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On Wednesday four of our Primary 7 pupils met with our senior friends from the Fold. They are always so excitied to see their friends, one pupil even took his Rubik's cube to show his very special friend, Jackson. A huge thank you to Mrs Burns, who ensures the children are always well fed and spoiled!
Thank you to Mrs Mills who accompanied the pupils.
What a wonderful morning we had at our first Harvest Service. Each class performed a super harvest song to a packed hall of parents and friends.
P1/2 'I Might be Small'
P2/3 'Bean Harvest'
P3/4 'A Beautiful World'
P5 'Harvest Song'
P6 'Harvest Time has Come'
P7' Everybody Praise Him'
Whole school 'Harvest Time is Here Again'
The choir performed a beautiful piece called, 'Creation Sings the Father's Song.'
Thank you to Paul McIntyre from CEF who spoke to the children about what Harvest means.
A special thank you to all of the staff who helped in any way, I am very grateful for their help and support.
We had a visit from the @Antrim PSNI Gerard and Cathy who came to talk to the children about Firework safety. All part of our preventative curriuculm.
Maths Week Ireland
P2/3 Had lots of Maths fun, this week, they wore lots of numbers on our Number Day and took part in an exciting Maths Treasure hunt!
P3/4 had a great start to Maths Week Ireland. They made calculations that were both true and false and then swapped with another group to sort. Great thinking and problem solving!
P7 have been enjoying the Target Board competition on the Maths Week Ireland website. They have been so competitive and have been using lots of Maths skills to reach the daily target.
On Friday we had a great visit from Seth's Mum who is a pharmacist. She explained how she uses Maths each day. The children helped her ensure there were the correct number of tablets (Tic-Tacs!) in the prescriptions and helped her measure out the correct amount of specific liquids. Thank you so much for giving up your time - one Primary 5 boy was extremly proud today!
P5-7 had a visit today from Mrs H's friend Jayne Kernohan from Leighinmohr House Hotel where she works as a receptionist. Jayne told the children all about the Maths she uses each day in her job. These included estimating, addition, subtraction, time, using percentages and so much more. Thank you for visiting!
Dr Humphrey visited P5-7 today to tell them all about his job as an engineer for Provizio. Currently the team are working on designing and perfecting a radar that will hopefully be used in the future on acars and on farm machinery to detect hazards. He explained to the children how a radar works with the help of a few volunteers and told them all how he uses maths in everything he does.
Today we held our very first Groggan Poetry Slam. The children and staff have worked very hard to have their poems performance ready. Today they got to perform their poems to the rest of the school and to our very special visitor, Mr. Weir, Vice Principal of Slemish College. He loved all of the poems and was delighted to be invited to watch the children perform.
Today is World Teachers' Day, Mrs H and her two helpers delivered a sweet treat to all of the staff. All of our staff help make up our Groggan family and the school just couldn't function without each one.