Our P5 - P7 Winners of the ‘Design a Cover’ Competition. Well done Jake, Cara and Freya!
Pupil of the Term
P3
James for being a great role model and always trying his best in every area of P3.
Elin for being a kind and thoughtful friend. She always looks out for others.
P4
Sophia for being a helpful and responsible pupil.
Esme for being a kind friend and ensuring that all her classmates feel included.
P6
Joni for always being a polite pupil.
George for his conscientious and hardworking attitude to every aspect of school life.
Ella for her commitment to the school choir and how she was a fantastic role model at the Carol Service.
Jake for being a responsible and trustworthy pupil. He can always be relied upon.
P7
Charlie for being a fabulous elf and looking after the prospective P1 pupils at our Bedtime Stories night.
Vanessa for being a fabulous elf and looking after the prospective P1 pupils at our Bedtime Stories night.
Stars of the Week 11 DECEMBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Lucy is very kind nd helpful. She has been a good friend and looks for ways to help Ms De Hann.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Daisy for always working hard and trying her best.
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Elina for super writing about winter.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Evelyn for great recount writing on our shard reading board.
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Dylan for excellent “Oi / Oy” word building.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Erne for making a superb ginger bread man during ABL using Playdoh.
Stars of the Week 4 DECEMBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Oliver for good listening and always trying his best.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Oliver for doing fantastic dancing in the school Nativity.
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Lena for always being so helpful
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Rory for amazing singing and actions during our Nativity
P3 MRS GIBSON:
James for his wonderful performance as a narrator in the school Nativity.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Xavier for remaining focused and working very hard on his skip counting in tens.
Police Christmas Card Competition
What a lovely surprise today when two police officers came to present one of our very talented P7 pupils with an award. His design received special recognition in the Police Christmas Card Competition! Well done!
Merit Winners 27 NOVEMBER
P4 MR FIELD:.
Izzy for great X5 Tables
Caleb for super junk space model.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Bethany and Olivia for beautiful poppy artwork.
P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:
Heidi and Luca for a good start to their story about the Pilgrims.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Ruby for working hardon HTU composition.
Saul for making a good start to work on Th, H, T, U.
P5/ P6 MR McCONNELL:
Felix for excellent work as we begin to work with Th, H, T, U
Zach for great work on cubed numbers.
P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:
Annie for careful and accurate work in long multiplication.
Juliet for great progress in digital time.
P6 MRS HAMMOND:
Ellen and Ella for fabulous autumnal Art using the oil pastels.
P7 MRS RIDDALL:
Penny for excellent work on interior angles.
Jack for a super story board for the Iron Man
P7MRS HART:
Ben and Phoebe for excellent improvement identifying 3D Shapes and their properties.
Stars of the Week 27 NOVEMBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Madeline for beautiful writing and careful, detailed pictures.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Kala for doing great sound work.
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Lana for a super letter to Santa.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Finn for excellent number work - well done!
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Seth for working hard on his spellings this week.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Alice for contributing well during reading group discussion this week.
Stars of the Week 20 NOVEMBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Zayan for making a lovely clay hedgehog with matchstick spikes.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Thea for always beign very helpful!
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Olivier for being very helpful!
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Eva for writing great sentences in her news.
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Rory for concentrating really hard on his “Numbers to 80” work.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Raya for painting a wonderful sweet back round and blending lots of warn colours.
Ella won a Silver medal in piano at Holywood Music Festival this morning. Well done!
Stars of the Week 13 NOVEMBER
P1 Room 2 Mrs Smith and Mrs Kajugu
LEXI
For being a lovely, kind girl who listens very well.
P1/P2 Room 17 Miss Dobbin and Mrs Kajugu
PENNY
For being great at learning new sounds.
P2 Room 3 Mrs Cornish
JADEY
For being a beautiful and caring friend to everyone in the class.
P2 Room 18 Mrs Hunter and Mrs Harron
ZARA
For excellent singing when practising our Nativity.
P3 Room 4 Mr Atcheson
TENZIN
For working so hard on his reading.
P3 Room 6 Miss Irvine and Mrs McKeown
JUDE
For excellent independent literacy and phonics work.
Stars of the Week 6 NOVEMBER
Congratulations to our fabulous Star of the Week winners!
FREDDIE P1 R2
For holding his pencil really well and doing lovely writing!
CHARLOTTE P1/P2 R17
For always working hard and lovely manners!
ELLEN P2 R3
For working incredibly hard and always doing her best.
JAMIE P2 R18
For being a great friend.
JACKSON P3 R4
For wonderful alphabet work and for always trying so hard.
LILLY P3 R6
For super independent phonic work.
Stars of the Week 23 OCTOBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Cassidy for working hard, helping others and having a very happy start to P1.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Sam for being a great boy at everything he does.
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Bea for great independent writing, about our Autumn walk!
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Ezra for being very brave when he got hurt in the playground.
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Camryn for being such a wonderful role model and excellent helper!
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Beth for excellent listening in class and at Nativity rehearsals.
Merit Winners 16 OCTOBER
P4 MR FIELD:
Thomas for working really hard on his spellings and number bonds.
Kiara for amazing number bond work.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Emily for great work in her reading activity.
Harry for getting lots of his maths busy book completed.
P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:
Eliza for good thinking in dividing,
Nathan for good work in tens and units.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Freya and Connor for super posters on their chose minibeast.
P5/ P6 MR McCONNELL:
Indi and Sophie for great Minibeast posters.
P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:
Tom and George for good thinking and problem solving in math’s challenges.
P6 MRS HAMMOND:
Jude and Claire for building fabulous construction pieces and designs during STEM Day.
P7 MRS RIDDALL:
Joe and Grace for working brilliantly together to create and describe a simile monster.
P7MRS HART:
Asher for a great talk discussing his Iron Man creation.
Caleb for giving great ideas on our outdoor senses walk,
Stars of the Week 16 OCTOBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Yarik for being a very brave boy when he had a nose bleed.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Amelia for writing super news independently.
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Seth for working incredibly hard and being so caring.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Peter for writing great sentences in his news book.
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Seth for fantastic number work in his maths.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Austen for excellent independent phonic work.
Stars of the Week 9 OCTOBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Anna for getting better at following instructions and helping to tidy up.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Ethan for being great at naming rhyming words!
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Charlie for always working so hard and being so helpful.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Charles for always trying his best with all his work!
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Miley for fabulous acting when retelling the story of Little red Riding Hood.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Peter for using lots of exciting adjectives in his descriptions of Fairy Tale characters.
Merit Winners 2 OCTOBER
P4 MR FIELD:
Magnus for super space art.
Abi for brilliant comprehension work.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Charlie for great reading aloud in class.
Molly for being very helpful with organising class scissors and glue.
P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:
Abbas for making a real effort in swimming.
Faye for good work on dividing.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Lizzie and Aoife for writing super stories about the day Mrs Brown went missing!
P5/ P6 MR McCONNELL:
Freddie for a great Haiku on Autumn.
Dylan for using excellent descriptive phrases in his creative writing, about Mr McConnell going missing.
P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:
Charlotte for a fantastic performance during a PE dance display.
Riley for always working hard, being polite and kind to his peers.
P6 MRS HAMMOND:
Ciara for writing great instructions on poaching, using lots of bossy verbs.
Henry for working hard at alphabetical order and having good focus and concentration.
P7 MRS RIDDALL:
Alex for fantastic work on line symmetry.
Isla for creating a brilliant poster about ‘Rodgers Dairy Farm.
P7MRS HART:
Violet and Harrison for both doing great work on reflective symmetry.
Stars of the Week 2 OCTOBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Alex for great work in his ‘P’ booklet. - careful colouring.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Emilia for trying really hard to use scissors.
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Layla for being so kind and caring.
M2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Layla for being such a good helper.
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Ruby for being so kind and such a wonderful friend.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Joseph for fabulous facts about castles.
Fab football outcome for Eva
Eva has been working hard on the pitch to develop her football skills for many years and all the hard work has now paid off. After three grueling trials, she has been awarded a place in the 2013 Elite Girls' National Programme with the IFA. Keep up the great work Eva, we're all very proud of you at HPS!
Stars of the Week 25 SEPTEMBER
P1 MRS SMITH & MRS KAJUGU:
Rosie for great cutting and sticking and for listening well to instructions.
P1/P2 MISS DOBBIN & MRS KAJUGU:
Alex for being super at bouncing and catching a ball during PE.
P2 MRS CORNISH:
Caleb for always having a big smile - it brightens up his classroom!
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:
Tom for being a good friend.
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Isaac for fabulous ICT work.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Clea for super reading in a group in class.
LOOK OUT for Sienna in the Specsavers UK campaign
During the summer P2 pupil Sienna was selected from a UK wide competition to be involved in a Specsavers campaign aimed at making going to the opticians less scary for children and to promote a positive attitude to wearing glasses. She attended a studio workshop in Manchester with global illustrator Melanie Williamson and other children from England, Scotland and Wales. Sienna was involved in a workshop and shoot to design a monster which will be included in an instore campaign across Specsavers stores in the coming months.
The event was also filmed and the campaign is now live across Specsavers social media channels, you can view this via these links:
What a great experience for Sienna. WELL DONE SIENNA!
We LOOK forward to seeing you as part of the campaign across the UK! How exciting!