Sports Day is on Thursday 21st May. All Parents/Carers welcome. 9:30am-10:30am. [Open Document]
Bank Holiday - Monday 25th May . School closed.
Friday 29th May School closed to pupils. TransformED School Development Day 2.
PTFA Summer Fair is on Thursday 18th June. 6pm-8:30pm. [Open Document]
 
 
Loughries Primary School, Newtownards
School Development Day Monday 18th May 2026. School is closed for our pupils. | Sports Day is on Thursday 21st May. All Parents/Carers welcome. 9:30am-10:30am. [Open Document] | Bank Holiday - Monday 25th May . School closed. | Friday 29th May School closed to pupils. TransformED School Development Day 2. | PTFA Summer Fair is on Thursday 18th June. 6pm-8:30pm. [Open Document]
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Learning about our Skeletons

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4th Sep 2018

In P5/6 we have been learning that bones help us move, protect our organs and give us support. We were given the challenge of building a structure to support a tennis ball off the table using 10 A4 sheets of paper and a metre of sellotape. The most successful structure supported the ball 60cm high. We noticed that cylindrical and cone shapes worked best.