Welcome to latest news

• All Ireland swimming success

  Tue 14 Feb 2017

  A massive congratulations to Leon Ruddy for his excellent performance in the Swim Ireland competition.

  Leonn finished 10th in the back crawl and 15th in the freestyle. Well done!

  

• FREE Online Safety training for parents

  Wed 08 Feb 2017

  Children in Northern Ireland (CiNI) are delighted to be partnering with the PSNI to launch a series of FREE cyber-safety workshops for parents in venues across the country in March 2017. The courses are open to parents and carers of children, including grandparents.

  It will cover, among other things, the following:

  • Cyberbullying
  • Sexting
  • Social Media Risks
  • Adult Content
  • Gaming
  • Online Grooming

   

  Places are limited so click on your closest venue below and book now to avoid disappointment!

  
  Belfast City Hall: 8th March 2017 6:30-9pm
  
  Lisburn Civic Centre: 15th March 2017 6:30-9pm
  
  Craigavon Civic Centre: 16th March 2017 6:30-9pm
  
  Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey: 21st March 2017 6:30-9pm
  
  The Guildhall, Derry/Londonderry: 29th March 2017 6:30-9pm
   
  Click here to book: http://www.ci-ni.org.uk/cybersafety

• Qualifying group winners

  Mon 06 Feb 2017
  Congratulations to Fraser, Joshua ,Jesse, Christopher, Dylan and Daniel who won the area qualifying group which puts them into next weeks Jones Shield finals.

• Cross Country Champions

  Tue 24 Jan 2017

  Cross Country Champions January 2017

  Congratulations yet again to both the Boys’ and Girls’ Cross country teams who both won the final round of the Southern Area League. Both teams are now the Southern Area League Champions, having come first place in every race this season. This is quite an exceptional achievement. The Boys have been reigning champions for the last three years and the girls for the last two years. The boys are currently the Northern Ireland Champions and we wish them and the girls’ team well for the Northern Ireland Finals at Mallusk in February.

   

  Congratulations must go again to Dylan Alexander who won all three races this season.

   

  Also to Martha McTernaghan, Caitlin McCarter and Tilly Douglas who came first, second and third respectively in the Girls’ Fun Run and to Christopher Heasley, James Wright and Alfey Carey who came first second and third respectively in the Boys’ Fun Run.

• Disruption to traffic

  Fri 06 Jan 2017

  KING’S PARK PRIMARY AND NURSERY SCHOOL

  Notice of possible disruption to traffic at Avenue Road and Flush Place- January 2017

   

  To: Parent/Guardians

   

  AVENUE ROAD

  Howard Abraham Motors wish to provide you with advance notice of the demolition of properties numbers 55-63 Avenue Road, located at the old optical factory gates. For a short period only, from Mon 9^th to Wed 11^th Jan during the hours of 7:00pm onwards, contractors will undertake demolition of the main structural aspects of these properties. During these hours the works area will be illuminated and heavy plant machinery will be in operation. This may be audibly disruptive.

  The Avenue Road will operate on single lane traffic control for a short section directly in front of the works area during these times. These works actions are in place to ensure the utmost public safety and that of particular consideration to the close proximity of the works to a major Primary School. From Thurs 12^th Jan onwards clearing of the works site will continue during normal daylight hours with no pedestrian access directly in front of the demolition area. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause for this short period of time.

   

  FLUSH PLACE

  Flush Place will be closed to traffic from 10-13 January.  There will be access to the Jethro Centre only from the Avenue Road direction on those dates.  This road closure is likely to result in delays for motorists in the area and in particular for those travelling into Lurgan along Avenue Road, Banbridge Road and Gilford Road and it would be advisable to leave additional time for your journey during this period and throughout the duration of the works. Parents and pupils walking to school are advised to follow the advisory signage provided.

   

  D Shields   (Principal)

   

   

• Lurgan football success!

  Fri 06 Jan 2017

  A massive congratulations to Calum, Jesse, Joshua and Christopher who won the Lisburn Shield final, beating Linfield 6-1!
  Jesse was also named man of the match.

  Well done boys!

  

• Free Microsoft Software/Apps

  Tue 13 Dec 2016

  In order to help pupils to prepare for success this school year, every child now has access to Microsoft Office free of charge. With Office 365, you will now have access to the latest version of Word, for writing; Excel, for spreadsheets; PowerPoint, for presentations; OneNote, for organisation and note taking; and much more.

   

  •Install on up to 5 compatible PCs and Macs, plus 5 tablets (including iPad!)

  •Gain valuable skills on the world’s most popular productivity software

  •Office subscription lasts for as long as the student remains in school and the programme continues

   

  Follow these simple steps to get Office:

  1.For PC and Mac:

  a.Visit http://portal.office.com

  b.Login with your C2k username and password

  •username must be in the format username@c2ken.net

  (please note the @c2ken format – the usual @c2kni.net format will not work)

  You will be asked again for your credentials a second time

  c.On the installation page select your language and click Install-Run

  •You will be asked to sign in 1 more time (username@c2ken.net and password)

  2.For iOS and Android:

  a.Download from your app store

  •iPad: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

  •iPhone

  •Android

  b.Sign in with your school credentials for full editing capability

  

• Open Night/Parents Evening

  Thu 08 Dec 2016

  Open Night/Parents Evening will be held on Thursday 8^th December starting at 7.00pm.  All parents, friends and prospective parents are warmly invited.  The evening will begin at 7.00pm in the Assembly Hall with a welcome by Mr Shields followed by a musical item. 

   

  All classrooms and the nursery building will be open and refreshments will be available in the dining hall.   Parents are asked to remember that in the interests of safety, parking within the school grounds is not permitted.  Children should not attend the evening event unless they are performing.

• P1 to P3 Christmas Presentations

  Thu 01 Dec 2016

  P1 to P3 Christmas Presentations

           P1 to P3 Performances will be on the following dates:

  P1 Performance              Wednesday 14^th December at 9.30am

  P2 Performance              Tuesday 13^th December at 9.30am

  P3 Performance              Wednesday 14^th December at 11.00am  

  (The Hall will be open for P3 parents to take their seats from approximately 10.30am) Tea/coffee will be served prior to each Performance

            Please note – each year group will perform once only on the day/time indicated above. Parents are asked NOT to use recording equipment during the performances. The school will produce a DVD as in previous years. (Order forms will be sent home)

• Salvation Army Christmas Family Appeal

  Mon 28 Nov 2016

  Supporting King’s Park - Salvation Army Christmas Family Appeal

           The Annual Christmas Toy Appeal is again being supported by our school.  All such donations can be brought to the class teacher any morning during the week beginning 5^th December through to the close of the appeal on Friday 9^th December.

   

  All the toy donations will be presented during morning assembly on Friday 9^th December.