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The whole school community is saddened to hear of the death of Mr Leslie Spearman, former Principal of Waringstown Primary School.
Mr Spearman was a much respected figure within the village for many years and served faithfully as principal overseeing the replacement of the original 1933 school building we recognise today.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this sad time.
C McCambley
(Principal)
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Junior & Senior Choirs Win at Portadown Festival
I wish to congratulate the boys and girls of both the Junior and Senior Choirs for their outstanding prize-winning performances at Portadown Music Festival. It was wonderful to have over one hundred children travelling to take part in the festival.
Mrs K Park (Conductor of the Junior Choir) and Mrs J Erskine (Conductor of the Senior Choir) were both extremely proud to receive the high praise from the Adjudicator of the Festival.
The Junior Choir won their Class and were presented with The Ferguson Cup.
The Senior Choir won their Class and were presented with J S Bright Silver Shield.
The Senior Choir were awarded the highest mark over all the Classes and were presented with The Ulster Teachers Union Cup with a cheque to the value of £100.
Thank you and very well-done Mrs Park and Mrs Erskine for training the choirs! We were so proud to see such overwhelming parental support in the Mayes Hall at Craigavon Civic Centre during the Festival. Be assured we never take this support for granted. Thank you!
Competing on stage in Craigavon Civic Centre …
Back at school WITH the trophies …
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The schools Eco Council have used the money they raised from the ‘Big Bag Collection’ to buy outdoor equipment for both Primary 4 and Primary 3.
The children will be delighted with the range of equipment they will be able to use during lunch and break.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the scheme.
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An amazing day was had by all the children celebrating World Book Day.
We were excited to see the wide range of costumes and to hear from the children all about their favourite books.
Primary seven looked as if they had a wonderful time too. Their brilliant art work, using eggs and potatoes, clearly portrayed their favourite book characters.
Congratulations to Primary four Mrs Carpenter’s class for passing the greatest number of Accelerated Reading test this week. An Easter Egg was given to each child to celebrate their success. Well done Primary four.
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After winning their regional finals on Thursday 23rd February, the Girls' 5 a side Futsal team progressed to the Northern Ireland Finals held in Shankill Leisure Centre Belfast. This IFA run event consisted of the 8 regional winners. Waringstown travelled to the event with much anticipation.
The girls' started off the tournament in great form winning their first 3 matches against Oakgrove, Ballymacash and Lowood scoring 8 goals without conceding a single goal. The fourth match was against the favourites Bush Primary School. A really tight game saw Bush take the lead in the final minute to win the game 1-0. Waringstown knew that to qualify for the final they had to win their remaining games against Ballymoney Model and St Teresa's, which they did 3-0 and 2-0.
This meant that the girls' had reached the final against Bush Primary School. This times the girls dug deep and managed to draw the game 0-0 in normal time. This resulted in a penalty shoot out and we are pleased to say Waringstown came out on top after 3 fantastic penalty saves by our brilliant Waringstown keeper. This resulted in girls' being crowned the Northern Ireland 5 a side Futsal Girls' Champions. Well done to all the girls' on this magnificent achievement. Everyone in school is so proud of you!!
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Today, the girls’ hockey team travelled to Killicomaine to play in the Northern Ireland qualifiers.
Their first match was against Armstrong, which they won 2-0. The next two matches were comfortable wins against Hart and Magheralin.
Our next match was against Kingspark. As usual, it was a tough battle, with Kingspark coming out on top winning 1-0.
The team came second in their section and had to play the winners of section one.
A tough match against Bocombra saw Waringstown coming through with a 1-0 victory.
We were through to the final!
Thankfully the final, against Seagoe, was an easier match, with the team winning 4-1!
It was a hard-fought tournament and, in the end, Waringstown were victorious.
We look forward to the finals in Belfast.
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It was lovely to see the boys and girls wearing red today and taking part in the ‘Red Dress Run’, to raise money for Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke (NICHS). All proceeds will go directly to NICHS. We thank you for your donation and appreciate your support.
The pupils also dressed in bright colours for ‘Ditch the Dark’ and decorated their scooters and bikes with bright accessories. They all looked the part, which made our job of judging the brightest vehicle and pupil a very difficult one. The photographs show the prize winners for the brightest pupil, vehicle, and class. We would like to thank every class from nursery to primary seven for taking part.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Eco-Councillors for helping the Eco Team organise today’s event and promoting the event by designing posters that were displayed throughout the school.
Eco Team
J Carpenter J McElhinney J Peacocke
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The girls' football team travelled over to South Lakes Leisure Centre for the IFA run Futsal Championship 2023. (Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors). 11 teams participated from the Mid Ulster area and Waringstown were placed in a very strong group of 6 teams. We started off on the front foot, winning our first two matches before drawing the third game against Dickson PS. Needing to win the last two games, the girls stepped up to a new level, winning comfortably to reach the final against Kings Park PS.
The final was a close run affair with Kings Park taking a very early lead. The heads however, didn’t drop and Waringstown pushed for the equalizer which duly came with 3 minutes left on the clock. Straight from the kickoff, the girls pushed again and were rewarded for their efforts to go 2 - 1 up with only a few minutes to go. Kings Park pushed for the equalizer, but to no avail.
Waringstown PS were crowned champions and will now progress to the Northern Ireland Finals, which will be held later at a venue to be decided.
Mr Brown was very proud of how the girls conducted themselves throughout the tournament and thanked everyone concerned including Mrs McConville who helps out with the football training and the parents who enabled the girls to travel to the venue.
Well done girls!!
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The girls’ hockey team travelled to Kingspark to play in their hockey league.
Their first match was against Bocombra. It was a tough match, but the final result was a 2-0 win for Waringstown.
The next match, against Dromore, was another 2-0 win.
Next came Kingspark. A very tough match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Our final match was Armstrong. The girls played their socks off and won 2-0.
Despite not having lost a game, the tournament went down to goal difference. Kingspark pipped us at the post, having scored more goals.
Second was a great result.
Well done to all the girls for their hard work and commitment.
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We were simply delighted to welcome Mr & Mrs Turner to a whole school assembly for the presentation of the school cheque following our Carol Services. Everyone present at the Carol Services will know that Anna spoke so well as to why The Ronald McDonald House Charity and The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children mean so much to her and her family.
We were delighted to be able to present the grand total of £2,900 to the Turner family.
Thank you for your generosity and kindness!
