Latest News

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

• PLAYBALL - STORMONT

  Thu 30 Mar 2023

  The boys’ hockey team travelled to Stormont, Playball yesterday to play in The Pearson Cup. The boys faced some tough oppositions in the group stages, however they came out strong every match and with a solid defence and outstanding keeper we only ever conceded 2 goals at most. This solid performance followed us into the knockout stages where we faced Strandtown in the quarter final. This was a tight match but the boys worked together and managed to score a goal giving us the win. In the semi-final we played Harpurs Hill. We went 2 goals down however, the boys kept their heads and fought back to make it a 2-2 draw. We then had to go to penalties where keeper Caleb Gibson made some fantastic saves. Jude Hyndman, Tate Hyndman, Oliver Kane and Aaron Totten stepped up to take the penalty runs. Winning on penalty runs we then faced Gorran Primary in the final. This was a tight game and ended goalless. Graciously both teams decided to share The Pearson Plate. We want to congratulate the boys for their hard work and determination. A fantastic display of hockey and they represented the school so well!

  Team - Mohammad Alkhalf, Caleb Gibson, Jude Hyndman, Tate Hyndman, Oliver Kane, Harry Laughlin, Max McManus and Aaron Totten.

   

   

   

   

  

• STEAM

  Wed 29 Mar 2023

  Special thanks to all our guests, who provided wonderful shows and experiments for pupils this week. Classes enjoyed a trip to All Saints’ Parish Centre to a performance by ‘Scientific Sue’ while P6 pupils also visited the Board Centre for a robotics workshop.

  

• P5 EASTER PLAY

  Wed 29 Mar 2023

  Well done to Primary 5 pupils who performed two wonderful Easter plays for pupils, friends and family on Wednesday morning.

  

• CELEBRATION OF SPORT

  Fri 24 Mar 2023

  P7 pupils enjoyed a Celebration of Sport at the Antrim Forum today. The event organised by Antrim Borough Council and EventsPro included over 700 pupils from various schools across the borough. Sporting organisations such as Irish Rugby Football Union, Ulster Hockey and Irish Football Association delivered coaching sessions while children got the opportunity to take part in a range of sports such as rugby, football, archery, climbing walls and handball.

  

• SPRING CONCERT

  Tue 21 Mar 2023

  On Tuesday evening we hosted our Spring Concert. It had a Scottish theme to it this year. Congratulations to our Choir, Orchestra and P6 choral readers who provided a wonderful evening of music for everyone. Pupils also got to the enjoy the rehearsal on Tuesday morning.  Special thanks to piper Alex Fenton who also joined us for the occasion. 

  

• HOCKEY

  Thu 16 Mar 2023

  The girls and boys hockey teams travelled to Ballymena Academy on Thursday  to play in The McCloy and Pearson cups. Both teams represented  school with fantastic sportsmanship and showed a great standard of hockey.

  The girls finished 2^nd in their group allowing them to advance to the semi-finals where they played Ballykeel and won 1-0 allowing them to progress to the final. They faced a tough opposition and made some fantastic shots on goal. However, Diamond came out on top with a narrow 1-0 win. The girls were fantastic and worked extremely hard.

  The boys faced some tough opposition but managed to keep a clean sheet all day and secured a place in the final. They faced Buick in the final where they won 2-0 and qualified for the Northern Ireland finals.

  Girls Squad-Annabelle Beatty, Megan Campbell, Bailey Doherty, Sophie Fulton, Emma Kirkpatrick, Emma Kitson,Ava McLaughlin, Jessica Smyth and Sophie Wray.

  Boys Squad- Mohamad Alkahalf, Caleb Gibson,Jude Hyndman, Tate Hyndman, Oliver Kane, Harry Laughlin, Max McManus and Aaron Totten.

  Well done!!

  

• CORONATION RECORDING

  Wed 15 Mar 2023

  The choir enjoyed a fantastic morning at the Courthouse Theatre recording a song for King Charles III’s Coronation in May. They sang a setting of ‘Be Thou My Vision’, specially commissioned for the occasion, along with other schools in our area. Our recording will be shown in public during Coronation celebrations in Antrim and the local community. This was a brilliant experience for the children, and we look forward to seeing the recording!

   

   

   

   

   

  

• BEESAFE

  Tue 14 Mar 2023

  Our P7 pupils took part in the BeeSafe Workshops on Monday. It was delivered by the Policing and Community Safety Partnership. The children learned about Fire Safey, Home Safety and Road Safety. They discussed the dangers of drugs and alcohol use, and the importance of having good relations with their peers and others within the community. It was  very informative, with lots for the children to think about as they prepare to move on to their next school. 

   

   

   

   

  

• CROSS COUNTRY

  Mon 06 Mar 2023

  Well done to P6 pupil Evie Fawcett who travelled to Mallusk Playing Fields to compete in the Northern Ireland Cross Country Finals. Evie finished 44th out of a total of 134 children, a fantastic ambassador of our school and showed great sportsmanship. This is a fantastic result, and we look forward to seeing how she progresses into next season. Well done Evie!

   

   

   

  

• WORLD BOOK DAY -P7

  Fri 03 Mar 2023

  On World Book Day, all three P7 classes enjoyed their bespoke video made by well known London poet Joshua Seigal. Joshua has written many poetry books for children, including "Yapping Away", winner of the 2022 People's Book Prize and "I Bet I Can Make You Laugh", winner of the 2020 Laugh Out Loud Award. In the special video for our pupils, Joshua shared some of his poems and answered questions which had been sent to him, written by our own boys and girls. Thank you so much Joshua, we loved it!