Our children have been enjoying the new resurfaced playground over the past few weeks. This week the front playground had the lines painted for the football/hockey pitch and road markings for cycling proficiency. The back playground has been marked with a 100 square, alphabet snake, number hopscotch and compass/clock face. It is lovely to see the children using these at break and lunch time. They will also be used for outdoor learning.
I am sure everyone is well aware that the British open Golf Tournament is being held in Portrush in the summer time. P6 and P7 have been given the opportunity to have some taster golf sessions as part of the run up to the tournament. Their first session was on 2nd May and they all enjoyed it a lot.
On Tuesday 30th April P6 and P7 went to Braid Arts Centre for a Science workshop. The first workshop involved the children using laptops to programme a robotic car to move along a track. They then tested it out on the track. The second workshop focused on bridge building.
On Wednesday 1st May we had a visit from the RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Three lifeguards, came along to our assembly, to talk to us about keeping safe at the beach. They showed the children the different flags that they might see when they go to the beach. The red and yellow flag indicates that there are lifeguards on duty and so it is safe to swim between the two flags. Red is for danger and black and white flags show that only surfers or people with kayaks should go into the sea. They also talked about the dangers of using inflatables in the sea. Demi and Dan were chosen to dress up as lifeguards. They were great models!
The lifeguards also told the children what to do if they ever get into difficulty in the sea between the red and yellow flags. - 'DON'T PANIC' 'HOLD ON TO SOMETHING THAT FLOATS' 'SHOUT FOR HELP'.
P5 created some lovey posters following on from the RNLI visit which can be viewed under ‘Children’s Work’
Now all we need is the summer to come!
P1 and P2 have been looking at ‘The Countryside’ in their topic work. We are delighted to see that some little Blue Tits have made their nest in one of our nesting boxes at the front of school. We are looking forward to watching them over the next few weeks.
We are delighted to be able to share the happy news that Mrs Henry had a baby girl, Esther, on Wednesday. Both have been gladly welcomed back home by a very proud dad and brother. Many congratulations.
Best wishes to Mrs Henry as she starts her maternity leave.
Today was our last day before Easter and we had an Easter egg hunt. There was a lot of searching around the school grounds but eventually all the groups found their nine eggs. We hope everyone has a lovely Easter break.
Congratulations to all the children who received Accelerated Reading Certificates for this half term.
Today we had a very exciting Easter STEM Fun Day. The children all enjoyed five different activities -
Making chocolate nests, Maths Easter Hunt and Jenga Challenge, Tower building, Protect an Egg and Easter quiz.
Congratulations to Molly P5 who was the winner of the Accelerated Reading Cup for this half term. Molly had over 70 points in her quizzes!
Our special Easter Assembly was held on 10th April 2019. Once again we were glad to welcome many parents and friends who had taken time to join us. P1 - 3 sang ‘Its Spring’ and P4 -P7 sang ‘What a Wonderful Saviour is Jesus’. Thanks to Brian Griffith who reminded everyone of the real meaning of Easter by showing some of the photos he had taken while he was in Israel.
Mrs Valerie Cubitt gave out prizes for the colouring competition organised by CLIC Sargent Cancer Charity. Thomas and Zuzanna,both from P4 were the winners.
Molly from P5 was presented with the Accelerated Reading Ccup for this half term. Thanks also to the parents who organised tea/coffee for everyone.
Andrew, Stephen, Alexander and Grace attended a table tennis tournament in the Joey Dunlop Centre yesterday. This tournament was a follow on from the table tennis coaching held earlier this year, which was run by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. The children all played really well, with each player playing ten games. We were delighted that Rasharkin team got third place in the tournament. Click her to see Andrew Stephen Alexander Grace
Behaviour Questionnaire
We were delighted to welcome back one of our past pupils, Robert Anderson to take our Assembly on Tuesday 2nd April. Robert is currently on placement with Scripture Union. Thanks to our volunteers who helped Robert tell the story of Jairus' daughter from the Bible.
Pupils from P6 and P7 received their certificates for attending the Waterways Ireland Workshop at Portna.
Once again we were delighted to have Mr Terry Hasson in school to talk to children about building bridges. P6/7 children then built bridges from K’Nex, while P4/5 used motors to make cars. They made some very spectacular bridges and great cars..
On Thursday 4th April we welcomed Pat from Sentinus who came to school to take various science workshop. P1 - P3 made rockets. These were launched outside and the children were really excited to see how high they went. One went right over our school.
On Thursday 4th April, P3 and P4 had their second Forest School session at St Patrick’s Primary School. The activities included
Making stick men
Making bird bracelets from Cheerios for the birds to eat
Making mud faces
Making 2D and 3D shapes from sticks
P4 and P5 children and the P5 children from St Patrick’s Primary have been working together on a history of Rasharkin topic, as part of the Shared Education Programme. They have been writing about and creating eBooks about Rasharkin, then and now. On Wednesday they had a final celebration day where everyone dressed up in clothes from the past. The children showcased the ICT work that they have been doing over the past weeks. At St Patrick’s Primary, there were different activities organised, relating to the past. There was a demonstration of how to bake soda bread which everyone got to sample. The children were not too keen on the smell of the buttermilk!! They then played some playground games that would have been popular in the past. Thanks to the teachers and classroom assistants from both schools, for their work on this very interesting topic.
