This is Angharad (P7) trampolining for Northern Ireland at the UK regional team finals held in the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham over the Bank Holiday weekend on 28th and 29th May.
Congratulations Angharad we are very proud of you. What an achievement!
Singing success!
Congratulations to Niamh (P5) who has received some great news!
Niamh loves singing, both in the School Choir and the Parish Choristers. She recently attended a selection workshop for the Phil Kids, part of the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, and was delighted to be selected to join their Phil Kids Choir. She will start training with the choir in September. Niamh is so excited, she could sing, and sing, and sing!
Well done Niamh and best wishes for the training next term.
Term Superstars P4 - P7
Well done to a number of our P4 - P7 pupils.
Greg (P7) without being asked, kindly helped Mrs Maher by carrying the PE equipment she needed for her class.
Toby (P5) held the door open for Mrs Stewart.
Jamie (P6) was very helpful. He helped Mrs McGonigle to tidy away some PE equipment.
Louise (P7) generously offered her tie to be used as a lead when a little dog strayed into our playground one morning!
Merit Badge Winners 3 June 2016
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Eva for super work in comprehension by finding the correct answers and giving lots of details.
Sophia - Rose for super work in comprehension by finding the correct answers and giving lots of details.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Keelan for super working on multiplying by 2 and 5.
Lucy for always working hard in class.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Amy - Louise for learning her homework facts so well and great contributions to class discussions.
Logan for completing his maths work in class.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Emily for a good improvement in her handwriting.
Jasmine for always giving 100% in all her work.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Jack for getting through a greater volume of work compared to before Christmas.
Ben for getting through a greater volume of work compared to before Christmas.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
Georgia for a consistently high standard of work.
Annabel for perseverance in maths to improve her accuracy.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Greg for working hard to follow instructions carefully during Cycling Proficiency.
Adam for producing very good writing for his Record of Achievement.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Victoria for working hard to complete her Record of Achievement.
Melissa for working hard to complete her Record of Achievement.
Term Superstars P1 - P3
Well done to a number of our P1 - P3 children who received prizes for being Superstars this term. Luca, Lucy Matthew and Kyle each did something special that members of staff noticed.
Luca (P2) took time to lift up lunch boxes in the corridor to make sure Mrs Maher didn't trip up.
Lucy (P1) was a super friend in the playground. Mrs McClenahan was so pleased.
Matthew & Kyle (P3) were really helpful. Without being asked, they walked along the corridor and picked up coats and lunch boxes to tidy up. Mrs Ruine was very impressed!
Stars of the Week 1 June
P1 Mrs Wallace: Jonnie for working well at number work.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Ronan for excellent work on odd and even numbers.
P1 Mrs Maher: Noah for being so helpful.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Kirsty for writing super sentences about her weekend.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Bea for excellent number work.
P2 Miss McGuile: Reuben for beautiful handwriting.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Daanyaal for working very hard on building sentences.
P3 Miss McKeown: Adam for trying his very best in everything he does. Well done Adam.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Kyle for making a great effort to finish his work.
Stars of the Week 25 May
P1 Mrs Wallace: Luke for being a great boy when he was on his school trip to the Zoo.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Seth for working so well to know all his reading words. Well done!
P1 Mrs Maher: Macie for being a caring friend.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Ander for being a good friend.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Alana for excellent reading and using expression.
P2 Miss McGuile: Kaleb for super Spanish in his class assembly.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Ella for building a fantastic Triceratops.
P3Miss McKeown: Adam for lovely neat handwriting and presenting all his work beautifully.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Roger for building a great dinosaur on Dinosaur Day.
Stars of the Week 18 May
May 18
P1 Mrs Wallace: Saxon for being a great listener and making Mrs Wallace smile.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Hannah for being a super girl at getting her work completed.
P1 Mrs Maher: Taevon for writing brilliant sentences about camels.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Ella - Rose for always working hard.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Katie for great acting in her class assembly.
P2 Miss McGuile: Nathan for writing a wonderful story called ' The Big Apple'.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Noor for always being kind and helpful.
P3Miss McKeown: Jonathan for great reading. Jonathan has just started reading novels and is doing a super job!
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Carson for his super reading aloud in front of his class.
Merit Badge Winners
May 13
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Erin for producing a fantastic Safe in the Sun poster using Pic Collage.
Kendal for her well designed and very informative Safe in the Sun poster.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Nathaniel for fantastic work on symmetry. He concentrated so hard, well done!
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Blayney for working at learning his times tables.
Kathryn for super adding and subtracting decimals.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Brodie for being a wonderful actor in his class Assembly..
Minori for playing her part in her class Assembly so well..
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Harrison for being kind, considerate and patient with some members of the class.
Alison for being kind, considerate and patient with some members of the class.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
James for good collaboration on his persuasive writing task.
Carter for good collaboration on his persuasive writing task.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Reece for a great effort with his biography on William Wallace.
Phoebe for writing an interesting biography on Beatrix Potter.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Robbie for putting together a great trapezium.
Ethan for working hard on a biography of Walt Disney.
Stars of the Week
May 11
P1 Mrs Wallace: Robbie for being kind and having lovely manners.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Jude for excellent work on one more than and one less than. Well done!
P1 Mrs Maher: Jackson for always having a great big smile on his face. A very happy boy!.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Toni for being great at rolling and catching the ball in PE.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Reid for always being a kind and considerate friend to others.
P2 Miss McGuile: Zac for finding all the 'ay' words on his phonic word search. Well done!
P3 Mrs Gibson: Ereen for being a helpful girl. She is a STAR!
P3 Miss McKeown: James for using his great imagination to creative a dinosaur play using Puppet Pals.
P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Katy for writing a great story called A Day in the Life of a Triceratops.
PTA Mighty Marathon runners
A huge well done to both our Marathon Relay Teams who competed and completed the Belfast Marathon 2016.
The times were amazing......3 hours 33 minutes for the men and 3 hours 25 minutes for the ladies.
LADIES’ TEAM: Jayne McKeown, Deirdre Johnston, Fran McBride, Jenni Patterson & Anna Kilpatrick
MENS' TEAM: Jamie Cooke, Barry Sheridan, Chris Fleming, Gavin Oakes & Stephen Ogborn
Megan passes ballet exam with Distinction
Megan was very pleased to hear that she had passed her Level 1 Ballet exam with Distinction. She even had time to demonstrate some of her ballet dancing when she visited Mrs Crookshanks to tell her the good news. Congratulations Megan (P3).
Stars of the Week
May 4
P1 Mrs Wallace: Missy for trying hard to do lovely handwriting and remembering spaces.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Sam for trying really hard to complete all his written work. Well done.
P1 Mrs Maher: Lori for being so caring and kind towards her friends.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Laurie for always using lovely manners.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Anna for an excellent piece of writing about the life of a frog
P2 Miss McGuile: Arianna for fantastic writing about the life cycle of a frog.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Aleyna for beautiful work in her dinosaur booklet.
P3 Miss McKeown: Oscar for working really hard on his reading and writing. Brilliant work, Oscar.
P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Anton for good work on tens and units and using vertical addition.
Ruzi & Heidi perform at UK Gymnastic Finals
Congratulations to Ruzi and Heidi who were finalists in in BSGA (British Schools Gymnastics Association) Competition.
Following their gold medal success in the NI Finals, Heidi and Ruzi travelled to England over the Bank Holiday weekend to represent HPS in the all UK Finals - Under 11s Floor Routine category.
It was quite a daunting occasion for the girls, walking out into a huge arena with a large crowd and up against the winners from schools representing 14 regions right across the UK. They performed fantastically well and did the school proud, finishing fifth overall; a great achievement. WELL DONE GIRLS
Stars of the Week
April 27
P1 Mrs Elliott: Kate for super writing during sensory play.
P1 Mrs Maher: Sophia for brilliant sounding out of new words when reading.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Ander for writing great sentences with capital letters and full stops.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Struan for reading really well and writing sentences independently.
P2 Miss McGuile: Eva for always being an enthusiastic helper.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Emanuele for his fabulous reading - well done! He has worked so hard.
P3 Miss McKeown: Philippa for being an incredible actor in her class assembly. She learned her words so quickly and spoke out so clearly too.
P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood:Cameron for giving a great talk about going on holiday with his cousin.
Merit Badge Winners
April 22
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Grace for much improved sentence writing when answering questions.
Ruan for super Venn Diagram work and for creating his own Shape Venn Diagram.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Simrah for amazing work on Venn diagrams - well done Simrah.
Jacob for wonderful writing on penguins.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Louis for writing a super Egyptian story.
Niamh for her adventure story about Ancient Egypt.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Charlie for writing a good diary entry about being trapped inside a pyramid as part of his class topic on Egypt.
Matthew for his good diary account when he got trapped inside a pyramid.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Jake for excellent concentration in class and always putting 100% effort into his work.
Jack for making the most of his time in school.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
Thomas for super fact file on volcano.
Oliver for a great contribution to class discussion on persuasive writing.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Ryan for working hard to understand adding and subtracting in fractions.
Tom for making a great start to cycling proficiency.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Jasmine for excellent work in Literacy.
Jonathan for good thinking when subtracting fractions.
Stars of the Week
April 20
P1 Mrs Wallace: Jake for working hard at all reading activities.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Tilly for trying hard to complete all of her work.
P1 Mrs Maher: Mara for being brave when she fell off the climbing frame and got straight back on!
P2 Miss Dobbin: Alice Jane for being a super narrator in her class assembly.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Steven for concentrating on his owkr and making a big effort to finish activities on time.
P2 Miss McGuile: Charlie for fantastic numberwork.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Ben for working really hard on tens and units.
P3Miss McKeown:Erin for a lovely friendly attitude to others in her class. Erin is always quick to help others in the playground too.
P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Keziah for working really hard to improve her reading.
NI Under 15 Basketball success
Congratulations to Harry (P7) who is part of the Northern Ireland U15 wheelchair basketball team.They recently participated in the Lord's Taverners British Wheelchair Basketball Junior League Finals, held in the University of Worcester Arena. The team won the competition overall and are now the British champions! Harry and the team were presented with individual gold medals and a team perpetual trophy and a presentation crystal trophy. WELL DONE!!
Quarter-final
NI 32: Sheffield Steelers 11
Semi-final
NI 34: RGK Tees Valley Titans 20
Final
NI 24: CWSC Phoenix 19 (last year's winners).
Stars of the Week
April 14
P1 Mrs Wallace: Chloe for working really hard and getting her work finished quickly.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Tabitha for singing a beautiful song to the class.
P1 Mrs Maher: Logan for always trying his best and being so helpful and caring.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Madison for writing super, detailed sentences about her class trip to the Folk Museum.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Charlie for working hard on his number facts and the ways to make 9.
P2 Miss McGuile: Krish for fantastic spelling using his sounds.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Kayla for always trying really hard. Keep up the great work.
P3Miss McKeown: Ruby is always trying her very best and joining in enthusiastically in everything.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Kyle for making a big effort to focus when completing his activities.
Merit Badge Winners
April 8
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Jamie for neat joined writing and for helping others.
Damaris for neat joined writing and super recall of X2 tables.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Ellen for being kind and helpful.
Ethan for super multiplying of Tens & Units.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Lucy for trying hard and learning her tables.
Ella for excellent contributions to class discussions on Ancient Egypt.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Keira for contributing to class discussions on Egypt with lots of interesting facts.
Jack for working hard on his reading activities.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Tom for working really hard to simplify all his fraction answers.
Ryan for writing a super 'BIG WRITE' story about the appearance of the egg.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
Will for an excellent story about an escape during WW2.
Stella for super use of similes in poetry.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Keira for working hard to improve her spellings.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Devon for good work in mathematics, in particular measures and decimals.
Anna for good work in mathematics, in particular measures and decimals.