HPS help launch Meningitis Research Foundation

Holywood Primary School were pleased to support the launch of the Meningitis Research Foundation ‘Marvin Meningitis Awareness Road Show’.

The campaign highlights the symptoms of the disease to schools in the North Down area.  The mascot ‘Marvin’ will be distributing life saving literature. Whilst giving a very important message Marvin was made to feel very welcome at HPS!

For more information on the signs and symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia please contact the Belfast office on 028 9032 1283 or visit www.meningitis.org

Swimming Begins

Our P4, P5 and P6 boys and girls have begun their first term of swimming. The P4 classes came back to school very proud of themselves that they had managed so well on their very first class visit to the swimming pool and only managed to misplace 3 socks in the process!!

Garden Areas

Thanks to members of staff, boys, girls and Tori's dad, Mr Leadbeatter, in recent years we have created some delightful garden areas in our school grounds. We would appreciate if any parent or grandparent could offer a few hours of their time to help maintain these lovely areas.

Please contact Mrs Wallace or the School Office on 028 90424272 if you would be willing to help keep our school grounds neat and tidy. No previous garden experience required!

Many thanks.

P6 and P7 After School Clubs

We are delighted to be able to offer an extensive programme of P6 & P7 After School Clubs this year. Clubs will begin after 2.50pm and finish at 3.50pm on each of the specified days (unless otherwise notified). Clubs include:

• Art Club
• Badminton & Table Tennis
• Craft Club
• Garden & Eco Club
• Football
• Boys and Girls Hockey
• Netball
• Orienteering
• Photography
• Science
• Scripture Union

You'll find further details on the After School Clubs page. Application forms were sent home last week.

Tweet Tweet!

We tweet our news stories so now you can follow Holywood Primary School wherever you are.

So what's so great about Twitter?

Parents, if you already have a Twitter account you'll know how useful it is. If you don't, why not find out? Twitter is a virtual town-square where you can find out what's going on in your community and where you can get unfettered access to the latest news. You choose what you are interested in by following people or organisations. To follow us, click Connect and search for HolywoodPrimary and choose Follow. That's it. When we add a new article to our website, you'll receive an alert on your Twitter account. 

Better still, if you have one of these mobile devices, you can receive the alert on the move using the Twitter app.

Even if you don't have a smartphone, if you have a Twitter account, you can choose to receive the alerts as text messages - and there's no charge. Find out more about texts here. 

Joining Twitter is easy. All you need to do is go to twitter.com, type in your name, email address and choose a password. That's it! 

Please note that our Twitter account is used to send messages from school only. We won't receive your Tweets. Our Twitter account is designed for Parents, to help them keep them up-to-date with news and events.

Full attendance 2013-2014

 

Congratulations to 26 boys and girls who have achieved full attendance this year.

Well done to....

P1 Phoebe,Kieran,Noah,Carter & Roger

P2 Bryn, George & Elsa

P3 Toby, Zach & Kathryn

P4 Joshua, Curtis & Jamie

P5 Patrick, Poppy, Louise & Greg

P6 Jason, Matthew E, Matthew H, Rachel, Rebecca & Amber

P7 Faye & Robbie 

P7 Leavers' Assembly 2014

Parents of our P7 pupils enjoyed the Final Assembly for their children at Holywood Primary School. This special event gave the boys and girls the opportunity to share memories of their time at Primary School. Everyone was treated to a great rendition of I'll tell me ma, HPS has got talent and the favourite for many was their Lipdub!This was one of the highlights of the year for all pupils and staff. After the presentation of each child’s Record of Achievement the P7 pupils and parents enjoyed a BBQ. This allowed families to enjoy a special time together before the boys and girls left us. Thanks P7 for the memories! Have a lovely summer!

HPS presented with 3rd GREEN FLAG !

CONGRATULATIONS to our Garden & Eco Club who, along with staff, parents and outside agencies, have worked so hard over the last two years to improve our school grounds and heighten the awareness of environmental issues. Last Thursday, staff and pupils met ECO School assessors. After a rigorous assessment we were delighted to be informed that we are now officially an ECO SCHOOL for a further 2 years ! Thanks to Mr Leadbeatter (Tori’s dad) who has worked tirelessly supporting a number of projects this year. He is responsible for constructing our fabulous recycled greenhouse !

To top off our success we also received an Award being commended for a Best Kept Primary School.

WELL DONE EVERYONE !

Summer Serenade 2014

A wonderful afternoon of musical talent was on display! Every child in the school had the opportunity to perform in front of a packed audience. Boys and girls from P4 - P7 played flutes, trumpets, cornets, clarinets, tin whistles, violins, handbells, recorders and percussion instruments throughout the afternoon. Our P1- P4 classes gave a wonderful rendition of music. From minibeasts to WW2 songs, pirates to colours (in Spanish !) - what a treat ! Choir members from P5, P6 and P7 sang two fabulous songs. To use the titles from the two pieces, their ‘Bright Eyes’ confirmed that ‘We go together’ as a team to show the talent in HPS – we are so proud of everyone! Thank you to all the children and staff who put together such a varied programme for everyone to enjoy.  

HPS Sports Days 2014

The sun shone at our SPORTS DAYS this year !

A very well organised P4 - P7 Sports Day at Sullivan Playing Fields saw the children taking part in individual finals and team events. They used a range of athletic skills to earn points for their Houses and win medals. Back at school in the afternoon the fabulous Tug of War competition took place. There was even time for a staff javelin competition ! The enthusiastic and very loud support for all participants could be heard far and wide! The overall winners of House Sports Day were RED HOUSE ! Enjoy looking at more photos here.

Our P1- P3 boys and girls had a lovely morning together at their annual Sports Day. Non stop running, throwing, relay races, a Teddy Bears’ Picnic, sack, egg and spoon and obstacle races were thoroughly enjoyed by the children and the many spectators. Despite the heat it was lovely to see the children leave very proud of their vast collection of competitor stickers on their t-shirts.

Lost Property END OF TERM

 The children will be bringing home their belongings in the next few days. e.g. PE kits. Any unclaimed items will be placed in the Textile Bank on Friday 27^th June. 

P7 Inter School Quiz

A group of 6  P7 boys and girls enjoyed a trip to Glencraig IPS to take part in an Inter School Quiz. Six teams were made up of pupils from each of the 5 schools. Initially the boys and girls were rather shy but that all changed when they quickly began to share their knowledge about sport, music and general knowledge to name just a few of the sections in the quiz. Congratualtions to Matthew K who was a member of the overall winning team. The boys and girls came away quite excited that they had seen people they already knew from other schools and also others they met for the first time. Many of the boys and girls discovered that they would be going to the same schools next year in Year 8! Enjoy looking at some pictures here.

P1 Parents' Information Evening

 

P1 Parents’ Information Evening  

 TUESDAY 3^rd June at 7.30 p.m.

          for parents of our new Primary 1 children who will be coming to school in September 2014.

P1 - P4 Bling your bike Days 2014

P1 & P4    WEDNESDAY  4^th   JUNE

P2 & P3   WEDNESDAY 11^TH  JUNE

If your child has a bike or scooter in good working order they are welcome to bring it to school for the ‘Bling your Bike’ Day (this is not compulsory).

Please encourage and help your child to add a touch of ‘bling’, colour or sparkle to their bike, scooter or even their helmet e.g. streamers, flags, ribbons, flowers, name card, tinsel, stickers …. anything goes!

Tom, our Bike It Officer will be in school to encourgae the boys and girls as they develop thier cycle skills as well as giving out prizes for the most creative ideas!

It is school policy that pupils must wear a well fitted helmet to participate in any school event involving bikes or scooters.

                                                     

Any child, whose bike is not considered to be in a safe condition by Tom, the Sustrans Bike It Officer, will unfortunately not be able to take part.With your permission and under supervision we would encourage your child to cycle or bring their bike/scooter to school. 

We hope your child enjoys the day. Please ensure they have a coat to wear as they will be outside cycling in the playground during the day (weather permitting). 

Business in the Community Programme helping out at HPS

For a number of years HPS has had close links with members from the Business in the Community Programme. Many thanks to employees from a Belfast firm, Portview, who have been in school recently to help rejuvenate our P1 & P2 play sheds! They have been painting them bright blue and red. The boys, girls and teachers are delighted! 

New Zumba & Dance After School Clubs

P1- P7 boys and girls are really enjoying a new After School Club ....Zumba & Dance classes! Thanks to qualified coach Rachel Purdie, the children are learning some great routines. The loud music can be heard along with great singing and laughing from the boys and girls!

Roll on next week for the next session!

Skipping mania!

Mrs Crookshanks has bought more skipping ropes for every class to use at playtime. The boys and girls are really enjoying playing a variety of skipping games. Some of the staff have been spotted skipping too!

We even have French Elastics / French skipping happening as well. The children tie the ends of a long piece of elastic together to make a loop.Two children stand inside the loop so they are stretching it relatively taut around their ankles. A third person performs a series of hops and jumps, saying rhymes. When finished, the height of the elastic is sometimes raised.

Enjoy looking at some photos below.

Easter Service

Everyone enjoyed joining together in a packed Assembly Hall to have our Easter Service. We welcomed Mr Leach who helped us retell the Easter Story. The boys and girls sang lovely Easter songs.

P4 - P7 boys and girls sang For God so Loved the world & Crown Him with many crowns.

P1- P3 sang My God loves me.

The choir sang When I survey the wondrous cross.

The children listened well during Mr Leach's talk and a number of the children had the opportunity to help him too.

Enjoy look at some of the pictures from the morning here.

ZUMBA FUN for P1- P4 Charity Event

Thanks to everyone in P1- P4 who joined in and had such a good time during our Charity Event to help raise funds for MacMillan Cancer. A special thank you to Ryan for leading the morning of fun.The boys, girls and staff all joined in. We had a special visitor too! Mrs McCartney came along to support the boys and girls. It was great to see her! There are lots of photos in our Gallery section or click here!