The Nursery enjoyed a visit to Oxford Island recently. They went on a minibeast hunt in the forest and found lots of little creatures! Everyone had a fun day! Take a look through our photo gallery to see how we got on:
Recently Primary 4G having been visiting the Nursery weekly to read to the children. This role of 'reading buddy' has helped to develop the confidence of those in Primary 4. Everyone enjoyed this experience.
This week in Forest School the Primary 4 children were investigating area as a measure of surface. The children had to use items from the ground to find the surface area of a leaf. This moved onto using unifix cubes.
Then, the children had to find the surface area of a large square, starting with using non standard items (logs, themselves) and moving onto using wool/string to make squares.
Have a look through the pictures by clicking 'read more;'
Today in P4 the children travelled back in time to experience World War 2.
When the children arrived in their wonderful outfits they went straight up to the Muga. They went on an imaginary train journey back to the 1940s and when they arrived at their destination, names were called out and the children went into different groups. These groups then walked down into the school building to take part in rationing, evacuation, air raid activities, craft, investigations and baking. They also had the chance to look through our wonderful museum of artefacts, created using items provided by the Council and from many of our own parents, grand parents and great grand parents (THANKYOU ALL SO MUCH!)
For break the pupils also had either ham, jam or cheese sandwiches, wrapped in brown paper, and an apple, just like the children of the 1940s.
The children also got to watch some cartoons that were made in the time of WW2 and had a sing a long with many war-time songs.
The highlight of the day was listening to our guest speaker, who answered numerous questions from our pupils. A huge thankyou to Armagh City, Banbridge, Craigavon Council, to our parent volunteers and to all of our pupils for making this such a fun day.
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Bee-Active will go ahead this afternoon for all children involved. The School Hall will be used if the weather remains inclement.
Perhaps your child may be interested in participating in a local sport, here is one to consider:
Primary 5 enjoyed a visit from the Dogs Trust recently. They were entertained by Gilly who was owned by one of the ladies representing the Dogs Trust. The children were educated in how to look after a dog, there was a question and answer session as the plenary where the children gained further information. For further information on The Dogs Trust click on the following link: https://www.dogstrust.org.uk
As part of our Farm Topic, Primary One went to the village butchers to investigate what meat comes from a pig. Trader D showed the children various pork cuts including a pigs trotter! We brought some cocktail sausages back to school to cook and eat – they were delicious!
Thank you Trader D and thank you also to Mr McKittrick who accompanied us on our walk to ensure we crossed the road safely. We enjoyed every part of this investigation!
Primary Two have been learning about Pool Safety. The children can now recognise the safety signs that they may find around the poolside as well as the various dangers. They are now aware of the steps they should take if they were to fall into danger. The week concluded with a fantastic visit from a local lifeguard, Justin. He was able to share with all of the children his experiences of being a lifeguard and made the children aware of the dangers they may face in various situations and how best to resolve them! Thank you Justin!
Today the Rugby Team travelled up to Ulster's home of rugby, the Kingspan Stadium, to compete in the Kingspan Mini Rugby Festival. It was a very wet afternoon, although the boys all had fun and played well. They enjoyed getting the opportunity to run out onto the pitch, and also meet some of the Ulster players.
Thank you to all those parents who not only taxied us to and from the Stadium, but for their continued support. It was great to hear them cheering from the stands.
Today Mr Gault's P4 class had an art lesson in Forest School. In pairs, they tied together sticks to create a wooden frame. Then, with string, the 'warped' and 'wefted' the string, which was they filled with different forest debris they found on the ground. The children were told to D.N.A in their pairs...that is to DISCUSS, NEGOTIATE and then AGREE on how to create their piece.
Have a look through the pictures to see what they created.
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