STARS OF THE WEEK 8 JUNE

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Magnus for doing super adding and taking away with really big numbers.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Adam for having the most beautiful manners and working so hard.

P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS McGONIGLE: Felix for beng a number whizz! Super mental maths.

P2 MRS HUNTER: Luca for great recount writing about our trip to the Folk Museum.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Jack for a fabulous pirate painting.

P3 MR FIELD: Sarah for excellent creative writing and using lots of adjectives.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Olivia for writing a fab fact file on a Honeybee.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 8 JUNE

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Jamie and Isla for great contributions to class discussions on how animals have adapted to hot environments.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Hannah and Joe for working hard and showing they are getting ready for P5.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Lucie-May and Tate for excellent participation during our Happy Healthy Minds lesson.

P5 MRS BROWN: Leah and Cooper for making a great effort in our class sports week.

P5 MRS WILSON: Erin and James for excellent effort and good sportsmanship during sports week.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  Alfie for great contributions to WAU discussions and Jack for super 24 hour time work.

P6 MRS HART: Evan for fantastic work on lowest common multiples. Millar for excellent cricket skills and supporting his ‘House’ well during sports week.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:  Mollie and Jayden for super water colour paintings in the style of Monet.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Susannah and Scarlett for always being so helpful around the classroom.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Arianna and Mimi for excellent water colour painting in the style of Monet.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 26 MAY

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Luca and Martha for great javelin technique in preparation for Sports Week

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON:

Indie and Harrison for joining in well during the Happy Healthy Minds visit and having good ideas.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:

Gracie and Katie for great measuring in centimetres!

P5 MRS BROWN:

Finn and Lachlan for giving interesting talks on their hobbies.

P5 MRS WILSON:

Marnie and Arthur for great class talks including Powerpoint presentations.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  

Campbell for showing great enthusiasm during Sports Week.

Rachel for working hard at dividing.

P6 MRS HART:

Ollie for being the most outstanding friend.

Amber for continued focus and effort being put into all her work.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:  

Mara and Lexi for great work in P7.

P7 MISS McGUILE:

Holly for a super self portrait drawing using pencil and water colours.

Jamie for participating so enthusiastically in all events for P7 Sports Week.

P7 MR McCONNELL:

Jason for excellent effort during Sports Week and also for showing great maturity when forgiving another pupil.

Macie for doing some great work despite having a broken wrist!

STARS OF THE WEEK 25 MAY

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Micah for always trying his best at everything he does!

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Molly for always doing her best. She is so happy and enthusiastic.

P2 MRS CLARKE: Aurora for asking great questions on her class trip to the Folk Museum.

P2 MRS HUNTER: Heidi K for completing her work really well.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON:Tom for making an AWESOME dinosaur!

P3 MR FIELD: Jude for creating a super dinosaur on P3 Dinosaur Day!

P3 MR ATCHESON: Skye for her fantastic dinosaur creation.

STARS OF THE WEEK 18 MAY

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Robyn for doing super number work.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Kirstie for being so kind and caring.

P2 MRS CLARKE: Hollie for being such a kind and thoughtful girl.

P2 MRS HUNTER: Dylan for trying really hard to get his work finished on time.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: James for fabulous writing about sunflowers.

P3 MR FIELD: Henry for super vertical sums.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Jacob for writing a fab news report about a dinosaur in HPS.

MERIT BADGE WINNER 12 MAY

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Susanna & Harry for good recall of the x 3 tables.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Jack for getting better at remembering and following classroom rules. Eve for working hard and showing progress in numeracy.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Liam & Harry for excellent work on perimeter.

P5 MRS BROWN: Juliette for great spelling revison for the monthly test. Abraham for working hard on HTU multiplying.

P5 MRS WILSON: Carter & Oliver for super work with co-ordinates in numeracy.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  Max for working hard to consolidate long multiplication. TJ for super subtraction work.

P6 MRS HART: Blake for always tidying the room at the end of the day without being asked. Martha for revising her facts and formulae so well at home and answering confidently in class.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:  George for useful and sensible contributions to class discussions on our novel or other topic related activities. Lori for concentrating and working to the very best of her ability regardless of any distractions.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Maisie & Ben for super work using the protractor to measure angles.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Hayden for excellent reading during guided reading time and working hard when it’s not his groups turn to read. Jake for great work in his problem solving book and realising where he went wrong and identifying how to fix it.

STARS OF THE WEEK 11 MAY

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Sloane for beautiful handwriting.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Freya for great independent work when completing reading activities.

P2 MRS CLARKE: Nico for great sportsmanship during P2 Sports Week.

P2 MRS HUNTER: Abe for being such a great team player during Sports Week. Well done!

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Joni for painting a lovely picture when local artist Aly Harte visitied the school to complete an art workshop with P3 as part of our Shared Education Programme.

P3 MR FIELD: Eva for excellent work with coins.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Martha- Rose for making a terrific dinosaur fossil.

End of season at Holywood RFC

At the final day of training for the season for Holywood Minis Rugby, the children finished with a fun day and presentation of medals to all the teams.

Well done to P4 pupil, Zach receiving his medal from Ulster Rugby player Matty Rea.

P4 teammates Joe, Danny, Caleb, Alex, James, Rory and Ella also received their medals.

WELL DONE EVERYONE, WHAT A GREAT WAY TO FINISH THE SEASON OFF!

STARS OF THE WEEK 4 MAY

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Joshua for being a very helpful boy and super at tidying up.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Caleb for being a brilliant friend to everyone in our class, so helpful and kind.

P2 MRS CLARKE: Oliver for great number work all by himself.

P2 MRS HUNTER: Theo for great sorting when we were learning about what grows in the garden.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: George for a FABULOUS dinosaur painting.

P3 MR FIELD: Hafsah for a super painting of a dinosaur.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Alfie for fantastic dinosaur research in class.

A busy few months ahead for Patrick!

Congratualations to P7 pupil, Patrick, who has been selected to represent the Northern Cricket Union U11s in this summer’s training and series of interprovincial matches, as well as a tour to Jersey. All the very best Patrick in the months ahead! (We like your hoodie too!)

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 28 APRIL

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Eva and Lorne for great work multiplying TU by 2.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Lydia and Jake for being very understanding during PDMU lessons and having good ideas for describing feelings about Amazing Grace.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Mark for good problem solving in maths. Willow for beautiful artwork about Stonehenge.

P5 MRS BROWN: Fraser for great interest in the Stonehenge topic and remembering lots of interesting facts. Elsa for a wonderful painting of Stonehenge.

P5 MRS WILSON: Skye and Sam for a great attitude to all school life after the Easter break for Term 3.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  Leah for wonderful ideas during our discussion about compassion. Emily-Rose for reading aloud to the class.

P6 MRS HART: Faith for making a great Viking longboat and helping others attach their sail. James for great sportsmanship shown during our sports day practice.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Hannah for super writing about her trip to Saudi Arabia. Ariana for writing an interesting account of her Easter holiday.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Phoenix and Sophia for super improvements in reading.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Antony for working really hard to learn his spellings and improving his number work. Riley for making great progress in her maths work and adding accurately.

STARS OF THE WEEK 28 APRIL

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Mia for always working hard and using lovely manners.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Finn for having beautiful manners.

P2 MRS CLARKE: Phoebe for great ideas and wonderful writing about Spring.

P2 MRS HUNTER: Erica for doing great Spring writing.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Lizzi for her enthusiasm and hard work in topic work.

P3 MR FIELD: Theo for working hard on his place value work.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Euan for fantastic teamwork and sportmanship in Sports Week.

STARS OF THE WEEK 31 MAY

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Myla for being a kind friend.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Elsie for being so enthusiastic and having a great attitude in everything she does.

P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS McGONIGLE: Merryn for writing an excellent story about an enormous strawberry.

P2 MRS HUNTER: Zoe for coming up with excellent ideas for her creative writing on The Enormous Carrot!

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Jake for always offering to help others.

P3 MR FIELD: Ella for great ideas when writing using speech bubbles.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Ellen for a fabulous creative story about a dinosaur.

Helping others

Huge congratulations to Saoirse, Selena and Penny from P4 who raised £90 for Ukraine by making and selling lemonade at the recent Croft Hill Climb Car Event.
They donated their takings to the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Human Appeal www.dec.org.uk

Thank you girls for being so enterprising and raising money for such a worthy cause.

NumBot Stars!

Well done to all the boys and girls who have been working hard on NumBots! Keep going, you are all super!

Absolute Rockstars!!

A huge congratulations to P6 Room 12 who came first place in the Times Tables Rock Star Contest!

Well done to all of KS2 who took part!

STARS OF THE WEEK 7 APRIL

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Evie-Rose for doing super work with double sounds.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Lucy for amazing sounding out and reading.

P2 MRS FULTON & MRS CLARKE: Noah for great reading and writing.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Harriet for trying really hard to get work completed on time.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Eliza for being a lovely friend.

P3 MR FIELD: Charlotte for always having excellent manners.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Henry for working hard on his reading.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 7 APRIL

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Liilia for settling well into P4 R14. Logan for making great progress in his reading and spelling work.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Adam and Vanessa for being able to workwell as part of a group.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Chloe and Rudy for good reasoning in maths.

P5 MRS BROWN: Betty and Josh for wonderful upcycling projects for the UFU competition.

P5 MRS WILSON: Scarlett and Ethan for always working hard and putting 100% effort into each task.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Isobel for excellent work on percentages. Charlie for good work on decimals.

P6 MRS HART: Polly for being much braver around wasps and bees in class. Jacob for doing his spelling homework all week.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Ellie and Zoe for excellent explanation writing including all important features.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Annabelle and Matthew for a fantastic piece of explanation writing. Well done.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Abbie and Tilly for writing brilliant pieces of explanation writing - including paragraphs, adjectives and time connectives. The ‘Wakey-Bakey 6000’ and ‘Wake-a-tron 2000’ will definitely wake up the deepest sleepers.

Hockey success for Harriet!

What exciting news! Well done to P1 pupil Harriet!

Harriet plays hockey at CIYMS. At the end of season awards ceremony, she won P1 player of the year!
What a fabulous achievement and trophy to go with it too! Congratulations Harriet.

Beaming about basketball!

Polly (P6) was chosen to play in the Basketball NI finals which took place in Craigavon. She has been playing for Queen’s since September and her team (U12 girls) won the League. CONGRATULATIONS to Polly and her team. We look forward to hearing of her involvement in other basketball tournaments and hopefully more finals too!