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• Credit Union Art Competition

  Thu 18 Dec 2014 GC
  Congratulations to Ronan P7 Winning 1st Prize in the Credit Union Art Competition

  

• Concern Christmas Appeal

  Thu 18 Dec 2014 KL

  On Friday 12^th December we presented Concern with a cheque for £456.58 towards their Christmas Appeal.  Well done and thank-you everyone.

  

• PTA Christmas Fayre

  Tue 09 Dec 2014

  Our PTA organised a very successful Christmas Fair. Please have a look at the attached photos you might recognise somebody!

  

• Save The Dal

  Tue 18 Nov 2014 AF

  St. Patrick’s and St. Brigid’s P.S.  joins Outright and speaks out on children’s rights with Unicef UK

  On the 20^th November pupils at St. Patrick’s and St. Brigid’s P.S, Ballycastle will be taking part in Outright – a nationwide celebration of child rights. St. Patrick’s and St. Brigid’s P.S. is one of hundreds of Unicef UK Rights Respecting Schools across the country to be speaking out on children’s rights and will join the celebration by holding a special assembly about the UNCRC.  The P7 children will also be writing letters to the office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to encourage them to support children’s rights at home and worldwide.  The children will personalise these letters by voicing their support for the campaign to save their local hospital, Dalriada, faced with imminent closure. 

   

  20^th November 2014 marks the 25^th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In 1989 the global community made a set of commitments to children when it adopted the convention, which states that all children have one thing in common – their rights.

   

  As a champion of the convention, Unicef, the world’s leading children’s organisation works to protect and promote the rights of every child. Unicef works to empower children to be the best they can be in a society that reflects and respects their rights. Outright celebrates the role the convention plays in helping to achieve this.

   

  The rights included in the convention describe what a child needs to survive, grow, participate and fulfil their potential. They apply equally to every child, regardless of who they are or where they come from.

   

  Mr. Eamonn Magee, Principal said “As a Rights Respecting school children’s rights are very important to us.  We teach our children to understand how their rights are linked to their responsibilities and one of their responsibilities is to speak out for others globally and to campaign on issues they feel are important.  We are proud that our children feel the need to protest at the closure of the Dalriada hospital and understand that medical care is a right.”

   

  Alongside Unicef UK, hundreds of Rights Respecting Schools around the country will be celebrating the 25^th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and speaking out about why children’s rights are so important.

   

  The pupils in St. Patrick’s and St. Brigid’s P.S. have worked hard to achieve their Rights Respecting school Level 2 status and are delighted to be a part of this important nationwide campaign.

   

  Anita Tiessen, Unicef UK deputy executive director, said

   

  “We are delighted that schools up and down the country are joining us in speaking out about children’s rights. We hope that the people children are talking to – their ministers for children’s rights, their local community and their digital community- listen to their message.”

   

  Children in participating schools will take part in activities such as writing to the children’s minister, taking part in lots of crafty-activism, and talking directly with Unicef UK staff during a live Twitter Q&A session. 

   

  

• School Football Tournament

  Mon 10 Nov 2014 AF

  Football Frenzy at St.Patrick’s and St.Brigid’s

  For the past 5 weeks the P4, 5, 6 and 7 pupils of St.Patrick’s and St.Brigid’s have enjoyed their yearly version of the World Cup.  Many hard fought but fairly played games took place until eventually there were only two winning teams left standing.  The victorious teams celebrated in many ways including with a fish supper in Mortons!  On Friday 7^th November they received their medals and certificates.  They are all looking forward to next year’s competition.

  

• National Trust

  Wed 05 Nov 2014 AF

  The week before Halloween P2 went batty but it was all for a good cause-they were learning about bats from Eleanor Killough, a representative from the National Trust.  The children decided that bats, the only flying mammals, were more cute than creepy and want to thank Eleanor for all the information they learnt.

  

• World of Owls (Past Event)

  Tue 21 Oct 2014 AF

  20th October was an exciting day for Primary 2- Primary 5.  We had a visit from Mike from World of Owls who brought a variety of living things for us to look at and in some cases touch!  Everyone was very brave apart from Mrs.McKiernan who was more scared of the living things than they were of her!  Thank you, Mike-we had a great day.

  

• Soccer team Win their 1st round Doherty Cup match

  Fri 17 Oct 2014 BMN
  

• National Poetry Day

  Mon 06 Oct 2014 AF

  Winning Poets 

   

  To view the winning poems please click here

   

   

  

• European Day of Languages

  Mon 29 Sep 2014 AF

  The 25th September started in a flurry of different languages in school as the children celebrated European Day of Languages.  P2 and P3 children coloured in pictures with "Hello" written in a variety of languages.  P4 and P5 took part in an exciting treasure hunt around the school to find answers based on the countries in the European Union.  P6 and P7 had to answer geographical questions based on the countries in Europe which even stumped their teachers!   As a reward for their hard work one child from each class received a tasty reward of french croissants, swiss chocolate and german sweeties!  Being European suddenly seems a lot sweeter!