Thank you to all involved!

Cross community Visits
In total we had 6 Cross Community trips with St Johns Primary School (Eglish) in the school year 2003/04.
:: All children from both schools visited The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
:: Reception to P3 classes visited W5
:: Reception to P3 classes visited Springhill House
:: P4/P5 classes visited Armagh Museum
:: P4/P5 classes visited Belfast Zoo
:: P6/P7 classes visited Parliament Buildings, Stormont. (pictured right)

Link with St Clare's
We continue to have a very strong I.C.T. link with St Clare's Primary School.
There are frequent emails sent between the two schools as well as the occasional video conference.

The two schools have produced a joint Powerpoint presentation which is all about Ireland.

The schools had a face to face meeting in Carlingford. The children are pictured rock climbing on the left.

Other highlights from the 2003/04 school year

October
:: We had a successful Bookfair
:: Our Harvest assembly raised much-needed funds for Action MS
December
:: The Wizard of Oz (see photo section for more)
:: Our children sang during annaghmore Parish Church's Carol Service
:: Our choir sang at The Retreat
:: Mr Sandman visited and the children used their imaginations to great effect
January
:: Beneficial road Safety week supported by the SELB with £300 of new resources
February
:: Clounagh School Musical
March
:: Belfast Telegraph Quiz
:: Tom's Midnight Garden at the Opera House
April
:: RE Inspection
May
:: CSA Film Night
June
:: Cycling Proficiency Test
:: Sports Day
:: Summer Fair

March - We went to Tom's Midnight Garden at the Opera House

June - Our Sports Day

Thanks from Cheryl's Children's Home
Annaghmore Primary School pupils raised £500.00 for a Kenyan orphanage. Cheryl's Children's Home is on the outskirts of Nairobi. In 2002 the home was visited by a group of Portadown Boys' Brigade officers, who brought a number of items donated by Annaghmore families. The school followed this up by making Cheryl's Children's Home the chief beneficiary of their 2003 fund-raising efforts.
£500.00 was raised at two special Harvest assemblies, the annual carol service, and a shop in which in which items donated were sold back to pupils' parents and friends.
Kevin Waithaka
Kevin Waithaka (pictured right) is one of the orphans who will benefit directly from the money raised. Kevin was brought to the home having been placed on a local bus with a one-way ticket. Here he is seen proudly sporting his Annaghmore sweatshirt. Some of the money raised will be used to create a mini farm at the orphanage where the children can learn to grow crops for food, leaving them better prepared for adulthood.
How you can help
Visit the Cheryl's Children's Home website at www.cch21.net to see how you can help.

Cross Community
Pupils of Annaghmore Primary School recently enjoyed an exchange event with a primary school from across the border. St. Clare's Primary School, Dublin, has been in constant correspondence with the year 4 and 5 children at Annaghmore via video conference and email all year.
Annaghmore children enjoyed a trip to the Dublin school where they enjoyed a taste of the city life. Annaghmore Primary School then returned the favour by hosting St. Clare's and showing their southern visitors a slice of rural life in County Armagh.
Principal Mr Stephen Blevins said "The children have really learned a lot from this experience. They have gained an insight into the lives of children the same age from a different country and culture. Yet despite these differences they learned how, as children, they were alike in many ways and still enjoyed the same things. Friendships have been made and parents have been in full support of the project. The welcome we received when we travelled to St. Clare's was exceptional, and we did our best to return that".