Merit Badge Winners 10 February

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Joshua for excellent work on the BFG with fantastic illustrations. Cade for good planning for Rosa Parks powerpoint.

P5 MRS BROWN: Joshua for giving super answers in this weeks comprehension. Emilia for working hard to learn tables.

P5 MRS WILSON: James for writing a great letter to Rosa Parks. Lucy for having lots of great discussions on ‘Thoughtful Thursday’ during Mental Health week.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Jack for working hard to add detail to his comic strp. Alfie for very good comparative and superlative work.

P6 MRS HART: Ethan for constructing a fantastic Crannog from paper, card, straws and lollipop sticks. Noah for super concentration and excellent answers given during his proof reading tasks.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Zac for super problem solving in maths. Lexi for working hard at division in maths.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Chloe and Annabelle for working hard at applying their times table knowledge to solve division sums.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Ronan for working hard at problem solving. Curtis for excellent maths work including making equivalent fractions and +/- fractions.

Stars of the Week 10 February

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Aidan for working really hard each day.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Eloise for being a brave girl and doing her best.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Jaxson for trying really hard and being such a thoughtful friend.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Oliver for great enthusiasm about our topic especially when learning about The Titanic.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Freddie for his enthusiasm this week on Workout Wednesday and being kind to his friends on Thoughtful Thursday.

P3 MR FIELD: Rosie for working hard on her numeracy.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Riley for super dribbling skills in football during PE.

Stars of the Week 3 February

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Ariah for always being very happy and trying her best at everything she does.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Kayleigh for being so helpful and kind.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Dylan for having great knowledge about the Titanic!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Luca for making a great Johnny the Jig.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Claire for fabulous work on problem solving.

P3 MR FIELD: Sophia for super reading every week.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Amy for super work in the ICT suite when colouring the 7 different continents.

Irish Dancers are smiling!

Well done to Charlotte and Clara (P6) who participated in the Belfast FDTA . They Irish danced their way to a haul of cups and medals. Both Charlotte and Clara were awarded 1st in the Slip/Double Jig and the Treble Jig and 2nd in the Reel and in their Light and Set Dance in their respective age groups. CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS,! What great achievements!

All Ireland Dance Championships 2022

CONGRATUALTIONS to P6 pupil Lexi who took part in the All Ireland Dance Championships in Bundoran. She came away with a large display of trophies coming 1st in her Jazz solo, 2nd in her Lyrical duo and trio and 7th in her Lyrical solo. Her dance school G&L Dance Company also came first in the group dance. What a super outcome! WELL DONE LEXI!

Merit Badge Winners 27 January

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Eva for showing good comprehension in her reading activities. Lorne for great work on +/- HTU with exchanging.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Hannah and Jacob for making good progress with number work and learning number facts well.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Katie for working hard with her reading and reading confidently in front of others. Calvin for writing an excellent “I have a dream for Holywood Primary”.

P5 MRS BROWN: Peter for showing a great interest and rememebering lots of facts from our Rosa Parks topic. Hollie for working hard on digital clocks and converting them to analogue.

P5 MRS WILSON: Archie for working hard on telling the time in analogue and digital. Mya for working hard on telling the time ‘to the hour’.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Leah for excellent work on right angles. TJ for a wonderful character description of Lila and Hamlet from ‘The Firework - Makers Daughter’.

P6 MRS HART: Evan for an excellent letter written from Lalchand to Lila persuading his daughter to come home. Olivia for a fantastic ‘Recycling Poster’!

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Lawson and Luke for super creative versions of Pie Corbetts ‘A Poem to be Spoken Silently’.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Cole and Phoenix for writing wonderful poems based on P.Corbett’s ‘A Poem to be Spoken Silently’. Both boys included personification and similes. Well done!

P7 MR McCONNELL: Cally for displaying excellent dribbling skills in PE. Molly for a super version of the poem ‘A Poem to be Spoken Silently’.

Stars of the Week 27 January

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Micah for being a very well behaved, polite boy!

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Lacey for the most beautiful writing and being a very kind, helpful girl.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Rachela for wonderful independent writing about our walk to Holywood.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Sibi for excellent independent literacy and numeracy work.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Noah for excellent writing about our Holywood Trail.

P3 MR FIELD: Amber for working really hard on her spellings.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Alfie for super money work using change.

Fabulous Festival succcess for Darby

Darby (P7) competed in Holywood Music Festival. He entered the woodwind class and was awarded 1st place for clarinet and 2nd place for saxophone in the same category. What a fantastic outcome. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO DARBY on this achievement. We really liked the prizes he was awarded too!

Stars of the Week 20 January

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Olivia for being a super gymnast during our PE lessons.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Sophia for always working so hard and doing her best - a superstar.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Edith for having super general knowledge about recycling and ‘Our Town’ topic.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Zoe for doing beautiful pictures in her town and country mouse work.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Lizzie for writing fabulous sentences.

P3 MR FIELD: Reagan for excellent number work.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Sam for super rhyming words.

Merit Badge Winners 13 January

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Alex and Charley for fantastic WW2 posters.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: William and Poppy for working hard to produce accurate adding and subtracting with exchanging.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Chloe for always presenting beautiful work. Ella for excellent work improving her spelling and fantastic work on digital clocks.

P5 MRS BROWN: Charlie and Rene for working very hard on digital clocks.

P5 MRS WILSON: Cara-Louise for working hard all week on her phonics and spelling. Alex for producing a lovely ‘birdhouse’ piece of art.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Caroline for excellent work on angles. Oscar for working hard and consistently producing a high standard of work.

P6 MRS HART: Clara for being an excellent member of a group/team and showing leadership skills. Sarah for listening carefully and always working to full capacity.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Eira and Krista for producing lovely artwork related to Island of the Blue Dolphins.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Ben and Holly for working really well as part of a team during our STEM activity of building a bridge.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Macie and Arianna for working really well at all activities during the week.

Stars of the Week 13 January

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Harry for being a happy hardworking boy.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Luca for being kind and hardworking each day.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Nina for being happy and working so hard each day in school.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Heidi for excellent number work.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Joshua for fantastic mental maths.

P3 MR FIELD: Tom for working really hard on his reading.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Skye for working really well in class and trying her best.

Centra Christmas Competition Winners 2021

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 Aidan

P2 James

P3 Ella

P4 Susanna

P5 Joshua

P6Isobel

P7 Jake

Sumdog Winners!!

A big well done to all the children who took part in the Sumdog Maths contest. There was a total of 121 classes from Northern Ireland that entered the competition and HPS featured very highly on the leadership board! A big well done to Room 10 who came 7th in the whole contest and to Room 6 who came 22nd out of 121!

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 17 DECEMBER

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Jack and Kate for measuring accurately with cm.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Charlie and Megan for rising to the challenges of school life - in and out of the classroom.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Molly and Casey for excellent singing in our recording of the carol service.

P5 MRS BROWN: Shion for working at a much faster pace and completing his work on time. Miller for making a big effort with his handwriting.

P5 MRS WILSON: Skye for excellent singing for the carol service. Luke for excellent writing for reindeer application.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Charlie for working really hard to learn his weekly facts. Ruby for super coordinates work.

P6 MRS HART: James for completing all his work on Google Classroom when he was off ill. Martha for excellent answers during our class discussion on nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Luke for great ideas for his mystery story. Maria for making a super decoupage box.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Finn and Susannah for doing brilliant circle work using a compass.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Jason for excellent ‘hot seating’ as a character from the nativity. Jake for great work using a compass and always working hard.

STARS OF THE WEEK 17 DECEMBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Nao for doing super writing about Christmas.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Elsie for brightening up our room with her smile and giggle. A helpful kind girl.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Lauren for being such a kind and helpful girl.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Freya for great clock work on o’clock and half past.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Ella for making a fabulous car for our Drive In Movie Day!

P3 MR FIELD: Theo for excellent T&L about his toy car.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Abel for terrific teamwork when building a car for our Shared Ed Drive in Movie.

Pupils of the Term

Levi (P1)

For being a great boy in the Dinner Hall. Levi is extremely polite and always tries the different meals each day.

Jack & Adam (P1)

What a great start to Primary 1. Adam & Jack have both displayed such great qualities. They are kind, helpful and caring towards the others in their class. Well done boys!

Teddy (P2)

Teddy is such a happy and polite boy. Each day he wishes members of staff a cheerful good morning. Well done Teddy!

Alfie (P2)

Alfie is such a kind and helpful friend. He offered to help a classmate in need.

 Layla (P3)

Even though Layla is P3, she has been so kind and helpful with the P1 girls. Miss Armstrong & Miss Dobbin really appreciate this.

Cooper(P5)

Cooper was a gentleman. He stood back and held the door open for Ms  de Haan. Thank you Cooper!

Thomas (P7)

Thomas kindly helped a member of his class without being asked. It was very much appreciated by the other pupil and member of staff.

STARS OF THE WEEK 9 DECEMBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Myla for doing super phonics work.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Safaa for being so kind and caring and looking after everyone in our class.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Andrew for wonderful ideas and writing about people who help us.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Harriett for excellent letter writing when writing to Santa.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Ellen for being kind and helpful.

P3 MR FIELD: Jude for fantastic number work.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Nina for writing super questions to Santa.

When Irish dancers are smiling!

Smiling faces all round as Charlotte and Clara came home with an armful of awards between them. They are both members of the Aisling School of Irish Dance and were taking part in their dance school’s annual festival. What an achievement girls, well done to you both!

STARS OF THE WEEK 2 DECEMBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Faya for always trying her best at everything she does.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Olivia for being the best behaved girl and always doing her best.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Bess for beautiful singing and actions in nativity rehearsals and being such an enthusiastic pupil in P2.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Art for excellent singing and great actions during nativity rehearsals.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Henry for brilliant ideas for “If I were an elf…”

P3 MR FIELD: Charlotte for working really hard on her number facts.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Harry for super work on our online toy quiz with Glencraig for Shared Education.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 2 DECEMBER

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Saoirse for great use of plural rules in grammar work.

Harry for detailed comprehension answers on air raid shelters.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Ava and Ryan for great levels of interest in our topics and for sharing information with the rest of the class.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Liam and Jack for good thinking skills in mental maths.

P5 MRS BROWN: Ashley and Iris for interesting posters on a US State - well done.

P5 MRS WILSON: Jonah and Scarlett for super posters all about an American State - very creative and lots of detail.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Campbell for working really hard on his maths.

Bella for great work on HTU multiplying.

P6 MRS HART: Lexi for great conversion work with length, mass and capacity.

Zach for working hard on his handwriting.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Mara and Ellie for creative and neat presentation in all work.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Molly and Saxon for writing a mysterious and detailed story plan.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Adam and Caleb for good work when planning their mystery stories - I am looking forward to reading their final pieces.