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Alex's Dad brought his New Holland to school today, it was much bigger than the Massey- especially for the P1 children to get their picture taken in! The children climbed up the three steps, holding onto the handrail, they sat up in the seat and had a look around. A few children were able to spot the gear stick, indicators and the horn! The New Holland has 120 horse power and is ran on diesel. Norman had washed it especially for us, we could see the white of the wheels and the link box attachments at the back. A big thanks to Norman for taking time out of this busy farming season to come and visit us in school.
Back in class, the children compared the two tractors and wrote about their favourite. They gave reasons to explain, using the word because. Some of the Year 1 children were fantastic at using full stops, capital letters and finger spaces- not to forget, their fantastic phonics too!
Year 1/2 finished off the big pedal by having fun on their bikes and scooters before lunch. Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents and childminders for taking time to bring the children on their bikes and scooters! The children have thoroughly enjoyed competing against each class to win the daily outdoor play session. We hope that this will encourage more children to cycle or scoot to school to ease congestion outside of the school.
We love to hear of pupils excelling at other activities outside of school. We are extremely proud of our Year 2 pupil who won Most Improved Player of the Year for the under 6s at Strabane Rugby Club.
Well done to our Nursery class and Mrs Kane's class who all participated in the Jo Jingles sessions. As always, the children all enjoyed these sessions and behaved beautifully, always remembering their manners and singing loud and clear!
In our school we have extremely kind and helpful parents. William kindly offered to bring along a tractor to school for our children to have a look at. The children were filled with excitement as they saw the red Massey sitting in the car park. William carefully explained to the children, the various parts on a tractor and their purposes. You could tell the children were fascinated as their eyes were fixed on William, listening carefully to the information. Lots of our children come from farming backgrounds, they were able to share their own knowledge and experiences.
We left knowing some interesting facts
- the tractor has 100horsepower
- it runs on diesel
- their is a dipstick to check the oil level
- you can find a toolbox on the front
- the engine is at the front
- the exhaust runs up to the side of the window
- you can attach a link box at the back of the tractor
Each of the children then got a chance to climb up into the tractor and have a look around, there was a lot of excitement to say the least!
A huge thanks to William for taking the time to provide such a fantastic experience for the children in our school!
P3/4 have been learning French with Mrs Gregson. They have been practising their greetings and asking one another how they are feeling. Have a look at our video.
Today in p5/6 we continued our work on volcanoes as part of our explorers topic. We created paintings of erupting volcanoes. Have a look!
The boys and girls in Nursery were treated to a visit from a local PSNI Road Safety Officer. Stuart talked to the children about how to stay safe when crossing the road, staying safe in the car and staying safe when cycling their bike. He showed us all the different things he has to wear on his belt and we had a look at his uniform. We were very lucky to get to sit in the Police car and see the flashing lights along with the noisy sirens. Thank you to Stuart for taking the time to talk to the children. His message to the children was: ‘The PSNI are always here to keep you safe.’
Today we had a visit from our local vet, Lindsay from Parkview in Strabane. She brought a very well-behaved puppy with her too! We learned so much today about farm animals, pets and exotic animals too! Lindsay told us about the tools she uses to check the animals, they looked similar to those found in our doctors. The children asked fantastic questions at the end. Jonny wanted to know what the biggest animal Lindsay had helped was- to our surprise, she told us about how she had helped insert a micro-chip into an elephant which was with a circus in Strabane!
