Congratulations to these children who earned reading certificates for AR, Reading Eggs and Fast Phonics. Children also received prizes for achieving their target (within their reading range) and getting 100% accuracy. Isla earned the AR Cup for this half term, with more than 10 times her reading target!
Assembly Awards were also presented to children for being ‘Kind and Caring’ and Mental Maths.
Well done to all our pupils for their hard work.
We were delighted to share songs, readings and poems with all the parents and friends who joined us for our Easter assembly. It is so beneficial for the children to have the opportunity to perform to an audience.
Tired children this morning for the ‘Crystal Maze’, but the weather has been very kind and they have all stepped up to accept the challenges with joy.
We’ve been very fortunate with the weather and enjoyed the beautiful White Rocks Beach this morning, with very little rain and even were able to have a picnic on the beach! We came back to Woodhall for high ropes and archery and are so impressed with how many new things our children have tried.
We have had a brilliant first day of our residential, enjoying the spring sunshine. Children enjoyed orienteering and then as the restrictions were lifted just yesterday, canoeing at Movangher Canal this afternoon. Lots of children also took the plunge and jumped into the water!
P3/4 enjoyed our last topic of Transport and Journeys where they had a classroom ‘Travel Agents’ to book holidays. They enjoyed a range of activities as part of our Activity Based Learning where they were able to make models out of junk art, play table top games and investigate items that float and sink in the water tray.
P3/4 are enjoying looking at their new topic- ‘Ourselves’. We have a very busy doctor’s surgery in our classroom where they are treating their patients. They have also been looking at body parts and what they are used for. The children also used their 5 senses (hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch) to guess what was in the box.
We even had a classroom crime scene when our treats gem jar got stolen. The children had to look for clues around the crime scene including things that were left that gave us clues about the person. Like real investigators they looked at finger prints and took the finger prints of everyone in our classroom. They discovered that everyone has unique finger prints and with all the clues the children were able to solve the crime and get their gem jar back! Well done BOYS AND GIRLS!
P3/4 have been learning about directional language which they were able to use to help them code our class BeeBots. They had various challenges to get from one location on the map to another. We also had a go at giving code to our partners too. Well done boys and girls- you were able to plan your route carefully!
In P3/4 the children really enjoyed having a real life ‘Gangsta Granny’ along to read them their current class novel. They were able to ask her a range of questions and tell her their favourite part of the book. In class we enjoyed designing book covers for our favourite books, dressing up as their favourite book characters and doing our ‘Big Book Swap’ where the children had the opportunity to bring an old book that they were finished with to swap with it with someone else.
Yesterday the children enjoyed taking part in a taster session of multi-skills. They played a selection of team games including hand ball, cone catch, bean bag balance . They also worked on some ball skills including dribbling and toe taps.
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Pupils (and staff) enjoyed coming to school dressed as a character from their favourite books for World Book Day, this helped discussion about books and inspire reading recommendations. The older pupils also worked hard to engage children from Playgroup in their stories, by reading with different expressions and asking questions.
Congratulations to the children pictured below who received an ‘Assembly Award’ for being ‘Kind and Caring’ and ‘Working Well in a Group’ during February.
Many congratulations to our football team, who played so well that they reached the semi finals on Wednesday afternoon. We are so proud of both how well they played and the character they displayed whilst taking part. Two different referees commented on their honesty and respect. Well done! With special thanks to Mr. Green (and Mr. Watson) who accompanied us, lent their expert advice with the team and helped with lifts.
We are delighted to have had a team represent he school at the Northern Ireland, Road Safety Finals. Well done to our pupils who answered questions about road safety, solved tricky anagrams and displayed their general knowledge to come in (joint) third place.
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Today the children in P3-5 took part in a workshop to introduce them to the use of Adobe. As it is World Book Day tomorrow; they worked in pairs to produce a poster as a book cover. They were able to add text changing the colour, font and size. They added a background image using artificial intelligence (AI) to search for a suitable image using key words. The were able to produce great book covers which they were very proud of!
Congratulations to all our pupils who have worked hard this half term to earn a certificate. Pupils received certificates for reaching their AR targets and completing Reading Eggs maps. Special awards were also presented to those pupils who had reached their target with 100% accuracy. The AR cup for this half term was shared between Daniel and Erin. Noah, Holly and Ruby received special prizes in recognition of their extra hard work this half term.
We are delighted to have recently got a grant that allows the school to purchase three clarinets. These will be available for pupils to borrow if they decide to take up clarinet lesson with Mrs. McAleese. Mrs McAleese played her clarinet for us to let pupils hear what it sounds like.
In school this week pupils have been learning on how to keep themselves safe and healthy while enjoying time online. P6/7 participated in a workshop facilitated by Claire, Dry Arch Centre.
