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<strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

09/11 @ 5-7pm<br />

PTA Photo Evening<br />

14 & 16/11 @ 7pm<br />

P4 ‘Archibald’s War’<br />

08/12<br />

PTA Craft Fair<br />

Nursery & P1 Enrolment<br />

Our Nursery Enrolment Evening will take place<br />

on Tuesday 28 <strong>November</strong> at 7.00 pm.<br />

Our P1 Enrolment Afternoon will take place on<br />

Wednesday 29 <strong>November</strong> at 1.30 pm. To<br />

facilitate our P1 visitors, school will finish for P1-<br />

P3 children at 1.10pm<br />

We hope you can recommend Rathmore<br />

Primary School to your neighbours and friends.<br />

Formal DENI Enrolment Forms are distributed<br />

on these nights and must be returned by 12.00<br />

noon Wednesday 10 January 2018. Invitations<br />

will been posted next week to all families who<br />

have shown an interest in joining Rathmore.<br />

Parent Teacher Consultations<br />

Thank you to everyone who attended our Parent/<br />

Teacher Consultations in October. We hope you<br />

found them informative and supportive.<br />

P1 - P7 Vaccination Programme<br />

This year’s flu vaccination programme (taking the<br />

form of a nasal spray) will be administered to pupils<br />

at Rathmore Primary School on Wednesday 22 and<br />

Thursday 23 <strong>November</strong>.<br />

There will be a letter providing more information,<br />

that will be issued by the Health Trust in the<br />

incoming week that require a response. Please<br />

return your vaccination forms as soon as possible.<br />

P1 Parents<br />

Playgrounds in the Morning<br />

It has been a great start to school for our P1 pupils.<br />

They have all settled well and now know where to<br />

line up in the playgrounds in the morning. Now that<br />

this routine has been established, can we request<br />

that those parents/guardians who are dropping<br />

their children off and wishing to stay until the bell,<br />

move to the periphery of the playground. This will<br />

allow our children to play and our staff to supervise<br />

them more effectively. If you feel that your child<br />

needs to be close to you, you may decide to arrive<br />

at school closer to 9.00am.<br />

Gates are locked at 9.10am and the school becomes<br />

secure for the school day.<br />

Raffy’s Thought for the Month:<br />

‘Be Kind In All You Say And Do’<br />

How we treat others, says a lot about who we are.


After-School Activities start back<br />

this week (for 5 wks)<br />

The last week of After-School Activities for Term<br />

1 is the week beginning 4 December.<br />

P4 ‘Archibald’s War’<br />

P4 pupils will be on stage on 14 and 16<br />

<strong>November</strong> performing their play ‘Archibald’s<br />

War’ which is linked to their World War 2 topic.<br />

The rehearsals are going well and tickets are<br />

now on sale – Good luck everyone!<br />

Congratulations<br />

Over the last few weeks, some of our pupils<br />

have been exercising their talents on the big<br />

stage and we wanted to share their successes<br />

with you.<br />

Mya Jansen Van Rensburg has been performing<br />

in Swan Lake with the English Youth Ballet at the<br />

Grand Opera House.<br />

Ryan McDowell and Josh Bell both represented<br />

Rathmore at the Ulster Schools Swimming Gala<br />

- Josh won a Gold in the 50m Butterfly and a<br />

Bronze in the 50m Freestyle.<br />

Jack Andrews competed in the Prof. Chang-Ung<br />

Cup, a Taek wondo Champion’s League<br />

competition in Scotland.<br />

And finally, Jake Anderson, who also travelled to<br />

Scotland to compete in the Tri-Nations Diving<br />

Competition. Jake came home with 2 silver<br />

medals and a bronze medal.<br />

A huge congratulations to you all. All your<br />

handwork and perseverance is paying off. We<br />

are so proud of you all.<br />

Opportunities at Rathmore<br />

We are currently looking to expand the cover<br />

for our lunchtime supervision teams. If you<br />

would be interested in filling in to cover illness or<br />

be considered for future positions, we would<br />

love to hear from you.<br />

The hours for this role are 12 noon to 1pm,<br />

Monday to Friday. If you are interested, please<br />

speak to someone in the school office.<br />

Good luck to all the P7 pupils sitting<br />

their transfer tests this month.<br />

PTA Family Photo Night<br />

Thursday 9 <strong>November</strong><br />

This is a great opportunity to have a Family<br />

Portrait taken for Christmas. Leaflets have been<br />

distributed and spaces are filling up fast so please<br />

contact the office to reserve a photo session if<br />

you are interested.<br />

PTA Movie Night<br />

To finish our first half term, the PTA held a<br />

Pyjamas & Pillow Movie Night. With 400 children<br />

in attendance, complete with popcorn and<br />

drinks, it was a really fun night. Thank you for all<br />

your support.<br />

School Fund<br />

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated<br />

their school fund to Rathmore. For those of you<br />

who are still intending to donate, see the PTA’s<br />

Local Giving page to do so.<br />

Charity<br />

Thank you to everyone who supported our<br />

Harvest Charity. ‘Storehouse’ was overwhelmed<br />

by your response and asked us to pass on their<br />

appreciation for our large donation!<br />

British Legion Poppy Appeal - the School Council<br />

will be selling poppies this week in the foyer and<br />

at breaktime.<br />

Children in Need<br />

On Friday 17 <strong>November</strong>, it is Children In Need<br />

day. This year the theme is ‘Spotacular’, so pupils<br />

can come to school wearing Children in Need<br />

accessories with their uniform. On the day, we<br />

will be learning about the charity work and<br />

collecting £1 per pupil donated to the appeal.<br />

Nursery Enchanted Evening<br />

5 December (5.30-7.00pm)<br />

P1 Nativities<br />

7 & 8 December (9.30am)<br />

PTA Christmas Craft Fair<br />

8 December (4-6pm)<br />

Rathmore Carol Service<br />

West Church<br />

13 December (7pm)<br />

Nursery Nativities<br />

18 & 19 December (2.10pm & 9.20am)

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