P7 Mrs Gill
Bend the Rules Day was definitely a hit with our Year 7s. Thanks to the PTA for organising a terrific day for the boys and girls- a day filled with fun and smiles and treats! Happy half-term break everyone!
Our Year 7 class welcomed Richard and Sharon Orr into their classroom today and found out lots of interesting things about farming and food production. They now have a greater appreciation of the hard work and effort that goes into the journey of a food from a seed to the point when it reaches the shop shelves.
The boys and girls are feeling inspired to have a go at “growing their own” and will perhaps have a go at making their own food after half term so watch this space! They were also delighted to take home a bag of freshly dug AM Farming potatoes. A massive thank you to the Orrs for coming in today-we really appreciate it!
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In the Life of Farmers Workshop at Castlewellan
Today our Year 7s enjoyed a morning at Castlewellan Forest Park where they learnt about the lives of tenant farmers in the late 19th Century and the class system in County Down. They prepared some flax to make linen and had lots of fun role-playing a hiring fair to try to gain employment! On World Mental Health Day it was great for the pupils to have the opportunity to spend the morning in the beautiful surroundings of Castlewellan Forest and have time to notice the wonders of nature!
Thanks to Ben for leading a fantastic workshop and to Kelly for helping with transport.
🍁 An Awesomely Autumnal Afternoon 🍁
Our Year 7 children had a busy afternoon out in the fresh air brushing leaves and tidying our school grounds and getting the paintbrushes out to create a wonderful work of art which will be revealed to all the lovely folk of Crossgar very soon! The boys and girls talked to each other, encouraged each other, helped each other out and laughed with each other as they worked together to achieve an end goal! Great team work Year 7!
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The long and the short of it is.....Year 7 did a fantastic job with their practical measuring work today! They worked hard to be precise and discussed various jobs which might involve needing to measure lengths carefully.
Our Year 7s have been busy with their topic work lately.
Their topic this term is ”Farming”. In Art, the children have been sketching rural landscapes and using watercolours to create tone and texture in their wonderful paintings. To put their Maths skills to good use, they’ve been using scale to design a farmyard for Farmer Brown with enough space for all his animals! It was also time to harvest some more tasty tomatoes from our tomato plants.
Circuits and Smiles in the Sunshine
Our Year 7s enjoyed getting active in the playground this afternoon for PE. After a busy day in the classroom, some circuit training activities and a game of dodgeball were enjoyed by all!
First Week Happenings for Year 7
Our Year 7 pupils enjoyed catching up with their classmates as they settled back into the classroom this week. They are ready to kickstart their learning in school with a positive attitude as they’ve been considering the importance of having a growth mindset in the classroom and beyond!
Spaces To Be Begins for Year 6/7
Today we were delighted to welcome Danielle and Jess from Playboard NI to kickstart the Spaces to Be sessions. The boys and girls thought about themselves and their emotions before having time to play! They loved having the freedom to choose, the freedom to be, the freedom to explore and the freedom to PLAY with one another.
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Today our Year 6 and 7 pupils enjoyed a day exploring their local area with their friends from St Joseph’s. After a fun, fact-filled tour of Crossgar with local historian, Callum Bowsie, the boys and girls worked together to create a Keith Drury Art inspired masterpiece “Crossgar” and wrote some poems about our wonderful village.
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Easter Fun and Sponsored Bounce
The Year 7s have enjoyed lots of fun-filled Easter activities today and completed their sponsored bounce in the sunshine. Thanks so much to the fabulous PTA for organising this super event for our pupils. It has been great!
Year 7 Residential
The Year 7s have had an action-packed and fun-filled few days at Greenhill YMCA. In the gorgeous sunshine they tried their hands at archery, bouldering, climbing, zip-lining and orienteering. Memories made to last a lifetime!
Shared Education Fun for Year 6/7
Our Year 6/7 pupils have enjoyed time in the sunshine with the Year 7s from St Joseph’s this past week as they have begun their Shared Education sessions for another year. Getting to know each each and trying their hand at some new sports has been lots of fun!
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Bee Safe Event for Year 6 and 7
Thanks to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council for organising the Bee Safe event which highlights many ways for our pupils to stay safe-at home, online and when out and about! They thoroughly enjoyed their morning out at Ballymote and came away with lots of useful tips on how to be safe!
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Year 6/7 have been enjoying lots of Science activities in their learning this week. They attended an interesting event about fossils with our friends from St Joseph’s on Friday - thanks to Mourne Gullion Strangford Geopark and the pupils from St Colmicille’s for organising this event. The pupils have also been having lots of fun as they have been investigating electrical circuits in class with Miss McMaster. Predicting, investigating and drawing conclusions - many proving themselves to be curious and enthusiastic scientists!
World Book Day 2025
It was all about book characters and book genres in Year 6/7 today as we enjoyed a day in our comfies to #ReadYourWay. The boys and girls thought about which book character they’d like to be for a day, searched for book genres in our school library before conducting a survey to find out which genre is most popular in Glasswater. All this, combined with some time to read and a special World Book Day assembly with Mrs Wilson, made for a memorable World Book Day!
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Patterns and Printing in Year 6/7
The pupils in Year 6/7 have been getting creative of late as they have been exploring patterns in the world around them and creating tiles to dabble in the world of printing! They’ve produced some wonderful artwork to brighten up our classroom.
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A Victorian Schoolday
The Year 6s and 7s travelled back to the 1800s to get a taste of what life was like for schoolchildren in Victorian times. They embraced it all....from dressing up, to completing the 3 ‘R’s, enjoying some traditional playground games, sewing for girls, technical drawing for boys, some even tried some workhouse gruel at snack time! A great day was had....but something tells me they’ll all be happy to return to 2025-style learning in the morning!
Big Schools Birdwatch 2025
What a glorious day for a spot of birdwatching! The Year 6s and 7s spotted lots of different birds in the trees and skies surrounding our school.
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This afternoon our Year 7s enjoyed making some music in the classroom with the Boomwhackers while the Year 6s got their toes-a-tapping for some Highland Dancing with Kathryn. We are delighted and incredibly grateful to have received further funding this term from the Schomberg Society to give all of our pupils the opportunity to learn some Highland Dancing with Kathryn.
Taster Day at The High School Ballynahinch
Year 6/7 have had a great day at The High School Ballynahinch. They’ve experienced some subjects that they’ll be doing in post-primary school to give them a flavour of what lies ahead! Thanks to all the staff and pupils for giving us such a warm welcome and organising an enjoyable day for our pupils.
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Year 6/7 are ready to embark on their learning in 2025 together!
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Year 7 Budget for their Christmas Party
As part of their Moneysense topic the Year 7s enjoyed planning a Christmas party within a given budget. They made their own crackers and place cards, received their delivery from Tesco, prepared the food and enjoyed lots of laughs with their friends!
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A Victorian Christmas in the Castle
Our Year 7s had a wonderful afternoon learning about Victorian traditions at Christmas in the stunning setting of Hillsborough Castle and Gardens. Thanks to the staff for a wonderful visit and to Angela and Paula for helping with transport.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Year 7 classroom. The boys and girls did a great job making the room look festive and had fun as they made a garland of kindness and some thaumatrope toys as well!
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Saintfield High Taster Day
Our Year 7s have had the best day at Saintfield High School where they have experienced some of the exciting subjects and activities that they will encounter in Year 8. Thanks to all the staff and pupils at Saintfield High School for making us so welcome and organising such a great day. It was just lovely to catch up with some past pupils from Glasswater as well.
From Farm to Fork: Making Bread
Today the Year 7s made and enjoyed eating some delicious loaves of bread. They have also planted some wheat seeds for next year’s class to harvest. The pupils have enjoyed learning about where our food comes as they have worked through their Farming topic.
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Children in Need is always a great excuse to wear our pyjamas or comfy clothes to school (and to raise money for a great cause too!)
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It’s been time for Science in the Year 7 classroom this week. The pupils have been learning about forces and carrying out investigations to explore friction and air resistance. A great bunch of budding scientists they are - predicting, fair testing, recording and tomorrow they’ll be drawing conclusions!
Our Year 7s had fun today as they finished up for the half term break. They enjoyed chatting to their friends as they walked round the village looking for scarecrows, posing for the camera with smiles (and scary faces!!) and bopping around to some Just Dance videos in the classroom!
Thanks to the PTA for organising a memorable day for the pupils and of course for the lovely treats! Happy half term everyone!
Year 7 have embraced Maths Week Ireland by becoming trainee agents whose mission it was to find the code to unlock a DATA themed Escape Room. With terrific teamwork and careful calculations, they were successful!
They also used their Maths Eyes this week to notice how much Maths is in the world around us and finished off the week with some Maths games.
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Year 7 NMD Be Active Cross Country Event
Today some of our Year 7 pupils took part in a cross country race at Kilbroney Forest Park. They encouraged and cheered one another on as completed the course. Well done - we are proud of each one of you!
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Richard and Sharon from Bellshill Farmshop and Tearoom kindly came in to visit our Year 7s this afternoon. The pupils listened intently and asked lots of questions as Richard told them all about his farm, how he uses technology, about the crops he grows and what goes into some of the foods we eat and enjoy.
The Year 7s learnt lots about farming and food production and throughly enjoyed their afternoon with Richard and Sharon. Thanks to them both for coming along (and for the delicious traybakes which went down a treat!)
Farming in the Past
Today our Year 7s had a fantastic morning at Castlewellan Forest Park where they learnt lots about farming in bygone years. They tried their hand at some of the stages of linen-making from flax and role-played a hiring market (where most of them were successful at getting a job for some rather hard-to-please employers).
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The Year 7s have been busy this week designing a farmyard for Farmer Brown. They used their Numeracy skills to draw a plan to scale and showed great communication and cooperation as they worked with a partner to do so. Brilliant job boys and girls!
Our Year 7s have been enjoying settling back into school as they embark on their final year at Glasswater!
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