Where's Wally?

To celebrate World Book Day 2022 the staff had a lot of fun dressing up as ‘Wally’ from the famous Where’s Wally book. You didn’t ever have to look too far to spot some red or white stripes!

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Suzanne Gibson.

Engines off Prevent the Cough

P5 have been taking part in a borough initiative learning about air pollution and in particular cars idling outside school grounds. Room 8 completed a survey to investigate how many cars sit with their engines idling. We all created posters for the initiative and entered them for the local competition.

Posted on February 14, 2022 by jennifer wilson and filed under P5.

P1 love to play outside!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Rebecca Cornish and filed under P1.

P1 love to visit Mrs Crookshanks!

The boys and girls love to show Mrs Crookshanks their fabulous work. She is always pleased to see them and gives them stickers. The children wear them with great pride!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Rebecca Cornish and filed under P1.

P1 love gymnastics!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Rebecca Cornish and filed under P1.

Children's Mental Health Week - Dress to Express!

After taking part in various activities to promote positive mental health, Dress to Express was the perfect way to end Children’s Mental Health Week. It was lovely to see the children wearing so much colour to express themselves and raise money for Place2Be. Well done HPS!

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Anna Riddall.

P3 Holywood Food Trail!

P3 enjoyed learning about how a coffee shop works. Thank you again to Cameron, at Edge, for answering all our questions and treating the classes to hot chocolate. The children loved exploring the different food businesses in Holywood. Thank you again to Henry’s Auntie for the special treats at Homebird, the children and adults loved them.

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Tom Field and filed under P3.

January PDMU Theme – Perseverance

Well done to all the pupils who impressed their teachers by showing excellent perseverance in January. In February the classes will be learning all about teamwork and will hopefully enjoy taking part in some collaborative tasks.

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Anna Riddall.

P6 Pupil Donates Hair to Little Princess Trust

Congratulations to P6 pupil Zara for donating her hair to Little Princess Trust. What an amazing act of kindness Zara, well done!

 Zara has written an account of her experience…

Before I got my hair cut off and donated it to Little Princess Trust, my mum tried to find somewhere to cut my hair but everywhere was booked out. It was getting to the stage where it was really really long! My mum suggested donating it to Little Princess Trust. I had a long hard think about it and it took days for me to decide but finally I said that is what I shall do.

I got really nervous about it as the day of the cut came nearer and nearer. There was still the option not to do it, but I had my mind made up. About a year before the cut I was going to do it but I got cold feet and decided not to so I was worried that would happen again. My mum didn’t think I would do it, but the day came and I did! I was very proud and I hope the girl who gets my hair is happy.

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Anna Riddall and filed under P6.

Ganaway Getaway

P7 had a great time visiting Ganaway last week. The boys and girls all did really well and everyone gave everything a go which was very impressive! (Some of us even conquered our fear of heights!)

The zipline was a huge hit but lots of fun was also had on the rock climbing wall, the ropes course and the crate stack challenge!

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Ryan McConnell and filed under P7.

Intergenerational Project with Newcroft Lodge Care Home

To help keep the generations connected this Christmas, HPS recorded songs and talent shows and made festive stained glass windows, as well as Christmas cards and paper chains for the residents of Newcroft Lodge Care Home. It was a lovely project for all involved and we hope the residents enjoy the videos and crafts as much as we did making them!

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Anna Riddall.

Some of P7 enjoying the Sumdog Contest!

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Natasha McGuile and filed under P7.

P1-P3 presents Superstar!

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Suzanne Gibson and filed under P1, P2, P3.

Victorian Christmas in P7

P7 have had great fun finding out about Victorian Christmas and learning how many of our Christmas traditions started or developed during the Victorian era including the Christmas tree and crackers! This week we have been making a gift box which we then decorated using decoupage, and making our own Christmas crackers which are sure to go off with a bang!

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Ryan McConnell and filed under P7.

Kindness Counts Week

Some members of the School Council presented the NI Children’s Hospice with a cheque for the money generously raised by HPS.

Well done everyone for raising so much for the NI Children’s Hospice!

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Anna Riddall.

P7 Treat Day!

After working so hard over the last number of months, the P7s had a well earned treat day. They had a great day out at the Strand Cinema where they watched Home Alone 2. Followed by some delicious pizza from Holywood Pizza Company. Thanks to the PTA for this special treat. Everyone had a great time!

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Ryan McConnell and filed under P7.