Our new mud kitchen which was in action today with the children busy making soup, mud pies and buns! The mud kitchen was funded by the proceeds from the Nativity ticket sales.
The children in Nursery had lots of fun in the snow, pulling each other on the sledge, exploring and making footprints and trying to build a snowman! They kept warm around the firepit and enjoyed hot chocolate and marshmallows!
In preparation for our World Around Us topic, "Life in the Recent Past," which includes the war years, P4 made a visit to the Palace Stables in Armagh. We were evacuees for the day and enjoyed a day steeped in the 1940's! We started off with an interactive discussion about how WW2 actually started which was very informative.
The classes were separated and went to different activities; One was an interactive information session looking at the contents of an evacuee's suitcase and learning about what life was like in homes during the war as well as looking at gas masks for babies and children.
Another station was into a 1940's school room - very different to our own where children were "seen and not heard." Here we made our identity cards and personal labels which would have been with us at all times on our evacuation.
We also met "Sergeant Balton," the GI soldier from Texas. He told us what his job was like and trained a few of us on our gun handling. He even gave us some nicknames, just like he said it was in the army.
In another room, we met the evacuation officer, Mr Smyth. He told us all about how and why evacuation took place. He also told us about the importance of "black outs" for homes and air raid shelters to keep us safe from German bombs. We even visited an air raid shelter in the grounds of the Palace Stables. He made some of us wardens, who kept the rest of the class in order.
We enjoyed a picnic lunch before heading back to school.
This day has really made us excited for all that we will be studying in World Around Us! While it was great fun we are all glad however, that we live in 2019 and not 1940!
Click on the 'Read More' link to see pictures of our trip.
Digital Clinics
To help parents/guardians overcome any digital barriers the Education Authority is hosting a number of Digital Admission Clinics.
The clinics will operate on a drop in basis and will parents will be assisted in making their online application for a pre-school or primary place. Depending on their wishes/skills this could range from creation of an email address to submission of an application. In addition varying levels of translation services can be accessed at the clinics.
Details of clinics will be available on the EA website and the schedule will be updated regularly at www.eani.org.uk/clinicsforparents as further clinics are arranged.
The following session has been arranged for:
DATE: Thursday, 24 January 2019
VENUE: Lurgan Library 1 Carnegie Street, Lurgan BT66 6AS
TIME: 2.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Our School ‘Eco’ Council are inviting you to take part in another competition, which is to create a new ECO CODE.
This year, we would like our ECO CODE to be made as a character (which will be used as an ECO Council logo and replace the one on the top left of this note).
What is an ECO CODE?
Competition details:
In your own time, create an ECO CODE CHARACTER (and their Mission Statement).
It can be created either using pen & paper, or on the computer.
Give it to Mr Gault before FRIDAY 08 FEBRUARY
When the School Eco Council meet again they will bring all the entries and will select a winning one which will be used as our School ECO CODE and LOGO.
 Eco Code Competition 2019 | [Eco Code Competition 2019] | 295 kB |
Our pupils have recently enjoyed watching the school grounds transform into a construction site. Everyday our children get to witness something new. Tree felling was a huge favourite, the pupils enjoyed watching the tree removal.
 Dinner Menu - February 2019 | [Dinner Menu - February 2019] | 340 kB |
P1 had a very exciting visit from Mrs Boyce and Averie. Baby Averie is only 3 weeks old! She arrived to see us sitting in her car-seat. Mrs Boyce brought in her baby bag to show us all the things Baby Averie needs. We also gave Mrs Boyce a little present for Averie so that she would always remember the time she came to visit us. Thank you for coming to visit us. We loved having you both and learnt so much!
As part of the Sustrans Active Schools Travel programme we had a 'Ditch The Dark Day' on Friday 18 January 2019.
Many of our pupils walked, scooted or cycled to school. They also wore bright and colourful clothing. Accessories were bright and creative, even bicycles and scooters were reflecting the theme! The money raised will be used by our School Eco Council to purchase some prizes for the winning classes of this years monthly Interclass Active Travel Competition and also to purchase some new equipment for our gardening club.
It was lovely to welcome once again Mr Dave Wiggins, our Sustrans Officer, and also Mr Michael Kennedy from the Department of Infrastructure which helps fund the work of Sustrans. Mr Wiggins led a whole school assembly, were he reiterated the importance of being bright and seen during the winter.
It was a very busy (and bright) day as you will see by browsing through our photo gallery;
We're delighted to have been mentioned in the SUSTRANS Autumn Newsletter due to our Interclass Active Travel Competition which runs monthly during the year. Mr Brown's class are pictured as they won the competition for November. The Trophy is currently being looked after by Mrs Matthews' class, as they had the highest percentage (90%) of Active Travel Journeys during December.
Who win for the first month of 2019?
| SUSTRANS Autumn Term Newsletter | [SUSTRANS Autumn Term Newsletter] | 4211 kB |
As part of the Sustrans Active Schools Travel programme we are holding a DITCH THE DARK DAY on FRIDAY 18 JANUARY 2019.
This is a day where we are encouraging our pupils to walk, scoot or cycle to school, along with wearing their brightest clothing. They may also decorate any bikes and scooters in a safe manner.
We will hold an assembly to discuss the importance of being bright and seen on darker days and prizes will be awarded to some pupils who make a special effort.
Parents are encouraged to actively travel with their children on the morning of Ditch the Dark Day.
** If you are unable to walk, scoot or cycle the whole journey from home, please consider a ‘Park n Stride’ option where you are encouraged to drive part of the journey to school, find a safe and suitable place to park up, meet friends and walk the final part of the journey (7-10 mins) – you may find this more relaxing than sitting in traffic. Our suggestions would be to park either close to the Nisa Service Station or close to the Post House Café and Trader D.**
This will be a fun day whilst highlighting the importance of being seen while travelling to school. We would ask for a small donation of £1 per pupil, which will be used by our School ‘Eco’ Council for ECO SCHOOL activities in the future.
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