Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Interactive AI Workshop

  Fri 08 May 2026

  💻Our Key Stage 2 pupils today enjoyed an engaging workshop led by Donna and Danny from Nerve Centre on behalf of Ofcom. The session encouraged pupils to think critically about images and videos, exploring how to spot content that may have been created using AI.
  A favourite activity was the game “Is it real or is it fake?”, which sparked lots of lively discussion and thoughtful debate. Pupils then had the opportunity to use Adobe Express to design their own images based on creative, fictional criteria—resulting in plenty of laughter and enjoyment!
  The adults were truly impressed by the pupils’ understanding of AI, particularly as they shared how they are already using it safely at home and in games.
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• Happy Birthday Miss Creighton

  Wed 06 May 2026 Mrs Gill

  Today all our pupils and staff wished the lovely Miss Creighton a very happy birthday! A lady worth celebrating! Our whole school family are so grateful for you - for all that you bring and all that you do for us here in Glasswater! 

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• We have the right to play!

  Wed 06 May 2026

  PlayBoard Our Generations Session 2 for P5/6 -ME and My Connections Session 2 focused on our close connections, like friends, family and people who help to keep us happy and safe. When we are finding it difficult to deal with emotions, these are the people we can trust to help us. Today we looked at how we can build RESILIENCE, by thinking about our own coping strategies and how developing EMPATHY can help to keep our connections strong. Having an INgroup is really great, it helps us to feel safe, and we always have something to talk about. It is also really important to know that even in our groups, everyone is different and brings different values and perspectives. It’s good to have things in common, but it’s great to be unique! In our activities today we all got to build our own ‘Tame it Toolkits,’ full of really great items to help us cope with big emotions. Did you know that blowing bubbles is really useful to help you get your heart rate and breathing back under control? We got to play with loose parts again this week. Loose parts are mostly free and found materials, quite often things that just go in the recycling bin, but for us they are a chance to negotiate, problem solve, consider construction and dimensions, work in a team, be creative and take control of our freedom to build and design whatever we want!
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• 🧑🏼‍🎓 Future Nurses at Queen’s 🧑🏼‍🎓

  Tue 28 Apr 2026 Mrs Gill

  Our KS2 classes have had a wonderful morning out at Queen's University Belfast. They learnt some invaluable first aid and lifesaving skills and graduated with flying colours from the Future Nurses Programme. A massive thank you to one of our parents, Elizabeth, for involving our school in this project. Our boys and girls have thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience! 

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• 🏑Hockey club wraps up for this year!

  Mon 27 Apr 2026

  🏑Today we wrapped up our hockey club for the year. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the skills and drills, all brought to life through fun games led by Sarah. It’s been fantastic to see how much each child has developed their hockey abilities over the course of the club.

  A huge thank you to Sarah for volunteering her time, energy and expertise—it has helped enhance our pupils’ experiences.
  Each child was awarded a certificate for their participation and a keepsake hockey pencil to remind them of their time at hockey club.
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• NSPCC Workshops

  Mon 27 Apr 2026 Mrs Gill

  Our P3-7 classes were delighted to welcome Buddy and Trish from NSPCC into their rooms today for workshops full of really useful and important information on how to Speak Out and Stay Safe! The pupils listened well and made valuable contributions. 

  #smallschoolbigheart #NSPCC

  

• Descendants of the founder of the first primary school in Crossgar visit Glasswater

  Fri 24 Apr 2026

  On Wednesday, we were delighted to welcome Councillor Callum Bowsie to our school, accompanied by Rev. Dr. Heather Walker from First Kilmore (Rademon) Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church. They were joined by Eric and Toni, who were visiting from the United States.

  Eric and Toni are descendants of Rev. Neilson of Rademon Church, who founded Crossgar Primary School in 1826. Our P5/6 class has been learning about the history of Crossgar, and Councillor Bowsie had previously shared his knowledge about the very first school in the area during a visit to speak with the pupils.

  It was a pleasure to meet the descendants of the man who established the first primary school in Crossgar and to bring history to life for our pupils.
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• Coding Workshop 2 💻

  Thu 23 Apr 2026

  Our P1–P7 pupils had a brilliant day today expanding their coding skills with Danny from Nerve Centre💻✨

  Everyone got fully involved and came away having developed their coding skills. It was wonderful to see such enthusiasm, creativity, and problem-solving in action. Well done to all our pupils for their hard work using Scratch Junior and MakeCode Arcade and a big thank you to Danny for delivering these sessions for us.
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• ♻️ Recycling workshops

  Fri 17 Apr 2026

  Today we welcomed Noel Lyons from Arc21 and Shauna from Newry, Mourne and Down Council to deliver recycling workshops for the children. Everyone had great fun learning about recycling and sustainability, and we were all able to repurpose materials to create something new. It was a fantastic, hands‑on learning experience for everyone involved.
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• ⛳️ Afterschool Golf Sessions ⛳️

  Wed 15 Apr 2026 Mrs Gill

  Following our wee country’s success at the Masters at the weekend, we were delighted to welcome Eimear from Golf Ireland to Glasswater for our first session of our Golf Club today. The boys and girls had lots of fun practising their putting and chipping skills and were encouraged to develop the skill of positive reflection to help them improve their performance and encourage each other. 

  There may be some potential members for Crossgar Golf Club amongst our Glasswater golfers today! Great job boys and girls. 

  #smallschoolbigheart #golfireland