Merit Badge Winners May 1

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Seth for writing a great story using picture clues.

Annabelle did fantastic work using Black Cat Logo. Annabelle was able to write instructions to draw a picture on the computer. 

  P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Jonnie & Chloe wrote very good stories which included proper sentences and interesting adjectives.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Charlie used great descriptive language in his story writing.

Tilly for using great picture clues to write an interesting story. 

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Scott and Daisy both made great contributions during class discussions about Ancient Egypt.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Well done to Claire and Ander who always work to the best of their ability,

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Ereen and James for excellent Kennings.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Jorja and Matt for writing wonderful Kennings.

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Andrew for always working hard and producing good work.

Jemima for always producing very neat work. 

P7 MRS EVES:

Emma for continuing to show improvement in her literacy.

Ethan for sharing his knowledge of the solar system and space exploration. 

P7 MRS HART:

Scarlett for working conscientiously in class at all times. 

Luke for working really hard on his understanding of angles of a circle. 

 

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

Stars of the Week 3 April

P1 MRS FULTON:

Selena for her excellent detective work on Humpty Dumpty and also her lovely manners.

P1 MRS ELLIOTT:

Emily for such beautiful manners and she makes Mrs Elliott and Mrs Duff smile each day.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG:

Abigail for working so hard. She is a great helper and a great friend to everyone!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Leon for writing his news independently.

P2 MRS HARRON:

Arthur for trying his best during number work activities.

P2 MISS DOBBIN:

Casey for making a super pictogram about pets.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Campbell for making a fantastic pirate during ABL which will be displayed at Peter Pan.

P3 MRS GIBSON

Max for wonderful work on question marks

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Stars of the Week.

Stars of the Week 27 March

P1 MRS FULTON:

Jack for working very hard and for being a great friend.

P1 MRS ELLIOTT:

Grace for excellent reading and wonderful behaviour.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG:

Susie for brilliant reading and beautiful writing.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Juliette for doing excellent independent writing in her news.

P2 MRS HARRON:

Hollie for trying really hard to complete all her work.

P2 MISS DOBBIN:

Sam for being a kind and polite boy!

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Sophia for building a brilliant brachiosaurus during Dinosaur Day.

P3 MRS GIBSON

Lacey for being kind and helpful.

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Stars of the Week.

Merit Badge Winners 27 March

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Phoenix for working really hard during maths this week and completing his money work to a very high standard.

Sophia for writing a fantastic imaginative story. It had a great build up, dilemma and resolution!

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Jake for being a good role model – Jake loves to read!

Maria for working very hard and listening to instructions.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Daniel for writing a great adventure story, he was very motivated and added lots of detail.

Charlie for working hard on adding and subtraction with exchanging.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Chestha for working really hard at reading activities.

Struan for working hard to improve his knowledge of maths facts and patterns.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Karleah for mastering multiplying by 3 and 4.

Hugo for working hard on problem solving.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Faye for making a big effort with decimals and percentages in maths.

Ben for trying hard to improve his concentration in class.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Amber for wonderful enthusiastic singing during show rehearsals.

Daniel for super conversions from fractions to decimals to percentages!

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Ella for excellent contributions to class discussions.

Cameron for always giving 100% in his maths.

P7 MRS EVES:

Paige and Tia for trying hard to improve their fraction work.

P7 MRS HART:

Dawud for excellent singing during Peter Pan rehearsals as well as learning all the actions!

Simrah for much improved grammar and comprehension activities.

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

Stars of the Week 20 March

P1 MRS FULTON:

Kian for a super effort with his writing.Kian uses great finger spaces and letters!

P1 MRS ELLIOTT:

Beth for listening so well and completing  all of her work on time!

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG:

Charlie for having an amazing attitude to his work!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Ben for always helping Mrs Dowling by picking up the coats along the corridor.

P2 MRS HARRON:

Carter for amazing art work and drawing a fantastic wolf for their display board.

P2 MISS DOBBIN:

Katie for always trying her very best.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Lucy for lots of creative ideas when using speech bubbles in literacy.

P3 MRS GIBSON

Charlie for always working really hard.

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Stars of the Week.

Merit Badge Winners 13 March



P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Maia for super work in her Maths challenge booklet.

George for writing a fantastic imaginative story plan.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Noah for doing a great job at cleaning the floor after using chalk and charcoal to draw a great life size penguin!

Jessica for neatly presented work using joined writing.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Hayden and Luke for great work on adding and subtracting with exchanging.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Ella -Rose for great story writing.

Nathan for working really hard at reading and also his reading activities.

P5 MRS BROWN

Alana and Jay for their interest and input with the Chester Challenge.

P6 MRS CLARKE

Connor and Leah for producing informative Internet Safety posters with lots of good advice.

P6 MISS MCGUILE

Matthew for being a responsible pupil.

Joshua for always working hard in Maths! WELL DONE!

P6 MR MCCONNELL

Phoebe for a good investigation about perimeter.

Noor for trying hard in everything she does and always being polite and well mannered.

P7 MRS EVES

Oliver and Eva for excellent talking and listening during topic word on Ireland during the famine.

P7 MRS HART

Isabella for carrying out excellent maths investigations and problem solving during FEBRUARY PROBLEM SOLVING MONTH!

Lottie for excellent Literacy - grammar, comprehension, vocabulary, talking and listening.

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

Stars of the Week 13 March

P1 MRS FULTON:

Luca for being such a good listener during the class cricket sessions. Luca always tries his very best! 

P1 MRS ELLIOTT: 

Kate for being so kind and working very hard in class. 

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: 

Hala for always doing beautiful handwriting.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Taylor for trying really hard to do some of his work independently. 

P2 MRS HARRON:

Abraham for always joining in during class discussion and talking confidently. 

P2 MISS DOBBIN: 

Caden for working really hard to finish his work in the given time. 

P3 MR ATCHESON: 

Will for fantastic research on dinosaurs in the computer game. 

P3 MRS GIBSON

Faith for being a great helper. 

 

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Stars of the Week.

All smiles for silver

P6 pupil Jorja was recently competing for Templemore Amateur Swimming Club in the Swim Ulster  Development Gala, in Newry. Jorja got a silver medal in the girls 11 and over 200m freestyle. She also achieved a new personal best. Congratulations Jorja !

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Superstars Outside School.

Stars of the Week 27 February

P1 MRS FULTON: Rory for great listening and for always trying his best. Mrs Fulton is so proud of him!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Emily for fantastic reading and listening.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Eve for always taking the time to add beautiful pictures to her work..

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Emmy for being very helpful when she tidied up lots of coats that had fallen on the floor.

P2: MRS HARRON: James for a great recount of his half term holiday.

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Finn for always working really hard. WELL DONE!

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Marcia for fantastic creativity and art work both in class and when using the computer.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Noah for a SUPER dinosaur picture on the computer.

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Stars of the Week.

Merit Badge Winners 27 February

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Susannah for being very helpful around the classroom and showing Mrs Riddall all the class routines.

Jamie for writing a well structured and organised set of instructions for making a polar animal out of clay.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Logan prepared a well detailed and beautifully illustrated ECO homework about recycling.

Riley for being so helpful and kind around the classroom and towards others.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Molly for being consistently helpful around the classroom.

Robbie for good sequencing of steps to make a polar bear.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Mollie for excellent understanding of Reading Activities.

Jamie for really interesting story - writing.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Carter for making a huge improvement  with his handwriting.

Toni for writing an interesting Stone age Boy story.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Keziah for giving of her best in EVERYTHING she does.

Joshua for showing good understanding during problem solving in maths.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Brooke for always being a kind and friendly pupil to everyone in school.

Fionnbharr for always learning his Numeracy and Literacy fact homework.

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Oliver and Roger for making an excellent start to algebra.

P7 MRS EVES:

Imogen and Bryn for giving a good explanation of their problem solving in recent weeks.

P7 MRS HART:

Grace for an excellent attitude to school life. Grace always works hard and strives to improve.

Aimee for 100% effort being put into all literacy activities.

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

Happy Feet!

Congratulations to Charlotte  and Clara in P3 for their recent Irish Dancing success at the Belvoir Championships.

Charlotte danced her way to 1st place in her Treble Jig, 2nd in her Rail and 3rd in her Jig while Clara was placed 1st in her Light Double Jig, 4th in her Rail and was also awarded the trophy for Most Promising Young Dancer. Together the girls also placed 1st in their Three Hand and 2nd in their Couples.

Well done again to both girls for all of their success. You’ve made your school proud. Go HPS!

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Aaron Atcheson and filed under Superstars Outside School and tagged dancing sport success.

Stars of the Week 13 February

P1 MRS FULTON: Ava for beautiful manners, being a super helper and hard worker! What a great girl!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Lorne for being a super boy when doing his reading and being so kind to his teacher too.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Cara for always doing beautiful  writing.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Leon for trying really hard to write his news independently.

P2: MRS HARRON: Rene for creating an excellent tourist pamphlet about Holywood. 

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Lucy for being great at drawing half past times.

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Caroline for always being so polite and being a wonderful helper in class.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Rachel for excellent reading. Good girl Caroline!

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Stars of the Week.

Stars of the Week 6 February

P1 MRS FULTON:  Asher for showing such enthusiasm for anything new! He always has a smile on his face too! Thank you!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Harrison for super reading and being such fun in class.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Penny for being caring and a good friend.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Scarlett for showing the class how to be a super Summarising Superhero!

P2: MRS HARRON:  Tili for always listening in class and completing work accurately.

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Ethan for being great at throwing and catching the ball during P.E.

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Caleb for writing a wonderful acrostic poem all about food and using lots of alliteration!

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Leah for always trying her best. She is a STAR!

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Stars of the Week.

Merit Badge Winners 6 February

P4 MR EVES:

Scarlet and Elis for producing excellent reports on Emperor Penguins with great facts and labelled drawings.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Jonnie and Riley for making a great effort to produce life like chalk polar bear pictures.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Jake for working hard to get his homework and morning maths completed in a given time.

Mollie for great work on opposites.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Steven for working hard on money and change activities.

Ruby for improvement in telling the time.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Lily for working very hard on her daily tables challenge.

Joshua for lovely handwriting in all his work.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Ella for working hard to master dividing.

Thomas for great work in problem solving in maths.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Megan for always trying very hard in maths and making good progress.

Zak for excellent manners to both adults and children.

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Beth for great calculating the mean and range of numbers.

Benjamin for excellent problem solving work.

P7 MRS EVES:

Keelan for a super sound poem using similes for ‘silent’.

George for consistently good presentation of his work and impeccable manners.

P7 MRS HART:

Elsa for catching up on all her work after returning from her successful 18th place out of over 150 girls in the Ulster Cross Country Finals.

George for showing kindness and empathy towards a fellow classmate.

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

Stars of the Week 30 January

P1 MRS FULTON: Selena for great work with her ‘Artic Animals’ graph. What a great girl!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Emily for super counting and reading.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Jake for being an excellent listener, hard worker and good friend! What a superstar!

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Betty for trying really hard to get her work finished on time! Well done!

P2: MRS HARRON:Ella for a super account of how to make top hats!

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Tate for writing lots of super words with a ‘ck’ sound.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Jacob for being a great role model during the P3 Shared Education day with Glencraig IPS.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Ollie for great drumming during the music workshop on the Shared Education day.

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Stars of the Week.

Merit Badge Winners 23 January

P4 MR EVES:

Molly for writing and teaching P4 a WW2 song she wrote with her friend Erin.

Maia for creating a very informative PowerPoint presentation on WW2 using animations and transitions. 

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Erin for writing a fantastic WW2 song along with her friend Molly.

Caleb for focusing better to listen more carefully and taking his turn in class activities.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Jason for making really good progress on his joined writing. 

Jessica for writing a great letter as an evacuee. 

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Minnie and Zac for being able to recognise the properties of various triangles very accurately. 

P5 MRS BROWN:

Lucas and Esme for contributing to discussion on the P5 Stoneage topic .

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Benjy for settling in well to his new school, always listening to instructions very carefully. 

Annie for producing a detailed and colourful storyboard on the Firework Maker’s Daughter. 

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Thomas and Hannah for always listening well in class and when in the company of their friends. 

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Ruby and Philippa for producing excellent storyboards on the Firework Maker’s Daughter as well as being great listeners!

P7 MRS EVES:

Jamie and Erin for putting hpgreat effort into presentation of all their work.

P7 MRS HART:

Sophia -Rose and Benjamin for displaying excellent manners to all adults and pupils throughout th school. They always remember to say please or thank you! 

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Debbie Crookshanks and filed under Merit Badge Winners.