Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• NO FOOTBALL AFTER SCHOOL TOMORROW

  Wed 26 Feb 2020
  No football after school tomorrow. Apologies for any inconvenience.

• NO GIRLS FOOTBALL AFTER SCHOOL ON MONDAY 24TH FEBRUARY

  Mon 24 Feb 2020
  No girls football after school today. Apologies for any inconvenience.

• IT'S HALF-TERM!

  Sat 15 Feb 2020

  IT'S HALF TERM!

  
  Enjoy the week off. Looking forward to having everyone back to school on Monday 24th February. 
   

  #HalfTerm #schoolholidays

• WORLD BOOK DAY CELEBRATIONS, FRIDAY 6TH MARCH

  Fri 14 Feb 2020

  We are celebrating World Book Day on Friday 6th March 2020. As part of our celebrations, we would love the children to dress up as one of their favourite characters from a book. Each class will take part in a range of activities throughout the day linked to World Book Day. There will also be a whole school assembly and a parade which will give pupils the opportunity to show off their costumes. There will be a number of prizes on the day for the best costume in each class. Once again, we have decided to partner up with our Eco Committee to run an extra competition. Mrs Mulholland and Mrs Molloy are offering a special prize for the best costume made using reusable materials.

   

  ‘SHARE A STORY’
  This year we are inviting parents, grandparents or relatives to come into school to read their favourite story to a class of their choice. If you or a relative are free on Friday 6th March, we would LOVE to have you in our classrooms. All you need to do is pick your favourite book or novel and be brave enough to read it or a short extract to your chosen class. This is an opportunity NOT to be missed!!

   

  ‘POTATO CHARACTERS’
  This year, we would like pupils to decorate a potato as their favourite book character. Be as creative and imaginative as you can. There will be prizes for the best potato character in each class and a few spot prizes as well. We will display all the entries from each class at the front of the school. Get your thinking caps on and have fun! We can’t wait to see what characters you come up with!
   

  We’re looking forward to having a wonderful celebration on the 6th March.

   

  ‘You can find magic wherever you look, sit back, relax, all you need is a book!’

  Dr. Seuss

• WEAVE AGAINST PLASTIC

  Thu 13 Feb 2020

  Last year our pupils were involved in creating an eco-brick as part of our Portstewart Strand single use Plastic Free campaign last summer. The National Trust were delighted with the sculptures that were created and are now extending this campaign further into the wider community by running several events.

  
  The first being;
  Community Litter Pick on Portstewart Strand on Sat 29th February as our contribution to our big Leap for Nature. All families are welcome to attend. The event will run from 10am – 12 noon, meeting just in front of Harrys Shack.

  
  They have also secured funding to allow 20 adults to work with the local artist Louise McClean from Atlantic Weavers. Louise will lead a series of workshops over 4 weeks teaching the traditional skill of basket weaving. Each participant will have the chance to, learn this skill and create their own basket by the end of the sessions.
  The baskets will be made by weaving natural materials together and selected materials found on the Strand from litter picks making a bold statement in their design. These baskets will then be stationed at the beach and will be available to anyone wanting to collect litter, taking away the need to use any plastic bags.

  
  If you would like to be involved in creating the baskets, you will have to be available on the following dates; 2, 9, 16 & 23 March from 7.00 – 9.00 pm at Flowerfield Arts Centre.

   

  Spaces are limited, so please book your place by following the link below:
  https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/92744338-f843-44b3-a666-5e0ce846fc58/pages/details

  
  Finally,  use these new baskets in another Community Beach Clean. Again, as many families who wish to attend will be made most welcome.

   

  This will run on;
  Thursday 9th April, Community Litter Pick on Portstewart Strand.  The event will run from 10:30am – 12:30pm, meeting just in front of Harrys Shack.

• NON-UNIFORM DAY, FRIDAY 14TH FEBRUARY

  Thu 13 Feb 2020
  REMINDER:
  It's a non-uniform day tomorrow. Donation towards school funds. Many thanks for your support.

• TASTER SESSION FOR BUDDING HARPISTS

  Wed 12 Feb 2020

  Super taster session today for our budding harpists with Mrs Katy Bustard. And they were all playing their very first tune by the end of the session.

   

  We can’t wait to take delivery of our own collection of harps later this month.

  

• EARLY CLOSURE FOR ALL ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

  Sun 02 Feb 2020

  REMINDER: School closes at 1:50pm for all on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th February to facilitate parent/teacher meetings. 

  No after school activities on Wednesday and Thursday.