MERIT BADGE WINNERS 25 OCTOBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Annie for fabulous acting skills. She was a reporter and interviewed Neil Armstrong about the moon landing.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Reagan for great work adding up coins. Luke for great work finding change from 50p.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Ryan for brilliant number work and knowing his number facts. Rosie for working hard to neatly complete grammar work.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Megan & William for behaving really well on the trip and representing Holywood by getting involved in all the activities.

P5 Mrs Brown: Asher & Kate for joining in with enthusiasm at our pumpkin harvest - evening though it poured.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Marnie for super ideas for her Autumn Haiku. Cara-Louise for working hard on HT&U.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Rudy for great work on long multiplication. Finn for super work with money amounts.

P6 Mr McConnell: Oscar for excellent work on long multiplication. Casey for great work on word problems.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Caleb for a great Iron Man model. Rachel for excellent rounding to the nearest 10 and 100.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Eve & James for excellent Iron Men constructions that each explained in super detail for the whole class as to how they’d been built.

STAR OF THE WEEK 25 OCTOBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Kayleigh for doing super sound work.

P1 MRS CORNISH: Archie for amazing catching in PE.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Nao for amazing sounding out during story writing.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Molly for great sequencing of all the characters in our shared reading books.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Sophia for fab work on our tricky triangles in class.

P3 MR FIELD: Lauren for always trying her best.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Joseph for creating a fantastic castle.

STARS OF THE WEEK 20 OCTOBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Beatrice for doing beautiful handwriting.

P1 MRS CORNISH: Rory for always doing the most beautiful work.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Myla for excellent mouse skills when painting fireworks on the computer.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Mia for settling back into school after her long break.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Tristan for fantastic work on our number bonds to 10 in the ICT suite.

P3 MR FIELD: Indi for excellent coding during Shared Education.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Ciara for creating a fabulous fairy tale animation sequence using Just 2 Easy.

STARS OF THE WEEK 14 OCTOBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Rory for always working hard.

P1 MRS CORNISH: Elle for always trying her best and being so polite too.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Safaa for excellent phonics work and sounding out words.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Eloise for trying really hard to get her work finished on time.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Rachela for beautiful neat writing and presentation of her work.

P3 MR FIELD: Edward for amazing weekend news.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Reuben for fabulous handwriting.

STARS OF THE WEEK 6 OCTOBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Isaac for being very caring and helpful.

P1 MRS CORNISH: Annabelle for beautiful writing and being a good friend to everyone.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Ruairi for writing a great description of a terrible creature that he drew.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Thomas for being helpful and thoughful. Thomas offered to help another child with their zip.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Art for super work on nouns.

P3 MR FIELD: Henry for brilliant noun work.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Jack for fabulous facts about castles.

STARS OF THE WEEK 30 SEPTEMBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Seth for always working hard.

P1 MRS CORNISH: Aidan for being the best behaved boy who always does his best.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Harry for excellent sounding out during story writing.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Adam for doing great money work.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Nico for amazing building skills during our Shared Education Day.

P3 MR FIELD: Sophia for excellent bar modelling.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Aoife for being a great friend on our Shared Education Day.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 30 SEPTEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Tom’s enthusiasm and predictions for our “Fizzing Moon Rocks” were brilliant!

P4 Mrs McKeown: Frankie for great number work this week. Martha-Rose for a lovely recount of her weekend.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Rayan and Abel for being very helpful in class and completing great reading activities.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Cara and Jacob for writing a lovely, creative ‘I am’ poem.

P5 Mrs Brown: Eva and Susanna for super stories about the day Mrs Brown went missing.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Juliette for working hard to learn x7 tables. Peter for consistent hard work at all times.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Hollie and Caden for superb fluency during guided reading sessions.

P6 Mr McConnell: Katie for working hard at place value. Taylor for a super kite poem (related to our novel Danny Champion of the World).

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Charlie for accurate measuring during the ‘Gnome Gnumeracy Challenge’. Sophia for a fantastic limerick.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Millar and Sarah for always volunteering to ‘Buddy’ and help with the P1’s, both are excellent role models to the younger pupils.

STARS OF THE WEEK 22 SEPTEMBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Lucas for being very helpful and using lovely manners.

P1 MRS CORNISH: Alexander for listening so carefully to instructions and being enthusiastic.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Caleb for beautiful manners and always being polite to teachers and others in his class.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Allyson for working really hard at presenting her work neatly.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Freya for wonderful work using the large gymnastic apparatus.

P3 MR FIELD: Sam for being kind and helpful.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Toby for fantastic problem solving in Superhero maths.

STARS OF THE WEEK 16 SEPTEMBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Xavier for being a very happy and well behaved boy.

P1 MRS CORNISH: Jesse for beautiful manners and for being such a well behaved boy.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Freya for excellent adding, neatly set out and all correct.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Jemimah for coming up with great questions about our topic for our KWL board.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Zoe for reading so wonderfully in class.

P3 MR FIELD: Felix for excellent reading and a super start to P3.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Evie for demonstrating amazing skills in gymnastics.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 16 SEPTEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Eliza for thoughful work on the signs of Autumn.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Lucy & Maisie for beautiful pastel planets picture, very neat and paid attention to detail.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Henry for finding things in school to make him happy. Skye for working hard, following instructions and being kind.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Rory & Luca for working hard, following instructions and being kind.

P5 Mrs Brown: Abigail for completing all activities conscientiously. Harry for working hard on subtractions this week.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Liam for working hard and being cheerful despite his broken arm. Emma for working quietly and conscientiously all the time.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Charlie for showing wonderful enthusiasm for all P6 activities. Colby for always working hard and modelling great listening.

P6 Mr McConnell: Abraham for great work learning the 7x tables. Gracie for excellent work in maths and literacy and always giving everything a go.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Meadow for excellent work on long multiplication. Alfie for fantastic research on bats.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Blake for excellent attitude towards his work and is always being well-behaved. Charlotte for answering with confidence in class.

STARS OF THE WEEK 9 SEPTEMBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Ruby for being a great listener and doing beautiful colouring in.

P1 MRS CORNISH: James for great behaviour and listening so carefully.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Joshua for being exceptionally kind and thoughtful towards others.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Dylan for making great CVC words during outdoor learning.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Zara for sharing and writing some lovely news all about her weekend.

P3 MR FIELD: Kaylee for brilliant number work.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Lizzie for fabulous descriptive writing.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 2 SEPTEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Tom for being a great friend.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Heidi for settling in well to Holywood Primary. Olivia for modelling good listening in class.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Jack for settling in well to Holywood Primary. Ella for modelling good listenng and hard wrok in class.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Indie & Lydia for really good work in week one (everything finished, neat presentation and good answers).

P5 Mrs Brown: Marlon & Cain for settling in so well to a new school and making friends.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Valeriia for a great start to P6 and for communicating really well. Lucy for being helpful to others and showing enthusiasm for all activities.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Carl for being a super friendly member of Room 10 and for having impeccable manners! Bethany for working very hard at her grammar activities.

P6 Mr McConnell: Willow for working very hard and accurately at her Maths work. Ethan for completing mental arithmetic activities quickly and accurately.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Leah for fantastic outdoor learning work involving Venn diagrams. Charlie for working hard during the outdoor learning challenge.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Will & Marcia for excellent teamwork and communication during our data handling outdoor learning work.

STARS OF THE WEEK 2 SEPTEMBER

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Alice for being very enthusiastic and an excellent start to P1.

P1 MRS CORNISH: Zoe for being so kind to her classmates.

P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Lacey for doing so well with writing really neatly. Well done!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Abigail for setting so well into P2 and for super work all about her summer news.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Luke for being a wonderful listener and role model in class.

P3 MR FIELD: Jaxson for an excellent start to P3.

P3 MRS GIBSON: Mason for a fabulous start to P3. Well done!

Delight for Lexi's dancing!

Well done to Lexi! Lexi won Dancer of the Year at her G&L Dance School end of year concert!

What a great achievement.

Medals for Katie!

A huge well done to P6 pupil Katie who won bronze for her 50m butterfly and gold for the 4x25m medley relay in the Swim Ulster Swim Festival.

What a great achievement Katie! What great results! Well done!

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 22 JUNE

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Logan and Alanna for fantastic writing on their P4 memories

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Elizabeth and Caleb for enthusiasm during all our special events in P4.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Carl for excellent persussion playing. Taylor for picking up and sorting out booklets which had fallen on the floor.

P5 MRS BROWN: Miller and Shion for their contribution to our class music for the Summer Serenade.

P5 MRS WILSON: Lucy for being an excellent friend to Veleriia whilst she settles in to HPS. James for showing excellent talent during sports week.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  Bella and Ciara for fantastic participation at Conlig Outdoor Learning Centre.

P6 MRS HART: Darcy for putting 100% effort into all her work. Grace for always presenting her work beautifully.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:  Jonnie and Seth for a fantastic sketch using puppets on how to ‘Say No to Drugs!’ Well done boys.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Chloe for a wonderful model of Big Ben. Robbie for making super progree with his sounds.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Cally for a wonderful model of the leaning Tower of Pisa. Bea for a super model of the Pompidou Centre in Malaga.

STARS OF THE WEEK 22 JUNE

P1 MISS DOBBIN: Sloane for beautiful, neat handwriting.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: Finn for being so helpful.

P2 MRS CLARKE & MRS McGONIGLE: Sam for always having good behaviour and listening well.

P2 MRS HUNTER: Sophie for trying her best in everything she does.

P2/3 MRS GIBSON: Holly for her enthusiasm and cheerfulness in class.

P3 MR FIELD: Ryan for working really hard on his number bonds.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Grace for sharing lots of great ideas in class discussions.

Super job Sophie!

What a great start to competing in competitions for Sophie!

Trampolining success

Marcia took part in the Northern Ireland Trampolining Qualifiers and was placed 2nd out of a very strong field. She has now qualified for the National Finals in England. Fantastic achievement! Well done Marcia!

Jubilee Fun Day competitions

Well done to a number of pupils who were overall winners at some of the activities at our Jubilee Fun Day.

WELL DONE TO ZARA WHO WAS CLOSEST TO THE BURIED TREASURE! CHLOE WON THE TARGET GOLF AND ADAM WAS THE OVERALL WINNER OF THE HOOPLA!

CONGRATULATIONS TO P5-P7 SCAVENGER HUNT WINNERS GRACIE & MOLLY & CARL, WHO WAS OVERALL WINNER OF THE LOO ROLL CHALLENGE!

JOSHUA WAS THE P1-P4 SCAVENGER HUNT WINNER. AMELIA WAS THE WINNER OF GUESS THE NUMBER OF SWEETS & MEGAN WON THE BASKETBALL TARGET GAME! WELL DONE EVERYONE!