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Waringstown Primary School & Nursery Unit
are running a clothing collection in conjunction with Bag2School.
By getting involved in our Bag2School collection you have an opportunity to sort through your cupboards and wardrobes and donate any unwanted textiles to school.
This can include adult and children’s clothes, shoes (tied together please), hats, belts, bags and teddies. Donations of mobile phones, tablets and digital cameras can also be handed in separately.
Please NO Duvets, Pillows, Curtains, Bedding, Towels or End-Of-Life Clothing
It is very important that the clothes have to be of good quality for reuse in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.
Please try to fill as many bags as you can, don’t forget to ask grandparents, friends and neighbours to have a sort out as well!
If items could be brought into school and placed in/alongside the bags set out in the Mall from Monday 25 November to Wednesday 04 December this would be greatly appreciated (Any donations of electronics should be directly to the School Office).
Many thanks indeed for helping us with this unique fundraising opportunity.
Thank you!
M Gault
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Last year we took part in a Litter Less Campaign, part of a joint initiative of the Wrigley Company Foundation and FEE. We've decided to take part in the campaign this year, although our focus is now on paper and recycling.
Our P6s have already been around all of the classrooms and resources areas emptying their paper recycle bins and monitoring how much paper we are actually recycling.
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We were absolutely delighted with the response to the Craigavon Area Food Bank Appeal once again. Thank you for supporting the school in this most practical way.
We hope to receive a Certificate of Thanks from the Food Bank soon which in turn we will post on the website and display in the mall trophy cabinet.
Thank you once again!
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Dear parents 
As part of our focus on Harvest in school we seek to continue our link with the Craigavon Food Bank Harvest Collection.
Many of you will already be aware of the good work of the Food Bank and perhaps already contribute to this charitable work through your own church however, we still wish to collect food for this charity on Friday 18 October as part of our Primary Five (Mrs Peacocke's) Harvest Assembly.
With this in mind, please consider sending your child into school with a non-perishable food item / s as part of this appeal. A list of recommended items has been included below. The Food Bank is thankful for any food donations that are provided to help meet the needs of people in emergency and crisis situations.
All schools which take part in the Harvest Collection will be issued with a certificate by the Food Bank.
If you wish to view the Craigavon Area Food Bank website please click on the following link: www.craigavonareafoodbank.com.
C McCambley
(Principal)
A typical food parcel includes:
breakfast cereal
soup
pasta
rice
pasta sauce
baked beans
tinned meat
tinned vegetables
instant mash
UHT milk
tea
coffee
sugar
tinned dessert
biscuits
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As part of our ongoing eco related curriculum work, P4 and P6 had a visit from N.I. Water. The children learnt about water conservation and how important it is for us to try and save water where we can. The children also learnt that drinking water is so good for us, as it helps to:
- boost energy levels
- keep mentally alert
- keep organs healthy
- concentrate
- stop headaches
- have healthy skin
- have fresher breath
- flush waste from our bodies
Last year N.I. Water provided each of our children with a drip free water bottle which we would still encourage them to use. We also received a new water butt which is now in our FS playground, and enough 'save a flush' toilet cistern bags for each of the toilet cisterns in school.
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On Friday 20 September, some of our Key Stage 1 pupils took part in the Daily Mile (along with several other schools in Northern Ireland) in conjunction with the BPS (The British Psychological Society) to encourage our children to walk, jog or run out of doors with friends for just 15 minutes every day.
Professor Nichola Rooney, the chair of the BPS Northern Ireland Branch, said:
“The Daily Mile is a fantastic initiative as it is fully inclusive - every child, whatever their circumstances, age or ability can succeed at The Daily Mile. It also instils constructive habits from a young age which will continue to generate positive behaviour as the child develops.
“The Daily Mile research report finds that children feel happier, more awake and calmer after doing completing the one-mile challenge. And on self-assessment questionnaires, self-esteem, wellbeing and satisfaction all improved. These skills are essential skills that will ultimately help children’s ability to learn.”
It was great to take part in this event, and hopefully our pupils will remember their days of doing 'The Daily Mile.'
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Today some of our litter picking team got back out to collect and 6kg of litter as part of our International Study. One more month to go.
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Extending on from the Wrigley's Litter Less Campaign we've been involved in this year, we are now carrying out our own international study on litter. Each school involved in our Erasmus+ Project will carry out on litter pick over the next three months, and then our School Eco Councils will share and analyse the data.
A big thankyou to P7E who did our first litter pick just before we head off for our Easter break.
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Today we completed our sixth litter pick as part of the 'Wrigley Litter Less Campaign.' Some of our P7 Wrigley Litter Picking Team worked with the assistance of some of our junior pupils to pick up litter on the adjoining laneway at the bottom of the path and along the main road up to the entrance of our main gates. The amount of litter was noticeably less with only half a bin liner being collected.
As an Ambassador Eco School we are delighted to be involved in such a campaign, which is a joint initiative of the Wrigley Company Foundation and FEE, currently running in 15 countries. We want to not only reduce litter but also change long term behaviour.
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This is 'Ray Cycle,' our new Eco Mascot. His strap line, our new ECO CODE is;
'Be Clean, Be Green, RECYCLE'
We had a huge amount of entries into our 'design a new Eco Code' competition and the School Eco Council worked hard together to select their top ten. These top ten were put on display at the Eco Conference held in W5 on Thursday 21st March, with attendees having a chance to vote for their favourite entry. 'Ray Cycle' got the highest amount of votes and so is our New Eco Mascot and Code, displayed throughout the school. You'll see this Eco Code displayed on all eco related correspondence to remind you to 'be clean, be green and recycle!'
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Today at the School Eco Council meeting our Councillors looked at all the Eco Code entries. They spent time deciding on what they considered to be our 'Top 10.' These will be displayed at our stand at the Eco Conference this Thursday, and teachers from other schools will have the chance to vote on their favourite.
Thank you to all those pupils who handed in an entry. They all were of a superb standard.
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