In November, Mrs Allen taught the children how to make beautiful Christmas wreaths. She brought all the foliage plus slices of real orange slow dried in her oven. She also provided cones and ribbons. We are so grateful to her for her work and wonderful teaching ability.
Several weeks back we had a Healthy Eating week in our school canteen. During this time, pupils had the chance to try new food, salads etc and many of these went down a treat! Recently, the EA Catering Service produced a booklet of healthier recipes to be shared with families. Each week as part of our healthy eating focus in school, a new recipe will be posted. We would encourage you to give these a go. This week, we are starting with one of our canteen favourites - our cheese and tomato pizza!
If you make it, why not post your photo to our Facebook post?
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To help prepare this document, throughout the academic year 2024-2025, all stakeholders were surveyed on their views regarding our school and we were delighted with these results. From all of the data gathered, a plan was then devised to help us realise further improvement.
The main strategic intents for the next 3 years are shown in the graphic attached.
As a school, we will be working to ensure that these are at the forefront of all of the staff development work that we undertake.
As things progress, we will update you.
During Anti-Bullying Week 10th -16th November, we had the opportunity to revisit how we promote kindness, inclusion, and a safe environment across our classrooms and playgrounds.
We had the pleasure of six pupils, from Hart Memorial Puppetry Theatre Company, alongside teacher Mrs Woods, create a Bullying scene within the playground, which they performed, during Assemblies, from Nursery to P7 children. They concluded with everyone joining in to sing the song, “That’s what makes you beautiful” from One Direction.
On Friday 14 November, we will have an Odd Sock Day in recognition of the diversity of our school.
We are delighted to launch our partnership with Portadown Football Club in supporting us with 100% HERO Attendance prizes each month. Each month 3 lucky families will receive a family ticket to the next home match at Shamrock Park.
October Winners are:
Markuss, Aronas and Luke.
