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A huge thank you for all your donations for our Bag2School collection. The items were collected today and will be making their way to Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.
The weight of all our collections came to 619.5kgs, which has raised £278.78 for the school. This is the biggest amount we have raised through this initiative over the past few years. The money will be used by the School Eco Council to buy items for our children throughout the school.
Many thanks indeed for helping us with this unique recycling and fundraising opportunity.
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We are delighted to announce that as of Monday 26 November, 2018, we are now an Ambassador Eco School. Eco School judges came into school to meet with our School Eco Council, staff and pupils. They were given a tour of our school and met the P7 girls looking after the 'Wrigley Litter Less Campaign.' In the afternoon we were informed that we were being given our Second Green Flag and due to how high a quality our Eco work has been, we were asked to become one of 14 Ambassador Primary Schools in Northern Ireland!
Since beginning our Eco Journey in 2015 we have received two Green flags and every pupil that has served on our School Eco Council over the four years has now received a special 'Eco School NI' badge. This is a huge achievement for the school and the community as we look to develop our community's sustainability.
Thank you for your continued support.
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As P4 and P6 were visited by staff from N.I. Water to talk about 'Water and Health,' we've been given a drip-free water bottle for every pupil. Your child should receive theirs at some point this week. We're asking pupils to take them home and write their name on the bottle using permanent marker.
These bottles have been donated by N.I. Water to encourage us to stop using the 'drink once' plastic bottles and reduce our plastic use.
A huge thank you to N.I. Water for their time and generosity.
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Congratulations to our World Around Us team in school for successfully achieving the Fair Active Award until June 2020. This is a fantastic achievement for a Primary School, with only a handful of Primary Schools having achieved this award.
To achieve this 'standard' the W.A.U team had to prove that it met certain criteria and submit evidence of Fairtrade work in school including lesson plans, assemblies, display boards and much more. This is a topic that Primary 6 children study in W.A.U and it also helps with our 'Green' flag awards. Congratulations to all concerned!
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We are delighted to have received the Silver SUSTRANS award due to the efforts of pupils, parents and staff in all the active travel initiatives that have taken place over the year. Watch out in the 2018/19 academic year as we go for gold!
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Waringstown Primary School is bringing the world into its classrooms! The school recently earned a Level 1 Global Learning Certificate in recognition of its continued success in implementing the Global Learning Programme (GLP).
Since joining the GLP in April 2017, the school has committed to providing education for a fair and sustainable world. This means that its pupils receive teaching that not only helps them learn about our planet, but also enables them to contribute to creating a better world.
GLP Coordinator Orla Devine offered her congratulations to the school. She said, “A huge well done to Waringstown Primary School. It’s wonderful to see the school embracing global learning in this way. Excellent progress has already been made and I wish staff and pupils every success as they continue their global learning journey together.”
The GLP helps schools in Northern Ireland embed global learning through the provision of teacher training, guidance and resources. 50% of all primary, post-primary and special schools in NI have received support from the programme since its launch in early 2015.
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We are delighted to announce that once again, Waringstown Primary School has been Highly Commended by the 'Best Kept Schools' judges who visited our school in May.
Well done to the School Eco Council, the gardening club and all our pupils (and parents) who help to keep our school looking so well.
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Today one of our P7 pupils was invited to attend the 'Best Kept' Awards ceremony at Stranmillis University College, Belfast. Mr Gault had entered this pupil into a new award, the 'Best Kept Pupil Achiever Award' due to her work on our School Eco Council and Eco related activities and initiatives this year.
We are delighted to announce that our entrant came Runner-up in this new award, which had some very tough competition.
Huge congratulations from all at Waringstown Primary School.
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We are delighted to announce that we have achieved our Global Learning Programme (GLP) Introductory Certificate and are now a Global Learning Programme School.
Over 300 schools in Northern Ireland have got involved with the GLP which strengthens the capacity of schools in Northern Ireland to bring global learning into their classrooms. Global Learning can be found throughout our school in numerous year groups through our topics and being part of the GLP means that we can avail of teacher training, many more resources and guidance grounded in the NI Curriculum.
Being a GLP school also aids us as we work towards our second Eco Green flag.
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We are delighted to now have our Green Eco Flag flying high. As the children all came dressed wearing their Green clothes for St Patrick's Day, we thought lets go totally green and raise our first flag! Do you recognise anyone in the video?
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We are delighted to announce that Waringstown Primary School is now a qualified Woodland Ambassador due to all the work we've been doing with Forest Schools and the Woodland Trust! This adds to our Official Forest School Status, and we are now part of the Forest School directory, offering training opportunities for other schools to become Forest Schools.