Fri 9th January

A very Happy New Year to you and all your family. It's great to have all the children back and a week of fabulous schooling has already taken place.

Our after-school clubs are all up and running and we have loads of pupils staying behind.

We had a really informative night with Jonny Caughey on Tuesday night on First Aid in the home followed by a P6,7 parent evening with Love for Life.

Thank you for your continued consideration when parking and picking up your child punctually.

Please remember to come into the playground to collect your child if they are in P1,2,4 and 5. We ask P3 parents to pick-up in Old School house to spread out the numbers but most parents are now waiting out there. This makes it hard to see and pick out the right parent, so please come into the playground unless you are P3.

As per our poll before Christmas, we will continue to do a phased pick-up on a Friday.

Thank you for sending your child in the correct uniform on the correct days.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs F

Fill your Bake is completely full but there are still some spaces at our Emma Spence and Yoga evening. Would love to see you there.

Linda-Jayne will have 2 spaces available after next week. Please contact me or the class teacher if you think your child would benefit from some time spent with her. Everything will be treated in confidence.

Book Fair will be arriving on Tues 20th January and staying until the following Monday.

P3 and eco committee took part in a litter workshop with our Field Officer Jenny. We were able to explore everything litter looking at how long it would take for litter to break down if it was left at the side of the road. We couldn’t believe it would take 100 years for an aluminium tin can to break down! We found out about the threats to ocean life because of litter and the bins we should be using for different materials. We can’t wait to take part in our litter pick around school and Spa when the weather is better.

Our P7s spent a very enjoyable day in the High School today. Thanks to the High School for providing transport and feeding us.

We are a cashless school and all payments are made through SchoolMoney. If you have any trouble getting on please email Joy in the office at jwhitley697@c2kni.net.

New menu for October below

Tues 13th- Fill your Bake (Booking essential)

Wed 14th Jan- P7 Swimming

Thurs 15th Jan- P6,7 Love for Life talk

Fri 16th Jan- Librarians visit Waterstones

Mon 19th Jan- P7 BEE Safe Event at Edengrove, Cross Country Competition at Tollymore

Tues 20th Jan- Book Fair arrives, Emma Spence Art (Booking essential)

Wed 21st Jan- P1 applications close, P7 swimming, P5 at Ulster Museum

Thurs 22nd- P6 Shared Ed trip to Saintfield Community Centre

Sat 24th- SEAG results

Mon 26th Jan - Transfer Interviews, P4 visit Library

Tues 27th Jan- Transfer Interviews, Yoga Night (Booking essential)

Wed 28th- Transfer Interviews, P7 Swimming, P6,7 Digital Leaders visit the Apple Store, P3 Shared Ed at St Francis

Thurs 29th Jan- P7 Titanic Trip

Tues 3rd Feb- Safer Internet Day

Wed 4th Feb- P6 Shared Ed at Spa, P7 swimming

Thurs 5th Feb- Game Changers Workshop- Eco- P6

Fri 6th- Break the Rules Day

HALF TERM- Mon 9th- Fri 13th inclusive

Wed 18th Feb- P7 swimming

Thurs 19th Feb- Bun Sale for Macmillan Cancer

Mon 23rd Feb- P4 Library visit

Tues 24th Feb- Help your child to Read- Parent Night

Wed 25th Feb- P7 swimming

We are really enjoying our new reading books which Friends of Spa funded. As you will have seen on our School Development Plan, Reading is a strategic intent for the next 3 years. We are putting together a parent session on how to help your child to learn to read and develop a love of reading as they progress through their primary years. This will be one not to be missed. More info will follow.