Ballytrea Primary School

A few days left for anyone interested to get in touch or apply!

🌟 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🌟

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1. Classroom Assistant (KS2) - Maternity Cover (15 hours per week)

Please visit https://www.eani.org.uk/jobs for further information and to apply online.

2. Lunchtime Supervisor - Maternity Cover

Please email [email protected] for further information.

3. Morning/Afternoon Club Leader - Maternity Cover

Please email [email protected] for further information.

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🌟 JOB OPPORTUNITY 🌟

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1. Classroom Assistant (KS2) - Maternity Cover (15 hours per week)

Please visit https://www.eani.org.uk/jobs for further information and to apply online.

2. Lunchtime Supervisor - Maternity Cover

Please email [email protected] for further information.

3. Morning/Afternoon Club Leader - Maternity Cover

Please email [email protected] for further information.

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Please feel free to share this post and to pass on to anyone you know who may be interested in applying for the above positions.

📢 If you are applying for Free School Meals & Uniform Allowance for the incoming school year, you are encouraged to apply before this Friday 26 July, to ensure your support is in place for the start of term.

Please ensure you have completed the application fully and submitted all relevant supporting documentation ✔️

Please visit the EA website for more information https://ow.ly/TyRM50SbIJH

To apply please visit EA Connect 👉 https://ow.ly/HqOz50SbIJG

💙 Thank you! 💙

As we sign off for the summer holidays, I would like to say a massive thank you to our school community for all your support and encouragement over the past school year.

To our staff, governors, parents and friends; thank you for all that you have done to enhance the learning experiences and opportunities provided to our pupils.

Children, thank you for being the kindest, most caring and hard working pupils we could ask for. We are so lucky to play a part in your learning journey!

Have a lovely summer break everyone, and we will see you all in August! 💙

Buddy has been back on his travels! 🧸🧳

A huge well done to all the boys and girls who have taken Buddy home for the weekend during Term 3!

We are really proud of you all! 💙

And that’s a wrap for our Primary 7 boys!

What a pleasure it has been to play a role in your education, and what fine young men you have grown into!

We are very proud of each of you, and wish you the very best as you start your new schools in September!

“Take pride in how far you have come, and have faith in how far you can go!” 💙

The boys and girls were sad to say goodbye to Anna today! 😢

Anna has been working with us since the beginning of May and the children have really enjoyed having you look after them!

Best wishes Anna, and thank you for all your hard work!💙

Cycling Proficiency! 🚴🏻

After weeks of practice our Primary 7 boys completed their Cycling Proficiency assessment today!

All the boys have been cycling to such a high standard!

Please be careful on the roads!

🏆 PRIZE WINNERS 23/24 🏆

A massive well done to all our Major Prize Winners for 2023/24!

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😎 SCHOOL FUN DAY! 😎

🍕 Pizza ✅

🍨 Ice-cream ✅

🏰 Inflatables ✅

What a FUN day we had at school today, celebrating the end of term together!

Thank-you to Il Carro Della Pizza for the scrumptious pizzas at lunchtime! I’m sure that no one will need any dinner this evening! 😋

Thank-you to Centra Dunman for the delicious Nugelato ice-cream and toppings!

Thank-you to Killymoon Bouncy Castles for the incredible inflatables for each class!

Thank you to our Parents Suport Group (PSG) who so generously subsidised today’s event!

We had such a fun-filled day to end our year at school together! 💙

** Check out our school website for more pictures from our Fun Day! 📸

🏆 PRIZE DAY AND P7 LEAVERS CELEBRATION! 😢

We had a wonderful afternoon today, celebrating the many achievements of our boys and girls throughout this school year!

We also got an opportunity to share some memories of our P7 boys’ time at Ballytrea Primary School, before wishing them well at their new schools!

A big thank you to all our parents, families and friends who came along to celebrate with our pupils! 💙

Children’s Bible Week and Holiday Bible Clubs! 😊

Check out these events and clubs that are happening this week and over the summer holidays!

🍔 Thank you! 🌭

We would like to say a huge thank you to Kevin and his team at Lowe Bros Master Butchers Stewartstown for supplying all the tasty meat for our BBQ last Friday night!

Your support and generosity is really appreciated and it’s always a good sign when there is nothing left at the end! 😋

🌈 COLOUR RUN & BBQ 🍔

First things first…..has anyone dried out yet? 😂☔️

Despite the torrential rain, we had great fun at our colour run and bbq last night!

A huge word of thanks to our Parent Support Group for organising the event and to all our pupils, friends and families who came along!

Due to the weather, we didn’t run our raffle. This will now take place on Tuesday, at our end of year Prize Day.

Tickets can be bought on the day, or by sending money into school with your children. Tickets are priced at £1 per strip, or 6 strips for £5.

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A huge word of thanks to Oliver and his staff for all their efforts in fundraising and completing their climb of Slieve Donard! 👏🏻

🌟£1000 TARGET ACHIEVED🌟
We are delighted to announce that our community fundraiser has raised £1000 for our 2 local primary schools, St Malachy's Primary School Drummullan & Ballytrea Primary School! These funds will be split evenly with each school receiving £500 each. A massive thanks to the staff who took part and managed to climb Slieve Donard on Sunday & also a special thanks to everyone who sponsored us 👏

💙 COMMUNITY CLUB 💙

There are days at school when it really hits you how special the children are that you work with. Today was one of those days, and I couldn’t be any prouder!

This morning, the children who attended our after-school Community Club travelled to Kilronan School to meet Mrs Ambrose’s class, who we have recently partnered with.

As part of our Community Club, Mrs Craig and Miss Dallas have been working with the children after-school to create ‘Name Frames’ and gifts for the pupils at Kilronan.

The children have been learning about the importance of playing a positive role within the community and about the value in reaching out to others.

It has been really special to partner with Mrs Ambrose’s class at Kilronan School and the interaction between the children, the smiles on their faces, and the joy both sets of pupils had in sharing with others is something that will stay with me for a long time.

Our pupils have learned and seen that those children who have additional needs are ‘Different, Not Less, and how it is important that we treat everyone within our community with care and respect.

A very special and proud day for the pupils at Ballytrea Primary School 💙

Sure to be a big sale in the Tyrone Courier this week!

Good luck to all the staff from Tallon’s Mace Littlebridge as they climb Slieve Donard today!

If you’re able to help in anyway, your donations would be greatly appreciated!

Donate to Tallons Mace Community Fundraiser, organized by Oliver Tallon We at Tallons Mace Drummullan would like to raise money for the local schools in our c… Oliver Tallon needs your support for Tallons Mace Community Fundraiser

We had great fun meeting some of our new Reception and Primary 1 pupils yesterday, and can’t wait for you to come join us in September! 💙

We love seeing and hearing about what our pupils get up to outside of school, and the wonderful achievements and memories that they are making! 💙

This weekend was no different as we had pupils:

🩰 Starring in a ballet performance in Lisburn!

🐄 Showing cows at the Armagh County Show!

🏑 Meeting local Olympians at the Pro League Hockey in London!

🏊🏻‍♂️ Swimming at a gala event in Bangor.

What an amazing weekend some of our pupils have had!

In preparation for moving on to Secondary School, the primary 7 pupils joined with their friends from Donaghey Primary School and Walker PS to participate in the ‘Love for Life’ programme this morning.

🏆 BARNABAS AWARD 2024 🏆

You may remember a post a number of months back whereby it was announced that an award had been gifted to us by the Logos School in Cyprus; the Barnabas Award.

Well, today we were delighted to welcome back into school Prof. Alan Woodside, trustee of the school in Cyprus, to present this special award to one of our pupils.

Barnabas, the Patron Saint of Cyprus, is remembered as an encourager. Someone who always put others before self.

As such, we are delighted to announce that our first recipient of this special award is Oliver Booth (P7). 💙

Oliver is a worthy winner and the announcement of his name came as no surprise to his peers.

A young man who is kind and mannerly; hardworking and helpful. A young man who encourages others and sets a wonderful example to the younger boys and girls at our school.

Oliver, we are extremely proud of you and the fine young man that you are!

A BIG congratulations from all your friends and staff at school! 👏🏻

80th Anniversary of D-Day - Remembrance Lantern!

‘Light of Peace!’

We are fortunate at school to have been gifted one of 25 commemorative lanterns by Mid Ulster District Council, to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Over the last few days at school, the pupils have been listening and learning about the heroic events of D-Day in 1944.

💙🏃🏻‍♀️WE LOVE SPORTS DAY! 🏃🏼💙

Thank you to all the parents, family and friends who came to support our pupils on their Sports Day this afternoon!

🌟 Check out our website for more photos of today’s event!

We were delighted to welcome David from Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland into school today, to speak with the children about Farm Safety! 🚜🐄

Being a rural school, with a high number of pupils living on or near farms, the messages and warnings shared were very important for our children to hear!

With farming playing such an important role in many of our children’s lives, it’s really important not to become complacent about the dangers that exist.

Thank you for visiting David!

Today marked the last week of our Good News Club!

The children have loved their Wednesday afternoons with Mrs Colvin and Miss Bleakley, and have really enjoyed learning more about the word of God together. 💙