As part of our celebrations for NI 100 we filled a time capsule with our memories of things that are important to us today and buried the treasure!
We were delighted to enjoy a lovely morning of good fun outside. Children were in mixed teams and worked hard to be the first team to find all their eggs.
Hana, James, Emma and Sam have been working very hard with Miss O’Boyle (EA) to achieve their Grade 2 exams. Well done! Thanks to everyone who helped the children prepare for their exams.
P6/7 have been working hard to improve their speed of recall for division table facts. These children all received certificates for meeting the target they set for themselves for 100 facts. Sam (1.58min) and Tilly (3.11min) were the ‘Tables Whizz’ for P6 & P7 with very fast time.
Well done to these children who have worked very hard on their reading from Feb - March 2022. Certificates were awarded to all the children who reached their targets in Accelerated Reading, as well as the top five percentage of target achievers in P4/5 & P6/7. Anyone with 100% accuracy also received a special award. The AR cup was shared between Harry & Katie. Well done to everyone!
All children who have worked hard on Reading Eggs / Eggspress programme and gained certificates were presented with these too.
We were delighted to present certificates to these children for ‘Being Kind and Caring’ & ‘Improvement in Reading’, during March.
We were delighted to be able to offer our children a chance to learn about other cultures on our Diversity Day. The children enjoyed learning about Chinese dance, Polish paper crafts, African drumming and clothing, foods and language from Pakistan. Many thanks to Causeway Coast and Glens, Policing and Community Safety Small Grant scheme and Artseka that made this possible.
Thank you to everyone who made the effort to use an active travel method over this two week period. It was lovely to see so many chidlren doing this on our focus, ‘Dress Bright’ day.
Our Easter Assembly was held in Rasharkin Presbyterian Church hall. Thank you to all the parents and friends who took time to come along to the concert. We are grateful for the opportunity for our children to be able to perform for an audience.
P1 and P2 sang ‘Spring in My Toes’
P3 used sign language to accompany the song ‘We Believe’
Hana, Emma, Sam and James have all completed and passed Grade 2 violin and they performed two of their exam pieces.
P4 and P5 - Stick dance ‘Oh Glorious Day’ Click here to view video
P6 and P7 did a short play on the real reason for Easter and sang the song ‘He’s Alive’
Thanks to Rev Jeffrey Blue for his Easter message, which again reminded us of the Easter Bible story.
We would also like to thank the Committee of Rasharkin Presbyterian Church for the use of their halls for our Easter Assembly. Thanks also to the children in P3, 4 and 5 who drew pictures for the programme.
Dale Farm is inviting primary school pupils across Northern Ireland to take their legen-dairy SuperCow on a very ‘dairy’ adventures by creating unique comic book story that shows her using her superpowers to do good for others. The competition will close this Friday 8th April at 5pm. Click here for more information.
P6/7 have been enjoying lessons from ‘Big House’ helping them take control of their emotional lives, and handle the stresses of life in healthy ways. The stories are illustrated with examples from the bible.
Many, many thanks to everyone who has filled bags for ‘Cash for Clobber’. We are delighted that we have so many bags ready for collection and then to receive a donation to school funds in lieu of (40p / kg).
The children all enjoyed listening to stories as part of celebrations for World Book Day and then used drama to share their interpretations.
We were delighted to be sharing in the joy of stories with children on World Book Day. Children came to school dressed up in some amazing costumes. We also enjoyed sharing these with playgroup and the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. Thanks to playgroup staff and children who were our ‘judges’ and to parents for all the hard work preparing costumes.
We were delighted to present reading awards for children who had worked hard on ReadingEggs / Eggspress and also on their Accelerated Reading. Awards were also given to chidlren who had 100% accuracy and the top five readers (percentage of targets) in each class. The AR cup was awarded to Joy. Well done everyone for your hard work.
Congratulations to these children who received awards for ‘Resilence’ and ‘Being Kind and Caring’ for the month of January.
Solihull Parenting courses have been made available, free of charge to parents. Click here for more information.
Click here for more information on a free ICT tool to help children when using computers, provided by EA.
Click here for information on a community event happening in Rasharkin. We are planning on some children in school getting invlovled too. Further details will be shared later. (Treasure Fest more information)
P6/7 enjoyed being aerospace engineers for the day thanks to RAF and the Smallpiece Trust. The children worked to make a rocket that would travel the furthest. They tested the launch angle and the payload to find the best option for their rockets.
