Photos of the Final preparations for the Flahavans' crosscountry qualifier in Lurgan Park on Friday 19th November.

The children have been working hard to prepare for this and we have entered our top 6 boys and top 6 girls for the competitive races and ten boys and ten girls for the fun run. Runners will be notified on Monday. 

'Children in Need Day’ is Friday 19^th November and it will be a NON-UNIFORM DAY for all pupils.

This year the donations from King’s Park can be made online by clicking on this link: https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=5297

£1 per family is the suggested amount however you may donate an alternative amount if preferred.

Thank you very much for helping the school to support this yearly event.

Anti-bullying week is next week (15th-19th November).  Teachers will be doing activities with the children to highlight the importance of Anti-Bullying

As part of Anti-bullying week Parenting NI are hosting a session for parents and practitioners, "Working together to stop bullying" on 17th November at 10am to 11am.  Places can be booked through Eventbrite (see poster attached)

 The session will look at identifying strategies for children and parents to cope with bullying, tips on recognising bullying and promoting kindness and tips on how we can work together to stop bullying.

Please see below for  Anti-bullying week resources and events that are coming up. 

There are 3 main resource packs this year to support involvement in ABW21;

School Resource Pack

Odd Socks Day Pack

Social Media Toolkit

There will be  a stakeholder information event on Monday 8^th Nov  @4pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-bullying-week-2021one-kind-word-niabf-social-media-stakeholder-event-tickets-194402973527

For more information and how to get involved please refer to the website: http://www.endbullying.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/

Cross Country is back on the agenda. 46 children signed up to be trained and put through their paces. 

A paired back Flahavans cross country league is set to commence on 19th November in Lurgan Park.

We hope to ether two very competitive teams and fun runners. 

Today we said farewell to Mr Shields who retires after 21 years at King’s Park and 45 years in education.  A special assembly was held outdoors to celebrate his time here and during this he was presented with some gifts from the pupils.  Mr Shields’ message to the children was to remember everyone is good at something.  Discover what it is and enjoy doing it!  He shared his love for sport and encouraged the children to look after themselves and keep up some form of physical exercise throughout their lives.  He thanked everyone for their good wishes.

Barry Mulholland, Chairperson of the Education Authority visited King’s Park today to thank Mr Shields for his 45 years in education and wish him all the best with his retirement.

Mal Donaghy (ex Northern Ireland/Chelsea/Man Utd/Luton player) visited Mr Shields on behalf of the IFA to thank him for his work in education and delivering sport to pupils throughout his career of 45 years.
Mr Shields a keen sportsman also played for Linfield and represented the British Universities team in football, while also captaining Northern Ireland and the all-Ireland Universities team.

Lurgan Tigers are keen to recruit new members.  You can hear what some current Tigers enjoy about their rugby by going to:

https://www.facebook.com/100063771540817/posts/266590555476661/?d=n

Well done to Luke Wells, Jack Metcalfe, Oliver Osmanowski, Carson Stewart, Noah Roderick, Micah McMullen,Tom Kerr, Oliver Steele, Kai McCartney, Max Wilson, Harry Sutton and Samuel Woods who played a superb tournament in Drumgor today conceding one goal (unlucky deflection!) and losing only one match.

King's Park 2-0 Carrick

King's Park 3-0 Millington B

King's Park 1-0 Millington A

King's Park 2-0 Drumgor

King's Park 1-0 Dickson

King's Park 0-1 Tandragree

King's Park 0-0 Bleary

Great work boys!