STARS OF THE WEEK 12 JUNE 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Rory for showing manners every day and always having a smile!

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Raya for being kind and helpful to her class mates and Mrs Cornish

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Olivier for being such a kind helper at tidy up time. Well done!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Alice for being a good friend.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Mia for wonderful research on honey bees.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Charlie for an excellent symmetrical butterfly.

Posted on June 12, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

STARS OF THE WEEK 5 JUNE 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Ellen for beautiful pictures. Also for super sorting and colouring.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Sienna for super addition work.

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Archie for great work on his reading and writing. Well done!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Kayleigh for always listening and following instructions!

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Finn for being a fantastic competitor and trying hard in every event for Sports Week.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Hollie for super speed in the running race - she is loving Sports Week.

Posted on June 5, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

MERIT WINNERS 31 MAY

P4 MR FIELD

Abbas for excellent rounding and great reading.

Henry for amazing listening.

P4 MISS MCDONALD

Olivia and Alfie for amazing cacti oil posters

P4  MRS MCKEOWN

Bess and Luca for great participation in our P4 Sports Week.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON

Ella for a well rehearsed talk about Bambi the lamb.

Maisie for practicing hard for Grade 1.

P5 MRS BROWN

Grace for working hard on decimals.

Tom for a wonderful talk on the charity ‘Angel Wishes’.

P6 MRS RIDDALL

Pranati for great contributions during PDMU discussions.

Elizabeth for working hard to understand long multiplication.

P6 MRS HART

 Ava for being a super help during our Sports Week and performing well.

William for much improved sentence construction and working hard during History activities.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD

Ashley for superb artwork for the P7 Show, Snow White and the Dream Team.

Emmy for great artwork in class, most recently her drawing of the Eiffel Tower and Snow White poster.

P7 MRS FRANCIS

Cade and Caden for working independently and enthusiastically on their European landmarks.

P7 MR MCCONNELL

Jack and Catherine for great work in problem solving.

Posted on May 31, 2024 and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

STARS OF THE WEEK 29 MAY 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Habiba for a big improvement in her writing. Her jotter work about Hermit crabs was excellent!

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Dylan for being a kind friend - always looks out for his class mates!

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Ezra for working hard and doing great writing.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Rhea for working really hard on her tricky words.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Isabella for building a fab Dinosaur on Dino Day!

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Olivia for building a fabulous dinosaur and helping friends, when they needed help with theirs.

Posted on May 29, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

STARS OF THE WEEK 24 MAY 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Harrison for beautiful writing and pictures in his big jotter about “ Dear Zoo”.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Grace for always ensuring her work is beautiful.

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Calum for working so hard on his literacy work. Well done!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Luke for having great manners and always being so polite!

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Kiara for being a super outdoor adventurer on our P3 visit to Clandeboye Nature Rangers.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Magnus for making a fantastic bug hotel on his school trip.

Posted on May 24, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 16 MAY

P4 MR FIELD:

Joshua and Brady for excellent presentations for their class work.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Theo for learning his spellings well.

Bethany for always working hard and producing very neat work.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Teddy and Nico for their wonderful class talks.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Emily for a really interesting talk about wild flowers.

Zach for enthusiastic preparation and participation in sports events.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Tom for great participation in our Sports Day.

Holly for an interesting talk on Marble Arch caves.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Poppy for great reading aloud to the class.

Lorne for fantastic work on percentages.

P6 MRS HART:

Hala for working hard at her fractions.

Rory for showing a good understanding of percentages.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Marnie for stepping up to play the role of Snow White at short notice, working hard to learn her lines.

Peter for impeccable manners and always having a smile on his face - no matter what’s going on!

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Shion and Zoe for making excellent contributions when discussing European countries.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Casey for great contributions to class discussions on Europe.

Taylor for working hard in ICT and making a great start to his presentation on Italy.

Posted on May 16, 2024 and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

STARS OF THE WEEK 15 MAY 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Christopher for listening well at Topic time and telling his class lots of facts.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Elin for amazing expressive reading and fantastic creative writing.

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Elina for always listening so well, sitting perfectly on the carpet and being one of the first to follow instructions.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Xavier for great CCVC words!

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Caleb for a wonderful job, when making different amounts in his money work.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Dylan for great teamwork, when practising for Sports Day..

Posted on May 15, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

STARS OF THE WEEK 8 MAY 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Winnie for great reading.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Aidan for having impeccable manners - a pleasure to teach!

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Lottie for always listening so well and working so hard.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Kayleigh for having excellent sportsmanship!

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Maryam for super dino research using the computers!

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Allyson for creating an excellent dinosaur WANTED poster.

Posted on May 8, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 2 MAY 2024

P4 MR FIELD:

Noah for excellent cricket.

Dylan for great ICT work.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Sam and Aoife for great listening and being very engaged on our trip.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Evie and Sophie for show casing wonderful cricket skills.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Nina for good work in mental arithmetic and excellent classroom tidying skills.

Freddie for good answers in science.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Sophia for writing a super traditional tale based on Goldilocks.

Jude for working hard on multiplying tens.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Jake for working hard multiplying and dividing decimals.

Carson for great work multiplying decimals.

P6 MRS HART:

Vanessa for always commenting on Google classroom. Especially giving book reviews and replying to homework comments.

Danny for working hard to complete or catch up on his homework, before and after Rugby matches.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Cooper and Abolfazl for producing a super poster on the endangered Tapanuli Orangutan.

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Mark and Shion for showing excellent behaviour and attitude during our show rehearsals.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Willow and Holly for being so polite, inclusive and kind whilst on the Edinburgh trip.

Posted on May 2, 2024 and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

STARS OF THE WEEK 1 MAY 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Jack for very impressive progress with his handwriting.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Sophie for being so enthusiastic - always has her hand up to answer questions.

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Mohammed for working so hard on his writing this week, what a great boy.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Isaac for excellent writing in his weekend news. Isaac wrote four sentences.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Callum for good listening in class.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Maisie for fabulous adjectives to describe dinosaurs.

Posted on May 1, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

STARS OF THE WEEK 24 APRIL 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Eva for super number work - take away 1 ; take away 2

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Zoe for impeccable manners every day.

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Eden for trying her best and working hard.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Rory for being kind and helping others.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Harriet for making a fab dinosaur fossil out of clay.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

James for excellent work on finding change.

Posted on April 24, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

P4 - P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 18 APRIL

P4 MR FIELD:

Jessica for excellent vertical multiplication.

Heidi for adding lots of expression to her reading.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Tristan and Merryn for both working hard to ensure hand writing is neat and well presented.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Reuben for fantastic work on our Northern Ireland topic.

Olivia for working hard on her 3D shapes.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Henry for working hard at speech marks

Heidi for good work in problem solving.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Harry for showing great interest in WAU topic

Skye for writing a very good ending to a traditional tale.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Abigail for wonderful sentences using homophones.

Alex for excellent perimeter work.

P6 MRS HART:

Harrison for super perimeter work

Megan for working hard in school and at home.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Harry for useful contributions to class discussion.

Jonah for always showing kindness and good manners.

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Rudy for excellent problem solving in Maths.

Ella for always being so kind and caring towards others.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Sam and Natasha for excellent oil pastel work drawing the Eiffel Tower.

Posted on April 18, 2024 and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

STARS OF THE WEEK 17 APRIL 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

James for doing some brilliant concentrating and starting to work really hard.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Peter for being so amazingly kind and helpful everyday.

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Elora for beautiful neat work every day - such a hard worker.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Yasir for super behaviour on our school trip to Mount Stewart.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Madison for super teamwork when painting the large dinosaurs in ABL.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Lacey for using fabulous adjectives to describe dinosaurs.

Posted on April 17, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

Gymnastics success

Congratulations to P5 pupils Charlotte and Juliet who competed together at the Flight Gymnastics regional competition and came first place in their level ! They had a great afternoon and enjoyed taking part together!

What a great achievement. WEL DONE GIRLS!

Posted on April 16, 2024 and filed under Superstars Outside School.

STARS OF THE WEEK 11 APRIL 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Lena for lovely writing in her big jotter about Easter and Rosie.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Beth for amazing independent writing and using capital letters and full stops.

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Alex for always listening well and working hard.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Anabel for excellent sounding out CVCC words.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Molly for super fact finding research about famous landmarks around the world.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Harry for excellent work on missing number puzzles.

Posted on April 11, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 10 APRIL

P4 MR FIELD:

Dylan for great times table work.

Sophia for making a great bar chart in ICT.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Edythe for working hard to complete her work on time.

Zara for reading well to Winnie the dog.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Teddy for working well within a team during PE.

Conor for being a kind and caring friend.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Abel for writing paragraphs in the style of a traditional tale.

Layla for great work in phonics.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Eva and Jake for writing descriptive opening paragraphs on a traditional tale.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Lydia for making a super Crannog.

Marlon for super 3D shape work.

P6 MRS HART:

Ella for showing kindness towards others at her table, by helping them in many ways.

Selena for learning her facts and answering well in class.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Rama and Mya for for great effort and results when producing art work inspired by Matisse

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Will for fantastic effort in art and producing a great final flower drawing.

Carl for always being so kind and considerate and for being a great friend.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Lucie and Erin for always giving 100% in everything they do, always doing what they are asked and being kind to others.

Posted on April 11, 2024 and filed under Merit Badge Winners.

STARS OF THE WEEK 19 MARCH 2024

P1 MRS SMITH & MRS WILSON:

Bea for lovely work and for being helpful at tidy up time.

P1/ P2 MRS CORNISH:

Oscar for being super enthusiastic and always doing his best and producing beautiful work.

P1 MRS FULTON & MRS KAJUGU:

Zara for having lovely manners and being a super kind friend.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON:

Rory for always trying his best and working really hard.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Emily for super calendar work during Maths.

P3 MRS GIBSON & MRS McKEOWN:

Hollie for excellent singing in our class assembly.

Posted on March 19, 2024 and filed under Stars of the Week.

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 15 MARCH 2024

P4 MR FIELD:

Elijah for working really hard with his handwriting.

Edith for working really hard with her spellings and tables.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Art and Skylar for great work on their number bonds to 17.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Saul and Andrew for fantastic work in their grammar jotters on homophones.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Sofie and Sam for excellent work on fractions.

P5 MRS BROWN:

George and Ciara for great work on equivalent fractions.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Kian for excellent work on equivalent fractions.

.Joe for super fraction work.

P6 MRS HART:

Caleb for super focus and great sentence construction on the computer.

Jake for superb work on fractions.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Alex for a very interesting biography of Elton John.

Lucy for a very well written biography of Rosa Parks

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Arthur and Ella for working extremely hard on their biographies on Pele and Anne Frank, each producing an excellent written piece.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Harry Riddell for a great biography on Marcus Rashford.

Natasha for a great biography on Vincent Van Gogh.


Posted on March 15, 2024 and filed under Merit Badge Winners.