Stars of the Week 23 January

P1 MRS FULTON: Jamie for fabulous writing about Winter. Jamie has been trying so hard with his pencil work - BRILLIANT!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Zayne for brilliant listening and following instructions.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG:  Nico for listening so carefully.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Mya for having lovely manners and waiting her turn to speak when someone else is talking.

P2: MRS HARRON: Chloe for great writing about her class trip to Tesco.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Emma for writing a super account about her class walk in Holywood.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Daisy for fantastic independent work in her Numeracy. A super effort!

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Oscar for fabulous Literacy work, what a star!

Stars of the Week 16 January

P1 MRS FULTON: Ella is a great listener and always tries her best.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Jayden has been such a great boy in his new class.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG:  Hannah for always having a smile on her face and being a great friend.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Mark for doing excellent recycling work and recognising the word aluminium!

P2: MRS HARRON: Miller for listening well in class and learning lots of sounds and words.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Lucie - May for being super at spelling words with three sounds!

P3: MR ATCHESON: Flynn for researching some super facts on food!

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Martha for being a wonderful helper. Mrs Gibson doesn’t know what she would do with out her!

Swim Ulster gala success for Erin and Ben

CONGRATULATIONS to Erin (P7) and Ben (P6) who participated in the swim Ulster gala.

Erin won a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke race .

Ben won a bronze in the 100m Individual Medley and Freestyle.

Well done to both Erin and Ben!

Ben also won a gold,silver& bronze medal at the Bangor Swimming Club Centenary Gala.Well done Ben! 🥇 🥈 🥉 

Stars of the Week 9 January

P1 MRS FULTON: Ben for working hard and being a good friend when playing outside. A super boy!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Adam for being such a well behaved boy and a super listener.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG:  Joe has the most beautiful manners! He’s so kind and helpful too.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Archie for being very brave and working hard even with a broken finger!

P2: MRS HARRON: Calvin for always trying his best.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Harry for typing lots of sentences on the computer.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Ciara for being a wonderful class helper.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Amber for interesting questions about food.

Merit Badge Winners 9 January

P4 MR EVES:

Susannah for working very hard in all areas of work with great enthusiasm.

Lawson for doing very well to complete his spellings in Literacy.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Cole for working hard and being well settled for the start of the new term.

Lexi for making extra efforts with her work on HTUs.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Evan for being a consistent hard worker who regularly contributes to class discussions.

Arianna for great work on adding - est to make superlative adjectives.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Arianna for hard work and good handwriting.

Noah for good progress in mental maths.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Fergus for working hard and completing his work in a given time.

Tori for working well on her numberwork.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Isaac for a great newspaper report on Ganaway, presented using Microsoft publisher.

Nina Grace for producing an interesting body box.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Aleyna and Kieran for designing wonderful newspaper articles using Microsoft Publisher. Well done!

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Matthew for an excellent life-like body box.

Carter for creating a super body box!

P7 MRS EVES:

Casey and Ellen for helping others, especially when making crafts as part of their topic on Victorians.

P7 MRS HART:

Olivia and Jamie for impeccable manners to both adults and pupils. They always say please, thank you and hold doors open for members of staff! Well done!

Christmas art success at Centra, Holywood

Congratulations to seven pupils who recently won a colouring competition organised by Centra in Holywood. The boys and girls were delighted to receive their prize.

Well done to........

P1 Abigail

P2 Bethany

P3 Martha

P4 Zoe

P5 Erin

P6 Oliver

P7 Leah  

Stars of the Week 12 December

P1 MRS FULTON: Jack for being such a hard worker.Jack always does his best work!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Ryan for beautiful manners and being so kind and helpful.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Danny for working so hard and being very helpful.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Ben for excellent singing and knowing all the actions to songs.

P2: MRS HARRON: Peter for great work during literacy activities.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Gracie for being a very enthusiastic singer and dancer.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Charlie for wonderful listening in class and being an enthusiastic line leader

.P3: MRS GIBSON: Isaac for fantastic acting.

Success for Lexi

Well done to Lexi in P3 who was very successful at a recent dancing competition.

 She has been able to add more awards to her previous collection!

She really enjoys dancing and practises very hard! Congratulations! 

Lexi was SO excited to visit Mrs Crookshanks to tell her that she had won three more trophies at a recent competition! I think from her huge smile you can tell that she is very happy. Well done Lexi, you’re a 🌟  

Stars of the Week 28 November

P1 MRS FULTON: Alex for learning more and more vocabulary each week, he’s AMAZING!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Phoebe for excellent listening and wonderful work. 

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Charlie for being so enthusiastic and helpful.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Robin for writing a brilliant letter to send to Santa.

P2: MRS HARRON: Bethany for a beautifully written letter to Santa.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Shion for writing a fabulous letter to Santa!

P3: MR ATCHESON: Olivia for creating a beautiful snowflake picture using pastels and paint.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Emily - Rose for thinking of some fabulous adjectives!

Merit Badge Winners 28 November

P4 MR EVES:

Evie for producing an excellent painting of The Blitz.

 Saxon for working very hard in Literacy to understand and know grammar rules.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Ronan has been working very hard especially in Maths and with his handwriting.

Zoe took her time and very carefully painted a Blitz picture for the class WW2 topic.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Anthony for making great progress when he goes swimming each week with his class.

Ashton - Khloe for working really hard to complete her spellings learning them really well!

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Grace and Toby for working very hard to complete multiplication tables which has really helped with dividing.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Emily and Rob for super clock work showing great understanding of 5 minute intervals.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Isla for settling into HPS very quickly.

Adam for working well to complete 24 hour clock times.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Nina and Grace for working very hard to complete Maths problems based on 24 hour clock.

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Megan for excellent work on the use of apostrophe of possession.

Lilly for super work on square and cube numbers.

P7 MRS EVES:

Hope and Jacob for always showing friendship and kindness towards others.

P7 MRS HART:

Joshua for being considerate and thoughtful towards those in his class who need help with a task.

Ruan for excellent concentration and impeccable behaviour at all times.

Eva dances her way to success!

Congratulations to Eva who recently performed at the Ulster Championships in Dundalk. Eva was awarded a 1st,3rd and 4th place in light shoes, heavy shoes and 3-hand.

Well done Eva, such great achievements…….’Keep dancing!’

North Down Pony Club awards

We were very pleased to hear that Abi (P4) had received an award at the North Down Pony Club awards night. A great achievement Abi. Well done!

Ben makes his mark!

Congratulations to Ben who took part in the  Co. Down  Championships in Downpatick. He was the third P7 to finish! What great running Ben. Your smile says it all. 

P6 pupil Matt - a member of Belfast Kayak Academy

Matt (P6) has many interests and thoroughly enjoys being outdoors. He’s pictured here during his training with Belfast Kayak Academy. WELL DONE MATT, what a busy boy!  

Stars of the Week 21 November

P1 MRS FULTON: Jacob for being so grown up when he was getting ready for PE. He tried so hard to put in all of his buttons!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Beth for wonderful reading and excellent writing.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Luke for being so helpful and having lovely manners

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Caolan for trying really hard to complete his work in the given time.

P2: MRS HARRON: Colby for excellent number work including subtraction.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Sam for always being polite and using lovely manners.

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Sarah for writing a wonderful acrostic poem in class.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Ethan for working really hard on his numbers to 60. Well done!

Merit Badge Winners 14 November

P4 MR EVES:

Macie and Ben for creating excellent number poems using a fantastic range of adjectives.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Bihan for a really interesting poem about animals.

Hannah for speaking clearly to the class about the Bounty Box for the PTA Fair and also to tell the class about her great grandfather.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Evan for working really hard to get his poem completed in the time given.

Kate for learning her spellings really well.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Erin and Charlie for contributing really well during their class discussion on the Pilgrim Fathers.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Aoife for working independently using numicon.

Ollie for mastering TU subtraction with exchanging.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Ben for super work in problem solving in maths and also an improved attitude.

Rebecca for working hard to get to grips with long multiplication.

P6 MISS McGUILE

Lennox and Darcy for working very hard and making an improvement in solving long multiplication problems.

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Katie and Finn for excellent work on long multiplication.

P7 MRS EVES:

Charlotte and Libby for always working hard to improve the setting out of their work to help their understanding of processes.

P7 MRS HART:

Leah and Sophia - Rose for working extremely hard in class and asking for help when needed.

Stars of the Week 14 November

P1 MRS FULTON: Indie for excellent colouring in.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Eva for being such a kind, hardworking girl.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Caleb for his great enthusiastic attitude towards others.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Blake for trying hard with all his work.

P2: MRS HARRON: Luke for great independent writing with super sounding out of words.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Jack for writing super information about the postal workers!

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Ruby for working really hard with her reading!

P3: MRS GIBSON: Katie for beautiful handwriting.

Isabella's important role at Remembrance Day Service

As a Girl Guide at St Mark’s Church, Belfast, Isabella was asked to carry the Union Flag at the head of the Remembrance Day Service Procession (Commemorating the Armistice on its centenary), at St Mark’s Church on Sunday 11th November 2018.

Isabella was commended for doing a great job by the Colonel of 40 (N.I.H) Signal Squadron 32 Signal Regiment, and was thanked and congratulated by Revd. Helene Steed and many attendees.

Rugby success for Matthew

Congratulations to Matthew for winning the P4 player of the week award at his rugby club.

Dan reaches 50th Park Run!

Congratulations to Daniel in P6. Daniel is a keen runner and has just completed his 50th Park Run earlier this month! His PB ( personal best) time is 28 minutes 15 seconds! Daniel celebrated his 50th Park Run achievement with a well deserved slice of cake!

WELL DONE DANIEL!