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• Rugby team take part in the Gilpin Fun festival

  Thu 30 Mar 2023

  Our rugby team took part in the Gilpin Fun festival today. They played six matches, winning four of them. Everyone played really well and had great fun in the sunshine. A big thank you to everyone who came along to support us and especially to Mr Dunn and Mr Hannath who coached the team in preparation for the games today. 

  

• Receiving our Sustrans Gold Ambassador School Award

  Wed 29 Mar 2023

  Today we welcomed Laura from Sustrans to school to present us with a very special award. In recognition of our continued excellence in active and sustainable travel, we have been awarded the title of Gold Ambassador School for Sustrans. We are delighted that all our hard work has been recognised and we would like to thank all the pupils for their dedication to active travel and to parents and guardians for their ongoing support in our efforts to maintain a high level of active and sustainable travel in Bocombra.

  

• Great start to our Big Walk and Wheel competition

  Sun 26 Mar 2023

  Despite the rain and wind, we were delighted to see so many pupils making the effort to cycle, scoot and walk to school as we began our Big Walk and Wheel active travel competition. We are currently second in the large primary schools in the ABC council area with an average of 56.01% which is a fantastic start! We are hoping that we will be able to improve our percentage even further during the second week of the competition.

  

• Co. Armagh Hockey Tournament

  Thu 16 Mar 2023

  A huge congratulations to the hockey girls who came runners up in the above tournament and came home with silver medals. We had a great day and the girls played some brilliant hockey. Really well done. 

  

• P6 Football Success

  Wed 15 Mar 2023

  A huge congratulations to our P6 football team who competed in today’s tournament at Brownlow Collage.

  The team won every match they played and, in the final, they managed to win 8-1!  They were overall winners and had a great day out despite very wet conditions. Thank you to the coaches, Mrs Oliver & Mrs Cahoon for their encouragement and tactics. Well done everyone!

  

• World Drumming Workshop

  Tue 14 Mar 2023

  Mrs Reilly's class had a great morning taking part in the World Drumming Workshop with the tutors from Bann House EA Music Service. Everyone really enjoyed playing different rhythms on the djembe drums.

  

• 5 aside football tournament

  Fri 10 Mar 2023

  Well done to the football boys who took part competitively in today’s tournament.  Some great goals were scored and we managed to not concede any goals.  Great play!

  

• Art club on Friday afternoons

  Thu 09 Mar 2023

  P6 and P7 pupils took part in an Art Club on Friday afternoons and made a clay pot. They enjoyed using clay to make a coil pot and then painted their pot once it was dry. They finished it off by glazing it with PVA glue and took them home once they were dry. Some fantastic and colourful creations!

  

• Northern Ireland Cross Country Finals

  Fri 03 Mar 2023

  Today our girls team and 2 individual boys represented Bocombra at the NI cross country finals. The competition was very stiff but everyone raced exceptionally well and should be very proud of themselves. 

  

• World Book Day 'The Masked Reader'

  Mon 27 Feb 2023

  This year we celebrated World Book Day with our competition 'The Masked Reader'. Everyone from Nursery to Year 7 was given the challenge of making a mask of their favourite book character. As can be seen from the photographs, everyone rose to the challenge and showed their creative and artistic skills. After our mask parade, the winners from each class were announced and they received a prize goody bag. To share our reading and writing skills, Key Stage 2 children read stories to children in their Foundation Stage or Key Stage 1 reading partner class. Well done to everyone for making a superb effort!