School Holidays 2025-2026 can be found in NEWS below (7/4/25) and also under PARENTS area. | P5 Swimming starts on Monday 28th April - please see information in Parentmail on Mon. 7th April. | P7 pupils will be home this Wednesday with their Leavers Hoodie - This can be worn as part of school uniform from Monday 28th April. | Easter week - There will be no Homework for the pupils this week..... School finishes at 12noon this Friday... school uniform day as normal. On Friday 11th - There will be a 12noon bus only, Breakfast Club and Breaktime snacks are available as normal - there is NO 'Little Stars' or 'Big Stars' on Friday. | P1 Sep'25 - Outcome of P1 applications - See NEWS below (3/4/25) | We are supporting SUSTRANS 'Big Walk & Wheel' - This week all pupils will be home with a new Hi-Vis Vest as a thank you for taking part in the event. REMEMBER it is 'WALK IN WEDNESDAY' this week - see NEWS 31/3/25 for details. | Milk at breaktime (Term 3) opens for purchase this Wednesday - last day to order is Tues. 8th April. | P3 parents - please see information re: Summer Term trip to Streamvale Farm via Parentmail on Mon. 31st March. | Easter Raffle and Family 'TABLE QUIZ' information (Thursday 10th April @6:45pm) in NEWS below (31/3/25).... Please support our two Easter Fundraisers by purchasing tickets for the Table Quiz (via Parentmail) and/or buying raffle tickets. Tickets on sale via the school office or through the classroom staff from Tues. 1st April. Our Raffle Prizes are amazing!! Thank you to everyone who donated a prize. | UPDATE!!!!! As of Monday 7th April - we have £982.00 in the POT........... this is so close to £500.00 going home to one household later this week! The draw will take place this Thursday 10th April around 1pm (draw will happen live on website...) and the winner will take home IN CASH 'Half the pot' of money raised. Every penny going into this pot could make a big difference to someone's Easter later this week! | For Eco day (Fri.2nd May - straight after the Easter Holidays) every child will need a 1L or 2L bottle to plant their sunflower seeds in. It doesn't matter what colour the bottle is, so long as it is well washed out. Please send this in with your child before Eco Day - thank you.

Congratulations Mr O’Hare - winner of Ballymena Means ‘Treat your Teacher’ competition

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12th Jun 2023

What a surprise Mr O’Hare, our P6 teacher got on Monday morning when Ballymena BIDs arrived in school to announce that he was one of the winners in the Ballymena ‘Treat your teacher’ competition recently launched on their ‘Ballymena Means’ Facebook page and website…..

https://www.ballymenameans.com/treat-your-teacher-winners/

Thanks to Jack Magill in P6 for the nomination and for writing such a great letter telling everyone why Mr O’Hare deserved to be a winner!

Well done Mr O’Hare - enjoy spending your gift card in Ballymena!

Easter week -

There will be no Homework for the pupils this week..... School finishes at 12noon this Friday... school uniform day as normal. On Friday 11th - There will be a 12noon bus only, Breakfast Club and Breaktime snacks are available as normal - there is NO 'Little Stars' or 'Big Stars' on Friday.