P4/5 CONSTRUCTION AFTERNOONS

For the next few weeks, P4 and P5 will be taking part in some technology and construction challenges on Thursday afternoons.  So far, they have been working in small groups at different activities.  One group had the task of planning and creating a bridge that had to stand at least 10cm tall.  The only resources they had were marshmallows and spaghetti pasta. 

Another group also had the same challenge, using K'nex and Meccano.  The last activity challenged the children to create a Lego marble run for their friends and teachers to try out.

The children thoroughly enjoyed their first session.  They have showcased their skills in creative thinking, problem-solving and good teamwork.  The children will continue to build these skills as they rotate around the various tasks.  Have a look at the photos and also at the video of their first session. Click here to view video

WOW! SPACE IS HUGE

P6 and P7 were doing Maths outside on Tuesday.  They were working out how much space there is in the Solar System.

There are millions of kilometres between each planet so they made up their own scale by using toilet paper.  One sheet of toilet paper represented 50 million kilometres!  The furthest planet from the sun, Neptune, was 90 sheets of toilet paper away.  They were surprised how far apart some of the planets are, especially the planets furthest away from the sun.  They came to the conclusion that SPACE IS HUGE!

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

We are indebted to all of our governors who freely give of their time to help run our school efficiently.  The Annual Report of the Board of Governors, gives more detail of the work that was carried out during 2016/17, and is now available on our website.  Please follow For Parents – Links- Other – Annual Report of the Board of Governors 2016/17 to view this report. This document also gives details of the areas we as a school staff decide to develop each year.  For this current school year, we will be working on Spelling, Using ICT, Poetry and Mental Maths.  If you would like more information about any of these, please speak to a member of staff.

TOUR OF OUR SCHOOL

We are delighted that the ‘Tour of our School’ video, which our children made last year, is now available for you to view.  We are indebted to staff from Nerve Centre who shared their expertise to make this possible.  We hope you enjoy it!  You can find it on the 'Our School' page of the website.  You can also view the video here. Click here to view 'Tour of our school' video.

ACCELERATED READING SURVEY

The results of the Accelerated Reading Survey, September 2017 are now available to view on our website. Please use the following link to view this document  –For Parents –Links – Accelerated Reading – Accelerated Reading  Survey Results.  OR  click here to view document

WINGS APPEAL

Today there was great excitement in school as the annual RAF Wings Appeal got under way.  Each year the children get the opportunity to support this charity by buying, badges, teddy bears and ducks. Some of the P6 and P7 children will be in charge of selling these items at lunchtime. The Wings Appeal badges etc. will be available to buy for the next two weeks.

SPELLING

As a whole school we have decided to look at how we can help children improve their spelling in writing.  These are words which children ‘should’ know, but often misspell when writing a sentence.  These words will be taught in school and are not part of nightly spelling homework.

A list of the spelling for each class can be viewed by clicking on  - For Parents - News- Spelling in Rasharkin Primary School. You can also view the list by clicking -  Click here to view list

NETBALL & BASKETBALL TRAINING

Today some of the P5 - P7 pupils attended the first session of Netball and Basketball training after school.  Connor Kelly from the Joey Dunlop Centre was their coach and he will be there for the next four Tuesdays. They all had great fun learning about, coordination, watching, listening, moving and working together as a team.

LUNCHTIME PRAYER

Each year in September, the children have a competition to write a prayer which will be said  throughout the year by everyone in the dining hall.  We had some really great prayers this year.  The winning prayer was written by Harley in P7.  Other winners were, Flora P3, Lucy P4, Ella P5, Cameron P5, Stephen P6 and Andrew P6.  

CHOICES

During the first few days of our new term, all the children in school were asked to think about how the choices they make in school can affect themselves and others.  They were encouraged to think about 'good choices - green choices' and 'bad choices - red choices'.  They had lots of super ideas for good choices eg. be a good friend, tidy up, share with others and wait patiently.  The red choices that they should not make included - leaving the table without asking, running inside school, taking other people's things and leaving people out. They drew pictures and wrote about their choices.  In assembly they all agreed to always try to make GREEN CHOICES, so that our school can be a happy environment for learning in.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW P1 CHILDREN

We are delighted to welcome twelve new children into P1. We have four boys and eight girls.  They have already settled into the routines of school. They have been enjoying learning in their classroom and also in the playroom.