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• £2312.40 raised for Movember!

  Sun 06 Dec 2020
  With November having drawn to a close and the last few donations counted, we are delighted to announce that Mr Willis, Mr Smyth and Mr Glenny managed to raise an incredible £2312.40 for the Movember Foundation.
  Sincere thanks to everyone for the support!

• EA Literacy Service Letter

  Wed 02 Dec 2020

   

  The EA Literacy Service announces the launch of the first edition of its Literacy Newsletter.

   

  Dear Parent/Guardian,

   

  We have received this exciting first edition Newsletter from the EA Literacy Service, and we invite you to share this with your child/children at home, if suitable. The content of the newsletter is for parents and children, who at some point in their school career may experience difficulties with literacy.

  This issue focuses on spelling with lots of useful, practical ideas and resources to use at home. It also contains details on how the newsletter can be read out loud using assistive technology (Texthelp Read & Write and Immersive Reader) and provides instructions for this. Please copy and paste the link below into the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser to view at home and explore this amazing new resource for Northern Ireland pupils, parents and schools.

   

  https://sway.office.com/GgRFD5xCBes1e2Hr?ref=Link

   

  With this new initiative the Literacy Service would value your feedback via the Survey Monkey at the end of the newsletter. Any contributions of your child’s work showing their super skills, comments and stories may be included in future issues, with your consent.

  This is the first edition and our school have been asked by the Literacy Service to run a competition to suggest an original name for this newsletter. If your child has an idea or suggestion for a name, please send it to your school from your child’s c2k email address. All suggestions will be considered and the best sent to the Newsletter Editors. The winning suggestion, the child who made it and the school that the child attends will be part of a feature in the next edition.

  We hope you enjoy sharing this new project with your child or young person, should it assist in the development of their literacy ability.

   

  Yours sincerely

  Mrs Janet McCann
  Head of Pupil Support Services
  Children and Young People’s Services

• Movember Success!

  Fri 27 Nov 2020

  What a day! A massive thank you and well done to all the boys and girls who came to school today wearing an array of fantastic moustaches. Thanks to the generosity of the Hardy community, our three teachers have raised an incredible total of £1901.71. So far!!

  a special thank you to our visitors, Mr and Mrs Livingstone, who came to watch the live Shave-Off. Mr Livingstone spoke to our pupils about what the Movember foundation meant to him personally, helping to prolong his life by four and a half years and counting! A really special day enjoyed by all.

  Please head over to the ‘Video Gallery’ which you’ll find under the ‘Children’ tab. More photos will appear on class pages in due course.

  Thanks again 👨🏻👨🏻👨🏻

  

• Nursery receive their new Getting Ready to Learn Packs

  Fri 27 Nov 2020

  A huge thank you to Mrs Marks and her team in Nursery who arranged for every Nursery child to receive Learning Resource Packs funded by the 'Getting Ready To Learn Initiative'.

   

  Equipment was carefully selected to ensure each pack provided activities and equipment for enhancing  a wide range of skills.

   

  Please click on the link below.

   

  New Learning Packs

• ODD SOCK DAY in full swing!!

  Mon 16 Nov 2020
  Well done to ll the boys and girls who came to school today in ODD SOCKS. We are celebrating our differences during Anti Bullying week!!

  

• October Celebration Awards

  Thu 05 Nov 2020
  Congratulations to all those boys and girls who received awards for their hard work during October. Lovely to have 10 new word millionaires and another multi word millionaire!!

  

• Important Message From The Education Minister

  Wed 04 Nov 2020

  Click on the link below

   

  Parents Can Play a Critical Role in Keeping Schools Safe

• MOVEMBER!

  Wed 04 Nov 2020

  Allo Allo...we kindly moustache you all a favour...the ‘Bottom Corridor Boys’ (Mr Smyth, Mr Willis and Mr Glenny) are a trio who are doing their bit to raise funds for Movember, a charity that raises international awareness and facilitates support for men’s wellbeing in areas such as cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. The moustaches will be a hit or a miss so watch this space! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far! It is greatly appreciated! The link for donations is pasted below:

   

  https://uk.movember.com/team/2382269

  

• Pupil Noticeboards in school!

  Mon 02 Nov 2020
  

• Accelerated Reader “Golden Ticket” winner in P5

  Fri 16 Oct 2020
  Congratulations to the first Golden Ticket winner this year in Primary Five. To get a Golden Ticket, pupils must complete 10 Accelerated Reader quizzes with an accuracy rate of 85% or more. All that excellent reading has paid off and the winner was the recipient of a £10 prize ... and two nights off homework! Well done and keep up the fantastic reading!