We’re delighted to have Eve and Katie (E3 Schools’ workers) and volunteers from the local church, coming into school each Wednesday, to offer pupils a lunchtime Scripture Union club. We really appreciate all the time the volunteers give up.
We were delighted that all P7s were able to complete a Cycling Skills course with Johnny McCrystal, Sustrans.
Thanks to a grant from Causeway Coast and Glens, we were able to enjoy a picnic lunch to commemorate the coronation. Pupils also completed a craft, planted seeds for themselves and a ‘coronation sunflower bed’. Mr. Ian Paisley and Ambassador Mr Ilir Kapiti from Kosovo, presented our pupils with a certificate to mark the coronation.
We are very pleased to be able to offer pupils our first ever after school ‘Jimnastics’ club.
Thank you to Roy from Sentinus who visited school on Thursday to give the P6/7 class a talk on potential career paths in Information Technology.
The staff and volunteers with Sharkin-Plan-It wanted to make sure as many parents as possible get the chance to have their views heard and have asked us to share this questionnaire. There is a small amount of funding to allow for a prize draw for those taking part. The closing date is 15th May.
We were delighted to present certificates to these children for ‘Being Kind and Caring’ and ‘Great Effort with Talking and Listening’, during the months of March and April
Congratulations to Jace, Sophie and Caleb who received these Easter eggs as prizes for their winning entries into the colouring competition for Autism NI.
Congratulations to Ted, Caleb, Penny Emilie and Jace who received certificates for Reading Eggs in P1 and P2.
Archie, Daniel and Ruby were certificate winners in P3
Congratulations to the children in P4 - P7 who received certificates for Accelerated Reading for the Easter half term.
Some children received special prizes for 100% accuracy in their quizzes.
There were also prizes for Top 5 children, who exceeded their target by the greatest percentage.
This year, we as a school, have been looking at talking and listening. The training below may be of interest to some parents.
Pupils enjoyed helping their team mates find the eggs hidden in the school grounds.
After their Fair trade assembly, P7 held a competition for each class to win an Easter egg. Thank you to all those children who entered. Jace won the P1/2 colouring competition, Lexi won the P3/4 colouring competition and Harry won the P5/6 Fair Trade quiz. Well done and enjoy your Easter eggs!
Congratulations to Izabelle P4 and Sophia P6 who were joint winners of the Accelerated Reading Cup for this half term.
Today was our Easter Assembly and we were delighted to have Mr Stanley Lee, former Principal of our school, as our special guest. We were also pleased to see so many parents and friends who had taken time to be present with us.
P 1- P3 sang ‘It’s a Happy Day’
Recorder Group played, ‘God is so Good and God’s not dead’
P4 - P7 sang ‘Thank you for Loving Me’
Mr Lee then spoke to us about the Easter Story and about how Jesus died to take away our sins.
Thanks to Laura Calderwood and Charlene Calderwood for serving refreshments. Also thanks to the P4 and P5 children who drew some beautiful Easter pictures for our programme.
On 28th March, four of our pupils, Dan, Mark, Harry and Isaac, attended a Table Tennis Tournament at Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre. This competition was run by John Fall, who is the Sports Development Manger with Causeway Coast and Glens Council. The boys had already enjoyed table tennis coaching in After Schools Club, earlier this year.
There were seven teams at the event, and each child played twelve games. We were delighted that Rasharkin Primary school came joint second. The four boys were presented with their medals at Easter Assembly.
Fair trade fortnight takes place every March to celebrate all things Fair trade. It focuses on encouraging people to switch to Fairtrade products so that farmers and workers overseas can protect the planet and safeguard the future of some of the UK’s favourite foods. P6/7 took assembly to tell the other pupils what fair trade was about and ways they could support it. They acted out a small skit to show how fair trade began and then reminded us from the Bible that God encourages us to be fair and share with others.
They also organised a Fair Trade break, selling Fair Trade bananas and Rice Krispie buns that they made themselves. The profits from the break sale will be sent to the Fairtrade Foundation which works directly with businesses and consumers to secure better deals for farmers and workers.
Our school councillors reported that the playground toy baskets needed refreshed. We were able to apply for a grant to fund this and they created shopping lists along with their classmates. The new toys arrived and were distributed and then the school councillors surveyed everyone to find out what they thought. Everyone was delighted with the new resources. With many thanks to the Children’s and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSY) for partnering with us in this and making it possible.
Many congratulations to Ruby, Tilly, Amelia and Mark who represented the school at the Causeway Coast and Glens Final. We were delighted to hear that all pupils did well and received a goodie bag, and especially so that Mark won the Primary Bake Off category. Well done!
