Stars of the Week

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P1 Mrs Wallace: Annabelle for settling into a new school and trying hard at all her work.

Mrs Elliott: Abbie for excellent number work and behaviour.

P1 Mrs Maher: Lexi for amazing balancing in P.E.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Jay for writing super speech bubbles for the Owl Babies

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Reid for knowing some great facts about Northern Ireland.

P2 Miss McGuile: Arianna for spelling all the double sound phonic words correctly.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Oliver for a fantastic scientific report on jelly.

P3 Miss McKeown: Cameron for a lovely friendly attitude to all the boys and girls in his class. A great boy.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Adam for being such a brave boy when he fell over on Monday and hurt his eye and head.

Stars of the Week

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P1 Mrs Wallace: Zoe for making a great effort to improve her work.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Arianna for working hard to learn all her reading words.

P1 Mrs Maher: Jayden for working hard independently.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Roo for beautiful neat handwriting.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Freddy for walking sensibly in the corridor and good behaviour.

P2 Miss McGuile: Minnie for fantastic box sums in Maths.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Matthew for fabulous work on numbers to 100.

P3 Miss McKeown: Nathan for trying his best to get all his work finished on time. Well done Nathan.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Matt for trying really hard in all areas of his work.

Merit Badge Winners

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P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

James for good skills when using the Book Creator App on the Ipad to make a WW2 book.

Zach for accurate work when adding Tens and Units.

Room 16 Mrs Stewart

Maria for fabulous work on plurals.

Charlotte for fabulous work on plurals.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Amy- Louise for an excellent piece of writing on the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Kathryn for an excellent piece of writing on the life of Abraham Lincoln.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Brodie for writing a super biography of Abraham Lincoln as part of the class topic on America.

Claire for writing a super biography of Abraham Lincoln as part of the class topic on America.

P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Alison for always working hard and trying her best.

Ben for always listening carefully in class and this has shown an improvement in his maths.

P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Annabel for neat and accurate graph work with appropriate scales and labels.

Benjamin for neat and accurate work with appropriate scales and labels.

P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Kiera for working hard to learn tables.

Keir for great work in all aspects of maths.

P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Carter for making an effort with handwriting.

Carly for good work on tenths and hundreths.

Charlie & Arianna at Kingspan

Charlie and Arianna were delighted to be picked to form a Guard of Honour at the Kingspan Stadium for the Ulster Team. The Ulster boys had a convincing win over Toulouse 38-0. Charlie and Arianna went onto the pitch ready to wave the Ulster men.

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Stars of the Week

P1 Mrs Wallace: Jessica for trying very hard at everything she does and also for her great dancing.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Anthony for excellent numberwork. Well done.

P1 Mrs Maher: Charlie for beautiful writing and trying his best.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Toby for writing super sentences about the Firefighter.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Mason for much improved numberwork.

P2 Miss McGuile: Kaleb for super adding and taking away.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Matthew for excellent numberwork.

P3 Miss McKeown: Jorja  for great effort in all she does! A great girl!

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Fionnbharr for making an excellent photo frame.

Merit Badge Winners

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P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Sofia for trying her best during all class activities and being very helpful when asked to do something.

Joshua wrote a very detailed version of 'The Bundle of Sticks' story. He was enthusiastic and very focused.

Room 16 Mrs Stewart

Sophie for super writing about 'The Bundle of Sticks'.

Bryn for fantastic problem solving in Numeracy.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Patrick for a great effort when working on Time - especially digital time.

Daisie for a great effort when working on Time - especially digital time. 

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Alana for her contribution to her class Thanksgiving Assembly.

Georgie for her contribution to her class Thanksgiving Assembly.

P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Jamie for a fantastic performance on the P6 residential trip to Ardnabannon.

Tori for a fantastic performance on the P6 residential trip to Ardnabannon.

P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Yu for a great performance when he was at Ardnabannon.

Megan for a great performance when she was at Ardnabannon.

P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Molly for approaching all aspects of school life with enthusiasm and a smile.

Erin for approaching all aspects of school life with enthusiasm and a smile.

P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Max for excellent trumpet playing.

Joy for excellent glockenspiel playing.

Stars of the Week

P1 Mrs Wallace: Luke for beautiful Christmas colouring.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Darby for having wonderful manners and always remembering to say please and thankyou.

P1 Mrs Maher: Jamie always tries his best and his work looks beautiful!

P2 Miss Dobbin: Cerys for writing lovely sentences about winter.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Bea for such enthusiastic singing at Natvitiy rehearsals.

P2 Miss McGuile: Isla for lovely  writing about winter.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Leah for painting a lovely Elf.

P3 Miss McKeown: Connor for teaching Miss McKeown new facts about animals. He is an animal expert!

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Beth for writing and decorating a beautiful letter to Santa.

Regional School Trampoline

Congratulations to a number of our girls who took part in the Regional School Trampoline. An under-11 novice team competed that included Zoe McD, Izzy D, Charlotte C, Emily C and Georgie W.

Angharad K came second in the under-14 novice competition. This means she is through to the UK northern zonal round in Gateshead in January 2016.

Well done girls! Best wishes Angharad for the next round!

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Angharad with her medal

Stars of the Week

P1 Mrs Wallace: Cole for trying really hard to remember his reading words.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Hayden for being really helpful with a new visitor in Room 2. Well done!

P1 Mrs Maher: Calum for beautiful writing - copying from the whiteboard.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Grace for writing a fantastic letter to Santa. 

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Tamara for writing an excellent apology letter from Goldilocks to the three bears.

P2 Miss McGuile: Lucas for trying hard in PE and joining in so enthusiastically.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Carter for making a FANTASTIC robot.

P3  Miss McKeown: Darcy for a lovely attitude in class and for being a good friend in the playground.

 P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Rebecca for making an excellent doll!

Eva dances her way to a cup!

Congratulations to Eva (P2) who was very successful at the Newtownards Festival. She was awarded first place in a dance class and was presented with the Doherty Cup. Eva also received a silver medal for being placed second in another dance. Well done Eva. You should be very proud of yourself!

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Eva with her cup and medal

Merit Badge Winners

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Olivia has settled into life in Room 15 really well. She has made new friends and is working hard too!

Benjamin makes his writing sound very interesting. He is good at using adjectives and starting sentences in different ways.

Room 16 Mrs Stewart

Darcie for a huge improvement in her reading.

Ben for working very hard in literacy and numeracy.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Hamish for an excellent recount on the Pilgrim's Journey.

Niamh for making excellent progress with her dividing work.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Sam for writing a fabulous account of the Pilgrim's Journey.

Molly for writing a fabulous account of the Pilgrim's Journey.

P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Alyda for fantastic literacy activities and getting everything completed.

Jack for catching up so fantastically well after being off for a whole week with a chest infection.

P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Jamie for super apostrophe work with contractions and the apostrophe of omission.

Izzy for super apostrophe work with contractions and the apostrophe of omission.

P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Angharad for excellent playing of the glockenspiel at Holywood Music Festival.

Scott for excellent playing of the glockenspiel at Holywood Music Festival.

P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Zoe for excellent clarinet playing at Holywood Music Festival.

Dennis for a super piece of writing about Half Term.

Stars of the Week

P1 Mrs Wallace: Lucy for making a big effort with her handwriting.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Antony for working hard to complete all of his work. 

P1 Mrs Maher: Mollie for working hard to get work finished on time and for looking after her belongings.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Jacob for trying hard to spell new words.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Anna for always trying her best and working very hard.

P2 Miss McGuile: Lily for being so enthusiastic in PE this week.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Izzy for great cutting and sticking.

P3  Miss McKeown: Dylan  for working extra hard to make his handwiritng neat! A super job!

 P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Amber for always taking her time to do beautiful work independently.

Stars of the Week

P1 Mrs Wallace: Zac for trying really hard at everything Mrs Wallace asks him to do.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Molly for being very kind - sharing her money with another child so he could buy a poppy.

P1 Mrs Maher: Cally for being so caring.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Ollie for great numberwork!

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Joshua for writing sentences all by himself.

P2 Miss McGuile: Charlie for super writing about a doctor!

P3 Mrs Gibson: Benjamin for fantastic numberwork.

P3  Miss McKeown: Issac for settling in so well over the last week. Everyone loves having him in the class.

 P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Daniel for great numberwork.

Merit Badge Winners

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Rebecca for reading out loud really well.

George for working hard and smiling lots.

Room 16 Mrs Stewart

Joel for fantastic work on HTU.

Mitchel  for fantastic work on HTU.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Benjamin for a great woodlouse investigation.

Sophie for a great woodlouse investigation.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Jasmine for working very hard on multiplying sums.

Ella for working well on dividing especially with remainders.

P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Noah for showing lots of enthusiasm for his class Assembly and practising his part at home.

Sam for coming into school (even though he was unwell) as he didn't want to miss his Assembly.

P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Ryan for a vibrant and effective Christmas Card design.

Emmy for super multiplication by 2 - digit numbers.

P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Lori for a super Christmas Card design.

Kalo for working hard to thoroughly learn 6,7, and 8 times tables.

P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Martha for hard work and good presentation.

Patrick for hard work and good presentation.

Stars of the Week

P1 Mrs Wallace: Luke for super work on sounds. 

P1 Mrs Elliott: Ronan for being a super leader and walking down the corridor so well.

P1 Mrs Maher: Susannah for being so well behaved and listens very carefully.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Lucas for writing lots of sentences with no help.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Naomi for thinking of excellent sentences about autumn.

P2 Miss McGuile: Krish for being very well behaved and for super walking in the corridor.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Erin for always trying her best. Mrs Gibson is very pleased with her.

P3  Miss McKeown: Ella for brightening up her classroom with her great dancing. She was amazing in the    assembly practices.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Nina for doing excellent comprehension work on our shared reading book.

Street Dancing Ella

Congratualtions to Ella (P5) who is a member of Ajendance Dance Company and is part of the Lil Playaz Hiphop Crew.

Earlier this year they came second in the NI and Ulster dance championships, 1st in Destination Dance, 2nd in Dance Supreme and also second place in I Love Hiphop.  

Later this year they are travelling to Dublin as they have qualified for Street Dancer of the Year.

Good luck Ella!

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Stars of the Week

P1 Mrs Wallace: Saxon for trying so hard to be well behaved. 

P1 Mrs Elliott: Maisie for excellent work and behaviour.

P1 Mrs Maher: Emma for being so well behaved and listening carefully.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Finlay for doing great counting and adding!

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Thomas for having beautiful manners.

P2 Miss McGuile: Erin for being very well mannered and always listening in class.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Threson for an excellent investigation on number bonds to 10. 

P3  Miss McKeown: Lewis  for working really hard on his addition this week. Well done!

 P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: James for painting a beautiful farm scene.

Merit Badge Winners

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Harrison for improved use of ticks and tails when copying poems fro handwriting.

Isabella for lovely ticks and tails in handwriting.

Room 16 Mrs Stewart

Oliver for excellent planning on the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.

George for being a good friend to others.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Logan for improved effort in his work this week.

Katie for a great talk on the state of Florida.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Christian for working very well on a weight investigation.

Charlotte for working very well on a weight investigation.

P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Amy-Lee for working really well in class. She persists with tasks in her Maths. Keep it up!

Harry for being a very hard working member of the class. He is always determined to demonstrate the highest standards in his work. Well done Harry!

P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Bradley for terrific improvement in time work, especially digital times.

Molly for perserverance in time duration problems, spotting errors and correcting her own work.

P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Lucy for a super performance in his class assembly.

Tom for giving 100% effort to everything he does.

P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Victoria for thoughtfulness and lots of hard work.

Jonathan for thoughtfulness and lots of hard work.

Stars of the Week

P1 Mrs Wallace: Ellie for trying hard at all he does. 

P1 Mrs Elliott: Evan for being a great listener and working neatly.

P1 Mrs Maher: Evie for being a super boy at finishing all her work.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Rob for being very sensible using the large equipment for PE!

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Madison for listening carefully at carpet time and to class instructions.

P2 Miss McGuile: Zac for fantastic balancing on the large equipment in PE.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Annette for a wonderful farm collage.

P3  Miss McKeown: Zak  for trying very hard to his best work this week. A big 'Well done'.

 P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Alexandra for excellent factual writing about a pig.

Going for gold!

We were really pleased to see Will return to school with a gold medal after competing in Scotland.

Will travelled with his Tae kwon do Holywood team. They were delighted to get first place in the Tag team.