Congratulations to Emma Calderwood who won a prize from the Carrickfergus Enterprise Group. She designed a ‘job of the future’ as part of their competition, coming up with a ‘Galactic Architect’. Emma has been chosen as runner up and will receive a £25 cinema voucher. Her entry will also be displayed on the wall in the newly refurbished offices.
The EA’s latest High five’s newsletter’s theme is to Be Independent. It is important to be able to ask for
help when we need it, but some things can be done without any help.
Independence is a valuable skill to practice and learn as we grow, and achieving
something without help can make us feel great! Click here to read more.
Click here for more inforamtion on the ‘Conversation about our little ideas and big ideas’, in connection to Sharkin Planet.
On Thursday 5th May the P6&7 class enjoyed a trip to the ‘Our Place in Space’ exhibition. Created by ‘The Nerve Centre’ and designed by artist Oliver Jeffers, the children enjoyed a walk through the magnificent arch sculptures led by a guide who was full of knowledge and answered all the children’s questions on space. After lunch the children took part in a ‘Scratch’ workshop and showed great creativity for cartoon creating.
Thanks to a grant from Northern Area Community Network, we have been able to invite Miss Gault to teach the children some dance after school on a Thursday. It has been great for the children to experience Miss Gault’s talent and enthusiasm and to learn some new moves.
With much appreciation from Causeway Coast and Glens, a grant has allowed us to offer free Fruit and Vegatables to the children each week. The novelty has been enjoyed by many of our children already and has made Fridays even more fun. We have been delighted to notice children being brave and trying fruit or vegetables that they previously hadn’t enjoyed or ruled out for them.
These P7 pupils make this collage as a sign of their appreciation for the fruit and vegetables.
Please click here for a flyer for workshops for parents focussing on ADHD. These sessions are free and parents/carers can book a space by calling 0808 8020 400.
Click here for an invitation to ‘Thursdays Together’, this is a new opportunity for parents or carers to join a virtual gathering, hosted by Parentline, every Thursday morning between 10.30 and 11.30. Thursdays Together are an opportunity to chat with a Parentline team member along with other parents and carers; to relax and feel connected.
Today was the final class session of Coaching for Christ. The children have really benefitted from this programme and we thank the coaches for all their hard work. They will be back next Wednesday for a fun day, which every class will have the chance to participate in. Thank you to everyone who has sent in a donation for this already.
Please click here for a poster detailing a free programme entitled Parenting Childrens Challenging Behaviour, which may be of interest to parents.
The programme is being funded by the Northern Trust, and it will be commencing on Wednesday 4th May from 7-8.30pm via Zoom x 6 weeks. The programme is specifically designed for parents of children aged 2-10 years, and it aims to help parents understand children’s behaviours, recognise the triggers to their child’s behaviour whilst providing practical tips on how to reinforce positive behaviour. It also promotes the authoritative parenting style which research shows to be the most effective.
As parents, we need to have open and honest conversations with our children about the dangers that may be online. When our children go outside to play, we ask who they are playing with and what they are doing. We need to consider doing the same thing for when our children engage online. Are they speaking to somebody within a game or on social media that is a genuine friend of theirs, or is it an adult impersonating a child to try and groom your child in some way?
Alongside colleagues at Parenting NI, the PSNI have made a video for how parents can talk to their children about what they are doing online.
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.
