Newtown News

Newtownhamilton Primary School June 2015 Teaching staff Principal: Mrs A Henry Rec-P2: Mrs A Henry Hand in hand we learn Together! & Mrs Z Keys Find us on the web at: P3-P4: Mrs J Managh www.newtownhamiltonps.co.uk P5-P7: Mr D Andrews

 Tues 2nd June: Rec—P3 The Fun House with children from Cortamlet PS  Wed 3rd June: EWO visits P7  Mon 8th June: SPORTS DAY

 Tues 9th June: There will be NO swimming !!! A whole week of fun with Colin from  Tues 9th June: P4—P7 Sheep- bridge for Lazer Tag and 10 Hope for Youth Ministries pin bowling with Cortamlet PS  Wed 10th: P7 test in High Sch

 Thurs 11th June: Newtown- hamilton Primary School Foot- ball Tournament  Fri 12th June: Moving On Day—NO P7 PUPILS TO AT- TEND SCHOOL. P1 FINISH AT 12:00  Fri 12th June: Induction After- noon for new pupils 2pm  Mon 15th June: Drumhillery PS Football Tournament DAY 1 - Acts 16:31 DAY 2 - Isaiah 45:22  Thur 18th June: PTA FUN ..Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, Look unto me, and be ye saved, NIGHT 7pm—9pm and thou shalt be saved... all the ends of the earth.

 Fri 19th June: P7 travel to DAY 3 - Romans 10:13 DAY 4 - 1 John 1:7 Lisnadill PS for ‘Love for Life’ For whosoever shall call upon the name The blood of Jesus Christ His Son  Mon 22nd June: british Heart of the Lord shall be saved. cleanseth us from all sin. Foundation Day of Sport Have a fantastic Summer Break everyone.  Tues 23rd June: Last Day of Bible time studies swimming Keep safe and have loads of fun !! We wish all our Primary 7 pupils the very best as they this month will  Wed 24th June: Special P7 move up to the next stage of their education. focus on: Leavers Lunch at 12 noon Can’t wait to see you all in your new uniforms  Thurs 25th June: PRIZE in September. MORNING 10am The story We are going to miss you.  Fri 26th June: School finishes of David at 12 noon. Non uniform Day You are all amazing kids !! Ready, Steady, GO ! Let’s Learn ! Page 2 Newtown News

KS2 Cluster Trip to Balmoral Show

On Friday 15th May Mrs Henry and Mrs Managh had the pleasure of accompanying 16 of the KS2 pupils to Balmoral Show. The trip was organized by Mr Justin Toner from St Malachy’s Primary School . The entire day was free to the pupils and included a schools tour as soon as we arrived at the show grounds at 10am. During the trail we joined with 3 other local schools (St Malachys Ballymoyer, Kingsmills and St Laurence O’Tooles Belleek) and the children enjoyed see- ing around the main events. After a bite of lunch we were then free to further enjoy the show in our own school groups. Time was spent in the shopping village, the cattle and sheep houses, viewing machinery stalls and the fun fair. We called at the Massey Ferguson stall to meet Chloes Nanny and Granda where we were made very welcome. Along the route we saw Andrew Donaldson, Elle Corkey, Rachel McLean, James McLean and Daisy Lines. Everyone had a fantastic day with the rain only coming on as we were ready to head back to the buses. The children all had their bags laden with pens, rul- ers, rubbers and keyrings in typical Balmoral Show fashion!! We were all home safe and sound shortly after 4pm.

Not long to go until Show !!

The Armagh County Agricultural Show and Country Festival will be held on Saturday 13th June 2015 in the beautiful surroundings of Gosford Forest Park. Remember to pay a visit to the Craft Tent where the artistic talent of local chil- dren is amazing to see. Our children have been working hard over the past month to create masterpieces to put on display on the big day. So be sure to pop along for a wee look !!

REMEMBER THERE ARE LOTS MORE PHOTOS ON THE WEBSITE... www.newtownhamiltonps.co.uk Ready, Steady , GO ! Let’s Learn ! Primary School Page 3 Bracelets for Hungary and Romania

Thank you to everyone who sent in bracelets for Kathryn Leyburn to take to the village children in Hungary and Romania. The After School Loom Club children were also busy making bracelets. Kathryn heads off on Monday 1st June with Highways Byways Ministries, we wish her and all her companions a very safe journey and look forward to hearing about their visit and of course seeing photos of the children receiving the bracelets on their return. As always the pupils and friends of Newtownhamilton Primary School have shown outstanding kindness and generosity.

Bibletime Prize morning with Sam Balmer and his family It was lovely to welcome Sam Balmer and his family back to our school for the annual Bibletime Prize Giving Assembly. Sam and his family work hard to produce and distribute the Bibletime booklets to many schools across the province, so we were delighted to be able to put on a special assembly just for them. Mrs Henry presented Sam with a donation for Sow2Reap.

Reception-P2 visited the Dental Clinic

It was National smile week and all the pupils from Reception to P2 headed off to the Dental Clinic down in Newtownhamil- ton Health Centre where Dental Nurse, Daphne Calvin made them all very welcome. Daphne told them all about the impor- tance of looking after their teeth. Everyone got a turn on the dentist chair and to see how all the equipment worked. They even got to suck some water up using the special suction machine. Then before they left everyone got a sticker and a goodie bag containing a toothbrush, toothpaste and some leaflets. On the way back to school we met Henry’s Granny Anderson who was about to get on the bus to go to Newry, Henry told her all about his visit to the dentist. The Foundation Class Tooth brushing Club will recommence this month to keep all those lovely teeth shiny clean !! Welcome to Your New School Contact us at: The staff and pupils of Newtownhamilton Primary school would like to extend a warm welcome to Ryszard who joined our Reception Class in May. It is lovely to see you settling in so well and making lots of new friends. Newtownhamilton Primary School 8 School Road We have loads of fun in Foundation Class Newtownhamilton NEWRY Co.Down BT35 0DQ Phone: 028 30 878094 Fax: 028 30 879119 E-mail: [email protected]

Reception Class: Has your child, or any friends or family members child, a 4th birthday coming close and they wish to become familiar with the school setting and routines prior to starting Primary 1? Feel free to contact the school and speak to Mrs Henry about the availability of Reception Class places. Reception is an ideal opportunity for children to play, gain confidence and develop socially with the chil- dren they will begin Primary school education with. The Reception class day is 9am-12 noon.

A BIG Happy Birthday to everyone who celebrates their birthday during the summer months!!

JUNE JULY 3rd June: Kelley Johnston 3rd July: Ellie Bailie 3rd June: Amy Watt 7th July: Nicole Bailie 19th June: Daisy Lines 17th July: Katie McMahon 23rd June: Aimee McCombe 21st July: Chloe Smyth 29th June: Kristian West 23rd July: Lexi McKee 25th July: Chloe Courtney

AUGUST 13th August: Jack Copeland 17th August: Jessica Courtney 19th August: Amy Lymburn 30th August: Zack Corkey