
Snow White
A very big well done to all the cast and staff for a super performance of Snow White. A special word of thanks must go to Mrs Wilson, our producer/director and to Mrs Higginson for the music/sound. Behind the scenes Mrs Chivers and Miss Brush made the scenery and props and Mrs Lavrysen oversaw the…

Fitness 8
As you can see from the pictures below, P5 are really enjoying their ‘Fitness 8′ PE sessions on a Tuesday afternoon with Alistair and Staffy!
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Chester’s Challenge
P5 have just completed a three week course called Chester’s Challenge. Each week, Jessica and Hannah from the N.Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association came in to the classroom to explain all about heart attacks and strokes and how to prevent them. Although these are very serious issues, P5 still had a lot of fun…
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Roots of Empathy
P5 have really enjoyed welcoming baby Evie (and her mummy!) in to our classroom as part of the Roots of Empathy Programme. We are looking forward to seeing how much Evie changes throughout the year and can’t wait for Tuesday afternoons to come around!

P5 visit Santa!
P5 sang their hearts out all the way down the corridor to meet Santa and receive a present!

Fire Safety Talk
P5 enjoyed a visit from local firemen this week who reinforced lots of safety advice in the run up to Christmas to help us all stay safe and well. One of the highlights was definitely getting to try on the mask and forcing(!) Mrs Quin to wear the full outfit! We think she looks great!…

Footballers in Training!
P5 enjoyed a coaching session with Matthew and Aaron from Linfield football club this afternoon. Amongst other things they developed their dribbling and passing skills before finishing off the session with a couple of competitive matches! Hopefully we haven’t seen the last of them!

Tom’s Midnight Garden
P5 enjoyed watching and performing in Tom’s Midnight Garden (written by Philippa Pearce) when the Image Musical Theatre came to school! They then created a display board based on the story!

P5 Complete L1 in Lifeskills!
Congratulations to P5 who successfully completed a 10 week ‘Life skills’ course run by Barnardo’s N.Ireland. Here are they are pictured with their certificates and goodie bags along with trainer Alison Calvert. They covered topics such as advertising, smoking, self esteem, assertiveness and friendship through practical role play and follow up written activities. They can’t wait…

P5 Rock!
P5 have enjoyed reading their class novel “Bill’s New Frock” in which Bill, a typical boy, wakes up one morning and spends the day as a girl. It is very funny and well worth reading! Having already studied diary entries as part of their recount writing before Hallowe’en, they completed an assessment task to tie…