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Christmas Door Competition

This year Key Stage 2 had a Christmas door competition. The pupils and the staff had great fun getting into the Christmas spirit by creating a festive door. Mr Chism was the impartial judge. After much deliberation, he chose Room 12 as the winner. Their Grinch themed door narrowly took first place, where the only prize is the pride of winning!

Well done to all the pupils - the doors look brilliant!

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Ryan McConnell.

Safer Internet Day 2024

Tuesday 6th February 2024 is Safer Internet Day. This year’s theme is ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online.’ Every class will spend time discussing the importance of staying safe online as well as completing some fun activities to reinforce this message. It would be great if you could have a chat with your child/children about internet safety and what they can do to ensure they stay safe online.

If you need more information you can visit the following website: https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2024/parents-and-carers

For further help and advice on internet safety make sure to check out the Online Safety section of our website in the Parents menu.
Posted on February 1, 2024 by Ryan McConnell and filed under ICT and tagged Safer Internet Day staying safe online safety.

Pupil Voice and Hot Chocolate

Our school councillors had a wonderful time bringing ideas and opinions, from their classmates, to Mrs Crookshanks. They enjoyed cups of delicious hot chocolate in her office. After much discussion, Mrs Crookshanks was able to explain why some ideas will be implemented and the details of why some can’t be.

Topics discussed included school dinners, assembly, playground equipment, PE shorts and food waste.

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Ryan McConnell.

Online Safety

The use of social media is constantly developing and growing, we have all enjoyed staying connected during the pandemic through apps such as Whatsapp and even had a laugh with apps such as TikTok. Yet while social media is an amazing tool and capable of much good, it can also be an extremely dangerous and harmful weapon. How you use it can cause untold hurt and distress, especially if not used correctly. With this in mind we have uploaded several informative posters from https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides which will give you some important information regarding your child’s use of social media and some areas for discussion. Please check them out.

Whatsapp

Have a read to get some tips on using Whatsapp safely.

TikTok

Check out this important information to ensure you are using TikTok safely.

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Ryan McConnell and filed under ICT and tagged online safety internet social media national online safety nos.

P7 Shared Education

P7 had a fun filled day at Aurora with Glencraig Integrated Primary School. They were split into four groups - Cultra, Seahill, Redbird and Kinnegar - with pupils from both schools in each group. Each group took part in a fitness activity, a gymnastic obstacle course, a golf based activity and an intro to disability sport - curling. They had a great (and tiring) day!

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Ryan McConnell.

A first taste of silverware for the football team

The football team took part in the annual Ashfield tournament on Friday. The two teams put in a number of great performances, showcasing some super skills and terrific teamwork.

The Holywood B team were placed in a very difficult group but produced some brilliant performances. Despite a difficult start against Strandtown A they bounced back to defeat StMatthews, with Ben Curson scoring a well placed strike. They put in one final performance against an Ashfield Boys Select team but sadly fell to a narrow defeat.

The Holywood A team started strongly with two victories and a draw before falling to a narrow defeat to Elmgrove. They fought well but it wasn’t until the last group game that they secured fourth place and a spot in the semifinal of the Bowl. In the semifinal against Rosetta, the boys produced a dominating performance but it wasn’t until the last ten seconds that they found the breakthrough, Zac Wright finishing from close to put Holywood A into the final. The final was a hard fought game with the boys conceding early to Knocknagoney but they kept their heads and turned the game round coming out 2-1 winners.

Well done to both teams! 

 

 

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Ryan McConnell.

P3 Superhero Assembly!

Check out some of the photos from todays awesome assembly where Mrs Gibson’s P3 class spoke to P1-P3 all about their topic of Superheroes! :)

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Ryan McConnell.

Shared Education Day for P3!

All the P3 boys and girls in Holywood Primary travelled today to the Queens Leisure Complex in Holywood to meet for the first time with all the P3 pupils at Glencraig Integrated Primary for what promised to be a fun filled day! Both schools were excited and enthusiastic about their first meeting as part of their Shared Education Partnership.

The P3 pupils experienced lots of icebreaker games to get to know each other followed by lots of activities to keep both the pupils, staff and parent helpers entertained. The pupils from both schools worked together in groups to complete arts and craft activities and parachute games before all coming together to do lots of dancing during our energetic Zumba class! Mr Atcheson stole the show with his own rendition of the Cha Cha Slide!

All the pupils finished by singing a lovely song all about friendship before waving goodbye! All the P3 pupils I’m sure will be looking forward to meeting up with their new friends from Glencraig Integrated Primary School very soon! :)

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Ryan McConnell.

Supreme Sports Football Tournament

On Thursday Holywood headed to the Bangor Fuel Arena to take part for the 1st time in the Supreme Sports Football Tournament in which 16 teams were competing from across the Bangor, Holywood and Ards areas.

Semi Final vs Ballyholme P.S

Before the tournament commenced Holywood had an important Semi Final for the League Trophy to contest against tough competition Ballyholme P.S. Holywood were going into the fixture on a comprehensive unbeaten run in the league and were in high hopes after previously edging a 2-0 win against Ballyholme in the Semi Final of the Priory Cup. The game kicked off with Ballyholme taking control in the early stages and their pressure paid off with a well taken goal. Holywood unfortunately had not started well and were left flat footed when Ballyholme took a 2-0 lead shortly after the kick off. Holywood regrouped at half time and moved the ball well creating chances that were marginally short of pulling one back. With all the offensive pressure that Holywood were applying it left them vulnerable at the back and Ballyholme were able to counter to make it 3-0. The boys kept their heads up and battled hard in the second half and made a late rally at the end of the game. They managed to get on the scoreboard with a great strike and had Ballyholme penned into their own half but with a sluggish start in the first half they unfortunately left themselves with a mountain to climb. Ballyholme went on to win 3-1 but had to work hard for the result. Holywood did themselves proud and showed great sportsmanship cheering Ballyholme after the final whistle. Holywood had a great league campaign and played some wonderful football that has been a joy to watch! Well done to all the boys involved! 

Supreme Sports Tournament

Holywood were drawn into a tough group alongside Bangor Central Integrated P.S, Towerview P.S and Sullivan Prep. 

Bangor Central I.P.S 1 - 0 Holywood P.S

A very hard fought match that was end to end. Both teams had some great chances and Bangor Central I.P.S made the most of a wayward pass to score the only goal of the game. 

Towerview P.S 0 - 0 Holywood P.S

Towerview had a very strong side with some good individuals but Holywood matched them all over the park. Towerview had a majority of the possession but Holywood had the more clear cut opportunities to take the lead. Holywood showed great enthusiasm and teamwork throughout the game and thanks to some heroic defending earned a deserved 0-0 draw. 

Sullivan Prep 1 - 2 Holywood P.S

A local derby at stake and both teams were ready to go! Holywood dominated the game from the first whistle but Sullivan defended well and managed to keep the game tight going into the half. Holywood were now playing with more freedom and began to express themselves on the pitch. Two super long range strikes from both Ollie and Ben gave Holywood a comfortable lead going into the final few minutes. Sullivan managed to grab a late consolation to end what was a fantastic game to watch 2-1.

Unfortunately with a change of set up in the tournament the top teams in each of the four groups were the only teams to advance to the knock out stages. Holywood managed to finish second in their group against tough opposition and just missed out on progressing to the next round. Although the results weren't what Holywood were hoping for it was still a fantastic day overall and the boys loved the opportunity to play football in the sun with their friends.

A massive thank you to all the boys involved this year for their hard work and dedication. They played some wonderful football all season and were unlucky not to lift a trophy this year!

A big thank you again to all the parent helpers for supplying lifts to and from the venue and for all their continual support throughout the year. I know all the boys and myself greatly appreciated it!

SQUAD: Hamish, Danny, Zach W, Matthew, Ollie, Zak D, Charlie, Darcy and Ben.

 

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Ryan McConnell.