On Thursday 9^th March the girls played a league match against Bocombra at home. We played really well and had a great 6-0 win. Goals came from Megan, Taylor, Chloe and Kate.

On 16^th March we played another league match at home against Markethill PS. Again, the girls played some great flowing hockey, with great passing and positioning. We again came away with a 6-0 win. Goals in this match came from Taylor, Lucy, Catherine, Emily and Megan.

We narrowly missed out on the league play offs unfortunately, as we came away with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Next up was the NI Qualifying Tournament at Brownlow on 22^nd March. We won our first 2 matches comfortably against Bocombra and Magherafelt. Next up was Armstrong. We started off really well and played some great attacking hockey, and narrowly missed the goals several times. We defended well, but unfortunately we conceded 2 goals in quick succession, and we simply ran out of time to score back. We were all very disappointed, and unfortunately didn’t then progress to the finals at Garvey. Armstrong went on to be runners up in the NI Finals, so we can be very proud of our efforts.

This team have played some great hockey, and have shown tremendous skill on many occasions this season. I would like to wish all the P7s the very best for their new schools, and make sure you continue playing hockey! Well done girls.

Team- Sophie Beattie, Lucy Latimer, Catherine Cowan, Taylor McKinley. Emily Alexander, Megan Hampton, Chloe Gordon and Kate Holmes

Well done to the Primary 3 Choral Speaking Team were successful winning first place at Portadown Speech Festival.

A big congratulations to Kate, Hannah, Martha, Aimee, Haydn, Megan, Chloe, Emma, Grace, Ellie, Jemma, Lucy and Taylor who won the Premiership League Cup and the Ulster Shield!  

The Premiership League cup dates back to the 1930's and this is the first time that Lurgan Ladies have won it! The Ulster shield dates back to the 1920's and this is also the first time that Lurgan Ladies have won it! 

Well done girls!

Congratulations to the Boys' and Girls' cross country teams who both became The Northern Ireland Champions at the Cross Country Finals!

The boys and girls are both the 2017 Northern Ireland Cross Country Champions. The boys won by a huge margin, which is likely a record, and the girls won by a convincing margin. A special mention has to go to Dylan Alexander who, having won all three events this year, ran in to third place overall in Northern Ireland. Best placed girl was Emily Anderson who came  14th overall in Northern Ireland.

The boys have won the Southern Area League for the past three years and have won each of their last 11 events, an unbeaten record stretching back three years. The Girls have won the Southern Area league for the last two years and have won their last 6 competitions.

Between them they have 4 Northern Ireland Titles in the last 5 years.

http://www.kingsparklurgan.com/cross-country/

Congratulations to Fraser, Joshua ,Jesse, Christopher, Dylan and Daniel who won the Jones Shield Finals on Friday.

The boys were unbeaten throughout the qualifying stages and the finals, an excellent performance from everyone.

King's Park 2 - 1 Hart
King's Park 3 - 0 Mullavilly
King's Park 1 - 0 Millington
King's Park 2 - 0 Bocombra 

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!

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

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.

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)