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Hart Memorial Primary School, Portadown

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Today we had our annual trip to Armagh Museum to explore Toys from the past. 
We travelled by bus & had great fun learning about toys old & new, how they were made & what materials were used. 

 

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25th Mar 2024

Please find a list of Healthy Kidz clubs for next term.  

https://healthy-kidz.com/product/healthy-kidz-afterschools-hart-memorial-ps-term-3-2023-24/

After Easter, Drama club will continue as normal; however, only pupils who have attended Drama Club up until now can attend as parts have been given for performances.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11th Mar 2024

This morning we had a lovely Sentinus session where we looked at various materials to build some houses.  We then tested the houses to see if we could blow them down by pretending to be the big bad wolf.  Lots of the designs stayed standing and we were very impressed by all of the creations.
We used pegs and lollipop sticks for the stick house, play dough and straws for the straw house and Lego for the brick house. 

What do you think of our creations?

 
 
 
 
22nd Feb 2024
Please find arrangements for WBD on Thursday 7th March.  

The arrangements relate to dressing up and also a whole-school competition (including Nursery).

Let's use WBD to encourage our children with their reading and its importance!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21st Feb 2024

Our new topic that we will be exploring in Primary 1 over the next few weeks is fairy tales. As part of our World Around Us lesson today, we enjoyed listening to the story of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ before accepting the challenge of building the three billy goats a new bridge to cross over the river, safely away from the troll. We studied photos of bridges, talking about the different shapes we could see and the different designs and materials used. We then investigated our own materials on offer and we worked in groups to make a plan of what our bridge might look like and what resources we would use. There was a lot of trial and error involved, and we discovered that folding paper made it stronger and soon realised the importance of using sticky tape correctly!!! Once our bridges were built, we tested them to see if they were strong enough to hold a toy goat. Thankfully, all of our bridges were successful!

 
 
 
 
7th Feb 2024
Today in Primary 1 we had lots of fun making sock puppets to finish off our ‘Toys’ topic. 
 
 
 
 
24th Jan 2024

We began by researching images of winter trees and we looked at tree diagrams to find out about the different parts of a tree. We talked about the varying length and thickness of tree trunks and branches and worked on reflecting this within our art work. To create a winter scene, we used cotton bud printing to create white snowflakes.

 
 
 
 
19th Jan 2024
Armagh Toy Museum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17th Jan 2024
We are having lots of fun this term exploring our topic of ‘Toys’ within our play-based learning sessions. 
 
 
 
 
11th Jan 2024

Please see a letter regarding a full day of strike action next Thursday 18th January.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10th Jan 2024
Our topic in P1 this term is ‘Toys’ and after the Christmas break, children have enjoyed sharing about their new toys! Today the children brought a favourite toy to school and enjoyed participating in a ‘Show and tell’, developing their talking and listening skills. We also had fun drawing our favourite toys in an observational art lesson.
 
 
 
 
9th Jan 2024

Please see a letter from our new Principal, Mr Frizzell.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20th Dec 2023

Enjoy having a look at some photos from our Christmas class trip, nativity and Christmas party.

 
 
 
 
20th Dec 2023
We had fun learning how to make jelly for our P1 Class Christmas Party. We then completed a sequencing activity, recapping on the instructions we had followed and enjoyed eating our jelly.
 
 
 
 
13th Dec 2023
 
 
 
 
29th Nov 2023

Have a look at some of the fun play-based learning activities we have been enjoying in Primary 1!