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Happy Christmas!
Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and New Year. Enjoy your Christmas holidays and we look forward to seeing you all back at school on Thursday 5th January 2012. (Hope Santa comes!!)

Tom Sweeney
Today we had Tom Sweeney entertaining all the children in Year 1 to Year 7. We had great fun!

Piping and Drumming workshop
Bready Ulster Scots Pipe Band. Today Mrs Doherty and Mrs Thompson's class had a piping and drumming workshop. We learned about the bag pipes and some of the skills behind drumming. Band practice is each Monday and Wednesday night 7-8pm in the Sollus Centre, Bready.

Remembrance Day
Today we had an assembly by William Sayers and Norman Donaghy from The British Legion. William played the bugle and we observed a minute's silence on the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month of 2011.

Hallowe'en party

Hallowe'en party
Hallowe'en is just around the corner. Don't forget to bring your costumes to school on Thursday 27th Oct for our parade and a spooky disco!!

Welcome Back
Well it's back to school time and we welcome everyone back! A special welcome goes out to our new nursery and Year 1 children. Everyone is eager to get started so it won't be long till there are some new pictures and stories posted here for you to read!

Pupil of the Month (March 2011)
Each month two children from each class in our school are chosen as pupil of the month. This means they have worked extra hard and tried their best. Being pupil of the month means you receive a free ticket to Lifford/Strabane cinema to watch a film of your choice. This months winners are: YEAR ONE - Lisa Hogg and Molly Britton YEAR TWO - Ruby Kelly and Abbie McCrea YEAR THREE - Hollie McCarron and Jordan Curry YEAR FOUR - Leanne Gurney and Ryan McDonald YEAR FIVE - Chelsie Hamilton and Kyle Kerrigan YEAR SIX - Aaron Wylie and Lyndsey Laird YEAR SEVEN - Jordan Nelson and Joel Smyth CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE TO YOU ALL!!!

Technology Challenge
Congratulations to the three Year 7s who competed in the technology challenge. They got through today and are now in the finals which will take place in March. We wish them all the best.

Happy New Year!
Welcome back to school everyone! We hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and we wish you all a Happy New Year! Another exciting and packed Term lies ahead and we hope you're all ready to get stuck in....see you at school.

Christmas is coming!
Don't forget to come along to our Christmas events. - Tues 14th Dec Nursery, Foundation and KS1 Christmas items followed by a craft stall and refreshments. - Wed 15th Dec @7pm Nativity and carol service in school.

After schools club
After schools club is now well and truely up and running again. We are enjoying a variety of activities and having fun with our friends too. Go to the Gallery to see some photos of After schools fun!

Back to School!
School begins on Wednesday 1st September 2010. We look forward to the beginning of a new year and the autumn term.

Competition Winners!
Two of our very own Year 7 boys were successful in an Equality Commision's Competition. They looked at labels and discrimination and designed a poster entitled 'Life Without Labels'. They were runners up and received Art packs worth £50!

Kenya teddies!
Thanks to Liz and the Afterschools club, teddies have been created which are already on their way to a school in Kenya called St.Lukes. Marge, a representative for the St.Lukes came to visit our school on Monday and told us all about life out there and what it is like for a child living and going to school there. The teddies are intended for orphaned children in their nursery. Thanks to ALL who participated and a big thanks to Liz who did all the hard work in setting up the project. It is hoped that this link will continue and further projects will follow.

Year 6 visit Strabane District council
On two consecutive Thursdays in January, Year 6 visited Strabane District Council as part of their School Community Relations Program with Barrack Street Primary. We got to visit the chamber and talk to the Chairman Kieran McGuire. On our second visit we had a discussion with Derek Hussey and Michaela Boyle. We had a great day with some of us getting the chance to be Chair person. We each received a snack, a baseball cap and a pencil. A good day was had by all. Go to our gallery and view the photos.

Our new Principal!
Congratulations to Miss Hicks who has been appointed Principal of Artigarvan Primary School and Community Nursery! She has done very well to achieve this and we are proud to have her as our new principal. We wish her every success in her new role and look forward to our onward journey with her at the helm!

Sports Day 2009
On 28th May 2009 we held our annual sports day on the pitch. Everyone from nusery to year 7 had great fun taking part and the weather stayed dry!! After sports day children and parents enjoyed a BBQ and later the children had a disco in the school hall.

Year 6 Cross-Border Sports Day
On 2nd June 2009 year 6 travelled to Letterkenny and enjoyed a fun day playing football, cricket and athletics. There were approximately 200 children taking part and the weather was gorgeous making it a great day out!

Instrumentalists Receive Certificates
On Wednesday 6th May after our assembly with Rev. Irene six children from years 5, 6 and 7 received Music Medals for Performance. The certificates were presented by Rev. Irene and a big congratulations goes to all six instrumentalists.

Year 7 visit Ulster American Folk Park
In April pupils from Year 7 visited the Folk Park on a friendship link trip with St. Josephs Primary School in Glenmornan. The children had great fun meeting up and making crafts together.

Easter Egg Competition 2009
On 8th April 2009 we held our annual 'decorate a hard boiled egg' competition. Children had great fun designing and creating their eggs and our cooks had the very difficult decision of choosing the winners. Well done to everyone for taking part but a special congratulations goes to our winners: Year One: 1st: Courtney McCrea 2nd: Kenzie Hall 3rd: Courtney Arbuckle Year Two: 1st: Katie Allen 2nd: Ryan McDonald 3rd: Leighton Boyle Year Three: 1st: Eve Kelly 2nd: Rachel Crawford 3rd: Chelsie Hamilton Year Four: 1st: Olivia Craig 2nd: Lynsey Laird 3rd: Marc Hayes Year Five: 1st: Sophie Thompson 2nd: Jordan Nelson 3rd: Tyran Edgar Year Six: 1st: Stacey Leslie 2nd: Daryl Finlay 3rd: Sophie Doherty Year Seven: 1st: Andy McKean 2nd: Joshua Clarke 3rd: Jack Huey

Green Flag success!
Congratulations to all children involved in the Eco-schools green flag award and especially those in the Eco committee. We successfully 'passed' our Green Flag assessment and are awaiting our presentation day at Strabane District Council Offices.

Derek Keilty comes to visit
Derek Keilty is 36 years old, married to Elaine, with 7 year old, twin daughters Sarah-Jane and Rebekah. He came to read us some of his stories! Here's a little more about him. He lives in Northern Ireland beside a big mountain, and works in the civil service. Achievements to date include winning the 2002 Downtown Radio/Eason Annual Short Story Competition for his humorous children’s tale ‘Fussy Felicity & Grotty Griselda’. In addition he has also published poetry in Country Life magazine as well as children’s fiction on e- publishing site nospine.com, which includes a self narrated, multimedia Rom book entitled ‘The Lion Tamer’s Little Secret’. Derek’s work has been regarded as so good that children surfing the Internet at Belfast Central Library will soon be able to access his work via the libraries' ‘Gateway’ computer network. A recent encouragement came when a former Bloomsbury publisher, who first noticed the talents of Harry Potter author J.K Rowling, praised his writing. He described ‘The Lion Tamer’s Little Secret’ as well-written and humorous but stated that at present he wasn’t really publishing for this age range. Derek has been writing stories since Primary/Junior School when his teacher Mrs Douglas used to give him time aside from main lessons to write adventure stories. Nowadays he attends libraries together with others from his local children’s writers group to read his work to kids who have dropped in after school. In addition to writing he has drawn cartoons from an early age and now draws on this experience to illustrate his own children’s stories. Derek plans to write loads more funny, pacy children’s books and is always conjuring up plots and characters for new stories. His favourite children’s authors are Roald Dahl, Eoin Colfer, and Paul Stewart for the marvellous ‘Edge Chronicles’. He loves chocolate and cheese broccoli, but not together.

Nursery Exchange
Today the children in Nursery exchanged classrooms with Year 6 to allow the nursery children time on the Interactive White Board. They had fun exploring Tizzy's Toybox!

Summer Fete
These were some of the events photographed at our school's summer fete. Face painting, Painting nails, Cake stall, Disco, Sponge Board, Bowl out, BBQ, Bottle stall, Bran tub, Tuck shop, Tea stall, Name the teddy, Guess how many marbles, Guess how many sweets, Fancy Dress, Ice cream van.

Yvonne Lecky (Strabane District Council) visits Ye
Yvonne Lecky from Strabane District council visited our Year 5 children this week to discuss issues relating to the environment and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

Cricket coaching
Children in Years 6 and 7 are receiving cricket coaching this term. The coach will be working on batting, bowling, and fielding skills. We all hope to enjoy these lessons and those of us who show real talent, will be selected to play on the school cricket team. By Year 6 pupils