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WELCOME BACK!
Term 3 here we come!
End of Term 2 March 2019
It's a Non - Uniform Day! (no money required)
If it's happening at HPS, it's happening on Twitter
Whenever something is happening at Holywood Primary, we tweet it. That way, you'll instantly know about and you won't have to visit the website to find to be reminded of events and special occasions. With a Twitter app on your phone, you can follow Holywood Primary School wherever you are.
How Do I Sign-up?
If you already have a Twitter account, just search for HolywoodPrimary and follow us.
If you haven't used Twitter before, just download the free Twitter app from your phone's app store.
Joining Twitter is easy. All you need to do is use the app or go to twitter.com, choose a name (it can be almost anything) add your name, email address and choose a password. That's it!
To receive our tweets, you shoose to follow us; click Connect and search for HolywoodPrimary and choose Follow. That's it. When we add a new article to our website, you'll receive an alert on your Twitter account.
Even if you don't have a smartphone, if you have a Twitter account, you can choose to receive the alerts as text messages - and there's no charge. Find out more about texts here.
Please note that our Twitter account is used to send messages from school only. We won't receive your Tweets. Our Twitter account is designed for Parents, to help them keep them up-to-date with news and events.
It's great to be back!
Playtime fun!
Time to Read end of term treat
Our Primary 5 children had a great final day with their volunteers
P7 Develop programming skills
We are one of only two primary schools in the Belfast area taking part in "Hive Hacking", a coding initiative run by PWC.
Buddy bench
Our P1 and P2 children now have a colourful Buddy Bench
World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day, pupils and staff dressed up as their favourite character from a comic or a book.
Priory Cup success
Well done to both football squads who were amongst over 190 boys and girls participating in the Priory Cup
We Need Your Help To Collect Sainsbury's Vouchers
The Sainsbury's Active Kids 2016 campaign is underway and we would love your help in collecting the vouchers when you shop there.
Scottish Pipers visit
Thanks to Thomas and Grant from Palace Barracks who took time out from their busy schedule to play tunes for us. See what happened by watching our videos.
NSPCC and Childline programme
P6 and P7 pupils were introduced to NSPCC mascot, Buddy as they began a series of workshops where they discuss a range of important issues including Bullying
Healthy break competition
To reward healthy eating some of our pupils won free tickets to the Belfast Giants
Term 2 Curriculum Notes
Curriculum Notes
As HPS is an ECO school, we take every opportunity to reduce the duplication of paper.
TERM 2 CURRICULUM NOTES have been uploaded online this term. We hope you will find these useful and enjoy reading the key areas and topic work that each Year Group will be completing this term. Please click here to view them.
Be bright be seen!
P1 – P3 boys and girls and members of staff welcomed Tom O' Dowd from Sustrans UK to school to present the ‘Be Bright’ Assembly .
The children really enjoyed the interactive session and appreciated the importance of wearing bright clothes and keeping safe when out and about in the winter months. Thanks Tom!
Our P1 pupils also received hi -viz vests kindly donated by Sustrans UK and Travelwise.
Open Morning for Prospective Families Thursday 7th January 2016
Due to a number of requests, prospective families are warmly invited to attend an Open Morning on Thursday 7th January 2016 from 9.30 - 10.30 a.m.. It is an opportunity to see the school in action.
A guided tour will commence at 9.30 a.m.
Carol Service 2015
Thank you to the many guests, families and friends of HPS who supported our children at the annual Carol Service. Everyone was treated to a very special evening. This included P4-P7 singers, readers, choir members, P7 instrumentalists, brass group and the orchestra retelling the Christmas Story. The music filled the church and helped create a wonderful atmosphere and meaningful service. The retiring collection from the Carol Service and the P1- P3 Christmas Mornings raised an amazing £1360.17 for Children’s Hospice.
P1, P2 & P3 Christmas Nativity 2015
Proud friends and families of our P1, P2 and P3 children gathered in a packed Assembly Hall where they were treated to a delightful Christmas Play ‘Prickly Hay’. The children sang, danced, played instruments and acted so well and really did give their appreciative audiences performances to remember for a very long time!
Christmas Jumper Day 2015
Thanks everyone for entering into the Christmas Spirit of things for our Christmas Jumper Day.
Lots of the boys and girls also chose to wear Christmas hats..... Santa hats, Christmas Trees, antlers etc.
The lovely bright colourful jumpers really marked the countdown to Christmas! There were even a number that played music and others with flashing lights on them!
We hope you enjoy a looking at Mrs Maher's class creation here !
Enjoy looking at some pictures below taken by two of our P7 girls Poppy & Angharad.
