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• Wildflower seeds given to school council to plant in school

  Tue 20 Apr 2021

  Today we were delighted to receive some wildflower seeds from Ellis Ellison from Joseph Poots and Son - just in time for Earth Day on 22nd April. The School Council are looking forward to planting these outside in one of our raised beds.

  

• Special Litter Less prizes for Zara and Ava

  Wed 14 Apr 2021

  Zara (P5) and Ava (P1F) received a special bag of prizes for being the only ones who faithfully entered the Litter Less at Home competition every single week during the 6 weeks of the competition.  They earned the Green House an impressive 120 points with all their hard work as well as some special prizes. Well done girls!

  

• Final week of Litter Less at Home

  Fri 26 Mar 2021

  Well done to all our entrants to the final week of our Litter Less Challenge at home – thank you to everyone who has taken part over the last 6 weeks. It has been brilliant to see all the different Eco activities happening at home.

  A very special well done to Zara and Ava who have entered our challenge every single week – they will be getting a very special prize when they get back to school after the Easter break.

  This week we had 3 entries from the Green House: Hannah was busy out picking up litter on the road near her house and our Litter Less superstars Zara and Ava used plastic bottles to plant some strawberries and flowers. Well done girls!

  Adam made a fabulous poster about recycling for the Yellow house – well done for making your first entry Adam!

  So the final totals are:

  Green House = 210 points – very worthy winners with a massive lead! Well done Greens!!

  Blue House = 50 points

  Red House = 100 points  

  Yellow House = 90 points

  Well done everyone! Enjoy your Easter break.

  

• Litter Less at Home: Week 5

  Mon 22 Mar 2021

  Well done to all our entrants to Week 5 of our Litter Less Challenge at home – a special well done to Zara and Ava who have been sending in entries every single week and a very warm welcome to Elsie, Lottie and John who are entering for the first time!

  For the Green House, we had Zara and Ava being litter heroes and picking up litter around Craigavon Lakes, as well as Elsie, Penny and Lottie who were busy upcycling old bottles to make bird feeders. Brilliant work girls J

  For the Blue House, we had Sarah who was very busy upcycling and making a fantastic dog rescue shelter and kennel.

  Finally for the Red House, we had John who put some old milk cartons to excellent use by planting some sunflowers, geraniums and poppies – all beautiful flowers that the birds will love.

  Current totals are:

  Green House = 180 points

  Blue House = 50 points

  Red House = 100 points  

  Yellow House = 80 points   

  So the Green House are definitely running away with the lead but there is still one week left – make sure you email your entries to Mrs Craig before Friday 26^th March to earn some last minute house points. Your entries could make a huge difference to the totals!

  

• Litter Less at Home: Week 4

  Mon 15 Mar 2021

  Thank you to everyone who is continuing to take part in our Litter Less Challenge at home – well done for keeping up the great work!

  The Green House are pulling out in the lead with all 3 entries this week coming from the Greens! Well done to Alistair, Zara and Ava for the fabulous posters and to Penny and Alistair for collecting litter around where they live. 40 points to the Greens!

  Current totals are:

  Green House = 130 points.                Blue House = 40 points

  Red House = 90 points                      Yellow House = 80 points    

  So the Green and House are now well out in front – will they be the overall winners? Remember, there are still 2 weeks left of our challenge and you can enter as many times as you would like!

  

• Litter Less at Home: Week 3

  Mon 08 Mar 2021

  Thank you to everyone who is continuing to take part in our Litter Less Challenge at home – well done for keeping up the great work!

  Fantastic effort from new entrants Bree and Aria for the Yellow House – they worked hard at making some brilliant birdfeeders to put out in their garden – you earned the Yellows 20 points. Well done girls! For the Green House Ava and Zara were very busy making a very creative birdfeeder out of a milk carton that looked like a house – well done girls and 20 points for the Greens! Juala also earned another 10 points for the Greens by making a birdfeeder out of a plastic bottle - I'm sure the birds are very thankful for all this yummy food! Jonno made a fantastically creative diorama (if you don’t know what that is, because I didn’t either, check out the pictures below!) with some rubbish and earned the Red House 10 points.  Sarah was also putting her artistic and creative talents to good use for the Blue House by making a ‘Don’t be mean, Keep the world clean’ poster – beautifully illustrated and such a catchy slogan! Another 10 points for the Blues!

  Current totals are:

  Green House = 90 points

  Blue House = 40 points

  Red House = 90 points  

  Yellow House = 80 points   

  So the Green and Red House are still in joint first place with 90 points but the Yellow House is not very far behind with 80 points. You can still enter as many times as you would like in the next 3 weeks! Have fun and stay safe!

  

• Litter Less at Home: Week 2

  Mon 01 Mar 2021

  A huge thank you and well done to everyone who sent in photographs of their Litter Less activities over this past week. Great Eco work happening around Bocombra!

  For the Green House Ava, Zara and Ailsa were busy looking out for and collecting litter around where they live – they found a lot of it!

  The Blue House finally got off the ground with Ruby, Sophie and Katie making a fabulous bird feeder and have already spotted some birds at it!

  Current totals are:

  Green House = 70 points

  Blue House = 30 points

  Red House = 70 points  

  Yellow House = 60 points    

  So the Green and Red House are in joint first place with 70 points. It’s not too late to get involved and you can enter as many times as you would like – think of all the house points you could earn for your house!

  

• World Book Day Thursday 4th March

  Sun 28 Feb 2021
  To celebrate World Book Day this year there are two extra fun things for you to do if you would like to. Firstly you can send one photo of you reading to your teacher and this will be put on your class page. Secondly, you can watch a pantomime 'Robin Hood and his Socially Distanced Men'. For specific details see the World Book Day information on your class page.

• Litter Less Campaign at home: Week 1!

  Sun 21 Feb 2021

  A huge thank you to everyone who sent in photographs of their Litter Less activities over this past week. It is so exciting to see you getting involved at home and earning lots of house points in the process!

  For the Green House Ava and Zara were very busy making some fabulous birdfeeders and Jasmine and Juliana took part in a litter hunt around their estate and then made a brilliant ‘Roll the Rubbish’ poster.

  Juala managed to earn the Red House a bonus 50 points because she was the very first entry emailed to Mrs Craig with her pencil case cleverly made out of junk materials – well done Juala! Charlotte and Emily also earned house points for their beautiful anti-litter posters – such excellent art work!

  For the Yellow House, Hanna was involved in the fantastic ‘Roll the Rubbish’ poster and litter hunt around her estate and Noah and Katie were very busy making some creative and fact-filled posters to encourage people not to drop so much litter. Amy also made an excellent eye-catching poster with some 3D effects and then went on a litter hunt with George and Isobel – they were all very shocked by the amount of litter that they found on the paths near where they live. Well done Yellow House for so many of you getting involved.

   

  Green House = 40 points  

  Red House = 70 points  

  Yellow House = 60 points   

  So the Red House are just about in the lead with 70 points but it’s not too late to get involved and you can enter as many times as you would like – think of all the house points you could earn for your house! Our Litter Less campaign will continue to run during the 5 weeks leading up to Easter so plenty of time to get your entries in by sending them to Mrs Craig – more information can be found in the Letters section of the school website.

  

• Half Term Week

  Fri 12 Feb 2021

  Next Monday and Tuesday we are encouraging you to have a break from school work. Your teacher may have put work in your pack, but you can choose to do something different instead!

  Some ideas...go for a run, set up an obstacle course, bake a cake, build a den, make some pancakes on Shrove Tuesday....we would love to see what you're up to!

  So...please send us a photo for your class page. Your teacher will upload these and you will be able to see your what your friends are up to as well!

  Also...keep watching this space for a special video message....