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Cross Country P6 / P7 Team Flahavan's XC League- Co Down - 15 Jan 2024
Mr. Stevenson and Mrs. Fallon took a strong P6/P7 team to the Dunleath Park playing fields for the final 1200m heat of the Flahavan’s Primary Schools Cross Country League for the Co Down Area.
There was a very good turnout of schools and while a cold day it was sunny and crisp with very little wind so great conditions for running. A Good group of mums and dads came along to support our team which really helped to spur them on.
There was a Fun Run which was then followed by two Girls’ and two Boys’ races.
The event was very well run by Athletics Northern Ireland and our runners had personal numbers with electronic tagging so we have the results published online.
We did very well with the Girls' Team being placed 7th out of 11 very good teams!
One of our girls was placed an brilliant 6th while another girl came an excellent 12th.
The Boys' Team came 10th out of 12 in an very strong field with our top 2 runners coming 25th and 28th out of 65.
Thanks must go to Mrs. Fallon who kindly took a group of children in her car as well as helping with supervision and preparation for the races.
Everyone had a great time despite the cold day. The children were, as usual, excellent in terms of behaviour and they really were a credit to the school.
Mr. Stevenson and Mrs. Fallon took a strong P6/P7 team to the Dunleath Park playing fields for the final 1200m heat of the Flahavan’s Primary Schools Cross Country League for the Co Down Area.
There was a very good turnout of schools and while a cold day it was sunny and crisp with very little wind so great conditions for running. A Good group of mums and dads came along to support our team which really helped to spur them on.
There was a Fun Run which was then followed by two Girls’ and two Boys’ races.
The event was very well run by Athletics Northern Ireland and our runners had personal numbers with electronic tagging so we have the results published online.
We did very well with the Girls' Team being placed 7th out of 11 very good teams!
One of our girls was placed an brilliant 6th while another girl came an excellent 12th.
The Boys' Team came 10th out of 12 in an very strong field with our top 2 runners coming 25th and 28th out of 65.
Thanks must go to Mrs. Fallon who kindly took a group of children in her car as well as helping with supervision and preparation for the races.
Everyone had a great time despite the cold day. The children were, as usual, excellent in terms of behaviour and they really were a credit to the school.
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Cross Country P6 / P7 Team Flahavan's XC League- Co Down - 28 November 2023
We were delighted to take a strong P6/P7 team to the Donard Park 1200m heat of the Flahavan’s Primary Schools Cross Country League for the Co Down Area which was held at Donard Park, Newcastle.
Despite it being a very wintry day there was a very large turnout of schools from across Co. Down and there was a Fun Run which was then followed by the Girls’ and Boys’ races. The event was very well run by Athletics NI and our runners had personal numbers with electronic tagging so we have our results.
We did very well with the Girls' Team being placed 7th out of 12 teams and one of our girls achieved a BRILLIANT BRONZE MEDAL FOR THIRD PLACE!
The Boys' Team came 11th out of 12 in an very strong field with our top runner coming 33rd out of 67.
Mrs Thompson was in charge and Mrs Fallon came along to help with supervision. We should like to thank the parents for helping with the transport and the family who came along to support the children. Everyone had a great time despite the cold. The children were excellent in terms of behaviour as usual and they really were a credit to the school.
Cross Country P6 / P7 Team Flahavan's XC League- Co Down
We were delighted to take a strong P6/P7 team to the Newtownards heat of the Flahavan’s Primary Schools Cross Country League for the Co Down Area which was held at Londonderry Park, Newtownards. There was a very large turnout of schools from across Co. Down and there was a Fun Run which was then followed by the Girls’ and Boys’ races. The course was 1000m which really stretched out the field. The event was very well run by Athletics NI and our runners had personal numbers with electronic tagging so we will know our placings in a couple of days.
Mrs Thompson brought along the very important cookies for the end of the race and Mrs Fallon came along to help with supervision. We should like to thank Troy’s dad for helping with the transport and the parents and grand-parents who came along to support the children. It was a lovely dry and bright morning and everyone had a great time. The children were exemplary in terms of behaviour as usual and were a credit to the school.
We were delighted to take a strong P6/P7 team to the Newtownards heat of the Flahavan’s Primary Schools Cross Country League for the Co Down Area which was held at Londonderry Park, Newtownards. There was a very large turnout of schools from across Co. Down and there was a Fun Run which was then followed by the Girls’ and Boys’ races. The course was 1000m which really stretched out the field. The event was very well run by Athletics NI and our runners had personal numbers with electronic tagging so we will know our placings in a couple of days.
Mrs Thompson brought along the very important cookies for the end of the race and Mrs Fallon came along to help with supervision. We should like to thank Troy’s dad for helping with the transport and the parents and grand-parents who came along to support the children. It was a lovely dry and bright morning and everyone had a great time. The children were exemplary in terms of behaviour as usual and were a credit to the school.
Cross Country Running
On 17 October the school sent a 8 strong team of 4 boys and 4 girls to represent the school at the Newry Mourne and Down Cross Country Challenge at Dunleath Park. Our runners gave a great account of themselves in a packed field of over 200 runners in both Girls’ and Boys’ races.
2 girls came an excellent 59th and 65th place and two boys ran excellent races coming in at 46th and 61st place.
It was a excellent morning all round and the children really enjoyed their first race of the year. We were delighted to have our school mascot ‘Patrick the Penguin’ along to support us and be a part of the team photos. Our thanks to Mrs Fallon for her support and to Mrs Thompson who entered the team and then came along on her day off with her niece to support the team.
We are looking forward to more cross country races in the months ahead and seeing how we can improve our technique and pace!
N Stevenson
2 girls came an excellent 59th and 65th place and two boys ran excellent races coming in at 46th and 61st place.
It was a excellent morning all round and the children really enjoyed their first race of the year. We were delighted to have our school mascot ‘Patrick the Penguin’ along to support us and be a part of the team photos. Our thanks to Mrs Fallon for her support and to Mrs Thompson who entered the team and then came along on her day off with her niece to support the team.
We are looking forward to more cross country races in the months ahead and seeing how we can improve our technique and pace!
N Stevenson
DIGITAL LEADERS PROGRAMME
Our P7 children have the opportunity to train and develop their ICT expertise and become DIGITAL LEADERS. They then are able to be booked by other classes and help the younger children (and the teachers) with setting up and using the wide range of digital devices we have in school, desk-top computers, tablets, laptops, iPads and the Beebots and other programmable devices the children use each day. Each Digital Leader gets a super iGenius Digital Leader T-Shirt to wear while they are carryng out their role.
House Spelling Bee Grand Final
June 2023
Downpatrick Primary School House Spelling Bee
The P5,P6, P7 and the Foxes children of Downpatrick Primary School took part in the annual House Spelling Bee Grand Final this week.
There were preliminary rounds in class to choose 2 pupils from each House, Cathedral, Inch and Quoile to take part in the House Spelling bee Final.
The children had to spell their way to victory and win points for their House teams.
It was a very well contested morning with one pupil from each of the 4 classes making the Grand Final and a girl from P6 Cathedral emerging to become the champion for 2023.
The P5,P6, P7 and the Foxes children of Downpatrick Primary School took part in the annual House Spelling Bee Grand Final this week.
There were preliminary rounds in class to choose 2 pupils from each House, Cathedral, Inch and Quoile to take part in the House Spelling bee Final.
The children had to spell their way to victory and win points for their House teams.
It was a very well contested morning with one pupil from each of the 4 classes making the Grand Final and a girl from P6 Cathedral emerging to become the champion for 2023.
Handwriting Effort Award
These children have put tremendous effort into their handwriting this term.
Principal's Special Award
This is awarded to a child for an exceptional act in school or out of school.
This P7 boy represented the best values of the pupils of Downpatrick Primary School on a school trip to W5 in Belfast recently. The whole group of P7s and the Foxes class were playing on quite high ‘Climb It’ equipment when another child who had done amazingly well in climbing so high was finding it difficult to climb back down. The P7 boy saw that the child was having trouble and without prompting he went over and helped, encouraged and showed the child how to get himself down off the equipment. He stayed with the child all the way down and showed great kindness, empathy and was so helpful and encouraging. When all was resolved he just went on his way and re-joined the other children on the equipment. As well as the Special Award the P7 boy received a special bottle of the ‘Prime’ drink which our youth worker Billy Fyffe had brought along to assembly. He also wins 50 Points for his House!
I was so impressed and pleased with what he did. Well Done!
N Stevenson
I was so impressed and pleased with what he did. Well Done!
N Stevenson
100% Attendance in Term 1 Certificates
These children all received 100% Certificates and 50 House Points each for full attendance in Term 1. 5 P7s from P7 and the Foxes also received their certificates but were on a school trip during the assembly. So 29 children in all!
House Poetry Competition Winners
