On Wednesday 6th March, the boys’ hockey team went to KJHS to compete in the NI Qualifiers. The boys started with a hard match against Bocombra PS and unfortunately came away with a defeat. However, this match proved to be a blip and the boys went on to win the rest of the matches in their group, beating Armstrong 1-0, Hart Memorial 5-0 and Edenderry 5-0! This meant that the boys qualified for the semi-finals!

In the semi-final we played a very strong Seagoe side. The boys played exceptional hockey throughout and created numerous chances to take the lead. The match was nearly over when Alfie Speer popped up to score a late winner to win the match 1-0 and send us through to the final!

In the final the boys came up against Bocombra again. This time we put up a much better fight and came away with a narrow 1-0 defeat. Special mention must go to our goalkeeper, Charlie Gault, who played unbelievably well in the final and was rightly awarded man of the match!

By finishing second, the boys qualified for the NI Finals on the 8^th April. This is possibly the first time a boys’ team from King’s Park has qualified for the NI Finals!! A massive achievement from all the boys who all played incredibly well and can be proud of their performances!

 

Team: Charlie Gault, Oliver Bingham, Peter McClughan, Jack Cowan, Harry Kerr, Daniel McClughan, Alfie Speer and Aaron Kinkead

On Wednesday 6th March the girls' A team took part in the Mid Ulster tournament at Banbridge High School.  The girls had three group matches to play against Abercorn, Markethill and Millington and produced three very convincing wins.  Ellie Cousins scored twice to give a 2-0 win over Abercorn.  Against Markethill Ellie again got two with Alex Kerr and Emma Latimer also getting their names on the score sheet to give King's Park and 4-0 victory.  In the final group match against Millington the girls knew they needed a win in order to progress to the semi-final and win they did, with Alex and Emma sharing the spoils to give them another 2-0 victory.

 

The semi-final against Armstrong was hard fought.  Haydn McKinley and Chloe Gordon battled hard in defence to prevent Armstrong from scoring and at half time the score was nil-nil.  Ellie and Alex came up trumps again with a goal each to give the girls a 2-0 win and a place in the final against Seagoe.

 

The final was to be the toughest test of the day for the girls.  Haydn and Chloe battled hard at the back as did Tilly Douglas,  who had been amazing throughout in goals.  Unfortunately Seagoe proved too strong and won the match 3-0.  However, second spot was good enough to qualify the King's Park girls for the Large Schools Mid Ulster Tournament later this month.

 

A big thanks to Mrs Thompson for her hard work throughout the year.

 

Team:  Chloe Gordon, Haydn McKinley, Emma Latimer, Ellie Cousins, Tilly Douglas, Katie Redpath, Alex Kerr, Sophie Tate and Millie Dowds.

Mrs Devlin's and Mrs Matchett's class are very fortunate to have been asked to participate in a Sign Language Programme organised by the Controlled Schools’ Support Council and funded by the Department of Communities. We are one of the nine schools chosen out of 43 schools to engage in these sessions. This Programme aims to raise awareness of sign language as a language of need for the deaf community and to teach the children some valuable sign language skills. The engaging and interactive workshops will be led by the sign language tutor Anthony Sinclair and the children will enjoy learning a variety of signs associated with themes such as colours and emotions.

 

As part of the programme of workshops, King’s Park will also host a parent workshop. This is your opportunity to share in your child’s learning and to develop some of the skills that they will have developed during these workshops. An invitation will follow.

 

You can watch a video of the children singing a song in sign language by clicking here link

 

This year's charity event will be a Readathon and will run from Monday 25th February until Thursday 7th March.  Our main chosen charities this year are:  Air Ambulance NI, RNIB, Reach and a small number of other charities: The Wings Appeal, The Poppy Appeal, RNLI and Guide Dogs.

 

Children will be sponsored to participate in various reading activities in school and at home during the sponsorship period, with the event finishing on World Book Day, Thursday 7th March, when children should bring in their favourite book and dress up as their favourite book character.

 

Sponsorship forms will be sent home with the children or can be found by clicking here 'newsletters'.

 

 

STORMONT CROSS COUNTRY SATURDAY 9^TH FEBRUARY 2019

 

Congratulations to King’s Park Girls’ Cross Country Team who won the Stormont Cross Country event Primary age category.

The team finished as winners by 6 points ahead of two athletics clubs. There were 17 teams entered in all and included a mixture of athletics clubs and Primary schools.

 

Stand out performer was Nicole Penny who was our first girl home, finishing in 15^th place.

Special mentions also go to Alex Kerr and Leah Balfour who finished 16^th and 18^th respectively.

The Abaana New Life Choir are in Northern Ireland  for the next few weeks,  performing at various venues.  They will be in Shankill Parish Church on Saturday 9th February and St. John's Parish, Moira on Wednesday 20th February.  For other concert dates visit www.abaana.org/choirdates.

Both Girls' and Boys' teams represented King's Park in the Flahavan's Northern Ireland Cross Country Finals on Wednesday 30th January at The Billy Neill Centre in Belfast.

Congratulations to the girls team who came in second to a very strong Stranmillis team and to the boys who came in 5th.

A special mention has to go to Ellie Cousins who came in second place. Other top placed girls were Alex Kerr (P6) who came in 13th and Leah Balfour (P6) who came in 21st.

The girls are the 2018.19 Southern Area Champions by a huge margin for the 4th year in a row.

Sustrans kindly donated hi-vis sleeveless jackets for all children in P1-P7. Hopefully this will encourage the children to ‘Be Safe, Be Seen’ during the dark evenings.

 

 

King’s Park are pleased to be hosting a mini netball tournament involving local schools on Wednesday 27^th February.