Welcome to latest news

• National Champions!

  Sat 24 Feb 2018 KM

  Congratulations to King’s Park Girls’ cross country team who are the Northern Ireland Champions for the second year in a row. Having comfortably won the Area League, they were hoping for a good showing at Mallusk. They found it hard going over the 1400m course but a strong team effort saw them into first place.

  The Boys’ team, having narrowly won the Area League and with the pressure of having won the finals in the two previous years, were always going to find it tough to maintain this performance in Northern Ireland finals. They gave their best and despite an early injury to Joel Todd, ran into a 4th place.

  Best placed girls were Kate Holmes (P7) who was narrowly pipped into 3rd place and Ellie Cousins who was 11th.

  

• Annual Charity Event

  Fri 23 Feb 2018

  All pupils in our school, from Nursery to P7 will be involved in our Annual Charity Event.  Our sponsored charity this year will be called "Glow for It!"

   

  This event will take place on WEDNESDAY 21ST MARCH (please note change of date from that listed in February Bulletin).  Monies raised will go towards our selected charities.  Sponsor forms will be sent home with every child.  Further details of the event and the charities involved will follow.

• After School Clubs

  Fri 23 Feb 2018
  The dates this term are weeks beginning: Feb 12, 19, 26, March 5,12,19.

• Cross Country teams get their new hoodies!

  Tue 20 Feb 2018 KM

   

  Stanley Abraham, on behalf of Howard Abraham Motors, presents the King’s Park Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country teams with their new hoodies. The boys won the Southern Area League for the last 4 seasons in and the girls have won it for the last 3 seasons.

  Both Boys’ and Girls’ teams travel to the Northern Ireland finals on Wednesday 21^st February to defend their status as current Northern Ireland Champions, the boys having held on to their title from the previous year.

   

  

• GIRLS' HOCKEY

  Mon 19 Feb 2018
  Girls Hockey A Team Report

  Mid Ulster Tournament

  On Friday 2nd February the Girls Hockey A Team travelled to Banbridge High School to play in the Mid Ulster Tournament. We played really well in our first 3 matches in the tournament, with great results in them all. We beat Hardy 3-0 with a hat trick from Chloe Gordon- well done Chloe! Our next match was against Carrick, which we won 1-0 (scored by Emma Latimer). Our third match was also a 1-0 win against Millington, with the goal coming from Chloe Gordon. After these 3 wins we progressed to the semi-finals, against Maralin. We showed really good passing and defence, narrowly missing the goals on a few occasions. Our goalie Tilly Douglas pulled off some amazing saves from the very strong Maralin attack – well done Tilly. We got a great goal from Emma Latimer, but then unfortunately conceded 2 goals in quick succession. The end result being 2-1. We had a great run, and these matches will set us up well for all the upcoming league fixtures. Well done girls.

  Team- Tilly Douglas, Sophie Tate, Hannah Whaley, Martha McTernaghan, Haydn McKinley, Emma Latimer, Grace Cochrane, Alex Kerr and Chloe Gordon.

   

  League Match v Bocombra

  On Monday 12^th February we had a league fixture against Bocombra, at home. We started off a little shakey and quickly conceded a goal. After half time we came out and played a much stronger game, with good formation and possession. There was great passing from Hannah Whaley in defence through to the forwards, with a few nice touches from Emma Latimer and Martha McTernaghan. With this good play we got 3 quick goals, all scored by Chloe Gordon. Another hat trick… well done Chloe!

  Team - Tilly Douglas, Hannah Whaley, Martha McTernaghan, Emma Latimer, Grace Cochrane, Alex Kerr and Chloe Gordon.

   

  B Team Hockey Report

  On Monday 12^th February, the Girls’ Hockey B Team also played against Bocombra Primary School at home. In the first half, the score was 2 nil to Bomcombra. However, by the end of the second half, the score was equalised with Kate Holmes scoring 2 goals. The B team was Grace McNeill , Sophie Tate, Abbie Knox, Miriam Latiff, Kate Holmes, Ellie Cousins, Aimee Brown and Victoria Alexander.

• ALEXANDER HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES!

  Mon 19 Feb 2018

  Alexander Wilson received' The Tom Mercer Memorial Cup' as winner of the Brass Band solo league competition for under 10 years in Belfast on Sat 17th Feb.  Congratulations Alexander!

  

• SWIMMING UPDATE

  Mon 19 Feb 2018
  Leon and Grace have now completed their swim in the Irish Minor Schools Championships.  Leon finished 10th in the front crawl and qualified for the final.  Grace finished 13th in the front crawl and 15th in the back crawl.  Well done to both of them!

• P5 SHOWCASE PRIZE WINNING INTERNET SAFETY VIDEO

  Tue 13 Feb 2018

  Miss Spiers' class visited the EA Television Studios in Antrim Board Centre to talk about their prize winning video and showcase it in a videoconference open to all schools in Northern Ireland. The session was streamed to schools live.  Here are some pictures of their visit and a link to their video. http://www.kingsparklurgan.com/internet-safety-1/

  

• SWIMMING

  Wed 07 Feb 2018
  GOOD LUCK to LEON RUDDY and GRACE COCHRANE who will be swimming  at the IRISH SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS in Dublin on 11th February.  Leon qualified for the 100m front crawl in 17th place from 52, with a time of 38.4 seconds.  Grace qualified for the 50m front crawl and 50m back crawl in 15th and 8th spot respectively. 

• P5 Internet Safety Prize Winners!

  Mon 05 Feb 2018

  Safer Internet Day – Tuesday 6th February 2018

  Create, Connect and Share Respect

  A better internet starts with you

  C2k, EA.TV, Capita and the Education Authority, in partnership with the Safeguarding Board for NI and UK Safer Internet Centre, are proud to announce a new initiative to help inform young people of some of the dangers of being online. What better way for pupils to learn about online safety issues than by creating and sharing their experiences with each other?

  The entries for the eSafety video competition are in and judged.

   

  P5 SPIERS HAVE BEEN AWARDED SECOND PLACE!!

  WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!

  3 P5S PUPILS WILL BE ATTENDING THE TV STUDIOS

   

  The 1st and 2nd prize winners will be in the EA Television Studios in Antrim Board Centre to talk about their video and showcase it in a videoconference open to all schools in Northern Ireland.

  The session will be streamed to schools live.

  1. Primary (KS2) and Special Schools at 11am

  The morning session will last for approx.40 minutes with the afternoon session lasting approx.25 minutes

  To access the live programme, click on the following link or copy the url and click on the “Login a Guest”

  http://10.251.0.107/View.aspx?e=018142

  To access UK Safer Internet Teaching Resources please click on https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2018