Congratulations to Joe in P5, who was the winner of the Accelerated Reading Cup for this half term. Lots of children met and exceeded their targets, and they were all given certificates to mark their success.
Yesterday Santa called in to Rasharkin Primary School. There was a lot of excitement and noise! Santa was given lots of ideas from the children about what they are looking for on Christmas morning. We hope you all have a lovely holiday enjoying your new presents.
Yesterday the children all enjoyed Christmas parties at school. Thanks to Mrs Morrison, Mrs Barron and Mrs Laura Calderwood for organising these.
Some of the P6 and P7 children went to the Cara Care Home on the Duneaney Road. They had a lovely time singing and talking to the residents. The Care Home staff were very appreciative of their visit, and of the joy they brought to the residents at Christmas time.
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RASHARKIN PRIMARY PLANTS TREES IN COSTA RICAN RAINFOREST
During their current topic of 'Rainforests', P6 and P7 learned all about the effects of deforestation. They wrote persuasive arguments against deforestation and we are delighted to say their arguments have been published on the website www.kidssavingtherainforest.org
The website also presented them with a certificate to recognise money they donated to plant trees in a rainforest in Costa Rica.
Click on the link below to read their arguments on the online blog
http://www.kidssavingtherainforest.org/blog
They also got to use their numeracy skills during this topic. Lots of problem solving and measuring skills were needed in order to estimate and measure how long the longest snake in the world is or how fast a sloth moves. They even attempted to move as slow as a sloth by trying to move 3 metres in 1 minute. Watch the video to see how they got on. CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO
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Our Christmas Concert was held last night in Rasharkin Presbyterian Church Hall. We would like to thank the committee of the church for allowing us to use the this week, for practice, and also for the concert. We also want to thank the many parents and friends who came along to support our children last night. I'm sure you will all agree that the children were amazing. The P1-P3 play was 'Christmas Chums'. Some photos for their play can be seen on the 'Christmas Chums' blog of 8th December. The P4- P7 performed 'Lights, Camel, Action - It's Strictly the Nativity' Thanks to all the children who gave us such an enjoyable evening. A short video of some of the highlights of the performance can be seen by CLICKING HERE TO VIEW VIDEO
Today we had our Christmas Dinner at school. It was really delicious! It was a busy day for all the staff in the kitchen and we want to say a huge thank you to them. While we were waiting for our dinner to be served, some of our pupils who play musical instruments entertained us with some Christmas music. The children all decorated their tablecloths with Christmas pictures, and Mr Calderwood our school caretaker, chose the best decorated tablecloth.
Well you either love it, or hate it, but at Rasharkin Primary school the children LOVE it! Our playground was transformed into a winter wonderland today, with the arrival of the snow. The children had a great time at break time and again at lunch time, playing in the snow. They even managed to build a family of snowmen.
Christmas has arrived in the P1/2 playroom. The children have been using their numeracy skills in the Christmas shop as they count and use money to buy and sell Christmas gifts. There are lots of Christmas treats on sale in the café too.
The Christmas toy workshop is a busy place, with lots of opportunity to create new toys for Santa. At the Christmas writing area, the children have been making and writing cards and writing notes for Santa. December is a busy time for P1 and P2!
The children from playgroup were invited to school yesterday to watch the P1 - P3 Christmas play, 'Christmas Chums'. The rest of the classes watched the play too and we all really agreed that the P1-P3 children were amazing. You will all be in for a real treat next Thursday night.
Yesterday, 4th December, Miss Richmond and the P5 - P7 children travelled to Ballymena to take part in the Radio Cracker broadcast, from Montgomery's restaurant. They sang three of the songs that they have been learning for their Christmas play. They all really enjoyed the experience and they sounded really good on the radio. Don't forget to mark your calendar!
SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
on THURSDAY 14th DECEMBER
AT 7PM
in RASHARKIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HALL.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Today P3 - P7 went to Green Pastures to see their production of 'Tangled' - the story of Rapunzel. We all had a fantastic time and were very impressed by the singing and acting of all the cast. There were over 700 children at the production. Thank you to everyone at Green Pastures for making our visit so enjoyable. Tilly in P2 was the winner of the colouring competition and she received a selection box.
