Ballymoney Model Integrated Primary School

Today the temperatures began to rise, which was a welcome change for all. We took the opportunity to enjoy some fresh air in the afternoon, completing a tour through the different elements of our wonderful school site. 

During Activity Based Learning and UICT iPad lessons, Year 4 have been learning about Digital drawing skills and exploring varied medium to present a digital design. Recent lessons have been focused on Butterflies, Caterpillars, Ladybirds and Bees, as we build up our skills in preparation for Ballymoney Show Class entries. 

Fantastic achievement and special memories made today for our friend who was full of enthusiasm in taking part in the Coleraine Festival with - 'The Snowball'. He treated the class to one final rehearsal performance before heading off to present his piece. He returned in the afternoon to share his amazing result! Well done! 

Year 4 have begun their final term of Physical Development which has a skills focus on Athletics and preparation for Sports Day. We have enjoyed learning about the new activities and skills required at Year 4. We are building up our competence in jumping with speed and distance and also improving our accuracy in throwing for the Obstacle race. This week we will explore another event and gain some valuable practice time. 

Year four have started their new topic 'It's a Bug's Life'. During our Activity Based Learning, both indoor and outdoors, we have been collecting natural materials to create artwork inspired by the little creatures in our school habitat. Pupils even found some extra special visitors to check-in to their hotels and enjoy the space they designed. 

Our first few days back following the Easter holidays were very exciting. We had a special delivery on Tuesday marked 'open urgently!'. Each pupil selected a caterpillar from the delivery and produced a mini habitat with a partner to home their exciting minibeast. This marks the beginning of our new topic - 'It's a bug's life!' 

On Wednesday and Friday, Year 4NM completed their Games PE lessons with a focus on creating successful passes and team work. They learnt about the types of games which allow movement while carrying a ball / object and those which have rules where you must stop and pass before moving on. This helped prepare them for their final game - shoot for hoops. Teams of pupils had to toss a beanbag along a line, without creating a foul and shoot as many beanbags into the nets or hoop as possible within a short time frame. This was one we will definitely play again! 

On Friday morning, Year 4NM held a fun Circle Time session all about sharing Positivity and happiness. 

They started by opening the circle time a follow me activity, with pupils passing smiles and fun actions around the circle and trying to spot who was leading the choices. In the round, each pupil had a chance to speak about the things that make them feel happy and times that they remember feeling excited. 

We finished this off with a celebration game called 1, 2, 3 clap, where pupils moved all around the hall, enjoying the freedom to move as they liked while listening for instructions in the form of a number of claps. Great listening everyone! 

Last week pupils completed revision week and lots of practical work and activities. 
They enjoyed Spelling Scribble and making their own wordsearches with their spelling words. Well done everyone! 

Year 4 have begun their new topic 'It's a bug's life'. 
Last week our pupils enjoyed some outdoor creativity by working in groups to select natural materials and make minibeasts on wooden backgrounds. More group photos to follow.