Thank you to Lauren who came to talk to us about the USPCA. We loved seeing the photos and videos of all the animals they rescue and care for.
P7 hoodies have arrived!
There was much excitement across P7 today as the pupils’ hoodies were handed out. The pupils are loving their new hoodies.
A big thank you to Mrs Boyd and the PTA for helping to organise and order them. We are sure you’ll agree the pupils all look very smart in their new attire!
North Down Hockey Blitz
The school hockey teams had a great time at Regent House last week, taking part in the qualifiers for the Pearson/McCloy Cup competitions.
The boys played on Thursday and were in a tough group with Carrickmannon, Towerview and Dundonald. They played well; drawing two matches and losing a third. Unfortunately they did not progress out of the group but they did win their consolation game against Crawfordsburn with Caleb scoring the only goal of the match!
The girls played on Friday and were up against Towerview, Academy and Comber. They started well with a 2-0 victory over Towerview, with our hockey captain Selena scoring both goals. The second match was a tough game but unfortunately a strong Acadmey side had too much and the girls lost 2-0. The final group game was against Comber, with the girls rallying following their previous game to run out 4-1 winners - the goals coming from Selena (x2) and Eva (x2)!
The girls finished second in their group which got them through to the quarter finals were they played Rathmore. This was a very close game but unfortunately for Holywood, Rathmore scored with almost the last hit of the match.
Well done to all the pupils involved!
(A special mention to Betty who volunteered to play goalkeeper for the girls despite never playing in nets before!)
Sport Changes Life
P7 had a great time taking part in the Sport Changes Life programme. They, along with the P7s from Glencraig, went to Queen’s Leisure Centre for a festival day of sport and activities.
P1/ R2 Room 3 enjoyed World Book Day!
Concern Worldwide Book Sale
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.
Supporting Concern Worldwide
We love reading books! When we get pre-loved books from Concern Worldwide bookshops we support a local charity and help the environment.
Lyric Theatre Waste Busters Play
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.
Happy Hanukkah!
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.
P2 Room 3 enjoyed a fabulous Holywood Hunt!
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!
Children's Mental Health Week
The pupils enjoyed wearing colourful clothes to raise money for Place2Be and celebrate the end of Children’s Mental Health Week!
P4 plant carrot seeds
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!
P4 Rugby Blitz
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.
P7s step back in time to the Victorian Era
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.
Busy week for our HPS Eco Committee
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.
WW2 Day in P4
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.
HPS vegetable garden
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.
P6 Young Enterprise
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!
P7 special end of term treat
Thanks to the PTA
Intergenerational Project
Christmas Decorations!