In Forest School this week P4 looked at butterflies. We talked about their importance to biodiversity and learnt some key terms associated with the life cycle of a butterfly. The children then worked in groups of three to create a symmetrical butterfly on the ground.
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The girls' football team from Waringstown certainly have smiles all around this morning after bringing home the Kennedy Cup! On Monday 18th June 15 teams from all over Northern Ireland took part in the annual Kennedy Cup. Waringstown were hoping to make it 4 wins out of 5 but with so many team it was a difficult "ask" for our girls.
Nonetheless, they set to their task straight away and won a very competitive group including Hart, Friends (Lisburn), Poyntzpass and Carrick. The girls progressed to the quarter finals where a resolute Orchard Primary School held out until Golden Goal finally separated the teams.
The semi-final against Abercorn Primary School was a fiercely contested match but a goal early on settled the nerves and Waringstown had made the final once again.
Kings Park Primary School, who had a very strong team were awaiting the girls in the final, but a well worked move and shot, which was handled on the line gave Waringstown a penalty which was clinically dispatched by our captain. This goal proved vital and the Kennedy Cup returned home to our trophy cabinet where it will remain for a year.
Congratulations to all of our girls who played some wonderful football along the way. Mr Brown, Mr Mitchell and Mr Gault were so very proud of this squad of ten players, while Mr McCambley looked on from the side lines willing the girls to success!
Well done girls!
We are delighted to have received the Silver SUSTRANS award due to the efforts of pupils, parents and staff in all the active travel initiatives that have taken place over the year. Watch out in the 2018/19 academic year as we go for gold!
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Primary 5 recently had a very enjoyable visit to Parliament Buildings, Stormont. They were given the opportunity to visit the Great Hall and the Assembly Chamber. The children were able to take part in a debate on 'the advantages/disadvantages of school uniform'. Everyone took part and contributed to the discussion, the comments were interesting! The children were then expected to take their vote on the debate and had to make a choice of 'for' or 'against' by walking through a particular door to be counted. They thoroughly enjoyed this exercise! Afterwards the children were then given the opportunity to take part in a voting ballot, four pupils were chosen to represent various laws. Their job was to convince everyone that their law was the best. The children were then given a ballot paper from 1 to 4 and were asked to place their vote into a ballot box. The votes were finally counted and the results announced!! Mrs Peacocke and Mrs Williamson both agreed that they may have a few budding politicians in Primary 5! The children enjoyed a picnic and play in the closely located Stormont Park afterwards. Take a look through our picture gallery to see how the children got on:
This week, both P2 classes went on a trip to Quality Time in Banbridge. We had such an amazing time. As soon as we arrived we were warmly greeted by Natasha, the owner of Quality Time and we knew we were in for an exciting morning.
Firstly, we entered the wonderful outdoor play area and our lovely dry morning suddenly turned into a Winter wonderland. Can you believe that we had snow in June? (see pictures). Next we went into 2 groups and half of the class were brought into the workshop room while the other half of the class got to explore and use their imaginations around the topic of pirates and water in the indoor/outdoor area.
During the workshop the children had hands on experience playing at a number of stations such as investigating ice, spraying clouds with coloured water, mixing primary colours to make secondary colours, weighing, small world pirate play, marbling etc. We even got to explore live tadpoles. It was absolutely wonderful as the pictures show. Meanwhile in the main area; the boys and girls enjoyed playing in the role play area which had been transformed into a hospital. They also got to explore more in the topic of water by brushing pictures of teeth with toothpaste, washing babies in the bath, playing in the outdoor kitchen etc. They were also treated to a beautiful, healthy snack of fruit, cheese, breadsticks, pancakes, water or milk.
If you haven’t visited this hidden gem, it is a must, you will not be disappointed.
Just some pictures from day 5 to finish the week off. As ever, please use the READ MORE link below to view them all.
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