Merit Badge Winners 17 June

June 17

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Oliver for finding correct answers in his comprehension and writing them in super sentences.

Damaris for beautiful joined writing. 

Room 16 Mrs Stewart

Joel for making a huge effort with his reading, well done Joel.

Luke for working very hard at comprehensions, answering in full sentences.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Jeanie for writing excellent instructions on how to make a cloud.

Kristian for writing excellent instructions on how to make a cloud.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Abbie for learning the words of our Egyptian songs in two days!

Ella for being so enthusiastic in her class preparations for the school concert.

P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Alyda for loving her role as a P1- P3 Buddy, always happy to stand in for anyone who is unable to do their duty.

Sarah for being a great P1- P3 Buddy and always willing to stand in when one of her classmates is unable to do it.

P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Curtis for being a good friend to someone who needed cheering up.

Susi for her cheerfulness and willingness to help others.

P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

For producing a great European landmark of Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge.

Lucy for her great model of the Leaning Tower of Pisa .

P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Carly for lovely art work in the style of Van Gogh.

Ethan for working hard to complete his Record of Achievement.

Music Exam Success

CONGRATULATIONS to P6 pupils Eve, Benjamin and Thomas who successfully passed their Grade 1 music exams. Eve passed her flute exam and Benjamin and Thomas both passed their violin Grade 1 exam. Thanks to  their  music tutors  Miss McDaniels and Mrs Ashmore and to Miss Riddell for all her support during the year.

Stars of the Week 15 June

P1 Mrs Wallace: Olly for great singing in the P1 rehearsals for the summer concert.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Molly for super speaking out when getting ready for the summer concert.

P1 Mrs Maher: Arianna for always doing her best and is a great friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Grace for writing a super story about pirates.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Gabrielle for excellent effort and presentation in her homeworks. Mrs McGonigle loves marking Gabrielle's homework book.

P2 Miss McGuile: Minnie for super singing in her concert rehearsals.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Annette for writing fantastic rhyming cuplets.

P3 Miss McKeown: Jemima for being so brave about settling into her new school. Her class love having her here!

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood:  Matthew for writing a great report about his trip to Crawfordsburn Country Park.

Stars of the Week 8 June

P1 Mrs Wallace: Annabelle for being cheerful and working hard.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Scarlett for being a super happy worker all year!

P1 Mrs Maher: George for always trying his best and having beautiful manners.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Jay for writing a super story about a dragon.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Naomi for fantastic story writing using her imagination.

P2 Miss McGuile: Claire for always being a wonderful friend.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Thomas for fabulous work on money to £1.00.

P3 Miss McKeown: Robbie for fantastic work in Numeracy. Robbie likes to finish his work super fast!

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

Angharad represents NI

This is Angharad (P7) trampolining for Northern Ireland at the UK regional team finals held in the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham over the Bank Holiday weekend on 28th and 29th May.
Congratulations Angharad we are very proud of you. What an achievement!
 

Singing success!

Congratulations to Niamh (P5) who has received some great news!

Niamh loves singing, both in the School Choir and the Parish Choristers.  She recently attended a selection workshop for the Phil Kids, part of the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, and was delighted to be selected to join their Phil Kids Choir.  She will start training with the choir in September.  Niamh is so excited, she could sing, and sing, and sing!
Well done Niamh and best wishes for the training next term.
 

Term Superstars P4 - P7

Well done to a number of our P4 - P7 pupils.
Greg (P7) without being asked, kindly helped Mrs Maher by carrying the PE equipment she needed for her class.
Toby (P5) held the door open for Mrs Stewart.
Jamie (P6) was very helpful. He helped Mrs McGonigle to tidy away some PE equipment. 
Louise (P7) generously offered her tie to be used as a lead when a little dog strayed into our playground one morning!
 

Merit Badge Winners 3 June 2016

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Eva for super work in comprehension by finding the correct answers and giving lots of details.

Sophia - Rose  for super work in comprehension by finding the correct answers and giving lots of details.

 Room 16 Mrs Stewart

Keelan for super working on multiplying by 2 and 5.

Lucy for always working hard in class.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Amy - Louise for learning her homework facts so well and great contributions to class discussions.

Logan for completing his maths work in class.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Emily for a good improvement in her handwriting.

Jasmine for always giving 100% in all her work.

P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Jack for getting through a greater volume of work compared to before Christmas.

Ben for getting through a greater volume of work compared to before Christmas.

P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Georgia for a consistently high standard of work.

Annabel for perseverance in maths to improve her accuracy.

P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Greg for working hard to follow instructions carefully during Cycling Proficiency.

Adam for producing very good writing for his Record of Achievement.

P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Victoria for working hard to complete her Record of Achievement.

Melissa for working hard to complete her Record of Achievement.

Term Superstars P1 - P3

Well done to a number of our P1 - P3 children who received prizes for being Superstars this term. Luca, Lucy Matthew and Kyle each did something special that members of staff noticed.

Luca (P2) took time to lift up lunch boxes in the corridor to make sure Mrs Maher didn't trip up.

Lucy (P1) was a super friend in the playground. Mrs McClenahan was so pleased.

Matthew & Kyle (P3) were really helpful. Without being asked, they walked along the corridor and picked up coats and lunch boxes to tidy up. Mrs Ruine was very impressed!
 

Stars of the Week 1 June

P1 Mrs Wallace: Jonnie for working well at number work.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Ronan for excellent work on odd and even numbers.

P1 Mrs Maher: Noah for being so helpful.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Kirsty for writing super sentences about her weekend.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Bea for excellent number work.

P2 Miss McGuile: Reuben for beautiful handwriting.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Daanyaal for working very hard on building sentences.

P3 Miss McKeown: Adam for trying his very best in everything he does. Well done Adam.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood:  Kyle for making a great effort to finish his work.

Stars of the Week 25 May

P1 Mrs Wallace: Luke for being a great boy when he was on his school trip to the Zoo.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Seth for working so well to know all his reading words. Well done!

P1 Mrs Maher: Macie for being a caring friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Ander for being a good friend.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Alana for excellent reading and using expression.

P2 Miss McGuile: Kaleb for super Spanish in his class assembly.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Ella for building a fantastic Triceratops.

P3Miss McKeown: Adam for lovely neat handwriting and presenting all his work beautifully.

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood:  Roger for building a great dinosaur on Dinosaur Day.

Stars of the Week 18 May

May 18

P1 Mrs Wallace: Saxon for being a great listener and making Mrs Wallace smile.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Hannah for being a super girl at getting her work completed.

P1 Mrs Maher: Taevon for writing brilliant sentences about camels.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Ella - Rose for always working hard.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Katie for great acting in her class assembly.

P2 Miss McGuile: Nathan for writing a wonderful story called ' The Big Apple'.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Noor for always being kind and helpful.

P3Miss McKeown: Jonathan for great reading. Jonathan has just started reading novels and is doing a super job!

P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood:  Carson for his super reading aloud in front of his class.

Merit Badge Winners

May 13

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Erin for producing a fantastic Safe in the Sun poster using Pic Collage.

Kendal for her well designed and very informative Safe in the Sun poster.  

Room 16 Mrs Stewart

Nathaniel for fantastic work on symmetry. He concentrated so hard, well done!

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Blayney for working at learning his times tables.

Kathryn for super adding and subtracting decimals.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Brodie for being a wonderful actor in his class Assembly..

Minori for playing her part in her class Assembly so well..

P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Harrison for being kind, considerate and patient with some members of the class.

Alison for being kind, considerate and patient with some members of the class.

P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves

James for good collaboration on his persuasive writing task.

Carter for good collaboration on his persuasive writing task.

P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Reece for a great effort with his biography on William Wallace.

Phoebe for writing an interesting biography on Beatrix Potter.

P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Robbie for putting together a great trapezium.

Ethan for working hard on a biography of Walt Disney.

Stars of the Week

May 11

P1 Mrs Wallace: Robbie for being kind and having lovely manners.

P1 Mrs Elliott:  Jude for excellent work on one more than and one less than. Well done!

P1 Mrs Maher: Jackson for always having a great big smile on his face. A very happy boy!.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Toni for being great at rolling and catching the ball in PE.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Reid for always being a kind and considerate friend to others.

P2 Miss McGuile: Zac for finding all the 'ay' words on his phonic word search. Well done!

P3 Mrs Gibson: Ereen for being a helpful girl. She is a STAR!

P3 Miss McKeown: James for using his great imagination to creative a dinosaur play using Puppet Pals.

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Katy for writing a great story called A Day in the Life of a Triceratops.

PTA Mighty Marathon runners

A huge well done to both our Marathon Relay Teams who competed and completed the Belfast Marathon 2016.

The times were amazing......3 hours 33 minutes for the men and 3 hours 25 minutes for the ladies.

LADIES’ TEAM: Jayne McKeown, Deirdre Johnston, Fran McBride, Jenni Patterson & Anna Kilpatrick 

MENS' TEAM: Jamie Cooke, Barry Sheridan, Chris Fleming, Gavin Oakes & Stephen Ogborn

Megan passes ballet exam with Distinction

Megan was very pleased to hear that she had passed her Level 1 Ballet exam with Distinction. She even had time to demonstrate some of her ballet dancing when she visited Mrs Crookshanks to tell her the good news. Congratulations Megan (P3).

Stars of the Week

May 4

P1 Mrs Wallace: Missy for trying hard to do lovely handwriting and remembering spaces.

P1 Mrs Elliott:  Sam for trying really hard to complete all his written work. Well done.

P1 Mrs Maher: Lori for being so caring and kind towards her friends.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Laurie for always using lovely manners.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Anna for an excellent piece of writing about the life of a frog

P2 Miss McGuile: Arianna for fantastic writing about the life cycle of a frog.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Aleyna for beautiful work in her dinosaur booklet.

P3 Miss McKeown: Oscar for working really hard on his reading and writing. Brilliant work, Oscar.

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Anton for good work on tens and units and using vertical addition.