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Hart Memorial Primary School, Portadown, Craigavon Co Armagh

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P4S Apple Week Trip
19th Oct 2023
We travelled to the Palace Stables in Armagh to join in the Apple Week celebrations as part of out WAU topic, Trees. The children learnt about the life cycle of the apple tree and the various uses of apples as well as meeting historical characters such as Mr Heaney and Sam the cook. They also enjoyed a crafting session with Sylvia. We finished off our day with a quick trip to the park as a treat for being such well behaved, polite and kind children.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All About Apples
18th Oct 2023

As it is Autumn and there are lots of apples about at this time of year, we have been thinking all about apples this week. We talked about where apples come from and the difference between apples you might eat as a snack and cooking apples.  

Then we conducted a little experiment to see what the apples might taste like cooked and what happens to them.  We tasted our stewed apples on biscuits and a little cream.

We also looked at the artist Paul Czeanne, famous for painting pictures of apples. We completed our beautiful art work which will be on display in our classroom for all to see. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
P4S have fun!
18th Oct 2023
This week children planted the conkers and acorns that they had gathered on our nature walk. We hope to have little saplings to bring home in the spring time. We also had a fun football coaching session and enjoyed our fitness lesson with Coach Steve. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Using our senses!
18th Oct 2023
Within World Around Us lessons we have been looking at our bodies. This week we have focused on ‘Our 5 Senses’ and how we use these to understand the world around us. Today we enjoyed a carousel of senses stations. We explored our sense of taste by sampling sweet flavours (jam/honey sandwiches) and sour/bitter flavours such as lemon/lime. At our hearing station we had the opportunity to play musical instruments loud/soft and fast/slow. At our smelling station we explored a variety of scents such as perfume, vinegar, peppermint, lemon juice, cinnamon and mixed herbs. At our touch station we felt a variety of materials that varied in texture and at our sight station the children wore blindfolds and played ‘find the snowball’. This gave children a realisation of how we might have to rely on our other senses at certain times and gave an appreciation of how valuable our sight is. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friday Awards in P7MM
16th Oct 2023
Well done to Duane, our Healthy Kidz Star.⭐️

Congratulations to this week’s Mathletics Certificate winners. ➖➗✖️➕
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Killer K
13th Oct 2023
The children enjoy participating in the weekly Killer K challenge with Healthy Kidz coach Emily.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Viking Art
13th Oct 2023

P6M created their own Viking characters using pencil, paint and soft pastels during Art lessons. The children have been learning about the Vikings as part of World Around Us this half term. The boys and girls all did a fantastic job. Well done P6!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our first Golden Mile in Primary 1!
13th Oct 2023
Today we did 2 laps of our school for our first Friday Golden Mile. We walked the first lap and ran the second. The children thoroughly enjoyed this, but they were also very tired by the end! 😄
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outdoor Play-based Learning!
12th Oct 2023
Have a look at the variety of fun activities we enjoyed outdoors today!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Autumn Trees
11th Oct 2023
We have been looking at signs of Autumn in Primary 1. Today we painted beautiful autumn trees. We began by studying pictures of trees and how they change in autumn. We used thick paint brushes for the tree trunk and thin paint brushes for the branches. Then we used corks and sponges to stamp on our autumn leaves using autumn colours. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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