Stars of the Week 7 November

P1 MRS FULTON: Ryan for lovely manners. Ryan is a great helper at tidy up time too!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Logan for always working hard to complete his work. Well done Logan!

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: William for being so helpful and a great friend to his classmates.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Leah for being a very kind and helpful class member.

P2: MRS HARRON: Fraser for always completing his work quickly and accurately.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Xavier for writing good sentences and the doctor.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Charlotte for fantastic creative writing in class.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Ashton for wonderful work on problem solving.

Merit Badge Winners 24 October

P4 MR EVES:

Lucy for producing an excellent space poem on Microsoft Word, formatting and adding pictures herself.

Calum for creating an astronaut and rocket scene using only 2D shapes.

P4 SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Frankie for beautiful writing of the months of the year and very good clock work.

Mara for contributing very well during Young Enterprise sessions.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Robbie for ordering numbers correctly.

Luke for contributing great facts to the class discussion on Space.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Noah and Lexi for great homework posters about the U.S.A.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Matthew and Lucas for wonderful posters on the U.S.A. states of Texas and Illinois.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Ella for working hard to learn multiplying tables.

Thomas for working so hard every day and always with a smile on his face.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Robbie and Holly for writing wonderful descriptions of a character from their class novel.

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Daanyaal for working so hard at his maths work.

Alexandra for always producing very neat classwork and always  trying her best.

P7 MRS EVES:

Kendal for being a super representative around the school for god behaviour and helping others on task.

Smokey for concentrating on tasks and listening to instructions well.

P7 MRS HART:

Ellie for the excellent effort she’s putting into her Northern Ireland Tourist Brochure, usingPublisher.

Damaris for renewed enthusiasm and effort towards school life!

Stars of the Week 24 October

P1 MRS FULTON: For persevering with her cutting skills. She’s a superstar!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Aaron for excellent behaviour and listening.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Harry for being so well behaved and  always has a big smile! He’s a lovely boy!

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Alex for trying really hard to get his work completed on time.

P2: MRS HARRON: AJ for doing great number work and knowing lots of numbers!

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Cooper for doing super adding.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Vivien for being a fantastic helper in class.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Deborah -Agnes for beautiful handwriting.

Bake Sale Colouring Competition Winners

Well done to our colouring competition winners. It was great to see the lovely artwork that the boys and girls did at the Bake Sale. 

Well done ..... 

P1 Poppy

P3 Alfie, Olivia, Ciara, Sarah, Eve, Arianna, Deborah, Katie, Sophia, Oscar, Zach & Isaac 

P4 Hannah

P5 Esme

P6 Jemima

Stars of the Week 17 October

Stars of the Week 17 October

P1 MRS FULTON: Jake for super behaviour and being a good friend. Well done!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Charley for being such a caring girl, she’s so careful when she is bathing and dressing the dolls at playtime. Charley is also a great friend to others.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Cleo for being wonderful in every way. She's does beautiful work and is a fantastic friend.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Oscar for being a fabulous summarising superhero!

P2: MRS MCGONIGLE: Harry for summarising a story and doing amazing independent writing.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Will for writing a great summary about Three Friends Together.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Jacob for being a great friend to a pupil who hurt themselves in the playground.

P3: MRS GIBSON: James for always giving 100% in  his work.

Stars of the Week 10 October

P1 MRS FULTON: Kian for being a really good friend to everyone. Everyone in Room 1 loves his big laugh when he’ having fun!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Zach for being so brave when he fell and got a bad cut. Well done!

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Caleb for having the most beautiful manners and being so helpful.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Joshua for being very creative  during the class hospital topic. his ambulance collage was super!

P2: MRS MCGONIGLE: Liam for fantastic independent writing about his favourite place.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Rudy for writing super sentences about his friend.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Charlotte for wonderful creative writing on what she would do if she had a magic wand!

P3: MRS GIBSON: Zach for being very responsive and helpful.He can always be trusted to do a job well.

Merit Badge Winners 3 October

MR EVES:

Ariana for creating a detailed recount of her first swimming trip.

Jamie for asking great questions and sharing his knowledge about the Northern Lights!

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Mimi for making an informative and colourful poster about planet Earth.

Jackson for asking great questions about the P4 Space topic and giving lots of interesting information.

P4 MRS MCKEOWN:

Holly and Bronagh for creating very informative and colourful posters on Jupiter and Mars.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Anna for writing a fantastic story about when Miss Riddell went missing!

Alice Jane for describing Spiderman using a great variety of adjectives.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Bea and Oskar for writing very creative accounts for where Mrs Brown was the day she went missing!

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Ben and Amy for great kite poems using lots of descriptive language.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Noah and Aleyna for both writing wonderful kite poems including lots of adverbs and verbs. WELL DONE!

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Carson and Nathan for writing wonderful kite poems all by themselves!

P7 MRS EVES:

Anna and Finley for much improved presentation of their work in both Numeracy and Literacy which has in turn improved the accuracy of their work.

P7 MRS HART:

Taylor and Isaac for always finding the time to chat to everyone in the class and happy to invite people to join them during break and lunchtimes!

Stars of the Week 3 October

P1 MRS

P1 MRS FULTON: Jack always tries his very best during work time. He’s a super boy!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Emily is a super listener and has wonderful behaviour.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Jessica does beautiful work and is always a great friend.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Skye for writing excellent weekend news.

P2: MRS MCGONIGLE: Molly for fantastic reading.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Joshua for great number work!

P3: MR ATCHESON: Ben for being a wonderful actor in his class assembly.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Sophia for a lovely painting of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.

It's a bronze for Ben!

CONGRATULATIONS to Ben (P4) who won a bronze medal in sparring (yellow and green belt boys, height divsion one) at the Northern Ireland Taekwon-do Championships in Bangor Aurora. As you can see his smile is as big as his medal!

Stars of the Week 26 September

P1 MRS FULTON: Toby is always smiling and is very willing  helpful boy.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Grace has been doing super reading and is also a very kind girl.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: James has excellent behaviour and he works very hard every day.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Oliver has been a really kind and helpful friend.

P2: MRS MCGONIGLE: Logan for being a very kind and caring friend to others.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Rory for being very creative when travelling along the benches during P.E.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Zara for fabulous numberwork!

P3: MRS GIBSON: Esther for being such a hard worker and fantastic helper. She is a lovely member of P3 Room 6!

Stars of the Week 19 September

P1 MRS FULTON: Luca for being a super listener and for trying his very best in all his work.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Kate for being very kind and always bringing in items for the class sound table.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Alex for being so well behaved and helpful.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Juliette for excellent news and doing a lovely illustration too.

P2: MRS MCGONIGLE: Lachlan for having beautiful manners.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Carl for always working really hard!

P3: MR ATCHESON: Evan for being a fantastic line leader during the Shared Education Day.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Millar for being so enthusiastic and great fun on the Shared Education Day.

Merit Badge Winners 19 September

P4 MR EVES:

Maisie for working hard in Literacy and showing great dictionary skills. 

George for producing neat and accurate work when completing tens and units in Numeracy. 

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Jude for using pastels to draw a very god planet Earth. 

Ariana for drawing super illustrations for her Planet Roll Call. 

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Mia for her beautiful picture of the planet Uranus using pastels on black paper. 

Darby for great facts in his space research on Venus & Mercury.  

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Naomi and Reid for lovely handwriting. 

P5 MRS BROWN:

Logan for getting changed quickly at the pool. 

Eva for working accurately in maths. 

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Matthew and Erin for always working hard and giving of their best. 

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Amelia for reading the class novel with fantastic expression and fluency. 

James for always being very enthusiastic and trying hard in Maths. 

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Mia for producing a wonderful art piece using autumn colours.

Lewis for writing an excellent BFG Dream which was tense and dramatic! 

P7 MRS EVES:

Mitchel and Sarah for writing interesting back stories for The Iron Man with imaginative answers to where he came from and how he was made. 

P7 MRS HART:

Oliver for his input into his class assembly and his performance on stage. 

Sophie for much improved vocabulary work and sentence construction. 

Stars of the Week 12 SEPTEMBER

P1 MRS FULTON: Vanessa is so kind to others. She tidies up for the, opens the door and pushes in chairs for others.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Carson for being such a super boy at sitting and listening so well. Carson also puts his hand up before answering a question. Well done!

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Martha always tries to do her best. She is so helpful too.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Elsa tries her best in all her work.

P2: MRS MCGONIGLE: Catherine lines up perfectly and follows the class instructions so well. What a great girl.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Erin always works really hard.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Clara produces lovely neat handwriting.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Blake for fantastic number work.

Abi's jumping higher and higher!

Congratulations to Abi (P4) & Buster who were recent winners of the 60cms Show Jumping League at Ardnacashel. A great result, what a duo!

Merit Badge Winners 5 September

P4 MR EVES:

Bethany for settling in to P4 and her new school really well.

Zac for making an excellent start in P4, working hard na being helpful.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY: 

Dylan for settling into Room 15 and SUPER number work skills!

Missy has been so keen to complete ALL her work. Well done Missy!

P4 MRS MCKEOWN: 

Thomas for settling in well to P4 and for having a good attitude to school.

Cally for being very polite and helpful in her classroom.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Mason & Kaleb for excellent comprehension work about the swimmer, Adam Peaty.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Carling for working quietly and conscientiously.

Ben for working hard on subtraction with exchanging.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Charlie for settling well into his new school.

Erin for producing beautifully presented work.

P6 MISS McGUILE: 

Dylan for wonderful reading of his new novel 'Danny Champion of the World.'

Jessica for brilliant revision of addition! Well done!

P6 MR MCCONNELL: 

Dylan for making an excellent start to P6 and life at Holywood PS.

Adam for great multiplication revision.

P7 MRS EVES: 

Poppy for clear presentation of her working out in mathematics.

Lucy for super revision of multiplication by a 2- digit number.

P7 MRS HART: 

Ben for being kind and considerate to others, especially to the new member of his class.

Sophie for catching up on all the work she missed at the being of term, doing so quietly and accurately. Well done!

Stars of the Week 5 September

P1 MRS FULTON: Rory settling in so quickly after moving over from Scotland and making new friends in P1.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Isla for sitting so well on the carpet and being a super listener.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Abigail for brilliant listening and being so helpful.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Charlie for working really hard in literacy and writing independent sentences.

P2: MRS MCGONIGLE: James for excellent listening and great independent work.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Willow for being a lovely friend!

P3: MR ATCHESON: T.J. for great listening and working really hard in class. 

P3: MRS GIBSON: Eve for being very kind and helpful.

Abi & Buster jump into first place

 We were delighted to hear that Abbie (P3) and her dear pony Buster recently won the East Antrim Hunt 50cm Jump Cross. We are very impressed with your achievement Abbie & Buster!🐴🥇😃🌟

Stars of the Week 20 June

   P1 Mrs Fulton:

P1 Mrs Elliott:

P1 Miss Armstrong:

P2 Miss Dobbin:

P2 Mrs McGonigle:

P3: Mr Atcheson

P3 Mrs Gibson:

P3: Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood:

Diamond Blue Peter Badge for Maia

We have a very happy girl in P3 girl!  Maia recently received a DIAMOND Blue Peter Badge. This is a special edition to celebrate 60 years of the BBC Programme later this year.

Maia had to apply for the badge but before doing so she had to complete a number of different things including showing how she has inspired others and been helpful. She then put all this information on an application form. 

Maia was delighted to receive her special badge in the post! Well done Maia. That's something to treasure!

Scout award for Robbie

Well done to Robbie(P5) who recently won a cup at his Cub Camp weekend.Robbie, along with his brother Charlie and other cubs, spent the weekend at Lorne. Robbie was very proud of the shiny silver cup he was awarded for being the best cub during the weekend. Congratulations Robbie, very well deserved! 👏🏆⛺️🌟