HPS Disco delight!

The children and, parents really enjoyed the PTA disco this year! WELL DONE everyone for making it such an enjoyable night!

Thanks also to DJ Aldo for ensuring everyone had such fun!

Holywood PS Football Team

The P6 and P7 football team travelled to Bangor for the first two matches of the North Down Football League. We were super excited to get started and we successfully won our first match 3-0 against Rockport. Two great goals from Luke and one from Zach gave us our first 3 points. Our second match ended in a 0-0 draw against Rathmore. This was a very close match which could have gone either way. An amazing save from James in the first half kept the score at 0-0! Well done to everyone involved and thank you to the parents who helped with lifts and those who came along to support. We are looking forward to finding out who our next opponents are!

Cross Country comes to a close

On Monday 20 pupils across P5-P7 took part in the final round of the Flavahan’s Primary School Cross Country Competition in the Down area.

Round 3 took place at Londonderry Park in Newtownards on what was a relativey flat course compared to recents rounds with a total running distance of 1400 metres. There were lots of smiles as everyone enjoyed keeping fit and connecting with friends on what was another great day out.

A massive well done to all participants in this years Cross Country League! A big thank you again to Mrs Crowe who was the school representative and to all the parents for their help and support. We look forward to many more athletics events in the months ahead.

HPS Rugby - Standtown PS vs Holywood PS

Holywood Rugby Club travelled to East Belfast to play two friendly matches against Standtown Primary School. Both games were played in good spirits with some pupils representing the school for the first time.  All the sides were determined to play attacking rugby and the crowd witnessed lots of fantastic tries combined with some excellent defence.  

Many thanks to all the parents for volunteering with lifts and for their support from the touch line, to Standtown PS for hosting the event and a special mention to Mr McKeown for helping coach the sides today.  

Pupil Voice and Hot Chocolate

Our school councillors had a wonderful time bringing ideas and opinions, from their classmates, to Mrs Crookshanks. They enjoyed cups of delicious hot chocolate in her office. After much discussion, Mrs Crookshanks was able to explain why some ideas will be implemented and the details of why some can’t be.

Topics discussed included school dinners, assembly, playground equipment, PE shorts and food waste.

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Round 2 of the Cross Country

HPS headed down to Delamont Country Park on Monday for Round 2 of the Flavahan’s Primary Schools Cross Country on what was a very bright but brisk morning!

All 26 pupils across P5-P7 ran a fantastic race and thoroughly enjoyed competing alongside their friends in what was another great day out!

A big thank you to all the parent helpers for providing lifts and for their support. A special mention to Mrs Crowe who was the school representative on the day and kindly helped all the pupils get organised for the races.

Check out some of the HPS Cross Country Stars in some of the photos below!

HPS Footballers SHINE alongside Silverware

Holywood Footballers had their first taste of competitive football today at the annual Ashfield Football Tournament. Holywood fielded 2 teams that competed alongside 22 schools across the Belfast and North Down area in what was a great day out for all involved!

Holywood A’s were in Group C alongside Strandtown B, Victoria Park A, Harding B, Cregagh and Ashfield. The A team finished the Group in 3rd place recording 3 Wins, 1 Draw and 1 Loss and played some wonderful football and scored some great individual and team goals to move on to the next round!

Holywood B’s were in Group A alongside Strandtown A, Harding A, Gilnahirk, Elmgrove B and Leadhill. The B team also finished the Group in 3rd place recording 2 Wins, 1 Draw and 2 Losses and did incredibly well in a very tough group. Some super team work and moments of brilliance led the team to progress through to the knockout stages.

Both teams qualified for the Plate Semi Finals which after 2 draws led both teams to a tense sudden death penalty shootout in which both the A and B team won to progress through to the Plate Final to play eachother!

The Plate Final was a fun filled game played in a good spirit in an all Holwood final. Neither team gave an inch in a tightly contested match that ended as a stale mate to go to yet another penalty shootout. By the narrowest of margins the A team came out on top, but both sets of teams were deserving winners and shared the success together!

A massive congratulations and well done to all involved in what was a joint victory for Holywood PS! A big thank you to all the parent helpers who provided lifts and came along to support. A special mention to Mr Crowe for his willingness to assist and for providing a managerial masterclass throughout the competition for the B Team.

A Team: James, Ethan, Tate, Will, Fraser, Oscar, Luke and Zach (C)

B Team: James R, Tsubasa, Jacob, Harry, Oliver, Peter, Rudy and James C

HPS House Mascot Winner

A massive congratulations to Isabelle in the Green House whose mascot ‘Barry the Beaver’ was selected as the winning design in our first House competition of the year! Isabelle represented all the school Houses in her design alongside a range of sporting activities. Well done to all the P5-P7 pupils who entered in what was a very tough contest to decide the winner! We look forward to many more fun House competitions in the school year ahead!

Run Santa Run!

HPS were feeling festive today in their Christmas hats when they took to the playground to complete the Santa Run with the rest of Northern Ireland for the Daily Mile. As a school we want to continue to celebrate the positive benefits that daily activity can have. Taking part in regular physical activity has lots of benefits for children’s physical health, mental health and wellbeing, and their learning.

Check out some photos of the pupils across P1-P7 in action! We all loved getting outside, getting active and having some festive fun with our friends!

HPS Eco Committee 2022- 2023

Each class from P4-7 have elected their Eco Committee representative. The committee will work closely with Mrs McKeown towards our Eco Schools Green Flag award and will be involved in promoting enviromental initiatives in our school. Pupils who were interested in the role in each class had an opportunity to share why they felt they would be suitable for the post before the class voted. We are really pleased to have the following pupils onboard our committee for this academic year.

P7 - Evan (R12) and Emily (R11)

P6 - Natasha (R13), Ella (R10) and Marnie (R9)

P5 - Kate (R8) and Eden (R7)

P4 - Ella (R6), Lucy (R14) and Euan (R19)

Book Fair 2022

Thank you to the many parents and children who visited our Book Fair in the foyer. It was lovely to see so many people coming along each day to view and buy the wide range of books available. Thanks to Miss Dobbin and the Office Staff for all their hard work preparing for the event and to parents and members of staff who have kindly helped each day also.

P3 had a TREE-mendous Shared Education Day at Clandeboye Estate!

P3 children from Holywood Primary School and Glencraig Integrated Primary School had a fantastic day at Clandeboye Estate. The children had the opportunity to explore the forest, toast s’mores, learn about different trees and minibeast and create their own creatures using items from the forest.

Thank you again to the Clandeboye Nature Rangers for an amazing day out.

After School Clubs begin

We are delighted that 220 pupils have signed up to be part of our extensive After School Clubs during Term 1 & Term 2.

There are 13 clubs for the children to choose from. Many thanks to all members of staff involved in leading these clubs.

Monday - MULTI SPORTS

Tuesday - CHOIR DRAMA FOOTBALL YOGA

Wednesday - CAMERA COOKERY ECO HOCKEY NETBALL

Thursday - ARTS & CRAFTS RUGBY SU

Yoga, football, drama and choir.

Cookery, ECO, hockey & netball.

Arts & Crafts, Rugby & SU

Multisports

Cross Country is back up and running!

27 pupils across Key Stage 2 took part in Round 1 of this years Flavahans Primary School Cross Country Competition. The pupils had perfect conditions for the first race at Henry Jones playing fields on Monday morning.

In a very tough and competitive field the boys and girls showed character, perserverance and teamwork to encourage one another across the finish line.

A massive well done to all involved who represented the school so well on what was a great day out!

We look forward to further rounds of the Cross Country Competition in the months ahead.

Ulster Schools Gala 2022

Congratulations to Katie, Emily, Peter and Finn who recently represented HPS at Swim Ulster Primary School Gala.

They all swam extremely well.

Katie came 3rd in butterfly and 5th in the IM. She has qualified for the Irish schools Finals in March 2023. Best wishes for the finals in Dublin later in the year!

Thanks also to the parents who supported the children at each session.