Dunseverick Primary School

Our school council organised a Halloween fun day for the whole school today. This included a non-uniform day and they made lots of yummy Halloween treats for everyone to buy! They raised a super £88 for school funds! Well done everyone and thank you for supporting their first event! 😊🎃⭐️👏

Our newly elected Eco-Council for 2023-2024! We look forward to the new things the group are going to implement 🌳♻️🚮

Massive well done to our Principal Award Winners for October - Matthew, Ollie, Katie, Charlie, Leah, Lydia and Leah! Very proud of you all ✨👏🎉

Well done to our Monthly Stars for October - Abigail, Lydia, Bethany, Paisley and Toby 🎉✨

What a super start to our swimming programme for our P6 class. Well done to all the boys and girls in our P6 class!

Our P5/6/7 pupils enjoyed a session with Sustrans active travel programme this morning! Everyone learnt about bike and road safety! 😊 🚴

Just a reminder that Parent Consultations are taking place this week. Therefore;
- school finishes at 2pm everyday for ALL pupils
- both yellow and blue bus available at 2pm
- there are NO afterschool clubs this week including 223 club and play and stay!

In the final cooking club for this term the boys and girls made items for a tea party!! They even went home with a tea party invitation- I wonder did anyone get an invite to share their yummy sandwiches and cookies? Ps spot the caterpillar made from our sandwiches 🫢😊😋 🫖 🍪🥪

Our P2/3 class had another visit with baby George this morning as part of their Roots of Empathy programme! We were all so excited to see George again and thought he had grown so much since his last visit! We even got to meet George’s big sister today too! We talked about why babies might cry and how we can soothe them. We sang a lullaby to George and watched how he interacted with some toys! 💙😊⭐️

Congratulations to our newly appointed School Councillors- Owen, Molly, Emily, Noah, Cassie-Jane, Hannah, Jack, Josh, Maddy, Emily and Sarah!!
We can’t wait to see what great ideas you have for our school this year! ⭐️😊👏

It’s ‘Fry- day’ here in Dunseverick! Lovely breakfast at breakfast club this morning 😊

Our cooking club made some yummy chocolate mug cakes this afternoon!! 🧑‍🍳😋🍫

Wow - here we have another very successful past pupil - good luck Alex - we are so proud of you and your achievements 🎉✨

Our P3-P7 pupils took part in school council elections this morning! We look forward to finding out who our next school councillors will be!! 😊

Our R/P1/P2 pupils enjoyed listening to stories, planting seeds and crafts as part of the Salmon and Whiskey festival events. Everyone had great fun! 😊

Let’s take a moment to celebrate all the wonderful teachers we have in Dunseverick- a wonderful bunch of ladies each providing wonderful opportunities for all the kids 🥰

Our cooking club made some s’mores this week! They enjoyed these with some delicious hot chocolate! 🧑‍🍳😋😋

Election fever has hit Dunseverick!! We are getting ready for School Council elections in school on Friday!! Everyone has made a great effort with their campaign posters!! 😊⭐️👏

As a school we are always looking at ways in which we can support and help grow our local community! Discussions have taken place and we would love to explore the idea of a Parent and Toddler group within our school setting!
This would not be limited to families within our school.
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Congratulations to this month’s Monthly Stars and Principal Award Winners!! We are so proud of you all!! ⭐️👏😊

Our cooking club made French toast this week!!!! 😋🧑‍🍳

Our 2023 Buddies!
We love having a buddy scheme at Dunseverick Primary School! Pairing P1's with a P7 buddy gives all the children an opportunity to form a positive friendship with someone who will guide and encourage them through their first year of school. They love Buddy Playtime on a Friday and children look forward to this time everyweek. ☺️⭐️

P2/3 are taking part in the Roots of Empathy programme this year! We were all so excited to meet baby George today!! We found out what things baby George can do, sang some nursery rhymes to him and measured his height and weight!! George was an absolute star! 😊💙⭐️

Primary 5 and 6 had a brilliant day at Mountsandel Forest, they explored the role of archaeologists, looking at how old the site at Mountsandel was and who lived there! The children found out about what the early settlers would have eaten, how they hunted for animals, weapons they would have used and the houses they would have lived in!

Our cooking club had great fun making quesadillas today!! Everyone said they tasted yummy and couldn’t wait to make them at home! They even got the thumbs up from Mrs Smyth!! 😋😋 🧑‍🍳

Congratulations to our newly appointed digital leaders- Rose, Lydia, Jak, Jessie and Chloe!!!💻 ☺️⭐️👏

Introducing this years house captains- Emily and Jak for Whitepark, Rose and Rowan for Causeway and Charlotte and Jessie for Dunseverick! Congratulations to you all- a fantastic set of role models for our pupils!! ☺️⭐️

A very proud principal today to see this post on Facebook from Ballycastle high school! Eloise McCurdy who has been appointed as Deputy Head girl this year, is a past pupil of Dunseverick. Massive congratulations to you and all ur fellow pupils!!! What a great achievement 🎉

📅The new school year starts on 1st September - that's just two weeks away!

☑️You can still make an application for Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance through our dedicated webpage at - www.eani.org.uk/fsm

☑️Applications take five weeks to process, and it is important that you have all the information you need – including proof of benefits – before you apply.

You may remember way back in March our school council decided to partition for a car parking space at the front of school to be made into a much needed disabled space! We are delighted that their hard efforts were successful and our parking space was granted! What a way to end the school year! 😊🎉👏

As a school we are very thankful for the support and fantastic BBQ provided to us by L R Catering.
If anyone has any parties/gatherings or any social events do not hesitate to contact Liam and his team.
Comes very highly recommended
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We had a fantastic evening on Tuesday at our sponsored walk! To date we have raised an AMAZING £2400!!!! Thank you so much to everyone who supported us! A special thank you to Liam Reid who very kindly donated all the items for the bbq and gave up his time to cook for us all! 😊🌟

Our Eco-Committee were delighted to receive the Green Flag today! A special thanks to Mrs Milligan and the eco committee for all their effort and hard work! 😊👏

Prize Day 2023- we had such a special morning celebrating all our fantastic pupils! 😊🌟🎉👏

Our R/P1 and P7 buddies had great fun at their buddy water fun day! What a super way to spend their last buddy time together!! 🌊😊💦

We had our annual whole school trip today! This year we decided to go to Portrush! We enjoyed team games, play time at the park, a trip to the Coastal Zone, a walk around our beautiful coastline and most importantly fun on the beach!!! Everyone had a fantastic day!!! 😊🌊☀️🦀🏖️

Our R/P1 pupils had a visit from the RNLI today to find out all about their job as part of their ‘people who help us’ topic. We found out about water safety and what to do in an emergency!😊🌊