| Elmgrove Primary School | |
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| Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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| Motto | Have the courage to do what you know is right |
| Principal | Miss A. Brown, Acting |
Elmgrove Primary School (Sometimes referred to as simply Elmgrove and originally known as Elmgrove Elementary School) is a large Primary School in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It opened in 1932 as Elmgrove Elementary School.[1][2][3][4][5] In 2008, Elmgrove celebrated it's 75th anniversary. Special medals made from Mambco, were given to all the pupils. Special balloons were also present and 2 students from each year group got a balloon and released it into the air with a note attached saying that, when found, contact the school, to see how far the balloon travelled. The furtherest known distance was to Scotland.
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Elmgrove opened in 1932/3 as Elmgrove Elementary. Pupils from near-by schools were all moved into Elmgrove. Several famous/well known people from Belfast attended the school. In 2008 Peter Robinson visited the school and several P7 pupils got to ask him questions about his childhood and career.[6] In 2009 Henry Winkler (The Fonz) visited the school to talk about reading books and his new book.[7][8][9] During Elections, the school is used as a polling station.[10]
In 2006 pupils from Elmgrove took part in a new CCEA teaching resource called Out of this World. They were joined with St. Teresa's Primary School for the activity. Pupils made different objects with recycled materials.[28][29]
Elmgrove has been involved with the local project to refurbish the local walkway and river next to the school. Over the years, the Conn O'Neill bridge and river near-by has been vandalised.[30] The school has represented the project several times, first on 14 November 2007[31] and the second on 24 October 2008.[32]
In 2009, Elmgrove stated that a new production was in the works with Dance United NI. The show was later named Over the Halfpenny Bridge. It was about the History of Belfast and starred the P7 pupils of that year, and Elderly members from near-by nursing homes, Elmgrove Manor and Greenville Court. 'I am staggered by the range and the quality of what has been produced this evening,' said school principal David Hutchinson. 'The children have acquired so many new skills by working with this terrific company and, through them, all of our minds have been opened.' The children worked with Writer Ruth Carr, Rastafarian poet Levi Tafari, print maker Robin Cordiner, musicians Nikki Such, Patrick and Bronagh Davey and Irish, Greek and Indian dancers. On 2 April 2009, the show was performed live in St George's Market, Belfast.[33][34]
Since 2009, the school has taken part in an Eco programme to make the school more eco-friendly.[35]
In 2010, P2 pupils from the school starred in a T.V series that aired on CBeebies called Sesame Tree, Northern Ireland's version of Sesame Street.[36]
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