St. John's Primary School, Coleraine

We cannot wait to welcome our new Y1 children along with the familiar faces of our Y2-7 children on Monday! We hope you all have had a fantastic summer with your families. Enjoy the last couple of days of summer sunshine and see you all soon! 🤗

St. John's Inaugural Summer Scheme was a huge success for all involved! With exciting trips to Ballymoney and Portrush and amazing visits from North Coast Circus, Pets at Home (with some furry friends!), and JF Multi Skills for sports activities, there was something for everyone.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish our Y7s all the very best for their future. Well done on all you have achieved during your time in St. John’s. We look forward to hearing of your successes in your new schools. Enjoy a fun-filled and special summer! Keep in touch! 🥳

Congratulations to our Y7 recipients of the Catherine McIlroy Shield 2024. These two children embody our ‘Reaching New Heights’ motto! Their efforts and achievements during their time in St. John’s is a perfect springboard for their Post Primary Education! Well Done & Good Luck!

The Summer Fair was once again a resounding
success! We all enjoyed an evening of fun-filled activities in the sun-there was something for everyone! Thank you to everyone who gave so generously of their time and provided donations, it was all very much appreciated! The funds raised are going towards the purchasing of a whole new playground equipment system for our children!!😄

The ‘Ditch the Stabilisers,’ session led by Johnny from Sustrans in Northern Ireland, with support from Y1 parents, began with shrieks of nervousness and ended with smiles and squeals of delight from our Y1s as they mastered riding their bikes unaided! Perfect timing for the summer holidays! 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Sports Day 2024 for our Y4-7 children! A fantastic morning of athletics showcasing our skills in a number of sports! With the Olympics, just around the corner, we may well see some of these children representing their country at the Olympics in years to come! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

On your marks, get set, go!
Sports Day 2024 for our Y1-3 children! A fantastic morning of athletics showcasing our skills in a number of sports along with celebrating the effort and achievement of everyone! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Congratulations to our very worthy attendees at the final Accelerated Reader Café this year! These children were rewarded with sweet treats for reaching their final AR target of the school year. Make sure you all read a little bit every day over the summer months! Accelerated Reader UK

What a lovely visit we had from two past pupils who represented Eoghan Rua in the Under 14 All-Ireland Féile in Armagh and won. Well done girls and what an inspiration you and your team are to the younger players in Eoghan Rua!

After a lot of learning on the beach the Y3&4 children deserved a nice ice cream treat from Mauds, before heading back on the train for home. The children travelled completely by public transport and walked to and from the station. In total they each walked 14000 steps that day!

Y3&4 felt so lucky to explore our local area of the North Coast. It began by travelling by train to Portrush which was very kindly sponsored by Translink. We explored the new park and then walked to West Strand. Children paddled in the sea, made sandcastles, and had a picnic!

The Yr 5 & 6 classes joined forces this year to enjoy an amazing day body boarding and sand art on West Strand, Portrush. The children started the day walking to the train station, before hopping on the 'Portrush Express!' for their super quick journey to the Port.

After some squeezing and lifting, huffing and puffing, we got everyone into their wetsuits and hit the waves. The weather was beautiful and the children all loved their time learning this new skill. It proves how important our weekly swimming lessons are in St John's!

Year were rewarded with a picnic following the success of their Mini Fundraising Enterprise-Route vers Paris! With the help of everyone in school, we walked the distance to Paris through the Daily Mile in our playground whilst raising money for School Funds! Check out our total!

Our Y1 children were delighted to lend a hand with the food preparation and made their own sandwiches for the picnic! We had top hats, buns, sausage rolls, juice and ice pops to eat! Hopefully this’ll be the first of many picnics for our children this summer! 🧺

Y6 had an unbelievable day at the Architects of Change Graduation following a 6-week project looking at climate change and sustainability. Thanks to Lolly and Jenny for facilitating this project which highlighted the importance of looking after our natural resources. Ulster University - Study At Ulster

Y2 enjoyed an End of Year trip to Portrush Strand, the rock-pools and Coastal Zone. They succeeded on their mission to find anemone amongst the rock-pools so they could link the Julia Donaldson book, 'Sharing a Shell' to our local environment! Can you spot the anemone? The pupils learned lots of interesting facts from Michael in Portrush Coastal Zone about the beautiful and unique marine life in our local waters. Be sure to stop by the Coastal Zone the next time you’re in Portrush!

Y7 enjoyed their final outing as a class to Limitless and what a day we had, even the sun made an appearance. We started with team games, before splitting off into groups to complete activities such as archery, foot golf and hover-crafting. What a way to end the school year!

Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside! Y7 enjoyed a trip to Portrush to celebrate their final year. We travelled by train, stopped in at Morellis and Daniela gave us a brief family history, and an ice cream to enjoy. We went to the Coastal Zone, met Lenny the Lobster and learned about local sea life. We had a range of lunches from chips to doughnuts and ended our day with a play in the park and a dip in the sea.

Surf’s Up! Year 5 had a great time catching some waves with ‘Alive Adventures’ at Portrush Strand on their End of Year School Trip. Great to be out in nature enjoying the beautiful world and all it has to offer right here on our doorstep. 🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️

Y4 embarked on a fantastic outing to Rosepark Farm. The children bounced on the bouncy castles, met and held exotic animals and took a walk around the farm. They even saw some giant footprints and sat in the Giant’s chair. The children enjoyed making memories together.

A fantastic time was had by all in Y3 on their End of Year School Trip to Rosepark Farm. They had a wonderful time holding and learning about lambs, goats, calves, spiders and snakes. They finished the day off with a play in the park, zip lines and bouncy castle fun. They said it was the best day ever!

Celebrating success outside of school! Recently, our Year 3 boys travelled to Moyola for a tournament, and came home with the cup as winners! Both boys scored a goal to help their team achieve victory! 🏆

Celebrating our 4th Green Flag from Eco-Schools presented by Gareth. The committee were impressed with the progress achieved in raising the awareness of biodiversity; continuing to expand the biodiversity garden, gardening club and working with UUC on a biodiversity project.

It was a fantastic morning of sporting fun and celebrating friendship! The appearance of the sun was much appreciated! Enjoy your Summer Killowen Primary School, Coleraine

Our Specialist Provision class had an action packed day full of learning and fun in Portrush with their friends in Y1! From watching Blue Planet on the ‘Big Screen’ to seeing our local marine life in the tanks in the Coastal Zone to dining on the best picnic food from home!

Well done to our youngest 100% Attender, recognised during our recent end of year celebrations. Happy Children make Happy Learners and we can safely say this child is happy and loves to learn from the smile on her face!😄

Our Choir treated us to a singing extravaganza during our Celebration Assembly, with not one, not two but three fabulous performances of popular Pop Songs! Our Y4&5 teachers had a tough job deciding the order of the winners such was the competition between the three groups!

1st Place - Shake It Off, 2nd Place - Firework, 3rd Place - A Million Dreams! Thank you children for your performances at our Celebration Assembly and your dedication to our school choir this year! You have enhanced our school and public gatherings greatly! 🎤

Our Top Attenders in St. John’s were recognised for their attendance at our Celebration Assembly! Happy Children make Happy Learners and we can safely say these boys are happy children and love to learn from the smiles on their faces! 😄