Congratulations to the Senior Choir, Mrs McBride and Miss Spiers who won the Portadown Spinning Company Shield at Portadown Music Festival! Click here to hear them in rehearsal!

Congratulations to the boys football team who reached the semi-final of the Mid-Ulster Schools Football Association Spring Festival. The boys put in a great display but unfortunately lost in a penalty shoot out which halted their progression to the final. 

The efforts in this tournament combined with the Winter tournament have secured our place in the Champions League Festival this May. 

Well done boys! 

Gary Hamilton was also in attendance to observe the boys before he finalises his cup squad for the May Irish Cup Final!

A massive congratulations and thank you to all the talented children who entered this years Easter competition.

There was a terrific display and we clearly have some TALENTED FAMILIES.

Our overall winner was ETHAN WATSON in P1H

NURSERY – Overall Winner: Sarah MClughan N2
FOUNDATION – Overall Winner: Aaron Gray   P1S
Key Stage 1-  Overall Winner: Grace McNeill  P3Ch
Key Stage 2 – Overall Winner:  Lewis Robinson  P5G

Congratulations to Mrs Chambers and the P3 children who performed in this years Speech Festival at Portadown Town Hall. The children performed extremely well and were awarded first place! Well done boys and girls!

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This year we had our own World Book Day book swap!
It was a great day, thank you to all those who took part. 

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Congratulations to the Boys’ Cross country team who are the reigning Northern Ireland Cross Country Champions 2016.

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Going into the Final there was a measure of expectation for this Boys’ team who had won the Southern Area League for the second year in a row and obtained a third place in Northern Ireland last year, so the stage was set for an exciting day in the near perfect conditions at Mallusk on 10^th February.

The Boys ran out as winners against a field of 23 teams, all of whom were winners or qualifiers in their respective areas.  The Boys’ Team team was targeting a third or second place  as it is still a young team, with 6 out of the 8 boys being still in Primary 6.  So there was great excitement when the results were read out, with King’s Park Boys being crowned Northern Ireland Champions. The result was down to the team effort where the six points scorers all came in quite close together, scoring well as they did so.

We must not forget the Girls’ Team, whom had never qualified for the Northern Ireland Finals before. The Girls Team had just won the Southern Area League for the first time, but were a little unsure of how to compete on the big stage. A fantastic effort was put in and the Girls returned a 5^th place in Northern Ireland.  

Both teams celebrated their Southern Area League success and the Boys’ N.I. Final win with stop-over at the local McDonalds on the way home from Mallusk. The athletes lay aside their strict dietary regimes and energy reserves were quickly recouped! Coaches were also able to partake in a celebratory McDonalds, courtesy of Mr Shields’ generous  allowance!

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The King’s Park Cross country teams travelled to Banbridge on Wednesday 13^th January to participate in the final round of the x country league. The conditions were icy and the course at 1300m was the longest to date. The children have been training very hard in all weather conditions in preparation. The two fun run teams had great success with Martha McTernaghan taking 1^st place for the girls and Nicole Thompson 3^rd place. The boys similarly were outstanding with Luke Carson taking his second gold this year and Ethan Ross a 3^rd. The teams had to compete over a longer course and had the added incentive of a qualification place at Mallusk. Both teams competed brilliantly with Dylan Alexander taking 2^nd place overall and Jesse Turner a close 5^th for the boys and Emily Anderson and Katie Thompson achieving 7^th and 8^th places respectively. Every runner on both teams must be commended as collectively they won the boys’ and girls’ 3^rd round race. There were approximately 130 runners in each race.

Overall the teams have achieved an unprecedented league double and both have qualified for the NI finals at Mallusk on Wednesday 10^th February. A brilliant achievement.

Thanks also to those parents who have continually supported all the runners in all weathers!

On Tuesday we had our annual Carol Service at High Street Presbyterian Church. The children were superb, a massive thanks to all involved.
 

Photographs of the day can be seen on the link below:
http://www.kingsparklurgan.com/carol-service/

Salvation Army Christmas Appeal

A large number of toys and gifts were presented in Assembly to The Salvation Army. Thank you to all parents and pupils for helping us, to help those in need.

Click here for some photographs:
http://www.kingsparklurgan.com/open-night-1/

Open Night/Parents Evening will be held on Thursday 10 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.  

Nursery Afternoon   The nursery building will be open on Thursday 10 December from 2pm to 4pm for all parents and prospective parents to visit.  Children may also attend with their parents.

We hope Application Forms for Nursery and Primary 1 will be available on this date.