Stars of the Week 26 April

P1 Mrs Donald: Charlie for great number work!

P1 Mrs Elliott: Daisy for knowing all her reading words.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Rachel for amazing reading!

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Lara for writing lots of super detailed about her holiday at Easter.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Charlie for always trying his best and being so well behaved.

P2 Mrs Curran:  Tilly for great bat and ball skills. Well done Tilly for  showing great control of the ball in P.E.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Jacob for being enthusiastic about his class dinosaur research! Jacob has some great ideas for describing a velociraptor.

P3 Miss McKeown: Scott for listening carefully and answering questions well about his P3 topics.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Alana for being so helpful all the time!

Stars of the Week 29 March

P1 Mrs Donald: Amber for brilliant work on the story of 3,4 and 5. Well done!

P1 Mrs Elliott: Ruby for being such a kind and helpful girl.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Faith always tries her best and has a great attitude to all her work.

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Matthew for doing super number work.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Chloe for fantastic addition and subtraction.

P2 Mrs Curran:  Jake for retelling the story of The Three Little Pigs so well.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Katie for being an extremely thoughtful girl.

P3 Miss McKeown: Mollie for cleverly making a super parachute.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Steven for making a lovely Mothers Day card for his mum.

Harry & Jacob mascots at NI v Norway World Cup Qualifier!

Congratulation to Harry & Jacob who had the opportunity to be mascots at a NI World Cup Qualifier match against Norway.

It was  especially exciting for Harry as he was able to lead the others  out onto the pitch with the NI captain Steven Davis!! Jacob his younger brother was also a mascot.

The IFA were superb, treating the boys to a tour of the stadium, dressing rooms and press centre as well as presenting them with an NI kit. The team went on to beat Norway 2- 0 with. A very exciting weekend for everyone with a great result!

Merit Badge Winners 23 March

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney                                                                                                            

Zak and Amy for working very hard to learn spellings and improve their number work.                                                                                                                                              

 P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown                                                                                                                                                                                                  Carson for using expression and voices confidently when reading each week.                                                                                                             Erin for consistently trying hard in her work and being very helpful around the classroom.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dylan for working very hard to produce neat handwriting.                                                                                                                                          Phoebe for super concentration in Maths and doing very well when multiplying. 

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell                                                                                                                                                                                                         Jacob for learning his 3D shapes really well and performing well when using the ICT programme  Scratch.                                                                                                                                                                          Erin for always trying hard and producing work of a high standard.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown                                                                                                                                                                                                      Damarus for making a great improvement at reading.                                                                                                                                                     Paige for making progress with fractions.

P6 Room 9 Mrs Clarke                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Daisie and Ellen for making a great start to learning about decimals.

P6 Room 10 MissMcGuile                                                                                                                                                                                                       Patrick and Hadi for brilliant recount writing on the novel 'The Silver Sword.'                      

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves                                                                                                                                                                                                              Bradley for working really hard to catch up with work that he missed when he was off school sick.                                                                                                                                                                                  Emma for enthusiastic contribution to the class Young Enterprise Project.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart                                                                                                                                                                                                             Christian for a very sensible and mature attitude towards internet safety.                                                                                                               Andrew for a continued high level of presentation through all his work.

Stars of the Week 22 March

P1 Mrs Donald: Sophia for knowing all her sounds and trying to read short words.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Jacob for knowing lots of his letter sounds. Well done!

P1 Miss Armstrong: Clara for always doing her best work. Clara is a great girl!

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Molly for great throwing and catching during P.E.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Finn for reading really fluently and using expression. Finn is a fabulous reader!

P2 Mrs Curran:  Darby for making a fantastic Powerpoint about St. Patricks Day

P3 Mrs Gibson: Fergus for working really hard on his numbers.

P3 Miss McKeown: Matthew for being a great help to Mrs Robinson when she was looking after his class.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Eva for doing excellent Irish dancing, winning a trophy and three medals!

NI gymnastic winners!

WELL DONEto Heidi (P7) and past pupil Ruzi who together won gold again this year in a gymnastics competition at the NI NDPS at Salto. This impressive win has qualified them to represent NI in the British Championships.

What an achievement! Well done girls!

Stars of the Week 15 March

P1 Mrs Donald: Alexander for thinking of lots of rhyming words.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Amelia for super reading and getting all her written work completed.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Emily - Rose for brilliant reading and sounding out unfamiliar words so well.

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Abi for always trying really hard at everything she does.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Bronagh for always doing fantastic work.

P2 Mrs Curran:  Molly for super reading and knowing her spelling words so well.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Ruby for always trying very hard. Well done Ruby.

P3 Miss McKeown: Daisy for trying very hard to keep her writing neat. Daisy works hard at anything she does.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Ollie for trying so hard to be really well behaved and make sensible choices.

Stars of the Week 10 March

P1 Mrs Donald: Lacey for working hard to remember all the sounds.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Ciara for writing super sentences all by herself.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Ben always tries his best and so well behaved.

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Ben for trying hard to spell new words.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Emma for doing her best work and making sure it is presented beautifully.

P2 Mrs Curran:  Ellie for writing really interesting sentences.

P3 Mrs Gibson:  James for trying really hard at his new school. P3s love having him in their class.

P3 Miss McKeown: Lexi for always doing her best work! She is a star!**

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Omar for settling in really well in his first week at HPS!

Merit Badge Winners 9 March

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney        

Jonathan and Jemima for carefully making lovely polar animals from clay.                                                                                                                                                  

 P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown

 Adam for working hard and making good progress with adding and subtracting H T U with exchanging. 

Holly for making good progress in P4, she consistently tries her best and listens well.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves.

Leah and Oliver for working very hard during the green screen news report.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Darcie for super reading this week.

Oliver for great work learning his times tables.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Lucy for working hard to grasp equivalent fractions.

Luke for writing a super persuasive letter.

P6 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Chloe for great work on dividing thousands.

Ben for working hard to improve his handwriting.

P6 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Ella and Amy - Louise for super work on compass turns.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Will for consistent focus and application to all work.

Annabel for enjoying maths - friendly fractions!

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Alison for always trying her best and being an excellent friend.

Ben for his willingness to help Mrs Hart in all aspects of school life.

Stars of the Week 1 March 2017

P1 Mrs Donald Ethan for his brilliant writing for 'Miss Polly had a dolly'. 

P1 Mrs Elliott: Vivien for trying so hard to get her work completed on time.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Trey for walking nicely in the line.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Jayden for doing great gymnastics during P.E.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Antony for copying writing from the board.

P2 Miss McGuile:  Calum for writing really interesting sentences about Shrove Tuesday.

P3 Miss McKeown: Jay for always listening really carefully to instructions and giving good ideas in Circle Time.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Rob for being a fantastic reporter in the class News Report on Columbus.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Joshua for during excellent work on the Atlas app on the iPad.

Heidi backflips her way to a bronze in NI Schools Competition

Heidi (P7) came 3rd in Tumbling in the Northern Ireland Schools gymnastics championships in Newry.  She competed against 19 other schools and back flipped her way to a bronze medal!
What a great result Heidi.

NI Cross Country Finals - success for P7 pupil Emmy

VERY WELL DONE to Emmy (P7) who represented HPS in the NI Cross Country League Final last week. Emmy was placed third overall from 194 runners. A great achievement Emmy. CONGRATULATIONS!

Merit Badge Winners 23 February

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney        

Lewis for making great progress in reading and completing reading activities. 

Ella for excellent H T U adding and subtracting with exchanging.                                                                                                                                                    

 P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown

 Daniel for trying hard and being a good friend to others in his class. 

Ruby for consistent hard work and neat handwriting.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves.

Oscar for working quietly and with focus, also helping to make sure others are involved in playtime.

Ereen for working hard in all areas of her work.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Sophie for an excellent description of a winter scene.

Ethan for working very hard and contributing well to class discussion.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Ellen for showing good progress in her number work.

Dawud for quick recall of table facts.

P6 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Keira for good contributions to class discussions especially in relation to class novels.

Joeli for careful work on adverbs. 

P6 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Charlotte and Oliver for wonderful work on adverbs.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Yu for excellent work on adding fractions and a big improvement in the presentation of his work.

Ryan for perseverance in mathematics to complete tasks.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Sam and Tom for an enthusiastic approach to the class Science topic of light and shadows and getting into the top 3 in their interactive quiz!

Stars of the Week 22 February

P1 Mrs Donald: 

P1 Mrs Elliott: 

P1 Miss Armstrong: 

P2 Miss Dobbin:  

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  

P2 Miss McGuile:  

P3 Mrs Gibson:  

P3 Miss McKeown: 

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: 

Belfast Music Festival success for Kathryn !

We were delighted to hear some great news about Kathryn (P6). Kathryn entered the solo brass section in the Belfast Music Festival and won the trophy for her level. ( Wow, the trophy is so big!)
The piece Kathryn played on her cornet was the theme from Star Wars. CONGRATULATIONS KATHRYN.  You should be very proud of yourself.

Stars of the Week 8 February

P1 Mrs Donald: James for excellent behaviour and super manners.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Ethan for being very polite.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Noah for being a good friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Annabelle for doing great adding and subtracting.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Missy for fantastic number work.

P2 Miss McGuile:  Ashton - Khloe for super work.

P3 Mrs Gibson:  Katie for being very enthusiastic on her fitness day with Fitness Freddy.

P3 Miss McKeown: Freddy for being a fantastic chef during our 'food' topic- making sandwiches / fruit salad etc.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Ander for trying hard with Fitness Freddy!

Merit Badge Winners 2 February

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney        

Thomas for demonstrating a wide vocabulary when reading. 

Alexandra for consistent hard work and lovely illustrations.                                                                                                                                                         

 P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown

 Rebecca for trying hard to improve the neatness of her writing.  

Lennox for being very enthusiastic about class topics. Lennox always shares interesting facts with the class.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves.

Matt for working extremely hard in all aspects of learning especially his work on plurals.

Jorja for always doing her best work each day with enthusiasm and producing detailed answers in her reading activities.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Finley for great reading during reading activities.

Oliver for excellent grammar work.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Isabella and Isaac present their work beautifully when using an ink pen.

P6 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Alana for excellent work in dividing.

Toby for making interesting contributions to discussion especially during the class Young Enterprise Programme.

P6 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Benjamin for good thinking skills in maths.

Emily for making a real effort to complete more difficult maths topic work.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Benjamin for superb work on adding fractions with different denominators.

Izzy for a well prepared talk on her 'treasures'.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Jake for excellent maths and stretching himself even further by completing challenging extension activities.

Cameron for completing all homework and trying very hard to improve his handwriting.

Blue Peter Badge for Naomi

Congratulations to Naomi ( P3). Naomi was very excited when she opened her post. Inside was a very special badge that had been sent by Blue Peter! Naomi had drawn a great picture of one of the presenters and was commended for her talent.

Well done Naomi. We can tell from your picture that you are very pleased!

Stars of the Week 1 February

P1 Mrs Donald: Leah always knows her reading words really well.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Evan for being able to help make the Story of 3 in number activities.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Louis for excellent dribbling skills during P.E.

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Abbie for always working hard!

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  George for speaking really well about Norther Ireland in Show & Tell. George was full of enthusiasm!

P2 Miss McGuile: Sophia for super double end sounds. Fabulous! 

P3 Mrs Gibson:  Jamie for working really hard. Mrs Gibson is so pleased with him.

P3 Miss McKeown: Arianna for excellent number work and mental maths skills. Well done!

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Toni for excellent writing when recording the scientific process of how her class made jelly.