Latest News - Year 5/6

Alex in P5 - leading the way as an entrepreneur!

26th Feb 2026

Alex made key rings at home and decided she wanted to sell them in school to raise money for school funds. All the key rings had positive affirmations and tied in with our work in school with Action Mental Health. Well done Alex! Maybe you’ll have your own business in years to come!

Art lesson for Children’s Mental Health Week

20th Feb 2026

To mark Children’s mental health week we participated in a fantastic art lesson with Sinead from the Art and Design Factory. The theme for this year was ‘This is My Place’. Sinead talked with us about the importance of knowing our own happy place and the importance of showing love to everyone so everyone feels a sense of belonging.

Our artwork is inspired by Friedensreich Hundertwasser who was an Austrian artist and architect who loved bright colours, spirals, and nature, while hating straight lines and boring, grey buildings. He believed buildings should have trees growing on roofs, wavy floors, and no two windows should be the same.

We always look forward to our art lessons with Sinead. Thank you for a fabulous morning!

Feel good Friday 😀😁😃😆

16th Jan 2026

Today we all enjoyed a hot chocolate and a biscuit at break time. Check out our photos! HAPPY FRIDAY 😊

Healthy me

9th Jan 2026

Y5/6 enjoyed participating in the Healthy me programme facilitated by Action Mental Health. Healthy me is a vibrant and engaging mental health promotion programme aimed at children, which explores emotional/mental health, healthy lifestyle choices and pathways to effective support through imaginative and interactive play and song.

Merry Christmas from Y5/6 🎄🧑‍🎄🎁

18th Dec 2025

Y5/6 would like to wish our family and friends a very merry Christmas. We hope you all have a lovely break and a very happy and peaceful new year.

The children have all worked so hard this term. As a little gift, the boys and girls all worked in groups to create a wish list and were treated to some new games for our classroom 🎁🎁🎁🎁

AR target reachers ⭐️

18th Dec 2025

The boys and girls who reached their AR target were treated with a trip to the shop today. Well done everyone for a great term of reading 📖

Bring a toy to school day 🧸🪆

21st Nov 2025

To mark Universal children’s day, children were allowed to bring a toy in for Golden time. Y5/6 absolutely loved this and really enjoyed getting to play with some of their friends games and toys.

Universal Children’s Day 👫🌟

20th Nov 2025

P5 had a great time today at the Foyle Arena. We got to make our own pledge badges, take part in sport activities and played number games. Some of the girls even got up on stage and sang a song! This event, supported by UNICEF, is part of Londonderry and Strabane’s recognition as a UNICEF Child Friendly City and District.