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Thursday 5th March

Today was World Book Day.

We celebrated by having a 'Big Brookies' Bedtime Read'.

We came in wearing either pyjamas or comfy clothes and we brought in our favourite bedtime book.

We also played a game called Who Did It? Where we had to follow the clues to work out which of the characters from famous children's stories had stolen the books.

It was THE GRUFFALO!

Good Luck Megan!

Tuesday 3rd March

Tonight our friend and one of our Brooklands Classroom Assistants, Megan Bell, is playing football for Northern Ireland.

We are so proud of her!

She is playing against Switzerland.

World Book Day is this Thursday 5th March!

This year Brooklands is focusing on the love of reading rather than dressing up.

We are having a 'Big Brookies Bedtime Read' instead!

Children can come into school wearing pyjamas, onesies or just comfy clothes and bring their favourite book.

Prize Winners!

These two talented artists are the class winners in the competition to design a new house shield.

Well done!

We have a very special member of our class – a model student – he comes in every day, is always enthusiastic, he works hard and is kind to everyone!

He has a wet nose and a waggy tail – can you guess who it is?!!

That's right – PEANUT!!

Mental Health Week Online Art Lesson February 2026

Today we took part in an online Art Lesson with Sinead from the Art and Design Factory. She told us all about the work of the artist Hundertwasser and showed us some of his famous paintings. Her lesson guided us through painting our own pictures in the same style he used. We followed her TEAMS lesson carefully! Have a look below at the beautiful pieces of work we produced.

'Loaf' Pottery Workshop January 2026

Today we had a workshop with the potters from Loaf Pottery in Belfast.

We learnt how to make tiles out of clay and we loved being creative.

Our topic is Seas and Oceans so we used our ideas for the design of our tiles.

Our tiles have gone away to be fired and we are excited to see what they look like when they are finished.

This Friday!

Remember to return your permission form if you want to join in the fun!

Thursday 4th December

We have a special birthday today!

One of our class is now in DOUBLE Digits!

The Big 10!

We celebrated with a Happy Meal-paid for by very kind parents.

Wednesday 12th June.

Here are the Birthday Boys.

Cake twice this week! 

Wednesday 11th June

Today one P5 member of our class joined her friends in the P5 mainstream, to go to a Sports event at Grosvenor Grammar School.

She had fun!

Have a look at the photos and video below to see how she got on. 

Tuesday 10th June 2025

Today our lovely bus driver took us to Stormont Park for an end of year treat.

We played in the play park and then had our lunch in Mc. Donald's!

Wednesday 21st May

Back at the beginning of May we planted some sweet pea seeds and hoped that with some sunshine and water they might germinate.....

THEY DID!!

The P7 Residential 6th-9th May 2025

Two of our P7 children and staff joined their friends in the mainstream to travel to the Share Centre in Enniskillen.

The Share Centre is an outdoor activity village on the shores of the Upper Lough Erne in County Fermanagh.

They took part in lots of water sports as well as having lots of fun in the beautiful countryside in Lisnaskea.

Have a look at the pictures to see what they got up to!

Thursday 1st May

Today we planted some sweet pea seeds.

Have a look at how we got on and come back to see if they germinate and grow!

Fingers crossed.

Thursday 20th March

This week two members of our class are on the Brooklands P6 residential in Newcastle.

They are doing lots of amazing activities and sleeping over there too.

We are so proud of them both! 

Friday 14th March

Today we made cards to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Monday, when we have the day off school!

St. Patrick is the Patron Saint of the Island of Ireland.

Thursday 6th March

Today some of us dressed up for World Book Day and we did a craft activity too!

Tuesday 4th March

Today is Pancake Day!

We made pancakes in class and we learnt all about why we celebrate Shrove Tuesday at this time of year.

We also found out that in Poland they celebrate this way too, on Fat Thursday!

Wednesday 5th February

We have been doing lots of fun activities this week as part of Children's Mental Health Week and we thought you might like to see our works of art!

We followed an art lesson taken by an artist and art teacher called Sinead Mc Dermott.

The art was inspired by the still life paintings of Henri Matisse.

Tuesday 3rd February 2025

This week is Children's Mental Health Week and the theme this year is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself!

We watched Ricky Martin, also known as CBBC's Art Ninja, show us how to create a piece of art.

Then we had a go ourselves.

Friday 17th January

In our Literacy lessons we have moved on to a new genre of writing.

We are now looking at Instructions and how they look a bit different from other types of writing.

Before we write our own instructions we decided that we need to be able to follow them first!

We all love jelly, so we thought we would make some by following the instructions on the back of the packet.

It was fun and the best thing was that we got to eat it too!

Thursday 16th January 2025

Today we had a visit from the Royal Navy STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) team.

We joined our friends in the mainstream to see and experience using some of the technology that sailors and submariners use every day.

We also got to hear about life in a submarine!

It was a fantastic experience and has really inspired some members of our class to think about a STEM career in the future.

Wednesday 15th January 2025

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)

As part of our Topic on Animation we have been looking at how sometimes in movies what looks like magic is actually SCIENCE.

We have been exploring how things are done to make movies and animations look realistic.

As part of this we are investigating whether some of the technology from the movies would be possible in real life.

One device that is used in science fiction films and animations is called a Tractor Beam.

A Tractor Beam can attract one object to another from a distance.

You might have seen them used in Star Trek or Star Wars?

Today we explored how static electricity could be the science behind these beams.

Have a look at how we got on with our experiments using balloons, cans and tissue paper!

Thursday 21st November

We had some very special visitors today from

UTV who have come to film Peanut for another episode of the 'Dogs With Jobs'!

Peanut showed them just how much he helps us to settle in to school each day and how he likes to stay close by when we start our lessons.

Some members of our class also used the cameras to film as well.

This was great because we have been making our own stop motion films as part of our topic on Animation. 

Wednesday 16th October

All our children had a chat about what our new topic should be.

We thought about the things that interest us and we came up with some ideas.

Then we had a class vote to choose the best idea and we chose ANIMATION!

We thought this would make a fantastic topic because it covers lots of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects as well as History and Art too.

Today we began to make our own animations using the new school iPads-using an app called iPad Stop Motion.

Have a look at how we got on and when we finish our animations we will put them up here for you to see! 

Friday 6th September.

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Friday 6th September

This week in our Literacy sessions we have been revising all the different genres of writing.

We then decided to take a closer look at Story.

To help us to write our own stories we have started by looking at some Traditional Tales.

We have been reading The Three Billy Goats Gruff to help us to understand the structure of stories.

We have also done some art activities to connect our learning.

Have a look what we made! 

Wednesday 28th August

The holidays are over and today we are back in our class today with our friends old and new.

We took Peanut for his first walk of the new term and he seemed happy to be back to work too! 

We went to the play park and played together again.

Wednesday 27th June

Goodbye to our two fantastic P7's!