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Friday 22 May 2026 Interschools Formal 2026
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Friday 15 May 2026 Craigavon Lakes 5k & 10k - Staff fundraising Team Lisanally is taking on the Craigavon Lakes 5k & 10k on Wednesday 3rd June 6:45pm! We're swapping the classroom for the lakeside to raise vital funds for our school. We are running to boost our learning resources and enhance wellbeing activities for our incredible children. Please support our staff efforts and help us make a difference—every donation counts!
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Tuesday 12 May 2026 Music Week The pupils in Lisanally had a fabulous week celebrating Music Week! Throughout the week, they explored key musical elements such as tempo, dynamics and rhythm, and even created their very own percussion instruments. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed singing, playing percussion instruments and experimenting with body percussion. The pupils did exceptionally well listening carefully and following instructions, and there were smiles and music-filled moments all around. It was a joyful, engaging and memorable week for everyone involved!
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Friday 24 April 2026 London Mini Marathon 2026 Our pupils were proud to take part in the TCS Mini London Marathon in Schools 2026, joining thousands of young people across the UK in a celebration of physical activity, determination and teamwork. The event supports our commitment as a Rights Respecting School, promoting children's rights to good health and wellbeing (Article 24)
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Friday 24 April 2026 Earth Day Classes in our Senior and VTU Departments participating in gardening and horticulture activities to celebrate Earth Day.
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Thursday 23 April 2026 VTU Duke of Edinburgh practice walk Pupils in VTU 1 and VTU 2 took part in a practice walk at Gosford Forest Park in preparation for their Duke of Edinburgh camping expedition. This experience will support them in developing independence, teamwork, and resilience as they work towards completing their award.
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Thursday 23 April 2026 Music Festivals Our junior, senior, and VTU choirs worked extremely hard, dedicating time to learning both lyrics and Makaton signs. Their commitment resulted in highly successful performances at music festivals in Edendork, Portadown, and Newry. We are incredibly proud of their dedication and outstanding effort.
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Wednesday 22 April 2026 EA TV EA TV recently interviewed some of our VTU pupils to gain their in sight into EA Transport.
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Sunday 19 April 2026 Vacancies We are currently advertising a range of permanent posts.
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Sunday 19 April 2026 Tribute to Ms Paula Jordan MBE
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Thursday 2 April 2026 Staff Wellbeing Day
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Thursday 2 April 2026 EA Music Award Winner Congratulations to one of our amazing Clarinetists, who was awarded an EA Music Award on Friday 27th March at the EA Music Service Awards which were held at South Lakes Leisure Centre.
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Wednesday 1 April 2026 Happy Easter
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Wednesday 1 April 2026 Autism Awareness Day
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Tuesday 31 March 2026 Easter Parade Our primary pupils brought colour, creativity and plenty of smiles as they proudly took part in this year's Easter Parade. The parade was a joyful celebration, with children confidently sharing their work and cheering one another on.A big well done to all our young artists for their effort and creativity—what a wonderful way to celebrate Easter together!
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Tuesday 31 March 2026 Easter Bake Off Classes in our Senior and VTU departments hosted a Great Lisanally Bake Off on Tuesday 31st March. Class teams where busy baking and decorating different Easter tray bakes, buns, cupcakes, cakes and biscuits. It was a huge success and enjoyed by all. This year's event was judged by Mrs Scowcroft and Fr. Barry.
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Monday 30 March 2026 Disability Sport NI Sports Hall Athletics On Thursday 26th March pupils from key stage 3 and 4 travelled to the South Lakes Leisure centre to take part in Disability Sport NI Sports Hall Athletics. We took part in a number of different running, throwing and teams events narrowly missing out bringing home a medal. Everyone had a great day and thoroughly enjoyed competing against the other schools.
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Friday 27 March 2026 Easter Play Day Our primary pupils had a fantastic time during their Easter Play Day, engaging in a range of fun and meaningful activities with strong cross-curricular links. The children fully immersed themselves in the experience, demonstrating enthusiasm, teamwork, and creativity throughout. It was wonderful to see such high levels of engagement, and most importantly, the pupils thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this special day.
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Friday 20 March 2026 Lisanally rocked odd socks for World Down Syndrome Day
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Friday 13 March 2026 Literacy Week and World Book Day 2026 Monday 2nd March began a fun-filled week throughout Lisanally as we celebrated Literacy Week and World Book day! To kick start the week, the Armagh Rhymers joined us to tell stories through an interactive song and dance for the whole school, which everyone just loved! On Tuesday and Wednesday, classes took part in related activities on the theme "weather" which included some what's in the box games, whole class stories, science experiments and so much more. On Thursday, we took part in a "Telling a Trail" as we guessed the different stories/books by reading small passages pinned around the school grounds and On Friday, everyone came in dressed as a character from their favourite book. We had some amazing costumes which we showcased at our disco. Well Done to all everyone who took part in a great week!
