Girls and Boys Football League Kicks Off!

Holywood kicked off the new league campaign at Bangor FC in what was a great first taste of competitive matches in the North Down League.

The boys and girls teams played some fantastic football and worked hard as a team in what for some was their first time playing a match!

Well done to all the boys and girls who represented the school so well in what was a fun filled footballing afternoon.

GIRLS SQUAD: Charley, Molly, Maisie, Megan, Selena, Susannah, Eva and Poppy

RESULTS

WIN vs St Comgall’s,

LOSS vs Ballyholme

WIN vs Towerview

BOYS SQUAD: Rory, Jack, Danny, Luca, William, Marlon, Zach, Carson, Jake and James

RESULTS

LOSS vs Ballyholme

LOSS vs Rathmore

DRAW vs St Malachy’s

Football glory at Ashfield once again!

Holywood Footballers headed to the annual Ashfield Football Tournament on Friday in what is always a brilliantly run event and a highlight on the sporting calendar. Holywood fielded 2 teams that competed alongside 20+ schools across the Belfast area in what was a beautiful day to be playing the beautiful game!

Holywood As were in Group A alongside teams from Elmgrove. Nettlefield, Strandtown, Braniel, Knockbreda and an Ashfield select side . The A team shone throughout the group stages and finished the Group in 1st place recording 4 Wins and 2 Draws without conceding a single goal.

Holywood Bs were in Group D alongside teams from Strandtown , Orangefield, Victoria Park, Gilnahirk, Brooklands and Dundonald. The B team found themselves in a very tough group and performed heroically but were unfortunately unable to qualify for the knockout stages after some hard fought matches and brilliant teamwork.

Moving into the knockout stages Holywood A faced up against Cregagh in what was a tense game. Holywood edged the game winning 1-0 with a super team goal finished off by Zach progressing the team to the final of the main event.

The Cup Final and overall winners of the competition was to be decided between Holywood and Dundonald. Neither team gave an inch in a tightly contested match that ended as a stale mate to go to a sudden death penalty shootout. After the 4th round of spot kicks with great finishes by Luca, James, Zach and Danny, Jake in nets pulled off the winning save!

An amazing achievement from Holywood PS to finish as overall tournament champions and back to back winners of the event for the 2nd year in a row! A massive well done again to all involved who did themselves and their school proud. A big thank you to all the parent helpers who offered their assistance and provided lifts and even came along to support.

A Team: Rory, Danny, Luca, Zach, Jack, James, Carson, Eva and Jake (C)

B Team: Kian, Marlon, Joe, Alex, Lorne, Jack, Abolfazl, Charlie and Toby

HPS House Mascot Winner

A massive congratulations to Ella in P7 from the Yellow House whose mascot ‘Miso the Meerkat’ was selected as the HPS School Mascot for the 2024/25 school year. Ella represented all the school Houses in her brilliant design alongside a range of sports. Well done to all the P5-P7 pupils who got involved! We look forward to many more fun House competitions in the school year ahead! :)

Final Football League Fixtures

Yesterday the HPS Football Team competed in their final league fixtures! The team have had some amazing results this season and went 9 games unbeaten! The football at times was a joy to watch and they left everything on the field!

Although the league campaign didn’t end how we would have hoped the team should be immensely proud of their achievements and efforts this season!

Hampered with injuries the team succumbed to defeats to league winners Ballymagee, league runners up Kilmaine and St Comgall’s in what were all very tightly contested matches.

A huge well done to all the footballers in what has been another fun filled season of football!

PLAYER OF THE DAY was awarded to Tate for his dominant performances in the midfield and 3 brilliant solo goals!

TEAM: James R, Fraser, James C, Luke, Peter, Cade, Tate and Rudy.

Winning House Crest Design

The P5-P7 classes took part in another competition to earn not only points for their House but also the accolade of designing their own House Crest to be displayed in school. Pupils had to work independently to get creative and design their own House Crest that they felt best represented their House and its values that they themselves could choose.

Each Crest had to incorporate their Houses Colours and also some values they believe their House should uphold. (e.g. kindness, sportsmanship, loyalty, trust etc). Once all the designs were completed the House and Sports Captains had to select the top 10 crest designs from their represented Houses which they felt were the best which proved to be a very difficult decision as lots of the entries were of a very high standard! The House and Sports Captains worked diligently together as a team to fairly rank and order all the entries for their House which they brought to Mr Atcheson who selected a winner from each House to be displayed on the House Competitions board. A prize was also given to the best House Crest Design overall and they were also awarded 80 House Points!

Well done to all involved in what was a very difficult competition to judge.

The OVERALL WINNER goes to CHARLEY in P6 from the BLUE HOUSE with her amazing artistic design! Well done!

The House Competition is well and truly heating up with Sports Week, the House Sports competitions and many other fun events already underway in Term 3!

HPS House Mascot Winner

A massive congratulations to Sam in P7R13 from the Green House whose mascot ‘Finley the Falcon’ was selected as the HPS School Mascot for the 2023/24 school year. Sam represented all the school Houses in his brilliant design. Well done to all the P5-P7 pupils who entered in what was a very tough contest to decide the winner! We look forward to many more fun House competitions in the New Year!

Football season kicks off!

HPS footballers headed down to Bangor Football Ground to lace up their boots and kick off the start of the season in the North Down League.

Holywood played 3 games in the first round of fixtures winning two and drawing one. There was some super possession football played under the floodlights topped off with some great teamwork and precision strikes that nestled nicely in the net!

RESULTS

2-0 St Patricks (W)

4-0 Bloomfield (W)

1-1 Glencraig IPS (D)

SQUAD: Tate, Fraser, Cade, Luke, Harry, James, Peter, James and Rudy

We look forward to more football fun in the new year. A big thank you again to all the parent helpers for their assistance and support on the day!

HPS are Feeling Festive

The whole of HPS had a fun filled start to December dressed in our festive clothing to complete the Daily Mile . The children across P1-P7 wore all things bright and beautiful to bring some seasonal festive cheer while completing 12 laps of the main playground for our Santa Run.

The Daily Mile is a simple and free initiative which gets children out of the classroom for 15 minutes every day, to walk, run, jog or wheel at your own pace. Whilst making them fitter, healthier and able to concentrate in the classroom, it has huge social and emotional benefits too.

HPS were among many schools across Northern Ireland, to get moving on the same day, to celebrate the positive benefits that daily activity can have on our mental health.

Check out some of the festive fun in the photos below:

P3 Rugby Blitz

P3 had great fun today when they met at Spafield playing fields to play some tag rugby alongside both Glencraig IPS and St Patricks. Both P3 classes have enjoyed the opportunity to develop their rugby skills during the coaching they have received with Holywood Rugby Club over the last number of weeks in their PE time.

At the event they got to take part in lots of small sided games and enjoyed the sunshine and mud! We mixed with lots of new and familiar faces - all while getting active and playing sport. A big thank you to all the parent helpers for their support and to Holywood RFC for having us down.

Check out the action in the photos below!

House Champions 2023

A big congratulations to all the P5-P7 pupils for their participation and efforts throughout the year during the House Competition!

The pupils have competed in lots of activities from creating a school mascot, competing in a sports quiz, designing their own house crest, creating their own game to showcase to their class to a range of sporting challenges including competing in Sports Week. Every individual earned points in each of the competitions that were accumulated throughout the course of the year! It was a closely contested affair with some Houses coming out on top in the creative tasks while others had greater success in some of the team sporting events.

It has been great to see every House encourage one another, celebrate each others success and work hard together as a team towards achieving success.

After tallying all the points from across all the various competitions, this years HOUSE CHAMPIONS 2023 with a whopping 1,432 pts ARE….

GREEN HOUSE!

Congratulations again to all the competitors from each of the Houses for all their efforts this year in what has been a fantastic display of sportsmanship and team work. You should all be very proud of your achievements!

Cricket Success

This week 32 pupils across P6-P7 took part in the annual Holywood Cricket Club Tournament held at Seapark.

The boys competed on Tuesday and came up against tough opposition from Campbell, Gilnahirk and Rockport. There was some great individual performances but some closely contested matches went the other way with Campbell edging out the overall tournament victory.

BOYS SQUAD: Zach, James, Will, Jacob, Oscar, Rudy,Luke, James, Peter, Jacob, Fraser, James, Harry, Ben, Isaac and Ethan

The girls tournament took place today and they found themselves up against formidable opposition from Penrhyn, Gilnahrik and Rockport. There was great sportsmanship, cohesion and team spirit on display from the entire squad throughout the duration of the competition. In some tightly contested fixtures there were moments of brilliance behind the bat and some super fielding that led the team to the final to compete for some silverware. In a wonderful game HPS came out on top against Penrhyn and were crowned Cricket Champions 2023 for the 2nd year running! What an amazing achievement to all involved!

GIRLS SQUAD: Clara, Sophia, Martha, Katie, Ruby, Eve, Isobel, Polly, Amber, Grace, Marcia, Charlotte, Skye, Natasha, Charlotte and Emma

A special thank you to Mrs Harper for kindly giving up her time (even on her day off) to help facilitate the fixtures and make the event possible. A big thank you again to all the parent helpers for their continued support throughout the year!

North Down Athletics

Last week 30 pupils from P5-P7 took part in the North Down Athletics competition at Bangor Sportsplex. It was a fantastic week of fun in the sun competing in both track and field events alongside many other schools. The events on display were the sprint, cricket ball throw, long jump and the team relays.

The heats took place on both Monday and Wednesday with 12 pupils from HPS qualifying for the Finals on Friday to compete for a chance of winning a medal.

The week was a great success and everyone involved did themselves and the school proud. Congratualtions again to the following pupils who came away with some silverware to show for their efforts and fantastic performances.

GOLD

Clara (P7) - Cricket Ball Throw

SILVER

Martha, Clara, Charlotte, Katie (P7) - Girls Relay

Abigail (P5) - Long jump

BRONZE

Martha (P7) - Cricket ball throw

Martha (P5) - Cricket ball throw

The HPS girls team came away with a very impressive overall finish of 3rd from all the schools competing and retained their trophy from last year!

A massive well done to all who took part and a big thank you to all the parent helpers who helped create wonderful memories and made the occassion possible!

North Down Football League Round 2

Holywood enjoyed another round of football at Bangor FC in the North Down League. Round 2 included three matches against Crawfordsburn, Glencraig IPS and St. Malachy’s which resulted in a win, a draw and a loss. There was great teamwork and individual moments of brilliance on display in what was another fun filled day of football!

Well done to everyone involved and a big thank you to both Mrs Cupitt and Mrs McConnell for helping with lifts and making participation possible. We’re looking forward to Round 3 in March and finding out who our new opponents will be!

Cross Country comes to a close

On Monday 20 pupils across P5-P7 took part in the final round of the Flavahan’s Primary School Cross Country Competition in the Down area.

Round 3 took place at Londonderry Park in Newtownards on what was a relativey flat course compared to recents rounds with a total running distance of 1400 metres. There were lots of smiles as everyone enjoyed keeping fit and connecting with friends on what was another great day out.

A massive well done to all participants in this years Cross Country League! A big thank you again to Mrs Crowe who was the school representative and to all the parents for their help and support. We look forward to many more athletics events in the months ahead.

Round 2 of the Cross Country

HPS headed down to Delamont Country Park on Monday for Round 2 of the Flavahan’s Primary Schools Cross Country on what was a very bright but brisk morning!

All 26 pupils across P5-P7 ran a fantastic race and thoroughly enjoyed competing alongside their friends in what was another great day out!

A big thank you to all the parent helpers for providing lifts and for their support. A special mention to Mrs Crowe who was the school representative on the day and kindly helped all the pupils get organised for the races.

Check out some of the HPS Cross Country Stars in some of the photos below!