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Year 7 attend the Bee Safe Event

Thu 23 Mar 2023

Primary 7 visited Antrim this morning to take part in the 2023 Bee Safe Event. This event is tailored towards Year 7 pupils and informs them about how to react and deal with challenging situations that they potentially may be faced with over the coming years, as they move on to their new schools. Each agency present used interactive scenarios and role-play exercises to encourage the pupils to think for themselves.

BeeSafe covered: bus safety; fire safety; safety in the home; safe use of the Internet; staying safe around electricity; personal safety; farm safety; water safety and how to act if approached by strangers. Pupils were also provided with a healthy snack and received a goody-bag filled with stationary for their pencil cases. A morning well spent!

World Water Day

Wed 22 Mar 2023

Today is World Water Day. World Water Day has been held every year since 1993 and this year's theme is all about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Water is a precious resource and we can all make a difference by changing the way we use, consume and manage water in our lives.

Today our Eco Council were delivering a presentation to share this important message with all the classes in our school. They also delivered the presentation to Mr Traynor and Mr McMullan in Mr Traynor's office. Also as part of their class topic our Year 5 pupils joined schools across the UK for a Virtual Teams Live World Day Assembly.

Year 3 Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Wed 22 Mar 2023

Congratulation to our wonderful Primary 3 boys and girls who celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation with Canon Colm today, Wednesday 22nd March, in Mater Dei Church. They were just amazing - a real credit to their families and their school. Well done boys and girls.

Following First Confession the pupils celebrated as a year group with cake and a party on their return to school.

Allen Park 7-a-Side Football Tournament

Tue 21 Mar 2023

A great display of skill, determination and team spirit on display today at the Allen Park 7-a-side Football Tournament. Well done boys and girls.

Year 5 Fire Safety Visit

Tue 21 Mar 2023

On Wednesday 22^nd March, two firefighters visited our Year 5 children to complete our annual Fire Safety Talk. The children participated in discussions and educational conversations about how to prevent fire in the home. In addition, they discussed with the Fire service, what measures to take in the event of an emergency fire situation.

The firefighters gave the children TWO challenges:

To make sure they could remember their home address incase they had to make a 999 call and request the help of the Fire Service.
To make sure all smoke alarms were tested at home and were working properly.

All children received a ‘Safety Team’ pack to discuss with adults at home.

Engineers Ireland - STEPS Programme

Tue 21 Mar 2023

The Engineers Ireland STEPS programme gives children the opportunity to discover engineering with the main aim being the promotion of engineering. Today our Year 7 pupils were fortunate to have Carly and Cleona in school to complete a series of workshops and highlight the importance of the profession to the children. Many thanks ladies - much appreciated.

Feast Day of St Joseph

Mon 20 Mar 2023

Today we celebrated the Feast Day of St Joseph in school. St Joseph is the patron saint of our school. Our Faith Group prepared an assembly for our whole school - it told the story of St Joseph. We all got to view the assembly virtually in our own classrooms. Thank you to the Faith Group and Mrs Loughran for sharing this with us today.

K'Nex Challenge

Mon 20 Mar 2023

Many congratulations to our 4 Year 7 pupils who travelled to St Dominic's Grammar School in Belfast for the latest round of the Sentinus K'Nex Challeges. Using K'Nex pieces the pupils had to design and build three exciting playground attractions. Their drawn plans were very impressive and their models met all the requirements of the challenge set. Well done boys and girls - future engineers in the making!

Year 7EA Shared Education Spanish Lesson

Thu 16 Mar 2023

Year 7 and Year 8 met in Crumlin Integrated College for a Spanish lesson with Mr Tracey. We learnt lots of names of our pets in Spanish and described their colour and size. It was lovely to see our friends again. We got to go to the canteen and buy our break. Next we will be visiting to talk to the Year 8 students about moving to a new school. We look forward to that visit.