Waringstown Primary School had a terrific response to the World Book Day this year once again. The children in the Foundation Stage and Key Stage One enjoyed dressing up as favourite characters whilst the remainder of the school were engaged in World Book Day activities in their respective classes.
Take a look through our gallery to see how we got on:
Today both Primary Four reversed the lessons carried out in our last Forest School Session. P4McA looked at estimation and measurement while P4G created and re-enacted scenes from Little Red Riding Hood.
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WOW! What an Assembly treat we had today from P6M. The children's theme of Fair trade was taken to a new level with drama, music, YouTube clips and much more. The whole school from Nursery right up to P7 enjoyed learning about this P6 topic. Next time you buy always look out for the fair trade mark.
A big thank you to Susie from Waringstown Presbyterian Church for taking our Scripture Union on Tuesday. The children who attended SU really enjoyed her lesson and they were taught a new song all about Timothy chapter 4 verse 12.
As part of their 999 emergency services topic P1 had a special visit from a Paramedic.
The children had great fun exploring the ambulance. They tried on helmets and coats and even got the chance to sit on the stretcher.
Their highlights included going up on the tail lift, seeing the flashing lights and hearing the siren. Seeing a real ambulance first hand helped them to produce super pictures of ambulances using the correct colours and markings when they returned to class. Enjoy looking at the children’s experiences!
The whole school came together on Wednesday 07 March for a very special Morning Assembly. Mrs June Best from 'Guide Dogs' was accompanied by her friend (and volunteer with the guide Dogs organisation) Mrs Michele Hutchinson. Mrs Best had her guide dog, Alex, at her side throughout the assembly and the children were mesmerised by him throughout. Some of the children close by him also managed to enjoy giving Alex a stroke or two!
Mrs Best and Mrs Hutchinson spoke to us about how their friendship had come about and how important it is for sighted people to act as volunteer helpers. Children from each Year Group had prepared questions and some were able to pose their specific question to our visitors. The whole morning was informative and most enjoyable.
As a school we have established a link with Guide Dogs organisation and hope through the final phase of our fund raising to be able to donate £1,500 towards the training of a new guide dog. Perhaps it will even be Mrs Best's new guide dog after Alex retires as he's 8 now. Mrs Best has even thought of an appropriate name and has decided upon the name of 'Waring.' What a wonderful name!
The children were very well-behaved during our Assembly and managed to have a little stroke of Alex as we filed out of the hall. Alex was presented with a bone and dental stick just to show how much we appreciated his visit.
It is hoped that in the very near future the Nursery children will see the return of Mrs Best, Mrs Hutchinson and Alex along with a Guide Dog puppy.
There will be a non-uniform day at the end of term to add to our current total which stands at £700.
Take a look through our gallery to see how well Alex behaved:
World Maths Day was celebrated in both Primary 6 classes on Wednesday 7th March. Both classes enjoyed extra maths activities and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the experience.
Due to having the Belfast Giant’s Educational Programme in school earlier this year we have been given a number of free tickets for the Belfast Giants Vs Cardiff Devils game on Friday 16 March (7pm start). I only have a small number of tickets available, which come in a bundle of 1 adult ticket and 5 children's tickets(up to the age of 16). If you would like to avail of these tickets please email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. It will be FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis to be as fair as possible.
P4 braved the elements and got out for another Forest School session on their first day back after Storm Emma. Today, two sessions took place, with one class working on estimation and measurement, and the other class taking part in a story telling art lesson.
The class working on measurement had to estimate and measure different areas of our Forest School base. They used different types of measuring tapes, metre sticks, trundle wheels and non-standard units of measurement such as their own feet to estimate and then measure different lengths.
The class working on story telling listening to a Forest Based story, and then had to create scenes from the story which were then explained to the rest of the class.
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Please note the following change to the Dinner Menu for the week commencing Monday 05 March 2018.
Our cook, Mrs McCormick has been forced to make changes to the dinner menu due to cancelled food deliveries.
On Monday 05 March dinner will be burgers, fish fingers and chips.
Thank you for your patience as we seek to return to normal on Monday.
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