News Archive 2016/17

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  Latest Pictures of New School Hall
  Work on the new school is close to completion and will be ready for the children returning to school.

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  Derrylaughan Presentation
  Thankyou to Ciara O'Neill, representing Derrylaughan Camogie Club, who presented Kingsisland with a cheque for £150 to help towards the purchase of new camogie equipment.

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  P1 Tribute
  We came as strangers... We leave as friends!

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  Read All About It

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  P3 end of Year Trip
  P3 had a fantastic trip to Cookstown Leisure Centre. They started off in the Leisure Pool followed by fun in "The Play Shack".

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  3D Printing of Fidget Spinners
  The long wait is over and the winners of the P2 Fidget Spinner competition have been presented with their very own Fidget Spinner to paint using their winning design. Well done both our winners

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  P4/5 End of Year Trip
  The Primary Four and Five children had a fantastic time on their end of year trip today.

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  Sportsweek Finale
  The pupils all were ready to finally complete the infamous Sports Week Obstacle Course and as always the competition was fierce.

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  Goodbye P7!!!!
  Primary 7 pupils had their final assembly today in Kingsisland Primary School.

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  Sportsweek 2017
  Primary 2 had so much fun today completing our final Sports Week games!

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  P6/7 School Trip 2017
  What a super day the Primary 6 and 7 pupils had today on their end of year school trip.

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  P1 Induction Morning
  Today we welcomed our new Primary 1 pupils, who will be commencing school in September, to our Induction morning.

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  NEW HALL UPDATE!
  Our new hall is progressing nicely. The bricklayers have built both external and internal walls.

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  Derrylaughan Camogie Coaching
  Many thanks to Derrylaughan camogie coach, Ciara O'Neill, who has been coaching our young camogs every Friday during this term.

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  Kingsisland Cumann na mBunscol Blitz
  Kingsisland hosted our annual GAA Football Allianz Cuman na Mbunscol blitz today in Derrytresk GFC. Nearly 200 pupils from 6 schools competed, with teams in 2 different groups.

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  Fidget Spinner Fun
  Miss Robinson decided to take the new craze of 'Fidget Spinners' and use them in the classroom and the P2 pupils just could not believe thier luck!!!

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  RDS Science Exhibition
  Check out the P6/7's amazing day at the RDS Primary Science Fair in the Waterfront! Such a great experience for the children, they were a credit to their school!

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  Goodbye & Thank you Mrs Gavin
  Today marked a milestone for the pupils, staff and community of Kingsisland as Mrs Gavin closed the chapter on her teaching days.

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  Play Based Learning
  P1 & P2 were walking on sunshine enjoying the lovely weather during outdoor play based learning today!

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  P7 get Creative
  There was a lot of attention to detail today when P7's got creative with some good old fashioned plastercine.

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  Read Read Read!!!!!!
  The pupils gladly greeted the SELB Library van today and enjoyed choosing a selection of books for their class library.

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  Hurling Blitz
  Primary 5 boys and girls took part in a non competitive hurling and camogie blitz this morning in Cookstown.

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  First Holy Communion.
  Congratulations to our 10 boys and 10 girls who celebrated the sacrament of Communion this morning in St Colmcille's Church, Kingsisland this morning.

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  Summer Planting
  What fun we had today planting flowers around the school. The primary 7 pupils were busy making the school beautiful for First Holy Communion tomorrow.

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  Tri-County Blitz
  The P6/7 boys attended the Tri-County Blitz today at the Mid-Ulster Sports Arena in Cookstown.

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  Thankyou Tracey and Sharon
  Today we gave a special Kingsisland welcome to Mrs Campbell's two sisters Tracey and Sharon.

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  Chess Champions League
  From next week, the competition will get hot and heavy as the members will be drawn into teams for our summer 'Chess Champions League'! Stay tuned!

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  Academy Blitz
  Primary 6 & 7 boys and girls had a great day out at The Academy GAA football blitz held in the Mid Ulster Sports Arena.

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  P1 Study Van Gough
  Vincent Van Gogh's 'ear' was certainly burning in Primary 1 when we enjoyed talking and learning about his wonderful artwork and painting techniques.

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  Minecraft mania in P2 today.
  The P2 pupils couldn't believe their luck when Miss Robinson told them this morning they were using Minecraft in class!

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  P7 Mural Paintings
  Mrs Lowe took the primary 7 pupils outside in the beautiful sunshine today to repaint one of the outside murals. Needless to say, everyone had a brilliant day. Fun in the sun!

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  St Joe's Blitz
  Primary 6 pupils took part in St Joseph's annual football blitz today. A great time was had by all.

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  Kingsisland Olympics
  P1 & P2 enjoyed playing some Olympic Games outside in Derrytresk in the sunshine today!

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  P2 Visit the Grotto
  P2 are praying to Mary in the month of May. We visited the grotto and loved saying prayers and listening to the story about St Bernadette.

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  School Hall Progress
  The weather was lovely today as the roof cladding was put on our new hall.

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  Handball Blitz
  Well done to our handball team who competed in the Tyrone Allianz Cuman na Mbunscol 1 Wall handball today.

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  P2 Study Claude Monet
  P2 have been looking at the art work of Claude Monet. We decided to do our own twist of his water lilies painting!

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  Play Based Learning
  P1 & P2 enjoyed Play Based Learning outdoors today. We just love outdoor learning in the Foundation Stage!!!!Here's hoping the good weather is here to stay

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  Summer After Schools
  P3 & P4 pupils just loved getting back to after schools club. Such a lovely evening to welcome back our after school club. Let's hope the sunshine is here to stay☺️

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  Captains!!!
  Our captains give a big thumbs up to our new school hall

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  Nepal Fundraiser
  Pupils presented Cathal O'Neill with the grand sum of £140 following the pix n mix tuck shop fundraiser.

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  Window Painting
  Primary 7 pupils were busy painting Spring pictures on the front windows today.

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  NEW HALL.
  With the steel frame now in place our new hall is definitely beginning to take shape.

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  Pick n Mix Day!
  The children finished up for the Easter holidays with a special pick n mix day in school.

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  Lough Neagh Digital Media Project
  Today we finished our study of Lough Neagh in P6 with our digital media iMovie project.

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  P2 Easter EGG-STRAVAGANZA
  P2 had a fun filled day between making mini egg nest buns and creating their Easter cards!

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  Readathon in P5
  We had an EGGcellent day in P5 today with our readathon quiz for Term 2!

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  HESNI Visit
  The P1 -P4 children had a very important Farm Health and Safety Talk this morning. We learned all about staying safe and keeping ourselves out of harm when on the farm.

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  Newsflash in P6
  NEWSFLASH...this just in...Paul Clark's job may be in jeopardy after taking a look at our P5 pupils iMovie broadcast project

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  P1&2 Visit the Chapel
  P1 & P2 visited the chapel today. We discussed the important objects in the chapel and discussed the season of Lent and Easter during this time of the year.

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  The Last Supper
  P1 have been learning all about Holy Week and The Last Supper. We reenacted the last supper and one of the pupils took over the role of Jesus.

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  Birds of a feather flock together
  Our P5 class ventured outside for a bird scavenger hunt around the school! The children are learning all about flight .

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  P7 Enter the Dragon's Den
  Primary 7 pupils completed their digital media projects today. Under the expert guidance of Miss McVeigh, the boys and girls produced fantastic full scale
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  Work begins on New Hall
  We are delighted to welcome the builders to begin work on our new £500,000 school hall this week. 

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  Mothers' Day
  Primary 2 had an art attack day preparing for Mother's Day on Sunday. We loved making our flower pots full of sweetness and our cards for our special mothers. We hope you all have a great day, from your little flowers in P2

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  Lough Neagh Media Project
  Today the P.6 took a tour around some local areas on the shores of Lough Neagh as part of our wider World Around Us topic study about the Lough.

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  St Patrick's Concert Videos
  Clink on the link below to see some video clips from our St Patrick's Day concert 2017.

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  St Patrick's Concert in Derrytresk
  Derrytresk Community Centre was packed to capacity today for our St Patrick's Day Concert. It proved to be a real treat for everyone who was lucky enough to see it today.