Londonderry Primary School, Newtownards
 

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At Londonderry Primary School we believe in educating every child, encouraging their unique potential and caring for their wellbeing - preparing them for a bright and successful future.  We have a proud and rich tradition of academic excellence, strong pastoral support and an extensive range of extracurricular provision and after school clubs. Our school ethos is “Educating, Encouraging, Caring” and we pride ourselves on the supportive, family atmosphere we have created.

We provide a safe, caring environment and endeavour to instill a love of learning whilst striving to create lifelong learners. Every child will be able to look back on how they have participated in the life of the school and how they made a valuable and valued positive contribution.

For us, positive relationships and excellent communication are of paramount importance as we work closely together with parents and our community towards shared goals. We therefore hope you enjoy looking around our website and if you need any more information please do not hesitate to get in touch.  Together we will shape the future with learning, kindness and care.  

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🏆 House Winners for May 🏆 A huge congratulations to Cairn Wood: our overall house winners this month! 💚 Points are awarded for: ⭐ Academic achievements ⭐ Sporting success both inside and outside school ⭐ Demonstrating our school promise every day ⭐ Positive attitude, kindness and teamwork Well done to all pupils for their fantastic effort and contribution this month. The competition is heating up as we head towards summer! 🌟
Numbots Celebration This morning we celebrated our May Numbots leaders. This month we were looking at pupils who earned the most coins. Well done to Oskar (P2B), Jax (P3N) and Jude (P4A)! Big congratulations to Leon in P4A who has graduated Numbots, completing all levels – a huge achievement! We are so impressed with the pupils’ engagement in Numbots, a whopping 98% of P2-P4 are accessing it! This is a great way to be able to help your child at home. Just 3 mins a day improves your child’s fundamental number skills; these are essential building blocks for further Numeracy. Well done, boys and girls! 🌟⭐️
💃✨ Parent and Board of Governor member, Lisa Algie, is taking part in STRICTLY SCRUM DANCING, hosted by Ards Rugby Club on 30th May. Lisa and her partner Gary have kindly chosen Londonderry Primary School PTA as their chosen charity, with a proportion of funds raised from the event going directly back into our school community ❤️ If you’d like to show your support for Lisa & Gary, donations can be made here: 👏 https://gofund.me/b33cbf15b Let’s help Lisa get that Glitterball… Every £1 donated = a vote Good luck Lisa & Gary — the whole school community is behind you! 🎭
Super Saturday at LPS is officially underway! ☀️🪴🎨🔧 Huge thanks to our brilliant parents, pupils and staff team who have given up their Saturday to help make our school shine. Painting, watering, weeding, cleaning, DIY, general maintenance… basically an episode of DIY SOS: Primary School Edition! 😅 The teamwork, laughs and community spirit have been fantastic already. We really do have the best school family. 💙 Now… who said schools sleep at the weekend? 👀
P1 enjoyed another Plant and Play session with their friends from Bees Nees Early Years Centre. Lots of the pupils will be joining us in P1 in September so it has been great to have them over a bit early! 🌱
The P2 children had a fantastic trip to Ark Farm and thoroughly enjoyed meeting the animals. They were enthusiastic, engaged, and took part in all activities with great interest. Their behaviour was excellent throughout the day and they represented the school wonderfully.🐷🐄🐔🐴
📢 Reminder for everyone before the long weekend. School will be closed on Monday for the Bank Holiday and also closed for pupils on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th. We hope everyone enjoys a well-earned break and maybe even a little sunshine! Time to dust off the BBQs, and inflate the paddling pools! Here’s hoping the weather forecast behaves itself! ☀️🍔💦 Meanwhile, our very own “Super Saturday” is happening tomorrow, 10am-1pm. Mrs Hutton has organised a day of planting, painting, DIY and general maintenance to help get the school grounds looking their best for the Summer Fair and the summer term ahead. 🌼🎨🪴
⭐️🌟 Stars of the Week 🌟⭐️ This week our classroom mathematicians have been BUSY! From identifying coins and counting forwards and backwards, to solving number stories, calculating percentages and even tackling coordinates like mini sat navs… we are very impressed! 🌟 Special mention for those giving 100% even when things were a bit tricky. Fantastic effort, brilliant attitudes and lots of perseverance shown all week. Keep it up superstars! ⭐️
👑Royal excitement for our P7s today! 👑 On their way back from Shnuggle, the children saw the King and Queen… and of course received the all-important royal wave! 🇬🇧👋🏻 A day fit for royalty for our fantastic P7s.

Upcoming Events

May
29
P7 Couch to 5K
May
29
P1 Induction
2.15pm-3pm
Jun
1
P7 It's Your Move
10.45am
Jun
2
PTA
7.30pm
Jun
2
Sports Day
Foundation: 9.30am KS1: 10.50pm KS2: 1.30pm
Jun
3
P6G Peaceplus Showcase Scrabo Hall
9.30am-12pm