Litter Pickers On Duty

Here are the first two members of our litter picking team. Litter in the playground will be monitored for the next 4 weeks and as it's Primary 3's class ECO action, they will monitor the results and feedback to the rest of the school in the hope our litter will improve further. Each pupil has chosen 2 slots in which to litter pick with a partner. Pupils have been trying out the new equipment and proudly wearing their new "litter monitor" badges. Our first 4 pairs of pupils have already fedback to the whole school at assembly last Friday. They are keeping a chart in class to check that the litter levels are reducing.

It's Showtime!

Pupils from Primary 1 to Primary 4 were entertained last week by the crew from M & M Productions. They thoroughly enjoyed a fabulous performance of "Jack & the Beanstalk" and the hall was filled with boos and cheers as the show progressed. This was a fitting end to Primary 1's "Jim & the Beanstalk" topic, a new slant to a traditional story.

Pupils Present Art Gallery

Recently our pupils presented their work to their parents and members of the local community. Every pupil in the school worked on a piece of art which was sent off and framed. A full display of the work was then shown in our school gallery and the pictures sold to fundraise for events in the school.

Second Level Curriculum Evening

We concluded our series of Curriculum Evenings last week when we held our evening for parents of pupils working at second level within Curriculum for Excellence. An update on Curriculum for Excellence was given by Mrs Maher, followed by Mrs Nicholson's presentation and activity on "Big Writing" which is now used across the whole school. Our parents devised a very creative story with many connectives, not to mention several splashes of humour!
Mrs Cleary, Mrs McKay and Mr Keenan then walked parents through active learning tasks in maths to show them the skills progression expected within the same outcome at second level. The evening was rounded off by a presentation by Mr Johnston and Dr Phelps from St Benedict's High School, linking into third level and beyond. Thanks to all those who attended & we hope you found the evening informative.

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