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The after school activities will run during the following weeks during term 2.
Week Beginning:
Monday 26th Jan
Monday 2nd Feb
Monday 23rd Feb
Monday 2nd March
Monday 9th March
Monday 16th March
Monday 23rd March
A list of the available activities is shown below:
| Club | Day | Teachers |
| Choir (P5-P7) | Monday | Mr McCambley and Mrs Erskine |
| S.U. (P4-P7) | Tuesday | Mrs Matthews, Mrs McClelland and Mrs Munce |
| Boys' Football (P6 and P7) | Tuesday | Mr Brown and Mr Somerville |
| Boys' Rugby (P6 and P7) | Tuesday | Mr Brown, Mr Somerville and Mr Gardiner |
| Speech and Drama | Wednesday | Mrs Brown and Mrs Park |
| Boys' Hockey (P7) | Wednesday | Mrs McCollum |
| Boys' Football (P5) | Wednesday | Mr Brown |
| Girls' Hockey (P5) | Thursday | Mrs Williamson and Mrs Peacocke |
| Girls' Hockey (P6 and P7) | Thursday | Mrs McElhinney, Mrs Boyce and Miss Montgomery |
A gardening club will also run during the better weather in term 2. Children will be advised of the dates by Mrs S Sloan.
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Please note that today (Tuesday 16 December) we are hosting:
An Open Afternoon from
for Nursery children and parents in the Nursery.
An Open Evening between
for parents of P1 children in the Main School Assembly Hall.
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Thanks to Matt Seifert for sending in these great photos from tonight's Carol Service.
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School Carol Services
The school grounds will be open tonight for parking. This may ease traffic congestion on the Main St. Please be vigilant if you are walking down the drive way to the church as cars will be arriving in school.
The Carol Service will commence at 7.30pm sharp. The service should end at 8.45 pm. If you are not attending the service tonight we ask that you come in to the building to collect your child / ren.
Children in the Choirs and Choral Groups should arrive at 7.10 pm. Children should arrive in full school uniform at THE CHURCH and not school.
After the service this evening Shloer and shortbread will be served in the church as the school Assembly Hall is being used by the WI. Parents and guests are welome to remain seated and chat after the service to enjoy thier refreshments.
The children will also be provided with refreshments. Once all the drinks and refreshments have been served parents are welcome to chat, mingle and collect thier children.
There is no charge for these refreshments!
The retiring offering is in aid of The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.
Thank you very much for your overwhelming support.
The response to the tickets has been wonderful.
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Mr Geddis from Avondale foods presents a new rugby kit to the school Principal Mr C McCambley and Mr I Somerville (School Rugby Coach) during a recent visit to the school.
The kit with the Country Kitchen brand across it also bears the school badge and certainly is a very welcome sponsorship for the school rugby team.
Mr McCambley thanked Mr Geddis for the beautiful kit and hoped that our parents would support the Avondale Foods/Country Kitchen Brand!
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Spots and Stripes
As tomorrow (Friday 14 November) is the BBC Children in Need Appeal we will be having a non-uniform day.
We are asking the children to wear spots, stripes or both!
We are really looking forward to what will be a fun and exciting day.
The children are requested to bring a £1 donation as part of this event.
A teddy or small mascot may be brought to school too!
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Due to adverse weather conditions Hockey has been called off today - Thursday 14th November 2014
We apologise for this inconvenience.
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Friday 07 is our Freddy Fitness Challenge Day.
We are eagerly anticipating this fund raising event tomorrow which is our first sponsorship event for i-challenge WPS.
We are delighted to be able to inform you that through generous parental donation / sponsorship we have 12 i-pads already promised to date.
We have been reminding children to wear sports clothes tomorrow to allow for freedom of movement during the event. Children must wear training type shoes.
It is also very important that children bring a jumper and coat to school too as we hope to get outside over Break and Lunch.
Tomorrow, we plan to give each child either an apple, orange or banana as part of their healthy break.
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This year as part of a focused fund raising campaign we as a staff wish to resource the school with 30 i-pads. In school, we have a bank of 30 lap tops which are timetabled for use throughout the school.
To enhance our current technology we would like to purchase 30 i-pads as they contain many outstanding educational apps. The i-pads could also be used when the children are engaged in Internet research thus freeing up the laptops for word-processing activities, data-handling work or spread sheet activities.
We wish to launch the appeal with Fitness Freddy who is coming to school to take a Health and Fitness Challenge with the whole school. This will entail a sponsored session with each Year Group in the Assembly Hall. Children are asked to gain sponsorship for this event … please refer to the Freddy Fitness sponsorship form attached to the booklet already given to the children.
We would also be very interested to hear from any parent who may wish to sponsor an i-pad for the school.
A school i-pad costs approx £330.
- Very generously, Mr G G Kennedy has bought i-pad No 1 as a retiring gift to the school
- The staff have made a very generous gesture by donating enough money to buy i-pad No 2
There will be a fundraising i-padometer (there’s a new word!) in the mall for you to monitor our progress as we seek to achieve our target.
The PTA will also be in touch through the website regarding fundraising events to support this initiative.
Our current plans for Term One are as follows:
- Freddy Fitness sponsorship … A sponsored fitness session with Freddy Fitness who promotes a healthy lifestyle and fitness programme in schools. The fitness session would last 45 mins / Year Group. This is scheduled for Friday 07 November.
- Design a Christmas Card … each child designs a card that is then professionally printed and sold for Christmas postage in packs of 12. We trialled this initiative in 2011.
- A family Table Quiz in the Assembly Hall.
In conclusion, may I remind you that any parent interested in sponsoring an i-pad should please contact me directly on the school number which is:
02838 881367
Thank you for your continued support in all school matters!
Yours sincerely
C McCambley
(Principal)