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• Triathlon training

  Wed 23 Nov 2022

  Pupils who are on our school Cross Country team have been taking part in Triathlon training provided by Triathlon Ireland on Thursdays after school. They have been learning skills to help improve their running form and learning how to transition quickly and safely on and off the bike. We are looking forward to their final week on Thursday 1st December when all pupils will be participating in a Triathlon (running and cycling only) event in school grounds. Parents are welcome to come and watch our event, which will begin at approximately 2.15pm.

  

• Santa's on Strike

  Wed 09 Nov 2022

  Years 6 and 7 have been practising for their Christmas performance, Santa's on Strike. They have been learning their lines and practising their songs and this morning they performed on the stage for the first time. The performances will be on Tuesday 6th December from 9:30am - 10:30am and on Wednesday 7th December there are two performances 9:30 - 10:30am and 1:30 - 2:30pm. Tickets will be on sale next week. 

  

• Dave from Sustrans came into school for our Ditch the Dark Day

  Fri 28 Oct 2022

  Today we were delighted to welcome Dave, our Sustrans Schools Officer, to take a special Ditch The Dark day assembly. Dave gave out some prizes to those pupils who made extra special effort to dress in bright clothes and introduced us to Buzz, his folding bicycle.

  He talked to us about the benefits of active journeys to school and how we can stay safe as the mornings and afternoons get darker.

  

• Fitness Freddy came to finish our Cash for Kids fund raising

  Thu 27 Oct 2022

  Fitness Freddy came to school today to help us finish our fundraising with Cash for Kids. Every class had a great time exercising to music and singing along at the same time! Everyone enjoyed the fun in the hall and afterwards they received a fruit bag and bottle of water to help them recover! Thanks go to Freddy for making it a great end to all the hard work. 

   

  A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to our fundraising, so far we have raised £12879 which is fantastic. This will provide us with lots of new interactive whiteboards. All funds will be totalled by noon tomorrow and the winner will be announced on Monday. 

  

• Week 2 PTA Cash for Kids

  Fri 14 Oct 2022

  For Week 2 of Cash for Kids we had a Party-Thon day. Everyone either took part in a Dance-a-Thon or a World Cup Football Tournament. Rachel from Portadown Dance College kept the dancers moving whilst the sun shone on the footballers. Everyone had a super time exercising and having fun. Each child also received a party bag with treats to give them the energy to keep going!

  

• First Cross Country race of the new season - the results are in!

  Fri 07 Oct 2022

  Today 24 pupils took part in the first Flahavans Primary School Cross Country League race of the season at Portadown Rugby Club. We faced some very stiff competition from 20 other schools in the Southern Area but everyone ran fantastic races and should be very proud of themselves.

  There were over 400 pupils taking part today and we had some top 10 finishers which is an excellent result! 

   

  The results are in and we had some brilliant fast times from both main team and fun runners and lots of top 10 finishers. 

  Currently our girls team are in second place, only 3 points behind Kings Park and the boys team are in first place! A fantastic first race of the season and every single runner should be incredibly proud of their efforts.

   

  Check out this link for exact times of each race: https://athleticsni.org/Results 

   

  

• Bikeability training for Year 6 pupils

  Thu 06 Oct 2022

  As part of our involvement in the Sustrans programme, we were able to avail of some excellent Bikeability training for 16 Year 6 pupils. They were given cycling training in both the school playground and on some actual roads near school. They learned how to cycle safely when there is traffic and how to make sure they are safe when cycling to and from school on both the pavement and the road.

  

• Cycle to School Week prize winners

  Thu 06 Oct 2022

  Congratulations to those children who cycled or scooted to school this week and discovered a tag on their bike or scooter. They were rewarded for their efforts with a special Sustrans prize and were delighted to have been chosen.

  Thanks to everyone who helped kick off our Walktober month with lots of active journeys - even in the rain! 

  

• A fantastic £1623 raised for Macmillan Cancer

  Fri 30 Sep 2022

  On Friday 30th September we had a great coffee morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer.  It was lovely to see the hall full of visitors and everyone enjoying themselves.  Thank you to our School Council for organising the event and for everyone who donated the tasty tray bakes. 

  Our pupils enjoyed coming to school wearing green and bringing a treat break. 

  An amazing £1623 in total - thank you very much everyone!

  

• Thank you to the PTA for buying instruments

  Wed 28 Sep 2022

  The PTA kindly granted our request to buy some new untuned and tuned percussion instruments for use by everyone from Nursery to Year 7. The very generous amount of £948.44 is much appreciated. It has been great to supplement the instruments we already have with class sets of 30 claves, triangles, tambourines and bells for Foundation and Key Stage 1 classes. Key Stage 2 are able to improve their skills with sets of 8 tambourines, woodblocks, triangles, maracas, hand drums, sleigh bells and glockenspiels. Thank you very much to the PTA for their generosity. Have a look at Mrs Dunlop's class, Mrs Brown's class and Mrs Warnock's children in Nursery making great use of our lovely new instruments.