Today our boys football team enjoyed some friendly games against some local schools in the gorgeous sunshine. They played some wonderful football, scored goals and showed fantastic team spirit and sportsmanship throughout the day! They came top of the league before going out in a close game in the semi-final. 

We are so proud of each of our boys who took part today! And a special congratulations to our Year 7 pupil who got a Referee’s Player of the Tournament Award! 

Thanks to Mr McFerran for organising a great event! 

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P5/6 enjoyed their final shared education day with St Joseph's P.S Crossgar  where we had a fantastic celebration event in the War Memorial Hall with PlayBoard. Both schools have been enjoying the Our Generation programme in their individual schools so it was great to meet up together and Play sharing our experiences and highlighting the ways we can interact and play together. A massive thank you to the PlayBoard staff who have organised the sessions and materials and trained us all up on being play champions.
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Congratulations to this group of pupils who have achieved Gold, Diamond or Legendary status in Mathletics! Mrs Gill was particularly delighted to see so many pupils becoming Mathletics legends….a massive well done!

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Today some of our P5-7 boys enjoyed a morning of football at Robert Adams Park against some local primary schools.  Thanks to all at Kilmore Rec who were involved in organising a great event! 

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💻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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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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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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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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🏑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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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. 

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