Yesterday, we began planting around our new Outdoor Sensory Garden. The children were heavily involved in this as you can see from our photographs (to follow shortly).

After Easter we will be welcoming hens to our new coop so the children throughout the school were busy with a wide range of 'chicken related' activities!

P.1's made hens from paper plates.

P.2's sang songs and explored the life cycle of a hen.

P.3's drew pictures with pastels.

P.4's read poems & books about hens as well as completing some reading activities and beautiful art work.

As well as planting outside, the P.5/P.6/P.7's also completed some beautiful art work, origami hens and some maths puzzles.

Well done everyone!

PUPILS OF THE MONTH - MARCH

Congratulations to all our pupils who won the award this month for showing improvement.

Next month - Healthy Lifestyle

KS2 Production 2017 - GREASE!

Well.......there we have it folks. We've shoo-bopped and dinga da dinga donged our way through the hit musical 'Grease' and had a lot of fun along the way. The fact that our pupils in Key Stage 2 were able to deliver such superb performances over 2 nights not only reflects the support you have provided as parents but also the consistent, hard working and confident approach we see from our pupils on a daily basis. We are immensely proud of them! 

A review of Grease once stated.......

'The only things Grease has to rely upon are its reputation and its music.'

We hope we've done enough to secure and not tarnish its reputation!.....and so, for a final time......a womp bop a looma.....a WOMP BAM BOOM! 

Sport NI Sports Hall Athletics Finals 2017

Due to our success in the Regional Primary School Sports Hall Athletics, we had three representatives in the Lisburn and Castlereagh Regional Team. 

Ella, Anna and Jamie competed in a variety of events including:

60 m sprint using reversa boards

20 second speed bounce

Standing long jump

2kg Medicine Ball Chest Push

6 lap run

Mixed agility relay

1 lap relay

All athletics performed very well and we are delighted and proud of their effort. Special congratulations must go to Jamie for being crowned 'Speed Bounce' Champion.  Fantastic news!!!

Many thanks again to Mrs Warwick and Mrs Beattie for travelling with the team.

Lisburn Primary Schools Under 11 Cup Final

A huge congratulations to the football team for their tremendous effort and determination in the final of the Under 11 Cup against Pond Park PS.

After a slow start, we found ourselves 2-0 down. This however did not deter the boys and they started to play with belief. A super low strike from Jamie brought it back to 2-1 at the end of the first half.

We started the second half brightly and put them under some pressure. This resulted in another terrific shot from Jamie, which was parried by their goalkeeper, only for Aaron to coolly chip it over their sprawling goalkeeper to make it 2-2.

With the score level at full time, we entered extra time. Pond Park played well and scored another goal to edge them in front. As we entered the final minute of play, we were awarded a penalty. Aaron walked up and superbly found the back of the net, bringing the scores level.

The final whistle blew and both teams were declared joint winners. A fantastic achievement to retain the Under 11 Cup which we won last year.

Many thanks again to all the travelling support and to Mrs. Beattie for assisting with transport, encouragement and tactics throughout the match!

Huge congratulations to our Festival Singers who WON their category at Portadown Festival. They also received the highest mark of all the choirs in all categories and will be receiving an extra cup. The judges commented that for such a big choir (90) they showed 'excellent togetherness and discipline' as well as making a beautiful sound. We are all incredibly proud of you- well done!

Lisburn & Castlereagh Primary Schools XCountry Race 2017

Congratulations and well done to both teams for their tremendous effort in the xcountry race today.

The race was held at 'The Billy Neill Centre' Dundonald in glorious conditions.

The girls' team finished 1st and the boys' team finished 2nd.  A fantastic result - we are all so proud of them!!

Special mention must go to Ella and Harry who won both races.

Next race will be in May/June - details to follow.

Many thanks to Mrs. Warwick for travelling on the bus and all the other parents who came to support the teams.

Catch our short video of the P6 adventures in Ardnabannon on our Video Platform Sharing Page.

Click on Children and then Video Sharing Platform.

Thanks to all the staff at Ardnabannon for making the trip such a wonderful experience for all!

Enjoy!

This morning we are completing our week of activity with archery, orienteering and the exhilarating zip line!!!

Get ready everyone......we are coming home soon.........

Make sure those laundry baskets are clear!

Well done to all our pupils for overcoming many fears and representing our school extremely well!

See you all soon!!

Under 11 Cup

Congratulations to the football team for their success in the Under 11 Cup today.

We defeated Finaghy PS 5-0 in the First Round, followed by a very hard fought victory against Tonagh PS in the Quarter Finals.  

The match ended 2-2 and after 8 penalties we advanced to the Semi Finals were we defeated Killowen PS 3-0.

We will be playing Pond Park PS in the final on 30th March.

Many thanks to Mrs. Meadows and Mrs. Beattie for transporting the team and their fantastic tactics and support!!