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• Cross country at Portadown College

  Fri 21 Nov 2025

  Today the A2 PE students hosted a local cross country event at Portadown College and our cross country team enjoyed taking part. Despite some very cold and frosty conditions, our runners all performed exceptionally well and we came away with some brilliant results. Special mention to Anna who came 2nd girl in the main race. The girls’ team came 3rd overall and the boys’ team came 4th overall. Huge congratulations to Erin and Abbie who came 5th and 6th respectively out of the the girls fun runners and Matthew R and Harry who came 6th and 7th respectively out of the boys fun runners.

  Thank you to Mrs Hannath for coming along to help and to all the parents who showed up to support our runners,

  

• Garden Planning Competition winners announced!

  Wed 05 Nov 2025

  Today we announced our winners for our Garden Design Competition which had been completed by P6 and P7 pupils before half term.

  We had 10 winners in total whose design ideas will be brought to life in our raised beds beside the gravel pitch - keep an eye out over the next few weeks to see what appears!

  Well done to everyone who entered, the standard was very high and there were quite a few runners up who also got a small prize.

  Check out these photos for the winning designs!

  

• Music on Tuneful Tuesdays

  Tue 04 Nov 2025

  Music is in full swing in Term 1 at Bocombra. EA Music tutors from Bann House visit school on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to share their expertise with pupils from Year 4 to Year 7. The tutors instruct pupils how to play either a trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, violin, cello or guitar. Tuesday is a very busy music day with Year 5 Pathways Wind Project led by Mr McLean and Mr Bothwell, cello tuition with Mr Hughes and a four week Year 4 Drumming Workshop has just started, led by Jimmy and Austin. Everyone is enjoying learning new skills and making great music!

  

• Healthy Kidz Activities- November and December 2025

  Mon 03 Nov 2025
  

• Tag rugby at PRFC

  Fri 24 Oct 2025

  We had three teams playing in a tag rugby festival today along with a number of other local primary schools. Everyone showed off their rugby skills and played very well. A greatmoneing was had by all involved. 

  

• First School Council tuckshop of the year

  Fri 24 Oct 2025

  Today School Council held their first tuckshop of the year and it was a huge success.

  They managed to make nearly £200 profit and they have some stock left over to sell at their next tuckshop which will be Christmas themed, and will be held in early December.

  Special thanks to our PTA members who came to help out today.

  

• Save the Date - Bocombra's Santa Express

  Mon 20 Oct 2025
  

• October Football Festival

  Sun 19 Oct 2025

  On Friday 17th October the football team took part in a football blitz at Drumgor PS. The team played really well in their group, beating one team 5-0. They finished top of their group before playing the other 3 best teams in the final stage - all very close matches.

  There was great football played, some fantastic goals scored and we only conceded a couple of goals, thanks to our super keeper.

  Well done to the team - bring on the next tournament!

  

• Marvellous Maths Week.

  Fri 17 Oct 2025

  To celebrate Maths Week this week we worked together with partner classes across the school to complete a variety of practical and exciting maths activities. The children relished the opportunity to work together and learn from each other using Numeracy.

  We also had a Maths Week Homework competition on the run up to Maths Week with the entries demonstrating excellent creativity and understanding when it came to spending money within a certain budget. Well done to our winners of this competition - the teachers had a very hard decision to make to choose their winners!

  On Friday we celebrated the end of Maths Week by inviting parent visitor into school to talk to P4-P7 about their jobs and how they use maths within them. Both visitors and children alike enjoyed the experience with the children gaining a valuable insight into maths beyond the classroom. Huge thank you to our visitors for coming in and helping to make our Maths Week a roaring success.  

  Check out our class pages for more magnificent maths photos from our Marvellous Maths Week!

  

• Cross country at Banbridge Rugby Club

  Fri 17 Oct 2025

  Today was the first Flahavans cross country race of the season at Banbridge Rugby Club.

  All pupils competed with great enthusiasm and ran brilliantly. Special mention to Anna in P7 who came first in the girls’ race. Thank you also to the parents and grandparents who came along to support us.