Gibson News - May 2025

KEY DATES

Monday 6 May                          - School Closed – May Day Bank Holiday

Monday 27 May                        - School Closed – Bank Holiday

Tuesday 28 May                        - School Closed – Staff Development Day

Summer Praise & Fellowship Evening

We are holding a Summer Praise and Fellowship Evening on Tuesday 3 June at 7.30pm in the Assembly Hall.  This event will feature music and song from both our junior and senior choirs along with other guest artists and is open to all parents and friends.  The occasion is to help raise much needed funds for deprived school children in Africa.  Please save the date.  More details to follow shortly.

SEAG Arrangements

After school tuition for those Year 6 pupils planning to sit the forthcoming SEAG test in the autumn term began last Wednesday and will continue from now until Wednesday 18 June from 3.00 – 4.00pm.

PTA Meeting

Our next PTA meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday 19 May at 7pm in the school staffroom.  Please attend if possible as we will be starting to plan for our ‘Fun Night’ which is our main fundraising event and is scheduled for Wednesday 25 June.  Thanks to all who supported our PTA Easter Basket Raffle and Let’s Glow Crazy Disco which raised approximately £1400.

Sydney Gilfillan Memorial Football Tournament

We are holding a Football Tournament in memory of our late Building Supervisor, Mr Sydney Gilfillan, on Friday 6 June at Omagh Leisure Centre.  Sydney was passionate about pupils having the opportunity to participate in sport.  We are delighted that a significant number of local schools will join us to mark this event.

Building Supervisor Appointment

Mr Paul Adams has been appointed as the School’s new Building Supervisor.  Paul has been covering this post since September and we have no doubt he will continue to ensure our school is maintained to the highest standard.

School Mobile Number and Busy Bees

We now have a school mobile for contacting Busy Bees Club.  Any phone calls after 4.00pm should be made to this number 07359710943.  We would advise storing this number for future reference as it will also be used for school trips and other outings. 

Busy Bees continues to run each afternoon from 3.00pm until 5.00pm at a cost of £8.  This can be booked via the online booking system used for school dinners.

School Photographs

School photographs for Sports Teams, Year 1 and Year 7 class groups have been booked for Thursday 29 May.  Year 7 friendship groups will also be taken on this day.

Sports Day

As you can imagine it is incredibly hard to plan a date for Sports Day given the changeable weather we experience.

Given the current good spell of weather we are hoping to run Sports Day week beginning the 19 May, (weather permitting), for both KS1 and KS2.  However, we have also booked out Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 June as potential dates should we need to defer from week beginning 19 May. 

Sports Team Events

Our Football Team will be competing in the McDonalds Competition on Friday 16 May, at The Station Centre.  Our Cross-Country Team will also be travelling to the Bawnacre, Irvinestown on Tuesday 3 June to compete in the FODC event. Similarly, our Rugby Team travel to Enniskillen on Friday 13 June to compete in the Enniskillen Model Blitz. Good luck to all involved.

Year 7 Transfer / Post-Primary Confirmation

An email will be issued to parents on Saturday 10 May informing them of their child’s post primary placement for September. Mr Sterritt can be contacted on Monday morning if there are any issues.