Well done to Lexi (P6) who achieved great results in the recent WLDF Dance Competition. Lexi was placed first in the Lyrical section and second in Jazz. Her smile certainly shows how happy she is with the outcome. Great results Lexi!
Gaelic girls glory!
Well done to the Girls’ Gaelic team at St. Paul’s, Holywood who were Under 9s tournament winners 2021. The team was made up of girls from different schools and P6 pupil Clara was one of them. She enjoyed showing the lovely trophy to her class. Well done Clara and your team!
MERIT BADGE WINNERS 17 SEPTEMBER
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Hala for great work with Mrs Andrews on number bonds.
Danny for great listening and contributions to class discussions.
P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON:
Joe for a brilliant presentation and very informative PowerPoint about Space.
Emily for good listening and joining in.
P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:
Lucie - May for thinking up great questions about Minibeasts.
Blake for working hard at subtracting H.T.U.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Juliette and Will for wonderful self portraits.
P5 MRS WILSON:
Emmy & Sam for a lovely piece of detailed writing on the Life Cycle of a butterfly.
P6 MRS RIDDALL:
Caleb for showing great enthusiasm during the first Paws class session.
Zara for fantastic work on factor pairs.
P6 MRS HART:
Kielan for much improved concentration and effort being put into his classwork.
Amber for producing a high standard of Literacy during all topics.
P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:
Evie for super work in Mental Maths.
Jessica for working hard to learn tables.
P7 MISS McGUILE:
Maisie and Charlie for super work finding percentages of numbers!
P7 MR McCONNELL:
Riley for excellent use of apostrophes.
Hayden for working hard at both Literacy and Numeracy work.
STARS OF THE WEEK 17 SEPTEMBER
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Magnes for trying his best at everything he does!
P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Isabella for always doing her best - a brilliant girl!
P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Kaylee gives of her best in everything she does. She’s a super hard worker!
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Zara for always trying her best and working so hard.
P2/3 MRS GIBSON: James for fantastic numberwork and patterns.
P3 MR FIELD: Juliet for working hard in every lesson.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Emily for working hard all week and trying her best in each activity!
MERIT BADGE WINNERS 3 SEPTEMBER
P4 MRS McKEOWN: Selena and Kian for very neat cursive handwriting in their poetry work.
P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Alex and Nico for a really good start to P4!
P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Caolan and Willow for lovely art work about minibeasts.
P5 MRS BROWN: Rama and Colby for settling in to the P5 routines and working well.
P5 MRS WILSON: Ethan and Marnie for making a wonderful start to P5, well done!
P6 MRS RIDDALL:
Daisy for making an excellent start to P6. Daisy has been working hard and contributing well to group work.
Flynn for super maths work!
P6 MRS HART:
Grace for settling in so well into her new school and P6!
Blake for listening carefully and doing so well with his maths.
P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:
Zoe for producing some lovely neat graphs in Maths and for always shoing good manners.
Sam for a great start and settled approach to P7 work!
P7 MISS McGUILE:
Sarah for settling into HPS so quickly. Well done!
Erin for being a wonderful friend to Sarah and making her feel so welcome.
P7 MR McCONNELL:
Anthony for making an excellent start to P7, especially in Maths. He has been working independently. Keep up the great work !
Jake for a gret start to P7. Jake has started P7 with a great attitude and has produced some great work!
Musical Mara!
We were delighted to hear that P7 pupil Mara, has passed her Grade 2 violin exam. She practised her violin every day during Lockdown! She is still practising in order to take her Grade 3 exam next year.
What lovely news to get from Mara's parents!
Mara is pictured here with her violin tutor Niamh who is also very proud of her achievement.
CONGRATULATIONS MARA!
STARS OF THE WEEK 8 OCTOBER
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Madi for her beautiful manners.
P1 MISS ARMSTRONG:Tristan for excellent behaviour and for always doing his best.
P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Joseph for working really hard to sound out his own words during Weekend News. Well done Joseph!
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Tristan for being so kind and caring to all his friends during inside and outside playtime.
P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Eliza for fabulous creative writing about having a magic wand!
P3 MR FIELD: Hafsah for excellent poses during the Shared Education Yoga session.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Jonah for building an amazing car using construction toys.
STARS OF THE WEEK 23 SEPTEMBER
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Robyn for always trying her best and working so hard.
P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Caleb for impeccable behaviour and manners!
P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Sophia for great concentration during worktime and beautiful presentation.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:Nathan for trying so hard with his work and listening so well.
P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Tom for AMAZING problem solving.
P3 MR FIELD: Aria for amazing bar modelling and numberwork.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Olivia for wonderful use of capital letters for the names of people.
STARS OF THE WEEK 10 SEPTEMBER
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Sloane for being so well behaved and doing beautiful colouring in !
P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Molly for being an absolute star and so well behaved.
P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Sam for trying so hard and being such a polite, kind member of the class.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Adam for being so kind and caring to everyone.
P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Joni for making a fantastic graph on the computer.
P3 MR FIELD: Ted for creating an excellent Superhero block graph.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Ella for a fantastic effort when using gymnastics equipment.
STARS OF THE WEEK 3 SEPTEMBER
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Phoebe for being very enthusiastic and a super listener.
P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Adam for being a brilliant boy in every way. He is so helpful and a great listener.
P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Hollie for settling into P2 with a super smile and trying so hard with everything in class.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Heidi for trying her best in everything she does.
P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Evie for amazing numberwork and problem solving.
P3 MR FIELD: Euan for amazing creative writing about the day in the life of a superhero!
P3 MR ATCHESON: Luke for excellent particiaption in his class topic work discussion.
Amazing Archie!
Huge congratulations to Archie (P5) who competed and won two golds at the British junior Martial Arts championship in Newcastle!
Archie has been working for 4 years towards this achievement. Below you can see a few action shots of Archie and a very special picture of Archie proudly showing his winning medals.
What an acheivement Archie. VERY WELL DONE! We are really impressed with what you have done and are delighted that all your hard work has paid off.
Superstar Scarlet
WOW! What an amazing achievement! We were delighted to hear that P6 pupil Scarlet has been awarded her black belt grading in Taekwondo!
STARS OF THE WEEK 18 JUNE
P1 MISS DUNLOP:
Sophie for working so hard each day.
P1 MISS DOBBIN:
James for being a very hard working boy.
Zara for working hard at all times.
P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG:
Ella for amazing Literacy. Ella uses full sentences with capital letters and full stops.
P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS HARRON:
Skye for writing an amazing ending to her pirate story called The Cave.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:
Alfie for doing great adding when learning to add 3 numbers together!
P3 MR ATCHESON:
Asher for brilliant dancing during Fitness Freddy.
P3 MRS GIBSON:
Charlie for working so hard and being so enthusiastic about the P3 minibeast topic.
STARS OF THE WEEK 11 JUNE
P1 MISS DUNLOP: Saul for always tidying up and being a great helper.
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Sophia for doing great independent writing.
P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Lizzie for being so well behaved, hardworking and helpful.
P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS HARRON: Amber for great work solving word problems in numeracy.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Jude for making excellent glitter words during Multi-sensory learning.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Luca for fantastic football skills in P.E.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Vanessa for great topic work!
MERIT BADGE WINNERS 11 JUNE
P4 MR FIELD:
Cade for settling in so well and making lots of new friends.
Tili for being an excellent pupil all year!
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Rene and Leon for beautiful cacti pictures using pastels.
P4 MRS SMITH:
Sam for super problem solving numberwork.
Natasha for a great book review with super detail.
P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:
Vivienne for great mental maths work, Lucy for super story writing and Isobel for beautiful sewing!
P5 MRS BROWN:
Zach and Isabelle for their participation in class Sports Week, well done!
P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:
Lexi and Evie for working hard to improve their maths.
P6 MISS McGUILE:
Luke and Ben for working very hard at designing an advertisement on Pic Collage.
P6 MR McCONNELL:
Molly for an excellent presentation on Living Things.
Frankie for great work on dividing.
P7 MRS RIDDALL:
Finlay and Chestha for working hard to design a machine that would help to clean up an ocean.
P7 MRS HART:
Zac for participating in the P7 Leavers’ Assembly, Shared Education and Sports Week with such enthusiasm.
Cerys for practising her verse for the Leavers’ Poem so well!
STARS OF THE WEEK 4 JUNE
P1 MISS DUNLOP: Luke for super listening and always being a good friend.
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Dylan for beautiful handwriting.
P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Sam for being kind, helpful and for working so hard.
P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS HARRON: Fletcher for brilliant money work and trying really hard in class.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Amy for brilliant reading!
P3 MR ATCHESON: Alex for building a brilliant butterfly during outdoor learning.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Hannah for painting a fantastic symmetrical butterfly.
MERIT BADGE WINNERS 26 MAY
P4 MR FIELD:
Rudy for writing an amazing review on Wee Critters.
Caolon for an excellent start to dividing by 2.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Betty and Leah for writing detailed reviews about our Wee Critters visit.
P4 MRS SMITH:
Lucy and Luke for good behaviour during the Wee Critters visit and also for writing a great review about the visit.
P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:
Zara & Emily for writing a great book about a bird and a lion.
Charlie and Flynn for working hard to improve their understanding of fractions.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Jacob and Katie for great participation in group work when making a shaduf.
P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:
Sam and Lawson for excellent work on their persuasive writing, creating an excellent advert.
P6 MISS McGUILE:
Robbie for working so hard at telling o’ clock times.
Charlie & Maisie for super work converting improper fractions to mixed numbers.
P6 MR McCONNELL:
Bea for excellent work on improper fractions.
Jason for great work on fractions but also for putting in great effort to their class House Hockey during PE.
P7 MRS RIDDALL:
Arianna and Lucas for showing fantastic sportsmanship during Sports Week.
P7 MRS HART:
Ella-Rose for doing an excellent graphic on Pic Collage for a Leavers’ video.
Anna for being so brave after having a terrible fall in the playground.
STARS OF THE WEEK 26 MAY
P1 MRS PEEL: Sophie for working hard at all times.
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Nathan for doing great handwriting.
P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Ellen for producing the most amazing standard of Literacy.
P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS HARRON: Sophie for being such a kind and polite member of P2.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Olivia for excellent writing about Sports Week.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Logan for building a terrific T-Rex on Dinosaur Day.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Ava for making a fabulous dinosaur.
STARS OF THE WEEK 21 MAY
P1 MRS PEEL: Joshua for settling in so well to HPS!
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Freddie for being very artistic and drawing fantastic zoo animals.
P1 / P2 MISS ARMSTRONG: Lauren works so very hard and always tries her best.
P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS HARRON: George for super independent writing and being such a kind member of P2.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Sophia for settling in so quickly to HPS and writing a brilliant creative story about a cucumber.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Danny for an amazing listening during his P3 Shared Education Day.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Poppy an excellent dinosaur.
MERIT BADGE WINNERS 14 MAY
P4 MR FIELD:
Ella for always being kind and helpful
Caden for working hard on his vertical sums.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Charlie and Fraser for working well together on their sun safety poster on PicCollage.
P4 MRS SMITH:
Mya for working hard to catch up on activities she missed when off sick.
James R for lots of hard work and improved handwriting.
P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:
Meadow for excellent measuring.
Caroline for writing a really good playscript.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Ethan and Polly for producing a great Powerpoint on Rosa Parks.
P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:
Zoe for excellent persuasive writing.
Jonnie for fantastic work on areas of compound shapes.
P6 MISS McGUILE:
Susannah and Thomas for brilliant work on finding the area of a triangle.
P6 MR McCONNELL:
Lucy and Noah for their still life drawings of a flower. Noah even managed to do it with using one arm!
P7 MRS RIDDALL:
Oscar and Alana for giving super class talks on their future.
P7 MRS HART:
Alicejane and Charlie A for giving an excellent class talk on ‘ Where I see myself in 10 years time!’