We are delighted that Benji, Ballyoney Rugby Club is coming into school to teach P6/7 some tag rugby skills.
P6/7 have been looking at Fair Trade during their WAU topic. Some pupils opted to enter the local Causeway Coast and Glens, ‘Bake Off’ competition. We held a semi final in school to choose who would go on to represent the school. Well done to everyone for their efforts.
To help encourage everyone to choose to make an active journey to school, we celebrated Active Travel week with the help of Johnny McCrystal, Sustrans. Some children made a special effort to walk, cycle or scoot to school this week. Well done!
We also dressed in bright clothing on Wednesday to help remind us of the importance of being seen when out and about. It was delightful to see the pupils who made a special effort to ‘bling their bikes’ and all received a prize for their hard work. Three special prizes were also awarded.
Johnny also came to school on Wednesday morning to help teach pupils how to ride their bikes without stabilisers. We thank him for all his help.
Congratulations to our football team who made it to the finals of the Coleraine & District Small Schools League. Many thanks to Simon and Lewis (Coaching for Christ) who have worked hard with the team and encouraged them to reach this high standard of football and become team players.
P4/5 enjoyed the activities in their classroom today as part of our World Book Day celebrations. Everyone in school came dressed in their pyjamas to fit in with our theme of ‘Bedtime Stories’. The children in P4/5 read stories to the children in P3 in pairs. They also brought in books to exchange as part of a book swap scheme.
Rasharkin Primary School Loves Books! We enjoyed creating a whole school art piece with our favourite books
P6/7 enjoyed sharing stories with the children from Playgroup and P1/2
Many, many congratulations to our football team who played superbly on Wednesday. They are through the Coleraine and District Small Schools Final, in Coleraine Showgrounds, next Wednesday. We wish them all the best for that day.
P6/7 have been learning all about the Eatwell Guide and how important fruit and vegetables are in our diet. To encourage children to eat more fruit, they designed their own smoothies for P4/5. After surveying the class to find out their favourite fruits, they came up with their own smoothie sensations which they pitched to P4/5. There were 5 altogether - The Good Stuff, Super Smoothies, The Red Ones, Bad Berries and Tropical Sun Smoothies. P4/5 tasted the smoothies then marked them out of 10 for appearance, taste and texture. The winning smoothie was The Red Ones by Jane, Amelia, Kelsey and Mason. All pupils had great fun making and tasting the smoothies and thank you to Miss McCurdy, our student teacher, who helped in both the peparation and clearing up.
Congratulations to Charlie P5, who was the winner of the Accelerated Reading cup for this half term.
Congratulation to the pupils in P4 and P5, and P6 and P7 who received certificates for achieving their Accelerated Reading targets for this half term.
Special prizes were given to those children who reached their target and had 100% Accuracy in their quizzes.
Special prizes were given to the five children in P4 and P5 who had the exceeded their targets by the highest percentage. P6 and P7 children also received prizes for this too.
Congratulations to the children in P1 to P3 who received certificates for their Reading Eggs quizzes for this half term
The recently produced road safety guides for parents (of children 0-7 years & 8-11 years) are now both available to download on NI Direct: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/parents-guide-road-safety
P6/7 have been learning about the various ways they can keep themselves safe and healthy whilst enjoying fun online. Staff from the Dry Arch, Children’s Centre also shared resources to help parents, available by clicking the links below.
P7 looking smart in their new ‘Leavers’ Hoodies’
P6/7 have enjoyed learning about film making, together with children from St. Patrick's PS.
We were delighted to present certificates to these children for ‘Being Kind and Caring’ and ‘Always Remembering to use Lovely Manners’, during the month of January
P6/7 took part in a virtual STEM challenge organised by The Smallpeice Trust. The children worked in teams to design and test gliders. They learned about the work of aeronautical engineers and developed their skills in team work and problem solving.
Today, four of our pupils went to the Lodge Hotel in Coleraine to take part in the Regional Heat of the Northern Ireland Primary School, Road Safety Quiz 2023. There were five rounds of Road Safety questions and three rounds of General Knowledge questions. We were delighted when our school team came third in the quiz out of eleven teams. Well done to Tilly, Mason , Dan and Wiktor.
Last week’s snow gave our children a great chance to have some fun outside. As you can see from the pictures, they enjoyed making snowmen and playing together in the snow.
These children have all been enjoying after school Good News club with Lynda (CEF).
