STARS OF THE WEEK 30 APRIL

P1 MRS PEEL: Harriet for trying hard at all her work.

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Nina for being such a kind friend.

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Tommu of super behaviour, listening and being a great friend to all.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Maahi for doing super number work and for being a friendly, helpful girl.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Nina for completing a great Carroll Diagram of things that are alive/ not alive in the garden.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Lorne for making a fabulous dinosaur fossil out of clay.

P3 MRS GIBSON: James for fabulous work on speech bubbles and exclamation marks!

MERIT BADGE WINNER 30 APRIL

P4 MR FIELD:

Chloe for a fantastic start to vertical multiplication.

Tili for writing a very descriptive adventure story.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Finn and Lachlan for fantastic work on multiplying T U and H T U by 2 and with exchanging!

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS McCARTNEY:

Emmy for completing comprehension activities with care.

James C for being accurate in T U & H T U numberwork while adding, multiplying and subtracting.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:

Megan for super flute playing.

Leah for great effort when completing reading activities.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Evan for lovely handwriting in his reading activities.

Darcy for working extremely hard on clocks.

P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Eira for working really hard to improve her skills in Maths.

Lori for great contribution to discussion when reading the Silver Sword.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Emma & Cole for taking a keen interest in their new topic ‘Living Things’ and doing a super job labelling parts of a flower.

P6 MR McCONNELL:

Adam & Jackson for working hard and making great contributions to class discussions. They are willing to give it a go and make suggestions even if they are unsure of the answer - which is super!

P7 MRS RIDDALL:

Ollie for wonderful work on negative numbers.

Daisy for writing a brilliant diary entry from the perspective of a firefighter tackling the fire on the Mournes. It included lots of wonderful descriptive words.

P7 MRS HART:

Hugo for designing and constructing his Benagil Se Cave so brilliantly.

Naomi for super literacy work since returning to school after ‘Lockdown’.

STARS OF THE WEEK 23 APRIL

P1 MRS PEEL: Ellie for great writing. She is becoming more independent each day.

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Indie for being a lovely kind friend.

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Nico for listening carefully and being so enthusiastic.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Daniel for great work on repeating patterns.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Sam for excellent reading.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Penny for amazing writing and illustrations in her creative writing about ‘When the dinosaur came to stay’.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Ben for excellent concentration and effort.

STARS OF THE WEEK 16 April

P1 MRS PEEL: Searlaith for trying her best and always offering to help.

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Harriett for writing super sentences all by herself.

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Luca for amazing reading and outstanding manners.

P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS HARRON: Ted for great independent work with money.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Grace for being very helpful.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Eva for wonderful work on place value.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Jake for his wonderful art work linked to his class topic about Transport.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 16 APRIL

P4 MR FIELD:

Gracie for great cricket skills in PE.

Calvin for helping others when they are doing their work.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Cooper for working hard and completing activities this week.

Iris for learning her doubles in Maths really well!

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS McCARTNEY:

Logan for completing brilliant work all week!

Emma for great skills during Kwik Cricket.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:

Ciara and Isaac for great flute and violin playing earlier this year.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Martha & Noah for showing great interest in their class topic about Electricity.

P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

George for always doing his best work.

Luke for great work in Maths.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Matthew & Bronagh for great work on angles and turns within a circle, even during PE!

P6 MR McCONNELL:
Riley for super work on adding this week. She got everything correct.

Darby for excellent work on turns, angles and compass points.

P7 MRS RIDDALL:

Kaleb for working extremely hard to understand long division.

Laurie for creating a wonderful portrait in the style of Picasso.

P7 MRS HART:

Reuben for excellent art work.

Emily for working extremely hard to complete her maths work.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 26 MARCH

P4 MR FIELD: Casey for excellent 3-D shape work. Joshua for an amazing start to multiplying.

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Rama for her great class talk on her bike. Miller for his class talk on the International Space Station.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS McCARTNEY: Erin & Alex for very god Home Learning and for a well prepared and presented class talk.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Daisy & Jack for consistent effort during Home Learning.

P5 MRS BROWN: Well done to Marcia, Charlotte & Blake for their super Stone age weapons.

P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Ellie & Calum for excellent problem solving in the Easter Challenge.

P6 MISS McGUILE: Scarlett & Evan for great work on similes.

P6 MR McCONNELL: Curtis & Cyrus for settling in so well at HPS!

P7 MRS RIDDALL: Lily for using Powerpoint to create a fantastic presentation about Global Warming. Matthew for designing an excellent prototype egg cup that keeps a chocolate egg cool!

P7 MRS HART: Claire & Scott for excellent effort throughout Home Learning.

STARS OF THE WEEK 26 MARCH

P1 MRS PEEL:Sophia for good attention and working hard.

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Eliza for doing beautiful handwriting!

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Tom for always doing his best and being so helpful.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Layla for coming to school with a big smile each morning!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Jacob for trying hard to concentrate.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Susanna for doing extremely well in LIteracy Challenges.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Caleb for always putting 100% effort into his work, with fantastic presentation too!

Double distinction for Darby!

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Darby (P6). Darby recently sat his grade 4 Clarinet and grade 4 saxophone exams and was awarded a DISTINCTION in both exams! What a great achievement in both instruments. Well done Darby, we are very proud of you.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 16 DECEMBER

P4 MR FIELD:

Lucie - May for fantastic Literacy work.

Katie for creating an amazing WW2 helmet.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Catherine and Hollie for working well together on their WW2 Powerpoint.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS McCARTNEY:

Scarlet and Carter for their lovely choices of Christmas adjectives which were well illustrated.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:

Ben & Ruby for excellent clarinet playing.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Sophia for working very hard at her Maths and Spellings.

James for trying very hard with the chime bars in his class carol.

P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Zac for always working hard and having lovely manners.

Mollie for working hard to improve her maths.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Chloe and Phoenix for working very hard to learn their X 8 and X 9 tables.

P6 MR McCONNELL:

Arianna for writing a very good recount writing on the visit from Amy from the Wandering Wild Forest School.

P7 MRS RIDDALL:

Eva for an exellent fact file about Victorian Child Labour.

Omar for working really hard to improve his understanding of the plural rules.

P7 MRS HART:

Ella Rose for writing great extended sentences in her homeworks. Her sentences include interesting adjectives and adverbs.

Charlie for being one of the kindest boys in Room 12.. Charlie also has impeccable manners. Well done Charlie!

STARS OF THE WEEK 16 DECEMBER

P1 MRS WILSON: Luca for super writing in his big jotter.

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Adam for using lovely manners.

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Henry for amazing Numeracy. Miss Armstrong is so proud of him!

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Emily for excellent number work. She has been great at finding out ways to make 8!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Harry for excellent handwriting when writing a Christmas song!

P3 MR ATCHESON: Hala for wonderful ideas in her writing about ‘If I were an elf!’

P3 MRS GIBSON: Eve for wonderful writing about being an elf.

Abi tops again!

It was great to hear that Abi (P6) & her four- legged partner Danny,  recently won the 70cm WH at Ardnacashel. Congratulations Abi. You have had a great season so far!

STARS OF THE WEEK 9 DECEMBER

P1 MRS WILSON: Toby for working really hard this week!

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Zoe for doing super number work.

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Edith for always producing the most beautiful work and being a caring friend.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Daniel for fantastic winter writing.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Jacob for being a great narrator for their P1&P2 Nativity..

P3 MR ATCHESON:Ella for creating a wonderful poster with lots of adjectives about her lost toy!

P3 MRS GIBSON: Ella for thinking of great adjectives as part of her class topic on Toys!

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 2 DECEMBER

P4 MR FIELD:

Mark for excellent problem solving.

Carl for fantastic work and helping others in ICT.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Will for great Literacy work. He remembered all the capital letters and full stops in each sentence.

Juliette for great enthusiasm and participation in her class WW2 topic.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS McCARTNEY:

Lucas and Natasha for being so cheerful and mannerly. They both also appreciate the importance of completing class work and homework as well.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:

Sophia and Emily -Rose for their super USA posters linked to their class topic.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Amber for producing very neat art work.

Will for making an excellent effort to learn his spellings accurately each week.

P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Dylan and Luke B for excellent work in problem solving and extension activities.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Jayden and Sophia for working very hard on digital clock work.

P6 MR McCONNELL:

Frankie and Riley for excellent work on money.

P7 MRS RIDDALL:

Mollie for making a super flower stamper and writing a great set of instructions explaining how to make a flower stamper.

Steven for trying really hard to extend his reading comprehension answers using evidence from text.

P7 MRS HART:

Nathan for completing all his work to a very high standard over the last two weeks.

Carling for doing all her work independently and  to a very high standard.

STARS OF THE WEEK 2 DECEMBER

P1 MRS WILSON: Saul for working hard at his table to complete all of his work. Well done Saul!

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Theo for doing super work with shapes.

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Noah for amazing reading! Miss Armstrong is so pleased.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Joshua for writing a lovely letter to Santa!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Qaysaar for working really hard on his numbers to 10!

P3 MR ATCHESON: Martha for writing her own wonderful Christmas story and sharing it with the class.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Adam for AMAZING work on the story of the Nutcracker.

STARS OF THE WEEK 25 NOVEMBER

P1 MRS WILSON: Aurora for super concentration on the carpet and working really hard.

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Freddie for working really hard at his Literacy activities.

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Ella for amazing sounding out! Ella is able to write independently.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Sofie for great improvement and care with her writing.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Abel for working really hard in all his work and trying to be independent.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Rory for being a wonderful role model in class.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Alex  for always  telling Mrs Gibson lovely stories and making me smile.

Future author in our midst!

Congratulations to P7 pupil Bea. Bea recently won a writing competition organised by the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, with entries from Primary School pupils all over NI. Bea really loves writing and winning this competition shoes us just how talented she is!

Well done Bea, congratulations from everyone at HPS!

You can read her winning entry by clicking here.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 18 NOVEMBER

P4 MR FIELD:

Zoe for an amazing start to cursive writing in P4.

Harry for excellent listening in class.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Renee for learning spellings really well.

Peter for great exchanging work in numeracy.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS McCARTNEY:

Lucy and Arthur for having lots of interesting information to share with the class during shared reading and discussion time.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:

Alfie and Charlie for their creative Christmas powerpoint  which included a Christmas tree with flashing lights!

P5 MRS BROWN:

 Jacob for being very supportive of  members of his class.

Lexi for making a huge effort to learn and have quick recall of table facts.

P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Mara and Arianna for producing super posters for Victor Hazell’s Shooting Party as part of their novel work.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Robbie for working very hard to learn his spellings.

Jude for persevering with long multiplication.

P6 MR McCONNELL:

Caleb for a very artistic poster linked to the novel Danny the Champion of the World.

Ronan for his detailed Shooting Party poster as linked to his class novel.

P7 MRS RIDDALL:

Katie for excellent work on time.

Ben for a great comic strip based on Chapter 4 & 5 of ‘The Iron Man’.

P7 MRS HART:

Bea for writing fabulous and cleverly worded sentences during her class homophone challenge.

Scott for checking back through his homework comments on Google Classroom to improve his attainment.

STARS OF THE WEEK 18 NOVEMBER

P1 MRS WILSON: Teddy for concentrating so hard on his work and completing it all!

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Trisitan for being very enthusiastic when learning his sounds.

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Luca for working so hard and being enthusiastic about everything he does in P1!

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Archie for great perseverance with his work.  Well done Archie!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Olivia for writing great sentences using ‘ff’ and ‘ss’ words!

P3 MR ATCHESON: Aaron for fantastic work in his number booklet.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Beth for an excellent PicCollage with super adjectives on toys.

Double distinction!

WOW! Emmeline has recently been awarded a GRADE 1 DISTINCTION in not one but TWO music exams! Emmeline plays the piano and violin. Her smile in this photo says it all! Congratulations, what a great achievement!

STARS OF THE WEEK 11 NOVEMBER

P1 MRS WILSON:Rachela for doing some wonderful writing in her big jotter.

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Sophia for being a very helpful girl!

P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Holly for working incredibly hard and always smiling.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Frankie for great improvement with his numberwork especially when adding on 1 and 2.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Juliette for great independent writing.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Jack for wonderful reading work on the history of a teddy bear.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Molly for fantastic work on question marks.