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This term our topic is “Let’s get growing.”We have been learning all about life cycles. We have learnt all about the life cycle of frogs and ducks. We got to see tadpoles and hold some ducklings. Look at our photos below, the boys and girls had a quacking time. 🐸🦆🐸🦆
A big thank you to Mrs Preston and Mrs McGinnis for allowing us to see these animals.
We had the best fun day ever- we got slightly wet in such a ‘heavy down pour’ of water guns 😉 It is even more fun when you are allowed to soak the big people in your class!
This week the pre-school children who are coming to our school in September went over to the main school and had their first experience of a school dinner. They all did exceptionally well and had a fun time. Well done boys and girls! 😁
The boys and girls absolutely loved our visit from Stephanie from Time Steps. The session was very interactive and engaging. She even wanted to trade one of our year 5 girls for a calf! Tempting, but I declined the offer 😅
We would highly recommend Time Steps and will definitely be using them for future topics. It really brought our current topic to life for the boys and girls.
The pictures provide a glimpse of just how much fun we had - so many giggles too!
Parents of Artigarvan Primary School and Community Nursery,
Our PTA would like to trial a Uniform Recycling System at the end of June.
If anyone has any pieces of uniform that they no longer need if they could kindly remove their child’s name from the clothing and send to school before the term finishes on 29th June.
The PTA will sort all the items that have been sent into school and let you know how you can purchase items before we return for the new school year in September.
All items will cost £1/£2 and all money raised will go to school funds.
We know buying uniforms can be costly so this will be a good way to cut down the cost of purchasing uniforms while supporting our school at the same time.
Thank you 😊
Staff from Artigarvan PS very proudly present Emma McCann from Cancer Focus NI with £1500 raised through donations in lieu of Christmas presents and the ‘March a Million’ step challenge. Thank you to everyone who supported us in memory of our former teacher Mrs Craig. Also pictured in the photograph are David an Olivia Craig (Mrs Craig’s husband and daughter). We would also like to thank David and Olivia for joining us for the presentation.
Here’s a little update from our greenhouse and planter:
The weeds have been cleared and our sunflower seeds that we planted are coming along nicely (see the attached pictures).
We also planted some onions and spread some more wildflower seeds kindly gifted by the council. Families can call into the reception of the council offices and pick up their free pack of wildflower seeds (while stocks last). Thank you so much to the council for our seeds.
In class Mrs Pollock read a lovely story about sunflowers 🌻 and told all the boys and girls about a famous sunflower painting by Vincent Van Gogh. The boys and girls then designed their own sunflower pictures using chalk based on the work of Van Gogh.
During term three our class have been reading ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl. In this book George makes a number of medicines, all of which have different effects on the people that take them. On Friday Mr Campbell brewed some of his own concoctions for everyone to try. Have a look at the pictures below, can you tell that the children enjoyed these?
Parents,
We are pleased to inform you that resources to help your child with maths have been made available on the CCEA website. These resources are designed to help you support your child's maths learning at home. They will build their understanding of the maths concepts covered in the classroom.
Being the parent of a young learner is challenging, as you have to balance supporting their learning with your other responsibilities. If the maths methods used by your child’s school are different from those you learned, or if maths has always been challenging for you, we hope that these resources will help you and your child navigate maths learning together, and hopefully have a little fun along the way!
You can access the resources by clicking on the hyperlinks below:
Tens and Units (TU) - Units (U) Subtraction
Tens and Units (TU) - Tens and Units (TU) Subtraction
Hundreds, Tens and Units (HTU) - Tens and Units (TU)
Hundreds, Tens and Units - Hundreds, Tens and Units (HTU)
Rosie's 5 step guides to subtraction (decomposition) encourage all learners to Watch, Try, Practise, Build Confidence and Celebrate Success.
With help from ready-to-use videos, support materials and work cards, these resources are perfect for children practising this essential maths skill at home. They also support parents as they reinforce the processes and language used with learners in the classroom to further promote self-paced, relaxed learning.
We hope you find these resources helpful.
