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!

A fond farewell to Mr Widdowson

Mr Widdowson, our Crossing Patrolman who has worked at Holywood Primary School for almost 12 years, is retiring.

Mr Widdowson joined us for a special Assembly to allow us the opportunity to say good bye.

We thanked Mr Widdowson, ‘Laurence’, for his loyal service to the school.

We presented Laurence with a gift on behalf of the HPS community. We were so glad that he could be with us to receive it and see everyone!

THREE CHEERS FOR LAURENCE!

Keeping active with the help of Spar, Torgrange

We really appreciate the generous donation from Spar, Torgrange, Holywood. The water and bag of sports equipment they gave us, helps our emphasis on keeping active and enjoying being outdoors.

Thanks so much!

Wildflower Sign Competition Winners

Well done to our Wildflower Sign Competition winners! The school council and the Eco committee were involved in judging the competition, they were very impressed by the time and effort the P4-7 pupils put in. It was a very high standard of entries! Each of our winners won a packet of wildflower seeds to take home and we are planning on displaying these signs in our wildflower areas.

First place: Emma P6 R9 

Second place: TJ P7 R11

Third place: Molly P6 R10

 Fourth Place: Susanna P5 R8

Well done everyone! We are very excited to see our wildflowers starting to grow in this lovely weather.

End of Season Rugby Friendly

The Holywood Primary School Rugby Squad finished their season with a friendly game against Sullivan Upper Preparatory Department.

It was another great day for rugby and after the short walk along Demesne Road it was time for the match to begin.  After a typical slow start, HPS started to play some excellent rugby. Some brilliant, tactical kicking helped HPS gain so good territory and even a try. The team defended well in a very evenly matched game. With the ball in had the team were prepared to offload the ball, when given the chance, and some direct running lead to several excellent tries. Thank you again to Sullivan for hosting the match and to all the parent helpers for coming along to assist and support.  

Final Score Sullivan Prep 5 – 6 Holywood Primary School

Well done to all the players who were involved in HPS rugby this year. With a lot of P6 players in the squad, rugby in Holywood Primary looks in safe hands. A special mention must also go to all the P7 players who were playing their final game for the school, they have all been fantastic and a pleasure to coach over the last two seasons. I really hope they all continue to play rugby as the move on to their new schools.

Rugby Fun in the Sun!

On Thursday afternoon, the HPS rugby squad travelled to East Belfast for a tournament at Strandtown Primary School.  The sun had finally come out which made it ideal conditions to play rugby.

The first game was against a very strong Standtown Primary School. We had already played Strandtown Ps in a friendly earlier in the year and knew to expect a tough opening game. The match was played at a quick pace with both teams playing great attacking rugby.  Final score Strandtown PS 2 – 1 HPS.

The second game was against Ben Madigan, HPS started strong and scored 3 early tries, the team played some excellent rugby keeping the ball alive with superb offloading and passing. The final score Ben Madigan 1– 3 HPS.

The third group game was against Campbell, this was a particularly important match for Will, the HPS rugby captain, as his dad was the Campbell coach. This game was extremely close, Campbell scored 2 quick tries and then managed to defend the HPS attack for the rest of the game.  HPS came very close and were camped on the Campbell try line for much of the match.  Final score Campbell 2 – 0 HPS.

Our final game was against Strandtown Eagles, they were a big side but that didn’t put off the HPS players who tackled well. This was another very close game and both teams matched each other with tries scored. Final score Strandtown Eagles 2 – 2 HPS.

Many thanks again to Mr McKeown for helping with the coaching, to all the parent volunteers (and supporters) and to Strandtown Primary School for hosting a fantastic event. 

HPS Support Red Nose Day 2023

Holywood Primary School has always enjoyed supporting Red Nose Day and today pupils came to school wearing something red to raise money for Comic Relief. Pupils ‘spread the joy’ with Comic Relief compliment cards that tie into our PDMU PATHS programme.