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Today was our second tuckshop of Term 1, organised by our PTA and School Council. All pupils were able to buy themselves some lovely treats and enjoy them while watching a movie.
We are delighted to have raised over £400 from both tuckshops this term and this money will go straight to PTA funds.
Thank you to the PTA for helping to set up and run the tuckshop. We look forward to the next one in Term 2!
Today our School Council members gave out our Journey to Santa prize bags. Our aim was to to try to travel 2500 miles in the last 3 weeks, which is the distance to the North Pole. We were delighted that in fact we managed to achieve a total of 2634 miles!
After all the journey cards were collected, those pupils with the most journeys were put into a prize draw to win a goodie bag. There were so many pupils who had managed to make active journeys to or from school every day over the 3 weeks, which was very impressive indeed!
Well done to the 2 winners from each class and to everyone who earned their house lots of points for their Active Travel efforts.
This afternoon twenty five Year 7 pupils travelled the short distance to Lisnisky Care Home with Mrs Maxwell and Mrs Dunlop to sing carols and Christmas songs. Everyone enjoyed entertaining the residents and we had a little chat with them at the end to wish them Merry Christmas. Thank you for the treats the children received for their beautiful singing.
It was lovely to have everyone from Nursery to Year 7 in the assembly hall for our carol service this morning. P.5 pupils Anna, Evie, Harper, George, Amelie and Fleur narrated the Christmas story while P.6 pupils Alexis and Daniel read bible verses. Year 7 musicians entertained us with two lovely pieces. Brass and woodwind pupils Noah, Alfie, Charlotte, Abby, Tommy and Katie played Twinkle, Twinkle. String pupils Penny, Alistair, Jorja, Ava, Jorgie, Penny, Kate, Phoebe and John played Silent Night. Well done to everyone who lead the carol service helping us all remember the true meaning of this special time of year.
We were delighted to welcome Lynda Haffey back to Bocombra to read her new book 'The Jolly Jug' as a treat before Christmas. Everyone in Year 3 to Year 7 thoroughly enjoyed listening to the story about different breeds of dogs, their personalities and the challenges they face finding their forever home. The lesson we can learn from the story is to just be ourselves and despite of our differences we will accepted by others. Well done to Joshua and Carson who won our school competition which Lynda kindly judged. They thought of titles for another book which could be written about animals. Joshua's idea was 'The Messy Monkey' and Carson's was 'Professor Duck and the Earth Quack'.
Today was the final day of our Triathlon club, coached by Sam from Triathlon Ireland. The pupils have been enjoying learning how to improve their running and cycling, as well as their transitioning skills. They ended their training block with 2 races today - one girls race and one boys race. Well done to everyone who took part today in the cold and windy weather and special thanks to the parents and grandparents who came to cheer the pupils on.
Special congratulations to the top 3 finishers in the boys and girls.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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