Many thanks to Sinead from the Art and Design Factory for enabling our Year 3-7 children join her online for an Easter Art Lesson.  The pupils had a wonderful time using paint and oil pastels to create lovely Easter Basket scenes.  We were truly impressed with the excellent reults from all involved.  Thanks again Sinead @ the Art and Design Factory.

Such eggsitement in our Nursery Unit today with some 'cracking' Easter bonnets on parade. Congratulations to all who took part.  The Easter Bunny hid some very special treats along the way.  However, all the boys and girls searched very hard and managed to find where he had hidden all those lovely chocolate eggs! 

Thank you so much to the parents who came along and took time to create the wonderful pieces of art the children wore.

Many congratulations to all the boys and girls who received Subject, Accelerated Reading, Pupil of the Month, Toe-By-Toe and Principal Awards at our Easter Awards Assemblies. You are all superstars - Well done everyone!

Many thanks to Coragh in Year 4 for the presentation to Mr Traynor of a beautiful homemade Easter Wreath to be hung at the front entrance of the school.

Congratulations to all those boys and girls who took part in our Music Recital in the school assembly hall.  We enjoyed a range of performances from our School Orchestra, Guitarists and individual soloists.  A wide range of musical instruments were represented to include the violin, cello, trumpet, obeo, flute, guitar and piano.

What amazing talent we had on show - we all all very proud of the girls and boys today.  Many thanks to Mrs McDonnell (Music Co-ordinator)  and Mr Heron (EA Music Tutor)  for all their hard work with the boys and girls throughout the year. 

Well done to all involved!

Year 7SMcC spent a fun packed day in The Theatre, Mossley Mill learning about Transport and Logistics Industry.  During the day pupils met with a variety of people from the industry, learning about career paths and taking part in interactive workshops such as the driving simulator and international journey planning. 

Throughout the day pupils got an opportunity to develop an understanding of the variety of careers and different routes to employment in the industry and had the opportunity to quiz experts from the industry.  We would like to thank the Labour Market Partnership and Council in partnership with Young Enterprise NI for the invitation to participate - the pupils had a great day!

Last year our Nursery Unit successfuly achieved the Autism NI Impact Award.  This year we have plans in place to work towards this award within the primary school setting.

Today marks the beginning of World Autism Acceptance Week.  Our Pupil Council met with Mr Traynor and Mrs Wray to discuss how we as a school community can all build a kinder and more inclusive society for our autism community in Northern Ireland. 

We have decided that the Pupil Council will create their own posters to promote the message 'Be Kind To Different Minds' as well as sharing their own unique messages during the week.  The Pupil Council will then create a display and share and promote these messages with the children and staff.

#BeKindToDifferentMinds   

As part of our Shared Education project our Year 6AW pupils met up with Crumlin Integrated PS, Gaelscoil Ghleann Darach and Crumlin Integrated College to help our village by completing a community litter pick. Over 100 of us met at Stylus Engraving to give out the hi-vis jackets and litter picking equipment which Antrim and Newtownabbey Council very kindly supplied to our Shared Education Partnership. Mark from Stylus in Crumlin presented each school with a trophy to acknowledge our hard work for the local area. All involved worked really hard and this has been appreciated by many different people within the community. 

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!