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Camphill Primary School, Ballymena
ECO DAY is coming this Friday 24th April - Pupils can come to school in non-uniform on Friday and if possible wearing something green! Please remember to bring in a clear 2L bottle as we are going to be planting sunflowers on Eco Day. Please wash this and cut the neck of the bottle off before bringing it into school. No milk cartons please! | Little Stars/Big Stars booking for MAY opens on Monday 20th April and closes on Friday 24th April - please see Parentmail for details.  | This week in school we have both the USPCA and RSPB coming into school to host workshops and talks with all year groups - we would like to give both charities a donation. On Eco Day we would appreciate a 50p/£1 donation brought in towards this presentation.  | On Friday there will be a canteen ECO Day themed lunch - see Menu under Parents area for more details. | Home at the start of this week will be an information leaflet about YOUR child's attendance in TERM 2..... this summarises and highlights how the Department of Education rates your child's attendance from Jan-Mar'26.  | School Uniform consultation/feedback - please see Parentmail sent on Thursday 23rd April.  | Summer Assessments take place over the next 3 weeks - starting on Monday 27th April..... (see more details in Parentmail sent on Weds 22nd April) All P3 -P7 pupils will be taking Standardised Tests in Literacy and Numeracy and will be timetabled to sit these tests in the ICT Suite - please make sure your child is in school each day during this assessment period. These test scores will be issued on your child's End of Year report. | Afterschools Clubs begin this week - we are delighted at how popular all clubs have been received this term. All dates are on the website calendar.  | P1 parents - please find information about a summer term trip to W5 in Parentmail on Tuesday 21st April. | P3 parents - look out for EA music lesson information coming out this week....... if you would like your child to learn an instrument from the start of P4 please read this information carefully.  | P3 parents please complete the permission form sent via Parentmail on Thursday 23rd - for the Shared Ed. trip visit next Tuesday to Glenariff. | P5/P6 parents please see SKI TRIP information sent via Parentmail on Wednesday 22nd April. | P6 parents - if your child is completing the school SEAG transfer preparation please remember the last day for payment of materials is this Friday. Thank you.  | We wish all our senior girls playing in a Ballymena Area Netball Tournament at the Leisure Centre this Wednesday good luck. | We wish all our senior girls playing in a Hockey Tournament at Ballymena Academy this Friday good luck - parents of these girls please see Parentmail sent on Monday 20th April.  | All classes have been enjoying their PE time over this last week - have you noticed pictures on your child's class webpage of them showing off their Gymnastic skills? 
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Sustrans ‘Gold Award’ Presentation on ‘Ditch the Dark’ Day!

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21st Jan 2022

Friday 21st January was a special day in Camphill PS! Not only were we able to have our annual 'Ditch the Dark Day' at school we also were presented with our Gold award for being an ‘outstanding’ Sustrans school and have become the first school in Ballymena to achieve this Gold award! 

On ‘Ditch the Dark’ day we come to school dressed in our brightest clothes and accessories to raise awareness of the 'Be Bright, Be Seen' message when we are out and about during the darker mornings and evenings. Be warned - You might need your sunglasses on to look at our wonderful class pictures as they are so bright! 

Well done to all the boys & girls and staff in Camphill and to those past pupils who are now in Year 8&9 as you ALL helped Camphill achieve this special award! We were delighted to welcome Johnny from Sustrans into school to present us with our Gold Award plaque and certificate in person as we had a long wait for it! We actually achieved this back in May 2020 but with all of the restrictions in place, we were not able to get the actual award when it was achieved.

Congratulations also goes to Mrs McCullagh who leads up the Sustrans programme for all her hard work and what an achievement to know we were the first school in Ballymena to be awarded Gold, and that we were the 6th in the North East region to be awarded Gold!

Well done to everyone for all of their hard work and enthusiasm over the last number of years! Please have a look at Johnny's video on our homepage from May 2020 to remind you all of the activities that we did to achieve such a prestigious award! 

We are now looking forward to getting back to all of our regular events and activities for Sustrans in the Spring and Summer term. Watch this space for the next event!