Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

  Tue 31 May 2022

  The children had a great time celebrating the Jubilee. There were lots of costumes on show in the parade  and fun was had by everyone.

  

• Platinum Jubilee Commemorative Coins

  Mon 30 May 2022

  In October 2021 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council agreed to present a commemorative coin to all primary school pupils within the Borough to celebrate the seventy year reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll.

   

  As part of this celebration two members of our School Council, Lewis Fulton and Jason Park, attended a reception hosted by the Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey Councillor Billy Webb MBE JP in The Old Courthouse.  At this reception the Deputy Lord Lieutenant and Mayor presented both boys with a bespoke 40mm commemorative coin depicting the official Platinum Jubilee emblem.  Coins were also given out to take back to school for each child in Antrim PS. 

  

• DUCKS

  Fri 27 May 2022

  The Antrim Primary ducklings are getting big. They are starting to walk about more and see their surroundings.

  

• P3 ZOO TRIP

  Fri 27 May 2022

  Primary 3 really enjoyed their school trip to the zoo this year. 

   

  

• ACTION CANCER DONATION

  Thu 19 May 2022

  We presented Action Cancer NI with a cheque for £400 from our non-uniform day at the end of last term. Thank you to everyone.

  

• MULTISPORT NI

  Tue 17 May 2022

  P5 are really enjoying their Tuesday morning games with Multisport NI.

  

• KELTIC CUP

  Tue 17 May 2022

  Well done to Jason Park on his recent success in winning the Keltic cup at the start of the month and all 3 heats and final of Round 2 of Ulster Karting Club (UKC) Championship.

  

• GREENMOUNT

  Mon 16 May 2022

  Our P4 pupils enjoyed a trip to Greenmount last week. They looked at mini beasts, went pond dipping and had a nature walk.

  

• DUCKS

  Thu 12 May 2022

  The ducks have returned to Antrim Primary for the 5th year!!

  

• FIRST LEGO LEAGUE EXPLORE

  Thu 12 May 2022

  On Wednesday 4^th May a P6 team went to W5 to take part in First Lego League Explore. 

  This is a global STEM challenge to encourage an interest in real world issues and develop problem solving skills. It is a hands-on programme and celebrates  core values such as discovery and teamwork.

  Each year, First Lego Explore presents a new challenge to encourage pupils to be creative. This years theme was 'Cargo Connect' where pupils explored problems of transporting goods around the world. The challenge was to build a base representing different types of transport and program Lego models using Ipads and Lego Education Wedo 2.0 hubs.

  A team of seven pupils Megan Campbell, Emily Crosby, Bailey Doherty, Christopher Ingle, Oliver Little, Ava McLaughlin and Grace O'Boyle represented our school at W5 where they presented and shared their solutions with the judges and other teams from across N. Ireland. The pupils won best team for coding their models.