8 Sponsored “Big Bounce” – Tuesday 10th May

All pupils in our school, from Nursery to P7 will be involved in our Annual Charity sponsored “Big Bounce”, details of which can be found on the Sponsor Sheet sent home last week with every child.  

We hope to contribute to the following charities: Action Cancer, Save the Children, NSPCC, Reach Team, Lurgan YMCA, Mark Farren Brain Tumor Research, The Wings Appeal, The Poppy Appeal and RNLI

Children must not collect door to door.

There will be a special lunch served in the Dining Hall on this date, please see separate menu.  (Cost: P1-P7 £2.30, Nursery £2.20)

Glenavon Day

Glenavon will be playing in the Irish Cup final against Linfield on Saturday 7th May. We have a lot of very avid football supporters and as our local club we would like to show some support!

We will be having a blue and orange day on Friday 6th May; children can dress in these colours. This is entirely at the discretion of parents. 

Mr Shields has prepared a Glenavon Football Club quiz which went home yesterday and should be returned to class teachers on or before Wednesday 4th May.

Children can design a new Glenavon mascot for the day on A4 paper.

Gary Hamilton will visit school on Friday 6th May to choose the winners and give out some prizes.

Glenavon have asked that a charity contribution be made to the Martin Ferran Brain Tumor Research charity and the school will make a contribution from our charity week.  No contributions are necessary on this day.

Our Sports Days will take place as follows:

Primary 1 to Primary 3 - Tuesday 21st June

Primary 4 to Primary 7 - Wednesday 22nd June

Nursery - To be comfirmed

Mrs Thompson’s class are measuring out a mile in preparation for the whole school ‘daily mile’ starting in May!!!

Details to follow...

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.

Click here to view pictures from the event

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!