Pupils from all classes had a fantastic time looking through the books provided by Concern Worldwide. Thanks to our fabulous P7’s for reading to some of our younger children and suggesting book titles. It was wonderful to be able to welcome parents to buy books after school. There was such a buzz around the hall.
We love reading books! When we get pre-loved books from Concern Worldwide bookshops we support a local charity and help the environment.
Our P5s enjoyed a fantastic performance by the Lyric Theatre called ‘Waste Busters’ this morning. The play used music and drama to raise awareness of littering and plastic pollution. It has a powerful message and tied into our work as an Eco School. A big thank you to the team from the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
A massive thank you to Mrs Walsh for coming in to our class to talk about Hanukkah! The children learnt so much and really enjoyed playing with the dreidels that she brought.
The children had great fun ticking off the various types of shops and buildings that Holywood has to offer. We bumped into a few friendly faces on our travels and even had time to play in the park!
The pupils enjoyed wearing colourful clothes to raise money for Place2Be and celebrate the end of Children’s Mental Health Week!
P4 planted carrot seeds today. We learned about the Dig for Victory campaign in their WW2 topic and the importance of growing vegetables to help the war effort. As part of our Eco topic on Healthy Living we also have looked at the nutritious value of carrots for us today and how they are good for our bodies. Each child brought in an old toliet paper tube to reuse as a compostable plant pot. This way the carrots can be planted in the pots straight into the ground. Then they added compost, a seed and some water. We can’t wait to see our carrots grow!
Children from P4 had a fantastic time at the mini rugby blitz. They developed their fundamental skills and enjoyed playing against local schools. Thank you again to Holywood RFC for organising the event and to Mr Hughes (Nathan’s Dad) for volunteering to help out and referee some of the matches.
P7 have had a great day reenacting a Victorian school day. From reciting their times tables to developing their Victorian handwriting and even a visit from a very strict headmistress! Everyone looked the part and had a great time.
Our HPS Eco Committee have had a very full week this week. Yesterday they gave a presentation to both the P1-3 and P4-7 assemblies on our Eco topic of Marine Life and the actions we are taking towards this topic as a school. They launched a campaign to reduce our plastic waste and introduced Waste Free Wednesdays. We would like to minimise single use plastics and encourage each other to use re-usable containers. The Eco committee will come round on Wednesdays and give out eco tokens that classes are using mostly reusable containers. The class with the most tokens by Easter will get a special prize! Today they met with Mrs Robertson, from our Board of Governors, to update her on all the work we are doing towards our Eco topics. Mrs Robertson thanked the committee for all their hard work for our school community.
The children in P4 had lots of fun celebrating VE Day. They enjoyed playing games, learning new dances, using the green screen and were lucky enough to get some food using their rationing book.
One of our current Eco topics is Healthy Living; our pupils enjoy opportunities to grow their own fruit and vegetables. Before Christmas our school Eco club planted garlic and white onion bulbs in our vegetable garden. It is very exciting to see the shoots coming through. We also have lots of herbs growing and strawberry, blueberry and rhubarb plants which are dormant in the Winter months. We are part of the Ards and North Down Council’s Growing Club scheme, they are planning to come and run some sessions with the pupils to plan what to grow in our polytunnel this Spring.
Well done to all P6 pupils on the successful completion of The Young Enterprise Our World project. Pupils worked together to design, advertise and present a product for a target market. Well done P6, you worked well together and your designs were fantastic!
Thanks to the PTA
Christmas Decorations!
There is excitement about the posting and receiving of Christmas cards in school. Thanks to our P7 pupils who will be sorting and distributing thousands of cards to classes in the coming days. Thanks to everyone who has bought charity stamps in aid of the Cedar Foundation.
HPS promotes the love of reading
P6 & P 7 pupils
On top of the world!
Happy times
