Danske Bank visit P4

P4 enjoyed a visit from Marcel and Wendy (Cara’s mum) from Danske Bank today. They learnt about what a bank does, how to budget and the difference between needs and wants. The pupils engaged well and enjoyed participating in the various activities.

P6 Room 12 Conlig Activity Centre

A fantastic day was had by all…..thank you Noel, Scott and Hazel! Team building, fire making and archery went down a treat, especially the toated marshmallows!

P3 –Shared Education - Dinosaur Day

P3 had lots of fun welcoming Glencraig IPS to our school as part of Shared Education. They children were able to eat break and lunch together, play outside and completed 3 outdoor learning stations before finishing the day with a well-deserved ice cream.

P6 Rm 11 Trip to Conlig Activity Centre

P6 Rm11 loved the team building games, archery and bushcraft at Conlig Activity Centre. A big thank you to Noel, Hazel and Scott for a fantastic day!

P4 Room 14 plant pumpkins at Helen's Bay Organic Farm

P4 Room 14 had a wonderful day at Helen's Bay Organic Farm. The sun was shining and we enjoyed learning about compost and planting our pumpkins in the ground with Farmer John. We also went on a nature walk with Sarah Jane. We got to see strawberry plants, bee hives (from a far) and lots of other interesting things on the farm. After lunch we had a nature scavenger hunt in the meadow before heading back to school. It was lovely to have Miss Hall and the parent helpers along too. Thanks everyone for such a great day

P6 Sports Week

P6 Viking Day

Holywood Primary School vs Campbell College Junior School

The rugby players, from both P6 and P7, had a great afternoon out at Campbell College. The afternoon started with a P6 game and a P7 game across half pitch each. Both games were very enjoyable to watch with great tackling, lots of offloads and some super tries.  The afternoon finished with a larger game on a full size pitch with a mix of P6 and P7 players.

The boys and girls involved all played excellently and represented Holywood Primary School extremely well.

Many thanks again to all the parents for helping with the lifts, to Mr Cupitt and Campbell College for inviting us to play and to Mr McKeown for his coaching expertise.

P5 visit to W5!

We had such a great day at W5 today. There was so much to do and see plus a great workshop building our own machines. You can see how much fun we had from the photos!

P3 Shared Education Day with Aly Harte!

P3 loved learning how to mix colours and paint a skyline on a canvas. Huge thanks to Aly for such a fun day and for the stunning painting she left us.

P1 Room 2 - Sports Week!

So much fun at Streamvale Farm for P1 Room 3!

P1 Room 2 - Fun at the Farm

Intergenerational Project - Easter!

P1-7 loved making Easter bunting for Newcroft Lodge Care Home.

P7 Hoodies!

The day the P7s have been waiting on has finally arrived - the Leavers’ Hoodies are here!

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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!

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!

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!

P3 Paper Aeroplanes

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

International Women's Day 2022

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