HPS House Mascot Winner

A massive congratulations to Ella in P7 from the Yellow House whose mascot ‘Miso the Meerkat’ was selected as the HPS School Mascot for the 2024/25 school year. Ella represented all the school Houses in her brilliant design alongside a range of sports. Well done to all the P5-P7 pupils who got involved! We look forward to many more fun House competitions in the school year ahead! :)

Fun Run at Londonderry Park

Lots of pupils from HPS enjoyed the Cross Country at Londonderry Park yesterday. It was a great opportunity to meet and race pupils from other schools. A huge thank you to all the parents who transported the children and well done to all our runners!

Thank you Mrs Crookshanks!

The Board of Governors, staff and pupils wish a happy (early) retirement to our Principal Mrs Crookshanks. She has been a huge part of Holywood Primary School for 34 years and her hard work, commitment and support has created a fantastic place to work and learn!

Thank you Mrs Crookshanks for everything. We will miss you.

New HPS Sport Kits

Thank you to our very generous sponsors for helping fund our new sport kits.

We think they look great and they will be used by many children for years to come.

Please check out the new kits and sponsor links below.

Rugby

Bennett Estate Agents www.bennettestateagents.com

Belfast Insulation Company www.belfastinsulation.com

BGA Architects www.bga-ni.com 

Football

Cushman & Wakefield www.cushmanwakefield-ni.com

Belfast Insulation Company www.belfastinsulation.com

Bennetts Estate Agents www.bennettestateagents.com

Hockey

BGA Architects www.bga-ni.com 

Slip into Slippers

Thank you to everyone who slipped into their slippers today and raised money for AGE NI. We were pleased to raise over £370! We had a fun day of activities and it was lovely to hear of the special conversations our pupils had had with someone older in their life. Thanks to everyone who got involved.

HPS Eco Committee 2024/2025

We are proud to present our recently elected Eco Committee for this academic year. The committee comprises a representative from each class from P4-7. The committee will work closely with Mrs McKeown promoting our Eco topics across our school.

The committee:

Chair Person: Lydia P7

Deputy Chair Person: Nico P7

Other committee members:

Joni (P6) Emily (P6) Tom (P6) Ellen (P5) Sophia (P5) Eliza (P5) Nao (P4) Torin (P4)

We look forward to the great ideas and intiatives they will bring to our school this year.

Eco Schools Awards

Last Thursday Finn, our Eco Committee Chairperson, and Mrs McKeown represented Holywood Primary School at a 30 Years of Eco Schools Celebration and Green Flag Awards at Stranmillis University. We are very proud to have our eight Green Flag. Well done to all involved!

Waste Free Wednesday Winners!

Well done to Room 5 and Room 19 who are joint winners of our Waste Free Wednesday Competition, the pupils of the winning classes received a packet of wildflower seeds each as their prize. Thank you to everyone from P1-7 for working hard to cut down their single use wrappers. Let’s keep working together to swap single use items for reusable containers.

Green Flag Success

We are thrilled to have confirmation that we have been successful in being awarded our eighth Eco-Schools Green Flag! The Eco-School’s team were very impressed with the hard work of the Eco Committee and wider school community. A big thank you to all the parents and relatives who have volunteered to help with gardening and the local community groups who have partnered with us including Men’s Shed, the Ulster Conservation Volunteers and Ards and North Down Council. Let’s keep working together for the environment.