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This wee star won first place in the P2 solo at Ballymena Festival!

This Primary 4 star placed 3rd at Ballymena Festival today in the Primary 7 and Under Sacred Vocal Solo class. She was one of the youngest in the class, we are all so very proud of her!

Primary 5-7 Cross-Curricular Orienteering fun, although the wind wasn't our best friend today!

Today Johnny from @SustransNI paid us a visit. Unfortunately it was just too windy for our annual Santa Run, so instead we held a Santa Duck hunt in the Hall. Two P6 boys hid the ducks and it was great fun trying to find them! One duck was exchanged for a treat from Mrs. H.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas Tree Festival last night, there was a super turnout and Santa was having a great old time chatting with the children. The total raised from the Raffle, and the Christmas Tree Festival was £1231.30 which is a super amount. Thank you to you all for your support.

Our official welcomers ready to welcome all our parents and friends to our first Nativity performance today. What a great job they did!

Christmas at Groggan

Our P6 choir took part in the Lights Switch on in Randalstown

P6 and P7 had a visit from Ian and his Birrds of Prey as part of their flight topic.

A huge well done to this Primary 6 star who is showing such kindness to others. Yesterday, she got her hair cut to donate to @LittlePrincessTrust and has raised over £800. The Little Princess Trust provides free real hair wigs to children and young people, up to 24 years, who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment or other conditions. They also fund childhood cancer research searching to find kinder and more effective treatments. We are all so very proud of her.

All State Visit - Primary 5 and 6 enjoyed a visit from Claire and John from Allstate Northern Ireland who talked to the childen about Internet Safety. It was lovely to have them at Groggan.

The Cool 4 School Photographer visited Groggan - aren't we all looking well!

Well done to our amazing Primary 6 star on her recent success at the Inter Schools Show Jumping event in Coleraine.

Our Primary 6 pupils had a superb time at @Ballymena Academy's Taster Day on Wednesday. Lots of great activities and chocolate cake!

Sports Day 2023

Our Primary 7 Prom - food, fun and friends - what more could you ask for? A super night had by all!

We were delighted to welcome members of the Grange Baptist Church and James from The Amazing Journey . The children learnt all about how the world was created, about Noah and the ark, about Mary giving birth to Jesus, his life and how the world we live in today came about. They got to try different foods from Bible times and try on costumes. Thank you to James and everyone at Grange Baptist Church for coming to see us today and being so good with the childre

As part of Capacity Week , all classes took part in a race. One at a time, each class had to run down the track and pour their bowl of water into a 2 litre bottle. The first class to fill their bottle was the winner! It wasn't as easy as it looked. Well done to P1/2 who won!

The Primary 7 girls, Mrs Hunter and Mrs Mills attended a hockey tournament today at Ballymena Academy. They had a great time and won their group with three wins and one draw. The team made it to the semi-finals! Well done to all the girls and to Mrs Hunter, Mrs Mills, and our number one and number two supporters for coming too!

To round up our Capacity Week in school, all classes took part in a capacity race. One at a time, each class had to race down the track to pour their bowl of water into a 2L bottle. The first class to fill their bottle was the winner! It wasn't as easy as it looked either!! Well done to P1/2 who won and were very happy about their sweeties 👏🏻🌟

This P4 star won the Excellence Award for the most skills learned this year at her gymnastics club. Well done!

A few of our senior Eco Committee members were outside today working in our garden.

As part of our Preventative Curriculum, the P6/7 pupils took part in the Cancer Focus UV rays experiement. They used special beads which change colour with UV light.

One of our P7 stars who was part of the team who won the SBYL Divisional Cup Final at the weekend. What a player!

Eco Committee had the pleasure of our Mayor’s company this morning, who came to commemorate the late Queen by planting a tree in her memory for the Queen’s Canopy. There are 70 trees being planted in 70 schools to mark the 70 years of her reign.

Some of our pupils competed in the Junior Rugby Blitz with Maine Integrated Primary School, organised by our rugby coach Odhran. Groggan won 6-4 with some very enthusiastic playing from both teams.

Christmas Dinner

Harvest Services

We had a visit form the School Nursing Team today, thank you to the two lovely nurses who carried out the Flu vaccinations.

Seth wins gold!

Lewis our Karting Champ!

ECO Success

On Monday 13th some of the Key Stage 2 pupils took part in a cooking demonstartion with Mrs Mitchell from Livestock and Meat Commission. She showed them all how to make a very tasty beef pasta dish. They all rated it as amazing!

Sports Day 2022

Platinum Jubilee Celebration Day at Groggan

Our Primary 3 Rugby Star!

Lewis the Karting Champion! Winner of the Keltic Cup and Plate in the Bambino class with the Ulser Karting Club. First place in the Ulster Championship, Bambino Class.

What a star - third at Balmoral Show, doesn't our Primary 3 Star look dapper?

Vocabulary Day

This P5 star took part in the School Show Jumping at the RDA in Coleraine taking 1st place in the Schools 50cm class. We are so very proud of her!

We just couldn't leave out this week's P1, P2 Antrim Playball stars. Great work you two!

Primary 1 were delighted to receive their @BookTrustNI packs - lots of happy faces!

This month's Mathletics winner - well done!

Well done to this P7 star who achieved Grade 4 on the piano.

Brilliant fun today at Coding Club, we were programming the robots!

Recent Hot Chocolate Award winners, a special treat today!

Anti-Bullying Week - One Kind Word

Award Winners!

P4 talked about Remembrance Day and her significance of poppies. You can see from their faces, they are all very pleased with their poppy artwork!

P2/3 took part in the Ulster Museum, 'Museum on the Move', with the fantastic Nigel. The children loved the 'Fur and Feathers' session and getting to see the animals.

Student of the Week Award winners for 2nd and 9th October. Jake and Leo are missing.

Hot Chocolate Award winners for September - smiles all round!

Well done to our first Word Millionaire of the year!

A briliant start to the year with the first of our Lexia certificate winners!

Great work everyone!

Well done to the first of our Lexia Award winners!

Brillant start to the year - their first Lexia certificate of the year in the bag!

We had a very exciting morning, our Primary 1,2 and 3 pupils came back to school. As you can see from all the smiles, I think they were glad to be back!

Today was a first at Groggan. Robbie Meredith from the BBC came to school to interview two of our Primary 3 pupils and Mr R about the children returning to school today. You can watch tonight after the main BBC news. The children and Mr R did us proud. Thank you to Mr Crawford for taking photos for us.

Remembrance Day

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Primary 6 created this super video to share with all of the pupils in their Class Bubbles to explain to them all about Remembrance Day.

Success at Gymnastics!

Vocabulary Day photos continued.

Our Open Day Video

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Open Day - Friday 6th January 2020 at 1:30p.m.
Please spread the word, everyone is warmly invited.

Farm Safety Assembly- P1-4 had a brilliant assembly this morning all about staying safe on the farm. There were lots of dangers we didn't even know about!!

These Groggan Stars received some awards in assembly this morning for being Pupil of the Week! Well done to each of you!!

We all had a brilliant time in Coding Club today with Chris. We learnt how to code our Sphero and give different instructions using the app on the iPads.

These children have been working very hard on their Lexia, I'm so pleased that they have completed their next level! They received their certificate in assembly this morning.

Well done to all these children who received Pupil of the Week in assembly today. Very impressive!!

Well done to these two children who received Golden Behaviour certificates today, setting a great example to others.

We had our first session of Coding Club with Chris for P1-3. We used the app Tynker, it was so much fun! We were taught how to add backgrounds, characters and get them to move on the screen. We can't wait for next week!!

Thank you to the RNLI who came in to speak to P3-5 this afternoon about beach safety. We learnt all about where to swim and surf safely. We now know what flags to look out for and what lifeguards wear so we can spot them next time we are on the beach.

Well done to our most recent Hot Chocolate Award winners for great manners, a super work ethic and great behaviour.

So very proud of our Primary 5 pupils who worked so hard over the past few weeks with Helen and Beverley our two amazing artists. The children produced Art work relating to their environment as part of the 'Live Here, Love Here' funded project. We are very graeful to both of the artisits for their vision and enthusiasm, and to Antrim and Newtownabbey Council for the opportunity. Thanks also goes to Amanda who organised everything so well.

Highly Commended at Ballymena Festival - well done Connie!

Half Term Party!

Award Winners 25th January 2019

Primary 6 are learning all about special numbers - they loved investigating Square Numbers yesterday. Of course writing on the desk is always a highlight!

Charity Committee gave out prizes today for their Design a Christmas Bauble competition. There was a prize for each class, well done to everyone who participated! All of the money raised will go to NI Children's Hospice along with money from the Movie Duvet Day on Friday.

Inter schools Show Jumping Final at the Meadows, Lurgan- Holly represented Groggan at the final on Saturday with her pony Spring Lane Fire Cracker. Unfortunately there were no prizes this time round, but she did brilliantly and we are so proud of her!!

Well done to this P7 star who cleaned up at the Honda Cadet Awards night at the weekend, where he received awards for points for a great season in the Ulster Go Karting where he races at Bishipscourt, Kirkiston, Nutts Corner and White River in Dundalk.

STEM CLUB- this week we were testing our Bee-Bot mazes that we designed in small groups. It was a lot trickier than we thought it might be!! This was our last week of clubs before our Christmas holidays.

P7 Treat Day- best day ever apparently! So proud of this bunch and their excellent behaviour today. Thank you to Miss K and Mrs McK for accompanying them today.

Do you know what happiness looks like? Our Primary 7 pupils are off on their well earned Treat Day. They have a day of fun, relaxation and food ahead of them! So well deserved!

Primary 5 singing with Mrs Wilson at the switching on of the Christmas lights in Randalstown.

Primary 4 singing at the launch of the NI Hospice Jingle all the Way campaign.

STEM CLUB- this week is the first part for our Coding Week activity. In small groups we designed our own themed BeeBot maze for another group to complete next time. We had a farm, colourful, rainbow and city theme. We tried to use lots of obstacles to make it a bit more difficult.

Stem Club

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Stem Club

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STEM CLUB

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Have a look at our egg zip line, all the children worked really hard on this. More information below.

STEM CLUB- in Stem Club this week we were doing an egg zip line! Children in groups had to design a way of getting the egg safely to the end of the line with only a food bag, a spool, sellotape, a piece of string and 2 straws. They all worked well together this week, all managing to transport their egg safely. The winners were chosen on skill of design. Well done everyone!!

STEM Club- this week, the children worked in three groups to design a newspaper trophy to hold a golden basketball for at least 30 second. The children had lots of ideas but there was only one winning team. Well done everyone!!

Interschools Show Jumping- Holly represented Groggan PS in the third leg of Interschools Show Jumping at The Meadows Equestrian Centre on Saturday. She competed in both the 50cm and 60cm class with her pony The Longhouse Gale. She did really well in both classes, bringing home rosettes, treats for her pony and sweets for herself. Well done Holly!

STEM CLUB- this week we were making different types of paper aeroplanes by following instructions. We tested them in the assembly hall to see which one flew the furthest, Lewis was our winner. Well done!!

STEM Club- this week we did an Egg Drop. We used some cotton wool, straws, sellotape, sandwich bag and an egg. We had to protect our egg so it wouldn't break when it was dropped. All teams worked really well together but unfortunately none of our eggs survived!!

Macmillan Coffee Morning - we raised £590 - thank you to everyone who supported us.

Interschools Show Jumping at the MEC- A MASSIVE well done to Holly Logan who represented Groggan Primary School on Saturday jumping in the 50cm and 60cm with her pony The Longhouse Gale. Holly did really well, getting a double clear in the 60cm and winning Tack and Turnout for how well Holly and her pony looked. Fantastic!!!

STEM Club- today's challenge was to construct a boat using only tinfoil, 5 straws and sellotape. This boat had to be able to hold as much weight as possible. Our winning team used the clever idea of wrapping their straw frame alternate directions each time in order to make it more water tight. Their boat was able to hold nearly 1.6 kg before sinking, WOW!!! Well done everyone!!

STEM Club- our first challenge was to build the tallest tower from spaghetti and marshmallows. The tower had to stand unaided for 20 seconds. Only one team succeeded with a tower height of 85cm. Well done everyone! It was lovely to hear lots of discussion amongst the children and see them work together so well!

Our First Assembly was all about rules and looking out for each other. We even had a 'Baby Shark' competition, Mr Robinson may have enjoyed it a bit too much!

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