Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment!

• Education Minister Announcement

  Thu 31 Dec 2020

  MINISTER WEIR ANNOUNCES PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL 11 JANUARY

  The following statement was issued by the Minister this morning.

  Unfortunately, as usual, it lacks clarity in the detail, and raises a number of significant anomalies around:

  Keyworkers

  Nursery provision

  After school care

  Remote learning

  And Year 7 (Transfer pupils)

  The Assembly will meet this morning and hopefully greater clarity will be provided.

  Castlereagh Primary Principals’ Group will also meet on Zoom this afternoon.

  Our staff will then meet to discuss a way forward, whereby we can provide a degree of certainty and clarity for our parents and pupils.

  In all of this it is important, particularly for our Yr7 pupils, to reinforce to them that their mantra remains unchanged:

  ‘I can, and I will do my best’

  They need reassurance at this time, not media hype!

  Parents have such an important role to play in reducing anxiety, reducing tension and building confidence and reassurance.

  Shifting the focus from scores and schools to doing ‘my best’; allows children to take back control. ‘My best’ is something which each child can give, and there is nothing more we can ask of them.

  Folks I would ask for your patience in all of this. We need a bit of time to get our heads around everything.

  Consequently, I will not be responding to any further queries today but will issue a full statement to parents as soon as possible, and no later than tomorrow morning.

  Thank you for your understanding and continued support and encouragement.

  https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/.../weir-announces...

• PTA Christmas Ballot

  Wed 16 Dec 2020

  LAST ORDERS
  PTA CHRISTMAS 🎄 BALLOT

  Will be drawn tomorrow morning 

  Thank you to everyone who supported us by donating prizes or buying tickets.

   

  

• Let it Snow (Part 3)

  Wed 16 Dec 2020
  LET IT SNOW AGAIN (Part 3)
  Unbridled Joy
  Photos by Ian Pedlow

  

• Let it Snow (Part 2)

  Wed 16 Dec 2020
  LET IT SNOW SOME MORE (Part 2)
  How many smiles can you count?
  Photos by Ian Pedlow

  

• Let it Snow (Part 1)

  Wed 16 Dec 2020
  LET IT SNOW (Part 1)
  We know where the party people live .... Moneyrea!!!
  Photos by Ian Pedlow

  

• Santa just made our day!

  Tue 15 Dec 2020

  SANTA 🎅🏼 JUST MADE OUR DAY

  We heard the weather forecast so Santa had to cancel his planned visit for tomorrow.

  But guess what! He arrived today complete with Bubbles the pony and Elfie (the not so originally named Elf)

  What a morning we enjoyed complete with Jungles Bells, excited chatter, chocolates and a snow machine. 

  Big shout out to Jill Hughes and Etta Kelly for decorating Santa’s Grotto. It looked ammmmaaaazzzzing!

  And thanks to Santa for being Santa; Ian Pedlow Photography; and Lynn O’Connell and Bubbles the very patient pony.

  

• It’s Christmas

  Mon 14 Dec 2020

  IT'S CHRISTMASSSSS!!!!!!

  We are all looking forward to enjoying our last week. To say it’s been an eventful term would be an understatement.

  Thank you for your help in making it easier than it might otherwise have been. 

  Your support for the measures we have put in place have helped to keep our school community safe; all 270 of us.

  The week ahead promises to be jam packed with Christmas 🎄 fun.

  We have raised over £1000 for the Welcome Organisation, Belfast and continue to accept donations throughout the coming week.

  We are also collecting clothes for the homeless and food for the foodbank.

  And don’t forget we have some great prizes in our Christmas ballot, which will be drawn on Thursday.

  Please note, due to adverse weather forecast for Wednesday, we are rejigging our programme for the last week:

  Tuesday 15th    

  Santa 🎅🏼 visit to playground

  Christmas jumpers - non-uniform/ antlers etc.

  Donations to the Welcome Organisation, Belfast 

  Tuesday Evening

  Jimbo’s Family Christmas ZOOM Quiz (PTA) from 7.00pm – 8.00pm Contact Nicola McCracken 07966 019575 for details

  Wednesday 16th   
  Virtual Pantomime in class ‘baubles’ (TBC)

  Thursday 17th        
  School Meals’ Christmas Dinner

  PTA Christmas Ballot will be drawn

  Friday 18th            
  Non-uniform
  Christmas parties for each class “BAUBLE”

   Early closing at 12 noon

  Monday 4th Jan.    
  First day back

  

• Christmas Movie and Onesie Day

  Fri 11 Dec 2020

  Christmas 🎄 Movies🍿 
  and Onesies Day

  The most wonderful time of the year.

  Showing today were:

  Peter Rabbit 
  Polar Express
  Christmas Chronicles 2
  Arthur Christmas 
  Nativity1

  

• Christmas

  Fri 11 Dec 2020

  🎄 There is nothing better than giving 💝 and no better lesson than learning to give.

  Gifts from Moneyrea Primary and Nursery and Moneyreagh Masonic, ready for the foodbank and Welcome Organisation.

  

• Christmas Jumper Art Competition

  Fri 11 Dec 2020

  We had some amazing entries in our Christmas 🎄 Jumper Art Competition. 

  Congratulations to everyone and in particular to our Winners and Runners-up 🏆 

  Yr1: Connor, Corah and Cara
  Yr2: Annie, Zoe and Sophie
  Yr3: Sami, Max K and Ella
  Yr4: Erin
  Yr5: Toby B
  Yr6: Ella
  Yr7: Adam C, Robyn, Stephen