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Wow! What a night in Waringstown Primary School for the P6 and P7 children.
GodmodeX arrived in school and set up a fun evening for all. They set up Playstation 4 consoles, Xbox one Consoles and a WiiU Console. The children got to play a wide variety of games including FIFA, Mario Cart and Just Dance. Everyone had a really fun evening taking part in the games and competing in various tournaments.
The night for the children ended with a talk from God Modex on the Theme of treasure. The parents also had a really valuable talk on internet and gaming safety from God Modex who provided really practical information and steps which parents can take to ensure internet and computer games safety in the home.
Thank you GodmodeX hopefully we will see you back again next year.
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We are currently putting together an application for 'Awards for All' funding to develop and enhance our outdoor learning facilities.
'Awards for All' was the grant we were provided with after a similar application which funded the development of our Forest School Education Programme, with us now being recognised as a Champion Forest School in our region.
In order to complete this new grant application, we need parent input, so could we ask you to take a few minutes of your time to complete a short survey. Simply click the link provided.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/waringstownps
M Gault (Vice principal)
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REMINDER – Happening Tonight!
This is a short reminder about the above evening. There is still some limited availability for this. Feel free to turn up on the night even if you haven’t already sent in a reply slip and we will try our best to accommodate you.
The children need to be back into school for 6:30pm
The parents’ talk starts at 8:00pm
The Evening ends at 8:30pm
The night is non-uniform.
The children may also bring a small some of money for a tuck shop on the evening if their parents wish them to.
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This year in school we are offering an exciting opportunity for our P6 and 7 children along with their parents!
On Wednesday 08 February, the day after Safer Internet Day, an organisation called GodmodeX are coming into school for an evening computer gaming session with up to 100 of our children.
The children will play various, age appropriate, computer games and will have an Internet Safety talk during the evening. There will be a Christian epilogue at the end of the night for the children taken by a representative of CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship).
The night also has a session for parents, where GodmodeX will give an Internet and gaming safety talk. This will be an informative session and will provide practical and useful content to help you, as parents and guardians, keep your children safe from the dangers they may encounter online. The parents’ session will take place in the half hour before the children finish their session and when it is over, the children will join their parents to go home.
A timetable for the evening is below:
6:30 pm - Children arrive back into school to work with GodmodeX
8:00pm - GodmodeX Parents’ Gaming / Internet Safety talk
8:15pm - CEF Epilogue with Children
8:30pm - Both sessions end. Children go home with parents
The best thing is that the whole evening is completely free of charge to our children and parents. However, the night will be on a first come, first served basis and we are strictly limited to 100 children. Therefore, we ask that you return the slip on the attached note to Mr Somerville ASAP to avoid disappointment.
As an ICT Team we thank you in anticipation of your support.
Mrs S Williamson Mr I Somerville Mr M Gault
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Today in School, we had a very special assembly. Eric McCleery from iTeach was in to announce our new Digital Leaders!
Back before Christmas, we held an open application for any P6 and P7 pupils wishing to apply for the position of a Digital Leader. Lots and lots of children applied and the competition was fierce for one of the 10 privileged positions.
The Digital Leaders found out that they had been successful last week, when Eric came to work with them and begin their training. They were set the task of making a trailer in iMovie to announce themselves during the presentation assembly today. The Digital Leaders worked hard and produced a superb and funny trailer which you can view below.
They each received an iGenius T-Shirt, Digital Leaders Badge, a lanyard and a certificate.
The Digital Leaders Team will be responsible for problem solving with iPads, working with teachers to help them with lessons and helping fellow pupils to use the ipads. It is a big responsibility and we know they will be great at the job.The teachers are very much looking forward to having them help with iPad lessons in school.
Congratulations to all the Digital Leaders and a big thank you to Eric and iTeach for all the goodies they provided for the Digital Leaders.
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There are still a few remaining places left on the second cycle of golf lessons (8 weeks) for the P5-P7 age range. These will begin next Wednesday 18 January (P5-P7 3pm-4pm).
If you would like to avail of one of these places, please get in touch with PAUL RUSSELL via email (
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The whole school community came together today sporting Christmas Jumpers in aid of our newly formed affiliation with ‘The Guide Dogs for the Blind’ organisation. Even Mr McCambley gave in to pressure and shocked himself!
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To help us get into the mood for Christmas on our Christmas Jumper day we also had a 'Pantivity,' called 'Goldilocks and the three gifts.' This play was written and performed by professional actress Miss Claire McCracken. Here Claire combined two famous Christmas traditions, all the fun of pantomime with the true meaning of Christmas. We met Aladdin (the reformed), Goldilocks (the naughty) and finally Sleeping beauty, the shepherd who kept falling asleep counting sheep! They were all in Bethlehem for the nativity, where we were reminded through rap, song ,acting and audience participation (especially Mr somerville, who was conscripted as the wise man!) of Jesus, God’s best gift to the whole world, EVER! Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the show immensely. Thank you Claire for all the fun, yet reminding us of the importance of the true meaning of what the season is all about. Emmanuel, God with us.
Please click the 'Read more' link to see some action shots.
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