P6 and P7 children received certificates for excellent work on addition tables.
P6 and P7 had a very exciting technology challenge day yesterday. They were taking part in the Royal Air Force Glider Challenge. In groups they had to design and build three prototype gliders using the materials that had been provided. After designing and creating the gliders they then tested them for speed and distance.
There were some super design and great excitement as the gliders were tested. After many calculations the final results were in
Grace and Annie - fastest glider 12.55 metres per second
Tom and Ewan - furthest travelled 12.06 metres.
Well done everyone and a huge thanks to the RAF for this great Technology Challenge
On Monday 16th November at the start of Anti Bullying week, our children all wore ‘odd socks’ to school
What is Odd Socks day?
‘Odd Socks Day is designed to be fun! It’s an opportunity to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique!’ - Anti Bullying Alliance.
As part of Anti Bullying Week, our children had various activities which looked at the subject of bullying and what they need to do if they find themselves being bullied by anyone.
P1 and P2 had great fun planting Spring bulbs. They planted daffodil, tulip and crocus bulbs in the raised beds. They also enjoyed looking at the beautiful autumn leaves.
We received a donation of £100 from proceeds of the Co Antrim Fleadh which was held in Rasharkin last year. This enabled us to purchase a world globe for each of our classrooms.
The Crocus Project is a project that helps children to remember and learn about the Holocaust. The Holocaust Education Trust Ireland (HETI) provides yellow crocus bulbs to plant in autumn, in memory of one and a half million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust and thousands of other children who were victims of Nazi atrocities. Our P6 and P7 children are taking part in the project. They planted the crocus bulbs in the shape of the Star of David which Jewish people were forced to wear under Nazi rule. When the yellow crocuses bloom in January and February they will remind the children of the Holocaust. International Holocaust Memorial Day is 27th January.
Congratulations to Susanna in P7 who was the winner of the Accelerated Reading Cup for this half term
Congratulations to all the children in P4/ P5 and P6/P7 who reached their Accelerated Reading Targets for this half term. Also well done to those children who achieved at least 80% of their target. Keep up the good work and keep reading.
Congratulations to the children in P4/P5 and P6/P7 who achieved certificates for completing tasks on their Reading Eggs and Eggspress Reading Programmes.
The Headteacher Assembly Awards for P4/5 and P6/7 were presented in Assembly this week.
P4 and P5 Kelsey - Being kind and Caring, Evie - Being a Good Friend, Hollie - Great Handwashing
P6 and P7 Susanna - Great Handwashing, Kirsty - Being a good friend, Demi -Being Kind and Caring, Ellen Excellent Homework( Missing from photo)
The BBC short story writing competition for 5-16 year olds is back.
Submit your 300 words on the theme ‘A Christmas to Remember’ by Friday 13th November and your story could be read out on the Lynette Faye show at Christmas.
The winning stories from each category will be turned into an animation.
All the details can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/twominutetales or by searching BBC Two Minute Tales
Miss Alix Campbell, representing Finvoy Young Farmers’ Club called into school to donate this contactless digital thermometer. We really appreciate their gift and generosity, once again.
P6/7 have been learning about light. On a lovely sunny day they used they drew around their shadows at different times to make these shadow clocks.
RNLI have shared this letter to help keep everyone safe.
Children in P6 and P7 received certificates for improvement in Tables in their Friday Quiz. It is great to see the improvement in such a short time. Sam in P6 had a best time of 3.54 minutes and Lucy C P7 had a best time of 2.15 minutes.
Certificates were awarded to some P2 and P3 children for Achievements in Reading Egg and Accelerated Reading Schemes.
P2 Toby - Reading Eggs Map 5 and 6, Ella - Reading Eggs Map 4, Izabelle - Achieving Accelerated Reading Target
P3 Joy - Reading Eggs Map 10, Harry - Reading Eggs Map 2, Charlie Reading Eggs Map 4, Ethan - Reading Eggs Map 12
The Headteacher Assembly Awards for P1 and P2 and P3 were presented in Assembly this week.
P1 and P2 Robbie-Leigh - Being kind, Hollie - Being a Good Friend, Bethany - Great Handwashing, Luke - Excellent Homework
P3 Joy - Being a Good Friend, Lily - Being Kind and Caring, Cameron - Excellent Homework, Jacob - Great Handwashing.
In PE on Wednesday, the children in P4 and P5 were creating their own aiming games using balls, hoops and quoits. In groups, they planned and made very creative games. The children can’t wait to swap around to try the other games out next week.
As part of the Sustran Active School Travel Programme, which aims to encourage more journeys to school by foot or wheels, we had our ‘Ditch the Dark Day on October 7th. Active travel, such as cycling, walking and scooting to and from school has great health benefits. Many of our children met at the Church carpark and either walked, rode bikes or rode scooters to school.
Within their classes, the children then did activities on wearing bright clothes when on the roads and they also did other road safety activities.
A number of our children were given a lesson on how to move from riding a bike with stabilizers to riding without stabilizers. We were amazed at how successful this was in such a short session.
Five children have now been appointed as ‘Digital Leaders’ for our school. The role of the Digital Leader is to help teachers to set up laptops and iPads for their classes, and also to assist the other children in their classes with some of their ICT projects. Congratulations to Emma P6, Lucy C P7, Cameron P7, Sophia P4 and Tilly P5 who are our new Digital Leaders.
