Have a look at what's happening in our school.

• Rathlin Maritime Festival

  Fri 28 Apr 2023

  The children have made sea creatures to help with the yarnbombing for the Maritime Festival. For more information on the festival see the following website: https://www.rathlinsoundmaritimefestival.com

  

• Visitor from Rural Housing Association

  Tue 25 Apr 2023

  Today, we welcomed Ruth from the Rural Housing Assiocation to talk about the new housing development on the Island. Pupils have taken home information about a project to name the houses. Ruth will return on 23^rd May to collect the names from the pupils and will work alongside ‘The Tuesday Club’ to finalise a name.

  

• Mindfulness Monday 17th April 2023

  Mon 17 Apr 2023

  Today pupils and staff celebrated our Mindfulness Monday. The theme was ‘RathlinRocks’. Over the course of the day pupils had an assembly on mindfulness, took part in a quiz about Rathlin, had lunch at the beach and painted the rocks they found at the beach. Mindfulness can be learnt- remember to think about the here and now, not the future and not the past!

  

• Easter Treat

  Wed 05 Apr 2023

  We would like to say a big thank you to Seamus Cassley for donating an Easter egg to every child in the school. 

  

• Visit to RSPB Rathlin West Light Seabird

  Wed 05 Apr 2023

  Today, pupils visited the RSPB Rathlin West Light Seabird centre to learn about the birds on the island. This is always an exciting time on Rathlin as we welcome the Puffins back. Unfortunately, the puffins have not yet arrived in big enough numbers for us to spot them- maybe we will soon.

  

• Easter Art Workshop

  Tue 04 Apr 2023

  Today pupils took part in a virtual art workshop with artist Sinéad McDermott. They looked at how to draw an easter basket using water paints and oil pastils. We were one of many schools, across the country, who took part.

  

• Easter Fun

  Mon 03 Apr 2023

  P4-P7 were busy on Monday morning having an arts and crafts day for Easter. They made Easter cards, painted ceramics, made spring gardens and created their Easter nests. In between they even managed to do some yarn-bombing.

  P1-P3 decorated and raced their eggs down the hill.

  

• P1-P3 Visit to the Shop

  Mon 03 Apr 2023

  Today, P1-P3 finished their money topic with a trip to the shop on the island. They had to use their knowledge of money to buy a treat. Thank you to Ksenia for her help and explaining how money works.