Stars of the Week 13 June

P1 Mrs Fulton: Cara for trying really hard to be kind to others and sharing during Playtime.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Robin for settling in so well into his new class.Well done Robin for being so well behaved.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Tate for being so kind and caring.He’s a great friend to everyone!

P2 Miss Dobbin: Zach for being super at throwing the arrow during Sport Day Practice.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Ethan for writing a very creative pirate story.

P3: Mr Atcheson: Branagh for super creative writing on her story Wriggly Squiggly!

P3 Mrs Gibson: Annabelle for singing really well in Summer Serenade rehearsals.

P3: Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Logan for being great at pond dipping even with a broken arm!

Ben swims into silver position

Well done to Ben (P5) who recently took part in a Swimming  Final at Lisburn Swimming Pool. Ben is a member of Bangor Swimming Club. He was participating in the Under 9s Front crawl 25m race and came second! Very well done Ben⭐️👏🥈🏊🏻‍♂️

Mitchel master of Black Belt!

Mitchel (P6) recently got awarded his junior black belt in Jujitsu following 3 years of hard work. What a great achievement Mitchel, well done for your commitment and the great outcome! 

Stars of the Week 6 June

P1  Mrs Fulton: Rene for listening reallcarefully during Sports Day Practice.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Alex for being so well behaved all year. Well done!

P1 Miss Armstrong: Harry is a super star, always kind, helpful and hardworking.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Millar for being very enthusiastic during Pirate Day.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Campbell for settling in so well to his new school. He has made new friends and has been working hard.

P3 Mr Atcheson: George for super work on multiplying by 2 & 5.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Sophia for being really helpful and kind.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Seth for trying very hard to listen and get his work done.

Merit Badge Winners 6 June

 P4 Mr Eves

Lexi for working extremely hard throughout all of P4.

Toby for being a super friend to all his classmates ALL year.

P4 Mrs McCartney & Mrs Smith

Joshua for very good comprehension work in his reading activities.

Tori for creating a brilliant PicCollage which she worked very hard to complete.

Benjamin for settling in so well to HPS!

P4 Mrs McKeown

James for being very motivated in planning his Hotlands adventure story.

Grace 

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Curran

Alexandra and Isaac for hard work and excellent presentation.

P5 Mr McConnell

Megan for an excellent conversation piece between two characters.

Benjamin for an excellent conversation between Gus and Peck. He used all the correct punctuation

P5 Mrs Brown

Phoebe and Finn for wonderful Nefertiti crowns.

P6 Mrs Eves

Ellen for improvement in quick recall of tables and short division.

Oliver for working really hard to improve his mental arithmetic and short division.

P6 Mrs Hart

Charlie for being considerate and thoughtful to the feeling of others.

Olivia for working extremely hard during all areas of the curriculum.

P7 Mrs Clarke

Ben for working hard all year to improve his spellings.

Ella for a positive and cheerful attitude at all times.

P7 Miss McGuile

Brodie and Jake for working really hard at interpreting times tables during a Maths investigation.

Georgia & Niamh do it again!

We were delighted to hear that two of our P7 girls were very kind, thinking of others.Georgia and Niamh decided to have their hair cut for The Princess Trust who make wigs for children suffering from hair loss. 

It was extra special because it was Georgia’s  third time donating and Niamh's second!

Well done girls, your kind gesture will make others very happy. 👏

Your new hairstyles really suit you both👍 

Stars of the Week 30 May

P1 Mrs Fulton: Taylor for fantastic independent sentences and beautiful neat work.

P1 Mrs Elliott:  Cooper for super adding on 2!

P1 Miss Armstrong: Abraham for beautiful manners.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Eve for trying hard to complete her work quickly.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Ashton for concentrating on his work and trying to it all by himself.

P3 Mr Atcheson: Cally for writing a detailed description about the life cycle of a frog.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Sophia for a beautiful pastel minibeast.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Calum for making a really good minibeast hotel with blocks.

Georgia makes the podium at NI Finals!

Congratulations to Georgie (P7) who competed in the NI Trampoline Championship Finals. She did really well coming 3rd in NDP 3 for 11-12 yr olds. 

May Day Art Winners

Congratulations to Claire  (P7) Thomas  (P5), Lilly (P5), Clara (P2) and Skye (P1) who won prizes in the May Day Art Competition this year. The boys and girls received their prizes at the May Day Celebrations.

Stars of the Week 23 May

  P1 Mrs Fulton: A.J. for working hard on his handwriting - it is so neat now! A.J. was also great at remembering all the words for his class assembly.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Colby for super listening and knowing all of his new words. Fabulous Colby!

P1 Miss Armstrong: Oliver for trying to work more independently.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Evan fro writing a super story all by himself. 

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Aminah - Grace for great progress and effort with Literacy work.

P3 Mr Atcheson: Finn for super work building his dinosaur on Dinosaur Day.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Noah for building a SUPER dinosaur.

P3 Mrs Hunter / Mrs Heawood: Hayden for being a fantastic helper at dinosaur day. Well done! 

Merit Badge Winners 23 May

 P4 Mr Eves

Bea for a very informative and funny talk on Harry Potter. 

Madison for a very detailed great presentation about Lego for her class talk. 

P4 Mrs McCartney & Mrs Smith

Rob for preparing and presenting a super talk about Lego. 

Kaleb for great presentation of his class talk. 

P4 Mrs McKeown

Omar for being a great Moses in his class assembly.

Oskar for a very impressive class talk about Poland.Oskar spoke confidently with lots of facts and detail. 

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Curran

Megan for an excellent talk about G.B. 

James for an excellent talk about B.M.X. Biking. 

P5 Mr McConnell

Amy & Daanyaal  for excellent Nefertiti head pieces

P5 Mrs Brown

Hannah and Matthew for a lovely Cartouche. 

P6 Mrs Eves

Tia for always cleaning and washing equipment after craft work. 

Bryn for showing good sportsmanship in games. 

P6 Mrs Hart

Dawud for participating with enjoyment in the class cricket sessions. 

Elsa for a high standard of presentation in all areas of the curriculum. 

P7 Mrs Clarke

Charlie & Rishav for good work on a piece of formal writing on the Solar System. 

P7 Miss McGuile

Katie for settling in so well to HPS!

Christian for a wonderful drawing of Saturn using oil pastels. 

Stars of the Week 16 May

P1  Mrs Fulton: Sam is getting changed so quickly for PE and for working hard to finish his work on time.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Skye foe being a wonderful bride in her class Assembly and for super singing.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Betty for amazing story writing all by herself.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Charlie for fantastic balance and control on BikeIt Day - great cycling!

P2 Miss Dobbin: Jacob for being very enthusiastic during Bike It Day!

P3 Mr Atcheson: Luke for super summarising during his Reciprocal Reading.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Zoe for great facts about dinosaurs.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Antony for being creative when making dinosaur fossils.

End of season awards

It was great to hear from Sam and Noah that so many of our pupils had a lovely Fun Day at Holywood Rugby Club. This was a perfect end to their rugby season.

Two of the Ulster rugby players came along to present them with their medals. Noah and Sam are proudly showing them in this picture!

Well done!

Keep on running!

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Scott  & Matthew from P4. Both boys have enjoyed success running the Junior Park run in Belfast Victoria Park each week. The 2K run is a free, fun, timed event (not a race!) for all 4-14year olds, 9.30am every Sunday Morning at various locations around Northern Ireland. More info at www.parkrun.com.

Scott and Matthew have been dedicated runners, achieving their Half Marathon, Marathon and Ultra Marathon wristbands. That’s a massive 100 kilometres distance covered.
The photo shows Scott and Matthew holding their orange Ultra Marathon bands with run director Gary Keenan.
The boys have now run an impressive 71 runs (Scott) & 77 runs (Matthew) each.

We would encourage  more HPS pupils to take part. Do ask Scott and Matthew to tell you more about it!  Let's RUN FOR FUN!

Merit Badge Winners 9 May

P4 Mr Eves

Jay and Alana for being very helpful when Mr Eves was on the P7 trip to Edinburgh.

P4 Mrs McCartney & Mrs Smith

Laurie and Naomi for doing a great job at tidying Room 15's cloakroom.

P4 Mrs McKeown

Mollie for working hard and making good progress in her reading.

Charlie for looking carefully at a passage and using it to help him answer his comprehension questions.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Curran

Erin for always presenting her work so beautifully.

Thomas for amazing numberwork.

P5 Mr McConnell

Daniel and Noah for speaking clearly and at a good pace when presenting their talks on their hobby and interest.

P5 Mrs Brown

Annie and Andrew for giving very informative talks to their class.

 P6 Mrs Eves

Hope for always wanting to improve which is especially obvious when she puts in extra effort to learn maths methods and facts .

Ethan for giving good answers during his class Smokebuster workshop.

P6 Mrs Hart

Jamie and Lottie for both putting a super effort in at home to learn their maths facts.

P7 Mrs Clarke

Matthew and Daisie for enthusiastic participation in cricket sessions.

P7 Miss McGuile

Amy-Louise and Charley for fabulous effort during their new ICT project to create a website.

Stars of the Week 10 May

P1  Mrs Fulton:  Even though Carl sometimes feels unwell, he is such a hard worker and never complains.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Emmy for super writing and number work.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Leah for always trying her best and being a caring friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Emily-Rose for always doing her best work and listening well.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Lucy for always trying her best!

P3 Mr Atcheson: William for super sorting of dinosaurs using Venn Diagrams.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Abbie for wonderful novel reading.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Jayden for trying hard to correctly name 2D and 3D shapes.

Wednesday 2 May

P1  Mrs Fulton: Miller for being one of the best listeners Mrs Fulton has ever taught!

P1 Mrs Elliott: Ethan for super behaviour and excellent number work. He knows all the Story of 5!

P1 Miss Armstrong: Leon is a great caring friend to others.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Isabelle for always working hard!

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Max for excellent effort and improvement with his written work.

P3 Mr Atcheson: Lara for excellent research, finding out lots of interesting facts about dinosaurs.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Luke for fantastic work on speech bubbles!

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Evan for making a super triceratops clay fossil.

Music success at HPS

CONGRATULATIONS to  a number of P5, P6 & P7  pupils Jonathan, Oliver, Libby, Bryn and Charley who successfully passed their Grade 1 music exams.                                               

Jonathan - Baritone              Oliver - Horn                Bryn - Trumpet

Libby & Charley - Clarinet

Thanks to  music tutors  Mrs Briggs and Mr McCullough  and to Miss Riddell for all their support during the year helping the boys and girls achieve their great results!

Merit Badge Winners 25 April

P4 Mr Eves

Esme for great enthusiasm when participating in the Charity Day events.

Nathan for working very hard on his swimming technique and doing lots of widths in the pool.

P4 Mrs McCartney & Mrs Smith

Lily for a very good demonstration of breast stroke during a recent Friday swimming session.

Logan for getting changed at swimming so much faster!

P4 Mrs McKeown

Minnie for a very enthusiastic contribution to the sports Charity Day.

Mason for making a great effort to skip which was one of the P4 group activities during the Charity Day.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Curran

Ella for good work using speech marks.

Nathan for good reading.

P5 Mr McConnell

Thomas for always working hard and finishing work on time.

Matthew for making a great start to multiplying by tens!

P5 Mrs Brown

Jessica for joining in and working so hard at Zumba during the Charity Day.

Cameron for trying hard in all areas of the curriculum.

 P6 Mrs Eves

Jamie and Jacob for a good systematic approach to finding compound areas. 

P6 Mrs Hart

Luke for much improved effort and concentration when completing activities in class.

George for excellent work on compound areas.

P7 Mrs Clarke

Chloe for good work when completing maths activities involving angles.

Jeanie for working hard to use a protractor to measure angles accurately.

P7 Miss McGuile

Jack and Oliver for always participating enthusiastically in Reciprocal Reading lessons.

Stars of the Week 25 April

P1  Mrs Fulton: Hollie for being kind and helpful to others.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Natasha for excellent work and super behaviour.

P1 Miss Armstrong: James for always trying his best.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Ethan for having a mature and sensible attitude.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Sarah for using beautiful neat handwriting.

P3 Mr  Atcheson: For great work in his vertical addition in class.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Scarlett for being great fun! Scarlett is full of creative and exciting ideas and stories.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Evan for trying really hard to get his work done on time.