On Wednesday 18th September, Hart Memorial PS and Presentation PS hosted a coffee morning to raise money for Macmillan. This was done during Good Relations Week, which runs from the 16th September to 22nd September. It was the first event for both schools as part of the Shared Education programme for this academic year. It was held in the Millennium Court in Portadown. Parents, friends, governors and Principals from both schools came to this wonderful event as well as people and businesses from the local area. Barclays Bank and Healthy Kidz staff came to show their support, which was great. A huge thanks to Portadown Credit Union for their very generous donation to Macmillan. A lovely sense of community was felt throughout the morning.
A wide variety of sweet treats were available for people to enjoy as well as tea, coffee and juice.
Both schools would like to thank the following for their help and support in order to make the coffee morning such a wonderful success -
- Rhiannon’s Cake and Bakes for providing the most amazing and super tasty traybakes and cupcakes!
- Kitchen Bakes, Portadown for the great selection of traybakes, they were thoroughly enjoyed.
- Asda, Portadown for the biscuits and gluten free treats.
- P & G, Portadown for the tea, coffee, milk and sugar.
- Knox & Sons Food Court for the buns and cakes.
- Just Desserts and Pastries for the delicious traybakes.
- Also, a big thanks to the Millennium Court in Portadown who allowed the schools to use their amazing building to host the event. A huge thank you from both schools for allowing this. The staff were amazing and couldn’t have done enough to help.
The total amount of money raised was £500.09. Thank you to everyone for all of the donations.
On Wednesday 12th June, all children in P1 to P3 classes who took part in Shared Education this year with Presentation PS had a wonderful time at their end of year fun day. They spent the day getting their faces painted, going on the inflatables, dancing, playing games and eating ice lollies. Here are some photos to show what they did.
On Wednesday 5th June, all children in P4 to P7 classes who took part in Shared Education this year with Presentation PS had a wonderful time at Portadown Peoples Park. They spent the day taking part in a variety of different sports that was run by the staff from Healthy Kidz. Here are some photos to show what they did while at the park.
On Wednesday 1st May, Hart Memorial PS and Presentation PS showcased the work they have completed throughout the academic year in Shared Education through an event held in the Millennium Court in Portadown. Parents, children, governors and Principals from both schools came to this wonderful event. A lovely sense of community was felt throughout the day.
Displays of the work children have completed this academic year from P1 to P7 were on show. Hart Memorial PS and Presentation PS have been taking part in Shared Education lessons for over 25 years and bonds are as strong as ever between the two schools. This could clearly be seen from the work and photographs that were on display for everyone to see.
Both schools would like to thank the following for their help and support last year and this year -
- Bethany and her amazing team from Oasis Youth came to school and hosted a workshop and from this lots of children from both schools enjoy going to the afterschool clubs they offer.
- Healthy Kidz staff are always on hand to help the children celebrate all the work that has been completed during Shared Education lessons. They host a fun day at the Peoples Park for P4 to P7 children and a fun morning for the P1 to P3 children; during the month of June.
- Currently the P6 children from Hart Memorial PS and Presentation PS, are taking part in a basketball project run by PeacePlayers. Alex made contact with school at the start of the year and has organised 4 weeks of basketball workshops. The boys and girls are having a great time learning lots of new skills.
- The Millennium Court in Portadown allowed the schools to use their amazing building to host the event. A huge thank you from both schools for allowing this.
- Also, a big thanks to Tesco in Portadown for the tea, coffee, milk and biscuits that were supplied by them and used during the event.
Today we walked to the People’s Park to join with our friends from Presentation PS once again for a fun day. We enjoyed many activities including dance, rugby and basketball. We also went for a walk and Emily found a fairy door. We had a great day.
We welcomed our friends from Presentation again this week for our third, and sadly, last Shared Education lesson this week. Continuing with our theme of WW2, our topic was ‘Evacuation’ and the children learnt about why and how children were evacuated, their thoughts and feeling about this and how their lives changed. They wrote fabulous acrostic poems and finished off by making evacuee figures to take home. The children thoroughly enjoyed this lesson and are looking forward to meeting up with their new friends again, hopefully in the not too distant future.
We welcomed our friends from a Presentation for our second Shared Education lesson. This week we learnt about air raids and the Belfast Blitz. We also constructed our own Anderson Shelters. We worked together really well and had lots of fun.
