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Outside Achievements
Well done to these pupils for their success in various activities outside of school! We have so many talented pupils in school!
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Festival Success
Well done to the children below who took part in the Festival! We are so lucky to have so many talented children!
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P3 Shared Education
P3 have enjoyed visiting Macosquin and St Eoghans Primary Schools for shared education. Their visits involved lots of outdoor play. The children enjoyed making new ...
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P4 Shared Education
Primary 4 have been enjoying their Shared Education trips with St. Eoghan’s Primary School and Macosquin Primary School. They have been busy visiting churches in ...
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PSNI Visit
Yesterday officers from Causeway Coast and Glens PSNI visited p3-7 to tell them how to keep safe on the Internet and when gaming . Thank ...
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Rugby Team
Well done to the p6/7 boys from our school and Macosquin Primary . You played amazing rugby today and it was wonderful to see you ...
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Boys Hockey Success!
We are so proud today of our boys hockey team who represented our region at the finals day of the Pearson Cup played at Stormont. ...
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Doherty Cup Success!
This afternoon the boys secured their place into the Doherty Cup final for a second year in a row . The boys played against a ...
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Portstewart Music Festival
A huge congratulations to our choir today who scored an amazing 91 /100 at Portstewart Music festival and brought home another cup . A big ...
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Responsibility Value Award Winners
Congratulations to our Value Award Winners for Responsibility.
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Shared Education Rugby Team
P6 and P7 boys enjoyed participating in an Ulster Rugby Blitz at Coleraine Rugby Club this week. Our boys teamed up with one of our shared ...
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Science Shop
We begin Science Week in School this week with our Science shop organised by the school council and eco-committee. We are all looking forward to ...
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World Book Day 2025
We all enjoyed celebrating World Book Day on the 6th of March. We all wore pyjamas to school and participated in a ‘Book Swap’. Each class ...
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Choir Festival Success
What a wonderful performance yesterday from our choir taking part in Coleraine Music Festival and winning their class. Comments from the adjudicator included “very enthusiastic ...
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Perseverance Award Winners
Well done to these pupils who received an award for our school value perseverance.
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Road Safety Quiz
These four wonderful p7s represented our school at the local heat of the Road Safety Quiz held in the Lodge hotel . Well done on ...
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Doherty Cup
Through to the semi finals of the Doherty Cup . A fabulous performance yesterday by the team with a very convincing win . A huge thanks ...
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P2 Trip to Lislagan Farm
What an amazing place we have the privilege of visiting at Lislagan Farm. On Monday our p2 children visited the farm as part of their ...
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P1 Trip to Itsy Bitsy
Our p1 children and staff had a fabulous trip to Itsy Bitsy whereby the children had the opportunity to take part in different role play ...
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Rugby Tour Fundraiser
A huge thank you to the pupils and parents for supporting these p7 boys in raising money for their P7 Rugby tour with Ballymoney Rugby ...
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Visit from the Minister of Education
We spent a lovely morning with the Minister of Education and other guests including the Chair of Education Authority and Mr Maurice Bradley .
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P5 firefighter visit
Out p5s had a fantastic morning with members of the Fire Service . They even got to see them rush off to an emergency call ...
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Reading Award
Well done to all our Reading Award winners for this month. Keep up the great work!
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P3 trip to Ballymoney Museum
P3 had a fabulous day at Ballymoney Museum to participate in the Safari Park experience . They had a fabulous time and would highly recommend ...
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Mullan Cup
A big well done to these great bunch of boys who took part in the Mullan Cup today at SCORE. The boys reached the semi-final ...
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P6/7 trip to the Opera House
Primary 6 and 7 enjoyed a trip to the Grand Opera House to see Peter Pan.
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Grandparents Lunch 2024
One of our favourite events of the year is celebrating Christmas with our grandparents. Thank you to our kitchen staff for preparing such a lovely ...
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Carol Service 2024
Well done to our choir and the readers for a lovely annual carol service at Ballyrashane Presbyterian Church.
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Football Success
A huge well done to these boys today who played their first round match against St Malachy’s . This was a very hard fought match ...
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Respect Value Award Winners
Well done to all our Respect Value Award winners today. Our new value for December is Perseverance. Thank you to Alice for her wonderful assembly.
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Science Show Visit
This morning we enjoyed a Science Show with Rok from the Royal Institution of Science. The children enjoyed seeing lots of different experiments.
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Children in Need
Well done and thank you to everyone for supporting our “Children in Need” non-uniform day. We raised £258.00 for this amazing charity.
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Odd Socks Day
This week we are celebrating anti-bullying week with the theme ‘Choose Respect’. On Tuesday we took part in odd socks day, celebrating our differences.
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Damhead Christmas Experience
We can’t wait to hold this special event. Tickets go on sale from the school office from 8:45am on Monday 11th November . Please book ...
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Open Afternoon/Evening
Have you a child due to begin Primary 1 in September 2025? Please come and visit our amazing school on Tuesday 3rd December 2024. Contact ...
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Kindness Award Winners
Congratulations to our first School Value winners who received their badges for the Kindness Value today in our special assembly with Alice.
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Hockey Team
Well done to both the boys and girls hockey teams who represented our school in their first matches at Rugby Avenue this week. They all ...
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Fields of Life Fundraiser
A table quiz will be held in Portstewart Golf Club on Friday 25th October 2024 at 7pm to raise money for Fields of Life. All ...
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Reading Certificate Winners
Congratulations to all our wonderful readers who were awarded in Assembly this morning for their fantastic efforts!
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Congratulations!
Well done to these pupils for their achievements in football and jiu jitsu!
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Halloween Disco
Our Halloween Disco for the children will take place on Thursday 24th October. Times are as follows: P1-P3 6-7pm P4-P7 7-8.15pm All money raised will ...
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School Book Fair
The Book Fair will take place in school from Thursday 17th – Tuesday 22nd October and will be open for parents to visit from 8.00 ...
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Congratulations!
Well done to this P7 pupil who won the colouring competition and received 4 tickets for Beauty and the Beast.
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P7 Leadership Team
Congratulations to our P7 Leadership Team! Our P7’s applied and attended interviews for important leadership positions within the school. We were so impressed with how ...
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Girls Football Team
Well done to the girls football team who played really well today as a team during their four matches!
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World Cerebral Palsy Day
On Friday 4th October we celebrated World Cerebral Palsy Day by allowing the children to wear non-uniform and raised £166.80 for ‘HemiHelp’ Cerebral Palsy Charity. ...
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Congratulations!
Well done to these pupils who have had success in various musical and sporting activities including gymnastics, motocross and jiujitsu.
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Parent & Toddler Group
Our parent and toddler group will return next Friday. This is a lovely social group of mums, dads, grandparents and childminders getting together with their ...
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Doherty Cup Success
Congratulations to our Football team on their success in the Doherty Cup. It is such a huge achievement for the boys and school. Never before ...
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