This year our school is participating for the first time in the SUSTRANS BIG PEDAL. We are asking all children to take part in this challenge over a 2 week period… starting on Monday 25^th March. 

How it works

On each day of the challenge schools compete to see who can record the greatest number of pupils, staff and parents cycling, walking, scooting or using a wheelchair to school. A school’s best five days will determine their final position and schools at the top of their leaderboards will receive an exclusive Sustrans Big Pedal Trophy.

Prizes

All schools will be entered into daily prize draws for rewards if over 15% of the school cycles, walks or scoots on each day of the challenge. Prizes up for grabs include accessories and equipment to help us travel actively to school.

This is a fantastic opportunity for our school to continue working towards becoming more environmentally sustainable by reducing carbon emissions caused by traffic and is a positive step towards reducing car congestion around the school. It is also a healthy and sociable option for our pupils. We will also be using the challenge as a means of achieving our second Eco-Schools Green Flag award.

Our walking buses will run each morning over the two week period, leaving Manina and the Warren at 8:40am.  Walking from the carpark in Convention Avenue to school(park & stride) will also count as an active journey to school.

We are looking forward to 2 great weeks of active school travel.

Many thanks for your support.

A huge thank you to Hayley from the Northern Area Mental Health Initiative​ who delivered an excellent workshop this evening, aimed at supporting parents and all the key adults in our young peoples' lives.

Thanks to everyone who attended. We hope you gained an enhanced awareness of and knowledge on issues that may affect the well-being of our young people. 😀

Find further information on the Northern Area Mental Health Initiative at https://northernareamhi.org.uk/

A huge THANK YOU to our PTA who have purchased 15 iPads for our school. These will be used by all classes and will allow our pupils to access a wide range of tools and applications.

Funding for the iPads was raised by the many events organised by our PTA. A huge thank you to our school community for their continued support of PTA events allowing them to provide much needed resources for our pupils.

Don't miss a great night out at the PTA Quiz Night at the The Port Hotel, Portrush on Friday 29th March, 8:30pm. 

Only £3 per person (supper included), teams of three or more. And live entertainment to follow.Everyone welcome.

Many thanks for your support.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! 

Remember no school tomorrow, Monday 18th March. See you all again on Tuesday. ☘

Looking forward to our Mental Health workshop aimed at supporting parents and all the key adults in our young peoples' lives on Tuesday 21st March at 7pm in the school assembly hall. This workshop is open to the public and everyone is welcome.

We would ask you to let anyone who you think would be interested know about the event and encourage them to attend.

Primary 4 travelled back in time today to spend their school day in the 1950s.  What a very different day... writing with ink pens, lunches wrapped up in paper, milk in glass bottles and jiving! Great fun!

On Friday, we celebrated World Book Day in style as we dressed up to bring our favourite book characters to life .... even the staff! Primary 6 led a whole school assembly, followed by a parade and everyone had the opportunity to introduce their character.

Lots of literacy fun all day… writing about our favourite characters, reading,  listening to stories,  sharing our favourite stories. What a fantastic celebration of books!

Well done to everyone for putting so much effort into their costumes... they were all FAB-U-LOUS! ... and to everyone who brought in super photos for our ‘Get Caught Reading’ competition. 

A huge thank you to all the parents and grandparents who visited us to ‘Share a Story’ and a special thanks to our Literacy Co-ordinator, Miss McGoldrick, for organising such a brilliant day!