HPS’s own version of Giro d’Italia !

CHARITY EVENTS  Congratulations to all the children, staff and parents who participated in a Sponsored Cycle & Walk for the MacMillan Cancer Charity.  The children wore their specially designed bright pink t-shirts on top of their sports gear as they set off on their SPONSORED WALK & CYCLE. 

We were really encouraged that members of the public come out to support us in the town centre. 

Thanks to the PSNI  for supporting and accompanying us on our routes along the Coastal path and for getting us back to school safely where we were greeted with a guard of honour by our P1 - P4 children and staff!

A great morning was had by all and all for a great cause!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

Enjoy looking at LOTS of photos in our gallery section or by clicking here!

NIRSG Birds of Prey Display

The boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed a bird display kindly organised by the Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group (NIRSG) who are a volunteer organisation that studies, researches and monitors birds of prey and owls (raptors) across Northern Ireland. Thanks to Mrs Grills (Hannah’s mum) for helping to organise the informative workshop and providing Activity Booklets for P4 - P7.

Building work HPS under construction

PLEASE TAKE CARE AS CONSTRUCTION WORK IS TAKING PLACE AT HPS.

Over the next few weeks significant construction work is taking place. With the help of Pat and his workmen we are really pleased that a new lift will be installed to allow disabled access to our upper level which the staff and pupils have wanted for a long time.

The boys and girls are intrigued by the scaffolding and engineering that is happening each day. Our P2 boys and girls are really pleased too as 'Building Sites' is a P2 Activity Based Learning Topic. This means they don't have to rely on photographs and websites to see what workmen do, they can just look outside at HPS!

HPS Spring clean! Wednesday 12th March 2014

 Thanks to everyone who has sent in Cash for Clobber bags.

Don't forget we collect and recycle Ink cartridges, batteries and unused mobile phones.

Sensory Garden is completed!

We hope you enjoy looking at our newly created Sensory Garden which some of the boys, girls and birds have already had the opportunity to use! Enjoy viewing our gallery section for some lovely photographs.

Our ECO green house is also underway! Some of our older boys and girls will be helping to construct the greenhouse.

WE STILL NEED MORE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND PARENTS TO HELP WITH CUTTING THEM TOO.

Please contact the school if you are able to help us.

Many thanks. 

World Book Day Thursday 6th March 2014

Thanks to everyone who took part in World Book Day. So many boys, girls and members of staff came into school dressed up or had props from their favourite book or characters.

THE COSTUMES WERE FANTASTIC. THANKS TO ALL THE MUMS, DADS AND GRANDPARENTS WHO HELPED TOO !

Enjoy looking at some photographs from the day in our gallery section. 

The Primary 7 boys and girls had a very busy time organising a Book Sale.

ALL MONEY RAISED - £330 - WILL GO TOWARDS SPORT RELIEF.

Many thanks.

Eva in Primary 7 was the winner of the competition to find out who could correctly spell ......

                    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious !

RSPB visit P4

Our two Primary 4 classes enjoyed an interesting afternoon with a representative from RSPB. They learnt lots of interesting information and asked some really important questions too. They really enjoyed going outside into the school grounds to use binoculars to spot various birds. They boys are girls are really looking forward to continuing bird watching now that we have more bird feeders along the P1 & P2 playground as well as in the designated area in our Sensory and Wildlife garden.

School Choir prepare for Priory College Music Festival

Best wishes to our School Choir who are taking part in Priory College Music Festival this week. They have been preparing two pieces to sing, I Believe and Bright Eyes.

School Photograph Orders

School photographs will be sent home this week. The boys and girls look wonderful !

Please return orders with payment by Friday 14th March. Many thanks.

PTA Meeting Tuesday 4th March

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN IMPORTANT MEETING AT 7.00 P.M. IN HPS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR PTA CHARITY STATUS.

Giro d’Italia launch at HPS!

 On Monday we welcomed a number of visitors and photographers to school. We were asked to host a photo shoot to accompany a press release promoting the forthcoming Giro d’Italia cycling event as well as the Giro Schools Programme and schools competitions organised by DRD Travelwise, SportNI and Sustrans. Look out for photos in the local press in the coming days which include some of our children, MLAs Mr. Kennedy, Minister for Regional Development and Education Minister Mr. O’ Dowd. Click on the DENI website and DRD website to read more information Following the visit I received a number of emails from our visitors complimenting our children and members of staff.

What a great way to begin the new term.

New Sensory & Wildlife Garden underway

Thanks to our successful Challenge Fund grant application to NI Enviromental Link work is well underway converting a disused area beside the back gates of school. The ground is being developed to create a Sensory and Wildlife area for the children to use and observe birds, minibeasts and an area we hope where small creatures may make their habitat. Plans have also included disabled access to and from the area as well as enhancing the Garden areas at the front of the school and next to the school playgrounds. Please enjoy viewing the story so far below and look back soon for more pictures! 

Success for Ellie at Irish Schools Swimming Finals !

Ellie was all smiles after her great success at the Irish Schools Swimming Finals. Ellie can be seen holding two GOLD medals following her fantastic wins in her two races Backstroke and Butterfly! Well done Ellie.

What a wonderful result! 

Provisional HPS Holiday List 2014-2015

PTA Bag Pack Raised £785

Thank you to all our volunteers who helped raise a fantastic £785 at the Bag Pack at Tesco. We really appreciate all your support. Thanks to Gillian Morrow who co-ordinated the event and to the many mums, dads, children and grandparents who bag packed throughout the day. More pictures to follow soon.

What's going on?

Don't forget to look in the activities section to see what's going in each Year Group.We regularly post pictures of the boys and girls. You might like to leave a comment too!

CBBC visit Holywood PS

 

What a great day!

LIGHTS, CAMERA ......ACTION!

A number of our P5 and P6 boys and girls had a great day when CBBC came to film at HPS for a new CBBC programme called Joke Machine. Along with children from Springhill PS and Sullivan Prep, thirty boys and girls from Holywood PS were chosen by the team to tell their favourite joke.The programme will be aired on the CBBC channel later in the year. Enjoy looking at photos from the day here.

PTA BAG PACK Please help

The main fundraising event in Term 2 will be a bag packing day at Tesco Knocknagoney on Saturday 18th January 2014. Please come along to help pack bags! We believe if 10 parents & children volunteer from each Year Group and give at least an hour of their time on Saturday 18th, we are sure we could raise £1000 in just one day!

To help the PTA please volunteer by completing the form here and return it to your child's teacher this week. We are simply asking for an hour of your time (but you are welcome to stay longer if you wish!).

PTA Christmas Fair

What a wonderful afternoon of fun, food and festivities for all families and friends! There was a great range of stalls to browse and buy from! The PHOTOBOOTH was very popular with some very funny poses being captured! We do not have a final total as yet but we believe it to be over £1300. Thanks to Kelly Shimmin and her team who did a marvellous job of co-ordinating this event. We would also like to thank the many parents and 6^th Form pupils from Priory College who helped to set up the Fair, sort and price gifts and also for helping to tidy up after the event.

P1- P3 Christmas Nativity

Proud friends and families of our P1, P2 and P3 children gathered in a packed Assembly Hall where they were treated to a delightful Christmas Play ‘A Midwife Crisis’. The children sang, danced, played instruments and acted so well and really did give all their appreciative audiences performances to remember for a very long time! Thank you to a number of P4- P7 children who provided a musical programme prior to the Nativity. We were delighted to welcome some younger boys and girls this year from Plas Merdyn, Holywood and Glendhu Nursery Schools. A picture of the Nativity even featured in the Belfast Telegraph!