Outdoor Pictures by our HPS Eco club

The Eco club have collected twigs and leaves and have been creating beautiful pictures from natural resources. It’s a lovely way to get out and enjoy our school grounds!

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Ruth McKeown and filed under Eco Club.

Eco Club's Green Fingers

March is a lovely time of year to get the green fingers out! Our HPS Eco Club have doing just that, they have harvested lots of lovely rhubard from our school vegetable garden and have planted carrots, parsnips, lettuce and parsley seeds . They also spread some ‘bee bombs’ of wild flower seeds in the planters by the P2 Island to encourage biodiversity! Keep up the great work Eco warriors!

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Ruth McKeown and filed under Eco Club.

World Book Day Competition

Look at all the UNUSUAL places HPS pupils like to read books! Well done to all who took part in the competition. Check the newsletter to see the winners!

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Suzanne Gibson.

P3 Paper Aeroplanes

Taking inspiration from the Wright Brothers P3 designed and made paper aeroplanes. We had lots of fun testing them .

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Suzanne Gibson.

International Women's Day 2022

We drew some amazing women who have really inspired us. Coco Chanel, Marie Curie and our Mums!

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Suzanne Gibson.

February PDMU Theme - Teamwork

A HUGE congratulations to all the pupils who showed terrific teamwork in February!

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Anna Riddall.

Where's Wally?

To celebrate World Book Day 2022 the staff had a lot of fun dressing up as ‘Wally’ from the famous Where’s Wally book. You didn’t ever have to look too far to spot some red or white stripes!

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Suzanne Gibson.

Engines off Prevent the Cough

P5 have been taking part in a borough initiative learning about air pollution and in particular cars idling outside school grounds. Room 8 completed a survey to investigate how many cars sit with their engines idling. We all created posters for the initiative and entered them for the local competition.

Posted on February 14, 2022 by jennifer wilson and filed under P5.

P1 love to play outside!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Rebecca Cornish and filed under P1.

P1 love to visit Mrs Crookshanks!

The boys and girls love to show Mrs Crookshanks their fabulous work. She is always pleased to see them and gives them stickers. The children wear them with great pride!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Rebecca Cornish and filed under P1.

P1 love gymnastics!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Rebecca Cornish and filed under P1.

Children's Mental Health Week - Dress to Express!

After taking part in various activities to promote positive mental health, Dress to Express was the perfect way to end Children’s Mental Health Week. It was lovely to see the children wearing so much colour to express themselves and raise money for Place2Be. Well done HPS!

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Anna Riddall.

P3 Holywood Food Trail!

P3 enjoyed learning about how a coffee shop works. Thank you again to Cameron, at Edge, for answering all our questions and treating the classes to hot chocolate. The children loved exploring the different food businesses in Holywood. Thank you again to Henry’s Auntie for the special treats at Homebird, the children and adults loved them.

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Tom Field and filed under P3.

January PDMU Theme – Perseverance

Well done to all the pupils who impressed their teachers by showing excellent perseverance in January. In February the classes will be learning all about teamwork and will hopefully enjoy taking part in some collaborative tasks.

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Anna Riddall.

P6 Pupil Donates Hair to Little Princess Trust

Congratulations to P6 pupil Zara for donating her hair to Little Princess Trust. What an amazing act of kindness Zara, well done!

 Zara has written an account of her experience…

Before I got my hair cut off and donated it to Little Princess Trust, my mum tried to find somewhere to cut my hair but everywhere was booked out. It was getting to the stage where it was really really long! My mum suggested donating it to Little Princess Trust. I had a long hard think about it and it took days for me to decide but finally I said that is what I shall do.

I got really nervous about it as the day of the cut came nearer and nearer. There was still the option not to do it, but I had my mind made up. About a year before the cut I was going to do it but I got cold feet and decided not to so I was worried that would happen again. My mum didn’t think I would do it, but the day came and I did! I was very proud and I hope the girl who gets my hair is happy.

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Anna Riddall and filed under P6.

Ganaway Getaway

P7 had a great time visiting Ganaway last week. The boys and girls all did really well and everyone gave everything a go which was very impressive! (Some of us even conquered our fear of heights!)

The zipline was a huge hit but lots of fun was also had on the rock climbing wall, the ropes course and the crate stack challenge!

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Ryan McConnell and filed under P7.

Intergenerational Project with Newcroft Lodge Care Home

To help keep the generations connected this Christmas, HPS recorded songs and talent shows and made festive stained glass windows, as well as Christmas cards and paper chains for the residents of Newcroft Lodge Care Home. It was a lovely project for all involved and we hope the residents enjoy the videos and crafts as much as we did making them!

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Anna Riddall.