 5 favourites and complete them using the guidance on *Saturday, 13th June*, recording your results in the Healthy Kidz App. You can then compare your results with your friends to see who managed to get the best score in each event.
There is also a ‘Create Your Own Obstacle Course’ challenge, which you can start thinking about prior to Sports Day.
As part of their 20 for 20 campaign, Healthy Kidz have teamed up with SPAR, EUROSPAR, VIVO, VIVOXTRA, VIVO ESSENTIALS, who will be offering a £20 voucher to one lucky winner at each participating school to spend at their local SPAR, EUROSPAR, VIVO, VIVOXTRA or VIVO ESSENTIALS store when social distancing has ended. To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is record a 20-day streak on the Healthy Kidz App, which can include Sports Day Practice, Sport, Exercise, Healthy Eating or Wellbeing activity.
Register here (and make sure you select Waringstown Primary School in the drop down menu)
https://healthy-kidz.com/hk-virtual-sports-day/
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Often used a symbol of peace and hope, rainbows have been appearing across the country. We know many of our children have been creating colourful rainbows to both give cheer to those who see them and to thank key workers for their hard work. Some of you may even have created rainbow patterns using chalk on walls, paths and driveways outside their homes.
Well here's another option...using science to create your own rainbow. Simply follow the instructions in this link;
https://wowscience.co.uk/create-a-rainbow/
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