Welcome to the brand new Moneyrea Primary School Website!
We are really glad you have dropped by. Hopefully, our website will give you a flavour of school life at Moneyrea and will encourage you to visit us to see the great work going on at 'our wee school'!
Moneyrea serves the village of Moneyreagh and surrounding areas including: Ballygowan, Carryduff, Crossnacreevy, Ryan Park and further afield.
Moneyrea Primary School and Nursery 4th Oct
POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP Robert Huddleston Community Festival Come along on Monday 7th October at 7.00pm to Moneyrea PS for a relaxed poetry workshop aimed at encouraging all amateur wordsmiths. No previous experience is required - this workshop is open to all. Ray Givans is a retired secondary school teacher with a passion for poetry. He taught English in Holywood High and Comber High. His poetry publications include, the pamphlet, "No Surrender, Castle Caulfield" Lapwing Publications, Belfast; "The Innermost Room," a chapbook from Salzburg Poetry Press, at the University of Salzburg; and "Tolstoy in Love" a full collection from Dedalus Press, Dublin, which was shortlisted for best first poetry collection in Ireland, for 2009. Any would be poets will certainly enjoy a good night's crack and gain from Ray's vast experience. Check out one of Ray's poems below REGENERATION My father brought peony cuttings from his garden. Insisting that he'd plant them, he gathered the required tools; foremost a spade, its polished face turned to my garage wall some eighteen months. He was not dressed for the operation, suit, yellow V-neck jumper, suede Hush Puppies. He eyed my garden, decided on a spot shaded from blistering summer sun by overhanging fuchsia. I stood, distant. He spat on his hands. Heel to spade, he was quick to form a hole one foot deep, push the plant into the earth to winter there. His hands kneaded the soil, sprinkled potash to encourage spring and early summer regeneration. Next spring the peonies delivered: a short outburst of fiery blossoms, citrus and spicy, rubbing against soft pastels of Grandiflora roses. Returned in subsequent years, before they became subdued. And in the year they lowered my father into the earth at Coolhill Cemetery, all bloom had gone, for I allowed foxglove and ragwort to run rampant. In autumn, my ten-year-old son close by my heels, I picked up the spade. We dug out the damaged tubers, stripped away the wilted stalks, replanted in a light-filled space. I made allowances for blemishes, the fickle nature of that plant - it took two years before the flowers would fire again – my father's breath in them.
Moneyrea Primary School and Nursery 4th Oct
The Robert Huddleston Community Festival HUDD' FEST 24 IS FINALLY HERE Folks we'd love you to join us at some of the events we have planned for next week to celebrate the life of Robert Huddleston (Bard of Moneyrea). All events are free thanks to a grant from the Ulster-Scots Agency. 'Ulster-Scots Poetry Writing Workshop' Ray Givans Monday 7th October ~ 7.00pm - 8.30pm ~ Moneyrea PS No previous experience required! 'The Life and Poetry of Robert Huddleston' Sandra Gilpin Wednesday 9th October ~ 7.00pm - 8.30pm ~ Moneyrea PS ''The Ulster-Scots' Dr David Hume Thursday 10th October ~ 7.00pm - 8.30pm ~ Moneyrea PS 'An Evening of Culture and Crack' Upstairs in The Auld House Friday 11th October ~ 8.00pm - 10.00pm All welcome, no tickets necessary!
Moneyrea Primary School and Nursery 4th Oct
HARVEST FOODBANK COLLECTION This morning we celebrated the Harvest at Friday Assembly and were delighted to be joined by the children from our nursery. Luke explained the importance of being thankful, especially at this special time of the year. We also enjoyed a beautiful Harvest song performed by our school choir. You can see the vast array of goodies that filled our Harvest Table and Foodbank Trolley. Thankyou for your generosity. Mrs Watson and Mrs Shaw took the items over to the Dundonald Foodbank - job done
Moneyrea Primary School and Nursery 4th Oct
Nursery Builders
Moneyrea Primary School and Nursery 3rd Oct
Today we celebrated National Poetry Day. Our Yr6s looked at poems based on the theme of 'counting' and wrote poems based on their class novel "The Wild Robot".
Moneyrea Primary School and Nursery 3rd Oct
Congratulations to out budding musicians who achieved Grade 1.
Moneyrea Primary School and Nursery 3rd Oct
Number Time in Yr 1