Today we gathered together for our Year 1-3 and Year 4-7 assemblies to mark the beginning of a new Term in school.  By gathering together we had an opportunity to say Happy New Year to each other and pray that 2025 would be a year filled with lots of blessings for ourselves and our families.  

We also had an opportunity to reinforce the message 'Be Bright, Be Seen'.  Indeed as part of the Education Authority Campaign we will be encouraging all children to wear reflective clothing and high visibility items especially during the dark mornings and evenings.  

At our assemblies we also celebrated our Christmas and New Year birthdays and collected our Pebble Points from each Year Group as part of our whole school reward system.  Mr. Traynor spoke about our character trait for January which is 'Honesty'.  We will develop this further in our classrooms and will discuss the following points in class:

• Compare and contrast the words ‘honest’ and ‘dishonest’
• The consequences of taking other people’s belongings.
• Telling tales - why some are important to discuss and others not.
• Cheating in games - how this leads to children not wanting to play

There was lots to celebrate with many of our Year Groups achieved their first Year Group targets and will therefore have the opportunity to choose a Year Group reward.  We look forward to collecting lots more points towards our Year Group targets throughout January.   Well done girls and boys!

Here's wishing everyone a New Year filled with health, happiness, and new adventures!