June 2009 Newsletter

Thirty six children had a great time on the residential trip to Tregoyd PGL Centre in Wales last week. The boys and girls enjoyed archery, hiking, climbing, Jacob’s ladder, the Zip line, a Challenge Assault course, raft building and quad biking during their four day stay. Staff at the centre were impressed with the children’s behaviour and thinking skills, enthusiasm and team spirit.

Lots of mischief at the raft building

A rest stop on the hike



Jamie geared up for climbing

Julia speeding at the quad biking Edie Mea soaked on the Challenge Course

Edie Mea soaked on the Challenge Course

SELB Science challenge

Conor Cain, Rachel Kitchen and Shannon Campbell were winners of the 2009 Primary Science and Technology Challenge organised by Southern Education and Library Board.

The children will now progress to the Final of the competition, which will take place at Seagate Young Innovators at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast on Thursday 18 June 2009.

Scarecrows
The children were given the opportunity to design and make scarecrows for ‘Scarecrow Street’ at the Annual Garden Festival at Hillsborough Castle. The children are well used to creative, problem solving activities and have responded with great enthusiasm and energy using everyday items, old clothing, fabrics and a wide range of scrap materials to construct twenty four imaginative scarecrows in the Scariest, Most Innovative and Most Eco-friendly categories. The two metre high characters have impressed visitors to the school during the last few weeks since they took up residence in our recently developed vegetable and fruit garden.

Brownlow Soccer Festival

Girls and boys from the Primary seven class were winners of the Brownlow Soccer Festival organised by staff and pupils of Brownlow Integrated College. The winning team played nine games at the event, winning seven and drawing two. It was a well organised and very enjoyable event for all children involved.
June Dates
Rugby
10th June Disability Sports Challenge
19th June Fun Day
22nd June Primary 7 leavers dinner
22nd June Sports Day
30th June End of term

Congratulations to the rugby team were very successful at the Gilpin Cup Rugby competition from which they qualified for the Northern Ireland finals Mini Rugby finals at Ravenhill on the 12th of May.

Pupils from St Teresa's P.S. Lurgan enjoying a fun day out at St Patrick's Trian in Armagh with pupils from PIPS as part of a community relation's project

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