Merit Badge Winners 24 November

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Darcy for cheerfully arriving in school and getting on with her morning routine and work.

Issac for having a grown - up attitude to his work this week.

P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown

Megan for great, detailed recount of her first day swimming.

Treshon for his consistent hard work.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves

James for helping Mr Eves with teaching how to make the Christmas craft and encouraging his classmates.

Rebecca for producing a lovely piece of recount writing about going swimming.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Sophia - Rose for producing excellent English work over the last few weeks.

Ruan for a great recount of the journey of the early Pilgrims in America.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Zach for working hard to improve his handwriting.

Elsa for a fabulous recount of the Pilgrims in America

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Jamie for care and attention in presentation of his work and also the detail on his tea light holder.

Emma for presenting her work with care and also paying attention to detail when designing her tea light holder.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Heidi for showing lots of patience and care towards others during group work.

Amy - Lee for being helpful to Ciara when she was using crutches.

Stars of the Week 23 November

P1 Mrs Donald: Polly for working hard to remember all her reading words.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Jamie for super reading and excellent behaviour.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Jacob for always doing his best and for being very helpful.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Lara for writing a great letter.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Chloe for beautiful singing during Nativity rehearsals.

P2 Miss McGuile: Jake for fabulous number work about the number before.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Lexi for a fabulous effort each day during the rehearsals for the Nativity.

P3 Miss McKeown:  Jack for learning all his lines really well for the Nativity.

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Emily for beautiful singing during Nativity rehearsals.

Charley wins silver!

Congratulations to Charley (P6) who recently participated in Holywood Music Festival. Charley sang a song from a Musical Show called 'I'm late' and was delighted to be told she was commended for her performance and to get placed second. Well done Charley!

Jay steps on to the turf at the Kingspan Stadium!

There was much excitement for Jay (P3) when he had the opportunity to be the mascot at the home of Ulster Rugby. Jay met some of the Barbarian players before running onto the pitch in front of thousands of spectators as the Barbarians got ready to play Fiji. Well done Jay!

Stars of the Week 16 November

P1 Mrs Donald: Alexander for super behaviour in class and excellent singing at rehearsals.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Ashton for excellent work and super behaviour!

P1 Miss Armstrong: Deborah - Agnes for always doing beautiful work.

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Abi for super adding.

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Arianna for excellent throwing and catching in PE.

P2 Miss McGuile:  Taevon for super taking away 1.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Roo for wonderful writing about her favourite toy.

P3 Miss McKeown:  Karleah for trying hard to keep her writing neat.

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Joshua for wonderful manners.

Merit Badge Winners 11 November

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Carter for super TU adding with exchanging.

Hannah for trying very hard to improve her handwriting.

P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown

Matthew for making good progress in maths and working hard at exchanging.

Noor for great answers in her reading activity writing full sentences with capital letters and full stops.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves

Kyle for working hard in all areas of class work.

Aleyna for excellent work when learning about right angles and presenting her work very neatly.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Keelan for working very well in all his work and in particular trying very hard when reading.

Bryn for writing an excellent story about Mr McConnell going missing! He used lots of adjectives too.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

George for working very hard when dividing with remainders.

Kendal for working well to complete number work involving dividing with remainders.

P6 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Matthew for working hard and making great progress in long multiplication.

Molly for always working well and recently making very good progress in long multiplication.

P6 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Rusula for excellent work in multiplying tens and units.

Zach for practising his clarinet music really hard for Holywood Music Festival.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Oliver for making good efforts to improve his handwriting and presentation.

Caitlin for a great effort to improve the presentation of her work. Well done!

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Alyda for participating really well during shared and guided reading sessions.

Ryan for reading with confidence and greater fluency during shared and guided reading sessions.

Stars of the Week 9 November

P1 Mrs Donald: Amber for having great manners. She always remembers to say please and thank you.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Aminah - Grace for excellent counting to 6. Well done. Aminah is great at cutting out too!

P1 Miss Armstrong: Caroline for being so caring and a good friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Robbie for using lovely manners.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Lori for great number work when adding on 2 more.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Noah for being a very kind and thoughtful boy.

P3 Miss McKeown: Kaleb for top effort in all his work recently. Miss McKeown is so pleased!

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood:  Laurie for always being kind and helpful.

Stars of the Week 26 October

P1 Mrs Donald: Blake for super reading words.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Bella for being a super girl for writing her letters and numbers.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Oscar for being so caring and a good friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Kate for doing super number work!

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Hannah for excellent Autumn writing.

P2 Miss McGuile: Mollie for fantastic Autumn writing.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Finley for fantastic work on money to 50p.

P3 Miss McKeown: Matthew and Lucas for writing amazing stories about Jack and the Beanstalk.

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood:  Reid for a fantastic retold story about The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.

Stars of the Week 19 October

P1 Mrs Donald: Millar for super letter writing formation and lovely neat writing!

P1 Mrs Elliott: Will for being very kind, helpful and a super boy at reading.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Faith for having lovely manners.

P2 Miss Dobbin:  Noah for trying really hard to make his writing a little smaller. It is getting neater each day. Well done!

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Evan for concentrating and finishing his work on time.

P2 Miss McGuile:  Jessica for great adding on 1. Well done!

P3 Mrs Gibson: Tori for being a great helper.

P3 Miss McKeown:  Ella – Rose for cheering up her class with her beautiful solos.

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Joshua for excellent writing of instructions on how to grow a bean.

Merit Badge Winners 13 October

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Joshua for beautiful handwriting with ticks and tails.

Amber for consistently working very hard in all subjects.

P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown

Beth for listening well and working hard in class.

Nathan for getting all his grammar work finished.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves

Megan for being really helpful during Activity Based Learning.

Brooke for showing others how to complete Activity Based Learning activities.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Charlie for giving a great presentation about the U.S.A. state of Mississippi.

George for his very good presentation on the U.S.A. state of South Dakota. 

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Dawud for a great presentation on Arizona.

Kendal for completing all her work.

P6 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Georgie for beautiful presentation in all aspects of her work.

Blayney for great progress in division.

P6 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Jack for working the Powerpoint so well for the Harvest Assembly.

Skye for waiting behind in class and putting up chairs for people who had forgotten.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Thomas for a super design of a new  9 hole Golf Course for Northern Ireland.

Annabel for working hard to improve her mathematics.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Jack for approaching his work with maturity in recent weeks. Written activities are completed to a higher standard. Well done!

Ruan is working hard to complete all activities to a higher standard.   Keep it up Ruan !

Stars of the Week 12 October

P1 Mrs Donald: Charlie for working hard to remember our sounds and reading words.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Charlotte for looking after Shauna the sheep so well.

P1 Miss Armstrong:Clara for being such a kind and caring friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Jayden for doing super number work!

P2 Mrs McGonigle: Luke for always doing his best.

P2 Miss McGuile: Ronan for doing super his adding 2 numberwork.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Toby for working really hard on his reading.

P3 Miss McKeown: Karleah for concentrating hard on her number work this week. Well done!

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood: Isla for making lovely ‘Feelings Flower’.

It's gold and bronze for Will at NI Tae Kwon Do Championships

Well done to Will who recently won a gold medal in the NI Tae Kwon Do Championships held in Banbridge. Will also won a bronze medal in Team Sparring. Great results Will.

Stars of the Week 5 October

P1 Mrs Donald: Katie for being such a lovely friend to everyone.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Finn for super listening and great behaviour.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Emily – Rose for being a good friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Saxon for being very creative during gymnastics.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Arianna for fantastic writing. Arianna always does her very best!

P2 Miss McGuile: Holly for wonderful letter writing. Well done!

P3 Mrs Gibson: Bea for being helpful to others during Maths activities.

P3 Miss McKeown: Lucas for listening carefully to the P.E. coach and performing well in P.E.

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood:  Lily for wonderful manners and being a very thoughtful friend.

Merit Badge Winners September 30

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

James for helping other children complete their ABC order sticking activity during Activity Based Learning

Jessica for settling into her new class and school so well.

P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown

Keziah for making good progress in work and growing in confidence this term.

Adam for being consistently hardworking and conscientious.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves

Matthew for working really hard to present his handwriting so neatly.

Mia for carefully putting all the ticks and tails correctly on her letters.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Harrison for excellent adding and subtracting work.

Ethan for working really hard and finishing his work on time.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Mitchel for great work with verbs.

Charlotte for being a good friend to others.

P6 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Danny for using a good range of verbs to write a humorous poem.

Charlie for writing a humorous verb poem.

P6 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Christian for being a great P6 Buddy in the playground.

Kathryn for excellent cornet playing.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves

James for super division work with remainders.

Emmy for using decimal places accurately when completing division activities.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Jamie for working extremely hard to understand and write units of measurement as decimal fractions.

Sarah for understanding and using the correct units of measurement as decimal fractions.

Stars of the Week 28 September

P1 Mrs Donald: Martha for working hard to remember all the letters, sounds and reading words so far in Primary 1.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Caleb for being a very brave boy when he fell in the playground.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Esther always does her best and listens carefully.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Zoe for writing super sentences all by herself!

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Charlie for having lovely manners. He always remembers to  say please and Thank you.

P2 Miss McGuile: Hayden for writing super sentences using his sounds to spell.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Mariama for fantastic reading.

P3 Miss McKeown: Oskar for creating an amazing booklet full of animal facts and drawings. P3 loved reading it this week!

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood:  Kirsty for always trying her best in all her work.

Stars of the Week 21 September

P1 Mrs Donald          Ollie for always trying his best and being kind and helpful.

P1 Mrs Elliott             Eve for being a super helpful and a great listener.                             

P1 Miss Armstrong   Ben for being a brilliant listener and being a good friend.

P2 Miss Dobbin         Mimi for always working hard and being a good listener.

P2 Mrs McGonigle     Maisie for fantastic sentences of her own. A super star!                                    

P2 Miss McGuile         William for settling into his new school brilliantly!

P3 Mrs Gibson             Nathan for fantastic numberwork. You are a STAR!

P3 Miss McKeown       Logan for good careful money work- fantastic thinking!

P3 Mrs Heawood / Mrs Curran     Luca for making a super collage of his eye.

Merit Badge Winners 16 September

P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney

Erin for making a good start to P4 by showing good manners and working hard.

Thomas tries his best to complete his work and has good manners each day.

P4 Room 16 Mrs McKeown

Nina listens very carefully and tries her best to complete her work.

Cameron has worked very well in class and listens to instructions given.

P4 Room 8 Mr Eves

Amelia for producing excellent, neat and beautiful work in her ‘All About Me’ topic.

Ben for settling in to his new school and getting on so well with his new class mates.

P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell

Scarlett has settled very well into P5 Room 13, well done!

Anna has made a great effort in her first few weeks at Holywood PS.

P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown

Smokey has completed super work on problem solving this week.

Lottie has made a great effort to accurately complete problem solving activities.

P6 Room 9 Mrs Clarke

Emily for settling in so well to her new school.

Abbie for writing an excellent dream blown into her room by the BFG.

P6 Room 10 Miss Riddell

Niamh for a super piece of research on Hadrian’s Wall.

Patrick for a great story about the B.F.G.’s dreams.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Eves

Harris for excellent work on Place Value, including presentation.

Susi for good contribution to class discussions on a topic about N.I.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart

Alison for being extremely helpful to others in the class, her teacher and other members of staff.

Harrison for excellent manners and consideration to others.

Stars of the Week 14 September

P1 Mrs Donald: Noah always trying his best to do lovely, careful work.

P1 Mrs Elliott: Meadow for being such a well behaved girl and fantastic listener.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Zara for always listening and doing her best. A star!

P2 Miss Dobbin: Jamie for writing super weekend news.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Eira for settling into her new school brilliantly.

P2 Miss McGuile: Mara for beautiful writing.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Naomi for a fabulous story about her day as a super hero.

P3 Miss McKeown: Erin for being a lovely kind girl who always tries her best.

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood:  Claire for fantastic work using a super hero Venn Diagram.

Stars of the Week 7 September

P1 Mrs Donald: Megan for super listening, lovely work and excellent behaviour.

P1 Mrs Elliott: James for being a super listener in class.

P1 Miss Armstrong: Charlotte for amazing listening and beautiful writing.

P2 Miss Dobbin: Lexi for doing beautiful, neat work.

P2 Mrs McGonigle:  Riley for being a really kind friend.

P2 Miss McGuile: Maia for always being well - mannered.

P3 Mrs Gibson: Charlie for writing fabulous sentences.

P3 Miss McKeown: Carter for always putting in his best effort to make his work amazing!

P3 Mrs Curran & Mrs Heawood:  Blair for setting into H.P.S. so brilliantly. WELL DONE!