Latest News

• Final cross country run at Palace Stables

  Thu 23 Jan 2025

  Today was the final race of the cross country season and it was held at Palace Stables in Armagh. Well done to all the runners for competing so well in a very tough and muddy race. Special mention to Anna who came second in the girls main team race and earned herself a well deserved podium place! 
  Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who have come out to every race to support our runners no matter what the weather!

  

• IMPORTANT NOTICE- EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL CLOSURE

  Thu 23 Jan 2025

  IMPORTANT NOTICE- EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL CLOSURE: I am writing to inform you that, due to anticipated severe weather conditions, all schools in Northern Ireland are required to close tomorrow, Friday 24 January 2025. The Met Office has issued a red alert, which covers all of Northern Ireland, and will apply from 7am on Friday until 2pm. This warns of "very dangerous conditions" and "widespread disruption". While I appreciate that this decision will impact on each of our Bocombra families, the more important issue is that we take action to avoid any potential risk to the safety of our children and school staff. Teachers will provide suitable work for completion at home tomorrow which will be paper based in the event of electricity or internet outages. Apologies for the inconvenience this will cause. Please be safe everyone

• Nursery and Year 1 Admissions 2025 - Final Call for Applications!

  Wed 22 Jan 2025
  

• Road Safety Quiz

  Wed 22 Jan 2025

  Well done to our team of P7 pupils who took part enthusiastically in the Road Safety Quiz at Craigavon Civic Centre.  There were some very tricky questions but the team worked together well and enjoyed the experience.

  

• NURSERY AND YEAR 1 ADMISSIONS 2025/26

  Mon 13 Jan 2025

  NURSERY AND YEAR 1 ADMISSIONS 2025/26

  If you have an eligibly aged child (or know of friends or family), who may be considering applying for a place in our Nursery or Year 1 classes in September 2025, please note the following key dates:

   

  • The on-line application process for Nursery and Year 1 opened at 12 noon on Friday 10^th January 2025 and closes at 12 noon (GMT) on Friday 24^th January 2025. See link below.

   

  • Any applications received after 12 noon (GMT) on 24^th January 2025 will be treated as ‘late applications’.

   

  • Please note that existing Bocombra PS Nursery pupils are also required to make a new application for a place in Year 1 in 2025/26.

   

  • Potential applicants for Nursery should be aware that our pre-school setting has been recommended to be part of the Pre-School Standardisation Programme from September 2025. This means that, subject to Ministerial approval, our setting’s pre-school education provision will change from 26 part-time places to 26 full-time places for September 2025.

   

  • See links below to the EA Online Portal and the school’s new prospectus for 2025/26:

   

  • https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions

   

  • Bocombra PS and Nursery Prospectus 2025/26

   

• Journey to Santa winners announced

  Wed 18 Dec 2024

  Today our School Council gave out prizes to the Journey to Santa winners from each class. Well done to everyone who completed lots of active journeys over the past 2 weeks, there were an impressive amount of fully completed journey cards. 
   

  

• Christmas house quiz

  Tue 17 Dec 2024

  This morning we had our annual Christmas house quiz. It was great fun and the competition was very close. The two Gribben (red) teams were 1st and 2nd. Well done to everyone who took part in the teams or in the audience. 

  

• Bluebell Trust competition winner

  Mon 16 Dec 2024

  We completed a colouring competition for the Bluebell Trust charity. One of our P5 pupils won the competition so she was rewarded with a bag of goodies and she also won everyone in her class a Bluebell Trust bag which they were delighted to receive. The Bluebell Trust wish to thank all our parents for their very generous donations of gifts this Christmas. 🎄 

  

• Dogs Trust workshops

  Mon 16 Dec 2024

  We had a visit from the Dogs Trust last week. Julie was in with every class and taught us all how to keep safe around dogs. She told us how to treat dogs and what we should and should not do when we are near dogs. We all really enjoyed her presentations. This Friday (20th) we will be wearing our own clothes to school and we are asking for a small donation for the Dogs Trust so we can support them in their work in Northern Ireland. 

• School Council Christmas Tuckshop

  Fri 13 Dec 2024

  Today our hardworking School Council hosted their second tuckshop of the year, this time with a Christmas theme. They are delighted to announce that they raised £270, which means they will be able to buy a new outdoor storage shed for our Forest School area. 
  Thank you to all the pupils for taking part and for helping to make the second tuckshop a huge success. Thank you also to our PTA who came to help out.