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Camphill Primary School, Ballymena
Online applications for a Primary 1 place for September 2025 are now open via EA Connect. See more information in 'NEWS' below (10th & 14th January). Applications close at 12noon on Friday 24th January 2025. | AfterSchools information out on Tuesday 14th January (via Parentmail) - see NEWS below........ all dates/times on website calendar.  | How you book 'Little Stars' & 'Big Stars' is changing from February - this is to give parents more flexibility in a month of the days they wish to book.  More details to be issued before booking opens on Monday 20th January.  | P6 & P7 pupils have now started their rehearsals for their show 'Lights, Camera, Action' - ticket information will be out on Monday 20th January -dates/times on website calendar. | P7 parents - see details home on Monday 13th January re: Trip to Titanic in February.
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'Journey to Santa' - Sustrans Challenge

11th Nov 2021

To get us into the Christmas spirit, we are going to be hosting a 4 week Sustrans challenge called 'Journey to Santa'. The challenge begins on Monday 15th November and will finish on Friday 10th December. The aim of the challenge is for our school pupils to try and collectively travel 2500 miles to reach the North Pole before Santa begins his deliveries at Christmas! 

Each pupil will be able to travel a maximum of '3 miles' per day. Miles can be gained in the following ways: 

  • Walking / scooting / cyclying to and/or from school (1 mile)
  • At least 15 minutes of active activity within school, e.g. The Daily Mile, PE lessons, Playpark visit, etc. (1 mile)
  • At least 15 minutes of active activity outside of school, e.g. football, hockey, walking the dog, playing with friends outside, etc. (1 mile)

Pupils or parents will then able to record their daily total on a recording sheet which will be home on Monday 15th. Pupils can bring these into school each day or at the end of a week so that their teacher can record their daily/weekly totals. 

Your child's class teacher will be keeping the class weekly total and Mrs McCullagh will then collect these weekly totals at the end of the challenge to see if we have reached our destination! The NORTH POLE here we come!