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Strabane Academy Virtual Open Evening this Thursday 3rd February at 7.30pm
This week in school and Nursery we are having Number Week. The nursery children will be taking part in lots of number activities within 5. Yesterday the children who stayed for extended nursery made some fairy buns. They were able to help measure out the ingredients by looking for the numbers on the recipe. We talked about lots of numbers and used mathematical language during this activity. Today each child decorated their own fairy bun. They had to choose and count 5 different sweets to put on top. Let’s say, they left nursery with a big smile ready to eat their bun when they got home.
Well done boys and girls, what a good start to Number Week. 😁😁 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣
Please find attached a leaflet for our P7 pupils to help apply for their post primary place. Your child has received a paper copy today also. You can apply from tomorrow (1st Feb) at noon until it closes at 4pm on Wednesday 23rd February.
This week we had our first session with Sarah from Mind Explorers NI. We really enjoyed it and Sarah couldn’t believe our fantastic listening skills. We tried really hard with practising our breathing techniques too. We are looking forward to the next 5 weeks and learning lots of new mindfulness tools.
On Friday 14th January, Mrs Pollock took the children up to the greenhouse and planted some bulbs. They enjoyed exploring and looking around at all of the gardening tools and also helping to plant the bulbs. We hope we can get up again to do some more planting for the Spring.
Thank you Mrs Pollock.
🌟 Well done to all our stars this week 🌟
⭐️ Nursery: Willow
⭐️ Year 1/2: Jaxon
⭐️ Year 2/3: Mitchell
⭐️ Year 3/4: Robert & Finn
⭐️ Year 5/6: Zara
⭐️ Year 6/7: Bethany
The boys and girls in P2/3 have been learning all about Robert Burns today. They learned about his famous poems and songs. They also had a go at learning some Ulster Scots words! Thank you to our Highland dancers- your amazing dancing was the icing on the cake of our super celebration day!
Year 2 and Year 5
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we begin PIN (Parental Involvement in Numeracy) please find attached a powerpoint from Mrs Doherty our Numeracy Co-Ordinator to help explain what PIN involves.
🌟 Well done to all our stars this week:
⭐️ Nursery: Sophie W
⭐️ Year 1/2: Sophie & Alex
⭐️ Year 2/3: Russell
⭐️ Year 3/4: Bella
⭐️ Year 5/6: John
⭐️ Year 6/7: Adam D
Today Gareth from Cancer Fund for Children called to our school to collect the money that we raised at Christmas. The staff at Artigarvan Primary School and Community Nursery decided they would support this charity instead of the children bringing in Christmas presents for staff. We are so grateful to everyone for their generous donations and today we were able to present Gareth with a cheque for £707. Gareth also asked that we pass on a huge thank you to our parents and families on behalf of Cancer Fund for Children ❤️ Our P7 pupils along with Mrs Harper joined Gareth on the playground to present the cheque and get a photograph.
