STARS OF THE WEEK 16 JANUARY 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Toby for following instructions and learning his sounds well.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Elias for amazing reading by sounding out all by himself.

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Amelia for beautiful writing and a great show and tell about her favourite Christmas presents.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Kayleigh for being a superstar and listening really well.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Olivia for super writing about her weekend news.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Phoebe for a fabulous painting of Jack Frost.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 10 JANUARY

P4 MR FIELD: Henry for excellent place value work.

Heidi for excellent expression whilst reading.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Jaxson and Art for great work on adding and subtracting 10 on a 100 square.

P4 MISS McDONALD: Mason for working hard to secure his knowledge on his X3 tables.

Edward for fantastic rugby skills.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Henry for super mental Arithmetic

Lucy for a super watercolour painting.

P5 MRS BROWN: Hafsah for a great effort to improve the speed of her work.

Joshua for great work on digital time.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Alex for a great oil pastel self portrait.

Toby for fantastic problem solving involving cm and m.

P6 MRS HART: Harry and Saoirse for excellent understanding of homophones.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Iris for a great effort to improve spelling.

Emma for super thinking skills during problem solving in Maths.

P7 MRS FRANCIS: Betty for making a great start in Term 2 - hard working, kind and thinking of others.

Finn for being an excellent friend, always thinking of others first.

P7 MR MC CONNELL Lucas for always giving 100%, even when he finds something challenging.

Caden for great work on rounding and multiplying 10 and 100.

STARS OF THE WEEK 13 DECEMBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Clara always works very hard and does beautiful writing.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

James works so hard. His independent writing is really good too!

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON:

Cora is a great listener during carpet time. She also focuses really well when doing other activities.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Erne is trying really hard to get her work finished on time. Well done Erne.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Eloise for creating a wonderful animation in ICT.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Nao for fabulous art work.

P4 -P7 MERIT WINNERS 6 DECEMBER

P4 MR FIELD: Nathan for having excellent rugby skills.

Toby for making a great start with HTU.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Ruby and Bethany for bringing great enthusiasm in dance practice.

P4 MISS McDONALD: Faye for being kind and considerate in class and the playground.

Felix for working hard on his HTU.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Sam and Olivia for excellent posters about the U.S.A.

P5 MRS BROWN: Theo and Juliet for wonderful posters on U.S.A.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Elizabeth for excellent work on decimals.

Jack for great recount writing.

P6 MRS HART: Charley for super pushing and stopping skills during hockey.

Eve for much improved organisational skills.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Ashley and Juliette for beautiful artwork including the P1-P3 play, School Mascot and compass stars.

P7 MRS FRANCIS: Scarlett for excellent work on Roman Numerals.

Zoe for unbelievable knowledge of worldwide countries and time zones.

P7 MR MC CONNELL: Blake and Jack for super work using Roman Numerals.

STARS OF THE WEEK 6 DECEMBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Layla for being an enthusiastic star for the Nativity rehearsals.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Isobel for being so helpful and hard working.

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Lana for working so hard on her writing! Well done Lana!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Markus for doing excellent hand wiriting with Mrs Black.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Robyn for her wonderful performance as a narrator during our Nativity.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Charlie for being a fabulous shepherd in our Nativity.

STARS OF THE WEEK 29 NOVEMBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Caleb for working hard to hold his pencil correctly. Caleb is also a very kind boy and made his class pancakes.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Seth for amazing counting!

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Charles for being a great helper and a kind friend. ( He looks after them if they are hurt )

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Annabelle for working hard all week.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Myla for being a wonderful helper in the mornings in class.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Safaa for great kindness and always looking after her friends.

Nico plays her way to success

What great news. Nico came 3rd playing her flute at Holywood Music Festival.

Nico previously passed her flute Grade 1 exam with Distinction. This was her first flute performance in front of people!

Congratualtions to Nico. Keep playing!

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 22 NOVEMBER

P4 MR FIELD:

Abbas for showing great enthusiasm in class and completing all tasks.

Brooke for working hard and completing excellent comprehension work.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Tristan and Freddie for working well together in a team sharing objects into 5 groups in outdoor learning.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Sibi for showing great determination to complete his work.

Maisie for working hard to develop her numeracy skills.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Jacob for learning his xylophone music really quickly.

Cormac for really good glockenspiel playing.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Riley and Rayan for making a great effort learning x4 and doing HTU multiplying sums.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

James for excellent problem solving with numbers over 1 million.

Kate for super inference work.

P6 MRS HART:

Ben for completing fantastic Haiku Autumn poems.

Emily for excellent presentation during all work.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Cara-Louise for consistantly getting top marks in her spelling tests.

Emmy for being kind and friendly to members of other P7 classes during Anti-Bullying Week.

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Bethany for working incredibly hard on digital time.

Leah for being extremely kind, caring and helpful.

P7 MR MC CONNELL

Willow, Gracie and Katie for making great progress with digital time.

STARS OF THE WEEK 22 NOVEMBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Finn is so helpful, often pushing in chairs and tidying up around him.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Lucas for being so kind and helpful. Always looks out for others.

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Clodagh for being a super hard worker, always tries her best.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Jesse for being a great leader on our walk into Holywood.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Ruairi for great singing during our Nativity rehearsals.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Chloe for fablous singing and actions in rehearsals.

Shion shines at Holywood Music Festival

We were delighted to hear about Shion's piano achievements. Shion who is a P7 pupil, passed his piano Grade 3 exam with distinction.

At Holywood Music Festival he came third in the piano class and won a bronze medal.

Huge congratulations Shion. What great acheivements.

STARS OF THE WEEK 15 NOVEMBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Ruya for trying hard to listen well and follow instructions.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Nina is such a great listener and so well behaved.

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON:Elish is such a kind girl to others.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Joseph for beautiful handwriting on his nativity invitation.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Sloane for super teamwork while working with P5 in our HPS togetherness week.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Myla for great number skills when learning together in P5.

STARS OF THE WEEK 9 NOVEMBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Harry for being a very helpful and hard working boy

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Seth for being a ray of sunshine in his class - so happy and enthusiastic!

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Elina for settling in so well in P1. Her class have loved getting to know her.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Clea for doing great singing during nativity rehearsals. Mrs Hunter & Mrs Harron are very proud of her!

P3 MR ATCHESON: Isabella for a beautiful painting of her favourite toy in their new class topic.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Oliver for excellent singing and dancing in Nativity rehearsals.

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 9 NOVEMBER

P4 MR FIELD: Brady for creating a super space junk model.

Abbas for working hard with his phonics.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Ciara and Ellie for creating Solar systems that are out of this world.

P4 MISS MCDONALD: Olivia and Alfie for creating amazing space junk models.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Alfie and Rosie for excellent work on division - worlking hard and showing great progress.

P5 MRS BROWN: Reagan for working hard on X HTU

Ella for great work on dividing.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Zach for showing great determination to complete his work.

Beth for fantastic classifying triangles work!

P6 MRS HART: Adam for writing a brilliant story about his amazing dream.

Eva for excellent catching up on her triangle work, after being off school ill.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Fraser and Joshua for clear explanations of methods needed for problem solving.

P7 MRS FRANCES: Logan and Carter for both creating wonderful Iron Man scrap material models.

P7 MR MC CONNELL Lachlan and Sam for designing and building two super Iron men - they had lots of good details!

STARS OF THE WEEK 25 OCTOBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Alfie for good manners and listening very well.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Nicholas for being so incredibly kind and helpful.

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Ezra for concentrating on his work and trying his very best!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Alice for great work on positional language.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Caleb for mixing different warm colours to paint wonderful autumn leaves.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Jude for excellent phonic work.

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 20 OCTOBER

P4 MR FIELD: Dylan for excellent fracton work.

Oliver for super vertical sum work with exchanging.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Sam and Ben for excellent addition with exchanging work.

P4 MISS DOBBIN: Nico for excellent work on fractions

Heidi for excellent money work!

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Henry for great music

Ellen for bringing in really interesting fossils.

P5 MRS BROWN: Daniel and Annie for wonderful posters on mini beasts.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Susanna and Grace for excellent posters for Victor Hazell’s party.

P6 MRS HART: Indie for neat and maticulous classwork.

Violet for excellent art work on her Victor Hazell poster.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Cooper and Ethan for putting alot of effort into their Iron Man storyboards, with great results.

P7 MRS HAMMOND:Charlie for a wonderful art piece based on Romero Brits.

P7 MR MC CONNELL: Casey for an excellent Iron Man story book.

Taylor for an excellent Iron Man story book.

STARS OF THE WEEK 18 OCTOBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Layla for super singing for our Harvest Assembly.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Ella for working so incredibly hard and being so kind and thoughtful too!

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Oiliver for being a great hard worker and a super friendly boy.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Alexander for great money work using 2p’s and 1p’s.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Aidan for wonderful work on his number bonds in Maths.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Kirstie for a fabulous fairy tale animation using JITS

Leah's League success

P7 pupil, Leah represented Helen’s Bay Golf Club in the Golf Sixes junior event during the summer.

The team she was in were placed second in the League. Well done Leah. Delighted to hear of your success and interest in golf.

STARS OF THE WEEK 11 OCTOBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Lewis for being very kind and helpful.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Annie for excellent behaviour and great listening.

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Julia for always trying her best with her work. ( Which is always fabulous! )

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Rhea for being extremely helpful !

P3 MR ATCHESON: Sophia for creating a super autumn hedgehog using art materials.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Dylan for a fabulous dragon painting.

P4 -P7 MERIT WINNERS 4 OCTOBER

P4 MR FIELD: Oliver for working really hard all week.

Freya for super times tables work.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Abe for working hard to complete his home work.

Merryn who’s work is always very neat and beautifully presented.

P4 MISS DOBBIN: Eliza and Ellen for working well together to create a fabulous book of space facts on Book Creator.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Amber for a fantastic poster about minibeasts.

Archie for teaching people to play the glockenspiel.

P5 MRS BROWN: Amy for very good answers on recent comprehension.

Jack for a good standard in all his work.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Jacob for brilliant time work.

Isla for being confident and speaking out clearly during her class assembly.

P6 MRS HART: Logan for excellent analogue and digital time.

Asher for superb manners.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Rama for always trying her best, working hard and being kind to others.

Cooper for working hard to complete activities on time.

P7 MRS HAMMOND: Hollie for working really hard to improve her paper scores, well done Hollie!

Tate for always being kind and considerate to everyone in Room 10.

P7 MR MC CONNELL James C and James R for both using great imagination when creating a trap for Iron Man - The Cage Destroyer and The Iron Man’s Destiny of Doom!

STARS OF THE WEEK 4 OCTOBER

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON: Olivia for being such a kind and caring friend.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH: Harriet for being a ray of sunshine in our classroom, so happy and enthusiastic!

P1 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Alex for being a great helper at tidy up time and also for being so kind!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Elliott for great outdoor numeracy work on number bonds of 3.

P3 MR ATCHESON: Nate for writing some super independent sentences.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN: Magnus for his enthusiasm on Superhero Day.