P6 enjoyed a visit from Belfast Giant defender Mark. He took time out of his busy day to call in and talk to all the pupils about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. He also answered many questions about ice hockey.
Visit from Quinnipiac University
P7 pupils enjoyed meeting Quinnipiac University’s ice hockey team. We told them all about Holywood Primary School and the sports we play here and the team spoke about ice hockey and taught the pupils some new skills. The pupils asked lots of interesting questions and loved meeting the players!
HPS Raise Money for Children in Need!
Pupils supported BBC Children in Need by wearing silly hats and ties today. Everyone looked great and lots of money was raised!
Odd Socks Day 2022
Pupils wore odd socks and thought about what makes them unique for the start of Friendship Week!
P4 Sentinus STEM workshop
P4 enjoyed a visit from Beatriz from Sentinus this week. It was great fun working together to make cars and spinning tops and getting to test these out.
P4 Space Junk Models
P4 have finished their Space topic by making junk models that are out of this world! We have been very impressed by the creativity shown in reusing old materials to make rockets, satellites, astronauts and solar systems! These models will be on display in the school foyer from Wednesday 15th of November.
P7 Room 11 Iron Man Models
Iron Men Take Over Room 12.....
P5 Pumpkin Picking!
P5 went to Helen’s Bay this week to harvest pumpkins that they planted back in June in P4. We were amazed at how well they had grown and couldn’t believe the size of them! Room 7 were very lucky with the weather but unfortunately Room 8 had the opposite! Nevertheless, both classes had great fun on the farm. Thanks to Helen’s Bay Organic Farm for having us!
P6 cause a storm in a jar!
P6 had great fun carrying out a science experiment related to our Weather topic. Using a jar, shaving foam, water and some food dye they recreated a storm. Great fun was had all round!
P5 Room 8 Bug Day
A special doctor came to visit P1 R3!
Thanks so much to Alexander’s mummy who came in to talk to P1 about her job being a paediatrician. We had lots of fun and learned so much.
The P3s are Learning Superheroes!
The P3s had lots of fun last week during Superhero Senses day! Everyone (including the teachers) dressed up as their favourite superhero and had fun completing a number of exciting experiments based on the 5 senses
Lots of fun in P1 R2!
P1 R3 are having a ball! :)
The children in Room 3 have settled into school so well and are having so much fun!
P5 Rm 5 Egyptian Craft!
We have really enjoyed our Ancient Egypt topic this term. As part of this topic we created our own ‘Shaduf’ which the Egyptians used as an irrigation tool to lift water from the River Nile. We also designed our own ‘Sarcophagus’ using chalk that were made for Pharoahs thousands of years ago.
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.
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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!
