Well done Ben & Ruan!
Stars of the Week 13 February
P1 MRS FULTON: Ava for beautiful manners, being a super helper and hard worker! What a great girl!
P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Lorne for being a super boy when doing his reading and being so kind to his teacher too.
P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Cara for always doing beautiful writing.
P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Leon for trying really hard to write his news independently.
P2: MRS HARRON: Rene for creating an excellent tourist pamphlet about Holywood.
P2: MISS DOBBIN: Lucy for being great at drawing half past times.
P3: MR ATCHESON: Caroline for always being so polite and being a wonderful helper in class.
P3: MRS GIBSON: Rachel for excellent reading. Good girl Caroline!
Stars of the Week 6 February
P1 MRS FULTON: Asher for showing such enthusiasm for anything new! He always has a smile on his face too! Thank you!
P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Harrison for super reading and being such fun in class.
P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Penny for being caring and a good friend.
P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Scarlett for showing the class how to be a super Summarising Superhero!
P2: MRS HARRON: Tili for always listening in class and completing work accurately.
P2: MISS DOBBIN: Ethan for being great at throwing and catching the ball during P.E.
P3: MR ATCHESON: Caleb for writing a wonderful acrostic poem all about food and using lots of alliteration!
P3: MRS GIBSON: Leah for always trying her best. She is a STAR!
Merit Badge Winners 6 February
P4 MR EVES:
Scarlet and Elis for producing excellent reports on Emperor Penguins with great facts and labelled drawings.
P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:
Jonnie and Riley for making a great effort to produce life like chalk polar bear pictures.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Jake for working hard to get his homework and morning maths completed in a given time.
Mollie for great work on opposites.
P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:
Steven for working hard on money and change activities.
Ruby for improvement in telling the time.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Lily for working very hard on her daily tables challenge.
Joshua for lovely handwriting in all his work.
P6 MRS CLARKE:
Ella for working hard to master dividing.
Thomas for great work in problem solving in maths.
P6 MISS McGUILE:
Megan for always trying very hard in maths and making good progress.
Zak for excellent manners to both adults and children.
P6 MR MCCONNELL:
Beth for great calculating the mean and range of numbers.
Benjamin for excellent problem solving work.
P7 MRS EVES:
Keelan for a super sound poem using similes for ‘silent’.
George for consistently good presentation of his work and impeccable manners.
P7 MRS HART:
Elsa for catching up on all her work after returning from her successful 18th place out of over 150 girls in the Ulster Cross Country Finals.
George for showing kindness and empathy towards a fellow classmate.
Stars of the Week 30 January
P1 MRS FULTON: Selena for great work with her ‘Artic Animals’ graph. What a great girl!
P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Emily for super counting and reading.
P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Jake for being an excellent listener, hard worker and good friend! What a superstar!
P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Betty for trying really hard to get her work finished on time! Well done!
P2: MRS HARRON:Ella for a super account of how to make top hats!
P2: MISS DOBBIN: Tate for writing lots of super words with a ‘ck’ sound.
P3: MR ATCHESON: Jacob for being a great role model during the P3 Shared Education day with Glencraig IPS.
P3: MRS GIBSON: Ollie for great drumming during the music workshop on the Shared Education day.
Merit Badge Winners 23 January
P4 MR EVES:
Molly for writing and teaching P4 a WW2 song she wrote with her friend Erin.
Maia for creating a very informative PowerPoint presentation on WW2 using animations and transitions.
P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:
Erin for writing a fantastic WW2 song along with her friend Molly.
Caleb for focusing better to listen more carefully and taking his turn in class activities.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Jason for making really good progress on his joined writing.
Jessica for writing a great letter as an evacuee.
P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:
Minnie and Zac for being able to recognise the properties of various triangles very accurately.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Lucas and Esme for contributing to discussion on the P5 Stoneage topic .
P6 MRS CLARKE:
Benjy for settling in well to his new school, always listening to instructions very carefully.
Annie for producing a detailed and colourful storyboard on the Firework Maker’s Daughter.
P6 MISS McGUILE:
Thomas and Hannah for always listening well in class and when in the company of their friends.
P6 MR MCCONNELL:
Ruby and Philippa for producing excellent storyboards on the Firework Maker’s Daughter as well as being great listeners!
P7 MRS EVES:
Jamie and Erin for putting hpgreat effort into presentation of all their work.
P7 MRS HART:
Sophia -Rose and Benjamin for displaying excellent manners to all adults and pupils throughout th school. They always remember to say please or thank you!
Stars of the Week 23 January
P1 MRS FULTON: Jamie for fabulous writing about Winter. Jamie has been trying so hard with his pencil work - BRILLIANT!
P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Zayne for brilliant listening and following instructions.
P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Nico for listening so carefully.
P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Mya for having lovely manners and waiting her turn to speak when someone else is talking.
P2: MRS HARRON: Chloe for great writing about her class trip to Tesco.
P2: MISS DOBBIN: Emma for writing a super account about her class walk in Holywood.
P3: MR ATCHESON: Daisy for fantastic independent work in her Numeracy. A super effort!
P3: MRS GIBSON: Oscar for fabulous Literacy work, what a star!
Stars of the Week 16 January
P1 MRS FULTON: Ella is a great listener and always tries her best.
P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Jayden has been such a great boy in his new class.
P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Hannah for always having a smile on her face and being a great friend.
P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Mark for doing excellent recycling work and recognising the word aluminium!
P2: MRS HARRON: Miller for listening well in class and learning lots of sounds and words.
P2: MISS DOBBIN: Lucie - May for being super at spelling words with three sounds!
P3: MR ATCHESON: Flynn for researching some super facts on food!
P3: MRS GIBSON: Martha for being a wonderful helper. Mrs Gibson doesn’t know what she would do with out her!
Swim Ulster gala success for Erin and Ben
CONGRATULATIONS to Erin (P7) and Ben (P6) who participated in the swim Ulster gala.
Erin won a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke race .
Ben won a bronze in the 100m Individual Medley and Freestyle.
Well done to both Erin and Ben!
Ben also won a gold,silver& bronze medal at the Bangor Swimming Club Centenary Gala.Well done Ben! 🥇 🥈 🥉
Stars of the Week 9 January
P1 MRS FULTON: Ben for working hard and being a good friend when playing outside. A super boy!
P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Adam for being such a well behaved boy and a super listener.
P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Joe has the most beautiful manners! He’s so kind and helpful too.
P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Archie for being very brave and working hard even with a broken finger!
P2: MRS HARRON: Calvin for always trying his best.
P2: MISS DOBBIN: Harry for typing lots of sentences on the computer.
P3: MR ATCHESON: Ciara for being a wonderful class helper.
P3: MRS GIBSON: Amber for interesting questions about food.
Merit Badge Winners 9 January
P4 MR EVES:
Susannah for working very hard in all areas of work with great enthusiasm.
Lawson for doing very well to complete his spellings in Literacy.
P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:
Cole for working hard and being well settled for the start of the new term.
Lexi for making extra efforts with her work on HTUs.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Evan for being a consistent hard worker who regularly contributes to class discussions.
Arianna for great work on adding - est to make superlative adjectives.
P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:
Arianna for hard work and good handwriting.
Noah for good progress in mental maths.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Fergus for working hard and completing his work in a given time.
Tori for working well on her numberwork.
P6 MRS CLARKE:
Isaac for a great newspaper report on Ganaway, presented using Microsoft publisher.
Nina Grace for producing an interesting body box.
P6 MISS McGUILE:
Aleyna and Kieran for designing wonderful newspaper articles using Microsoft Publisher. Well done!
P6 MR MCCONNELL:
Matthew for an excellent life-like body box.
Carter for creating a super body box!
P7 MRS EVES:
Casey and Ellen for helping others, especially when making crafts as part of their topic on Victorians.
P7 MRS HART:
Olivia and Jamie for impeccable manners to both adults and pupils. They always say please, thank you and hold doors open for members of staff! Well done!
Christmas art success at Centra, Holywood
Congratulations to seven pupils who recently won a colouring competition organised by Centra in Holywood. The boys and girls were delighted to receive their prize.
Well done to........
P1 Abigail
P2 Bethany
P3 Martha
P4 Zoe
P5 Erin
P6 Oliver
P7 Leah
Stars of the Week 12 December
P1 MRS FULTON: Jack for being such a hard worker.Jack always does his best work!
P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Ryan for beautiful manners and being so kind and helpful.
P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Danny for working so hard and being very helpful.
P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Ben for excellent singing and knowing all the actions to songs.
P2: MRS HARRON: Peter for great work during literacy activities.
P2: MISS DOBBIN: Gracie for being a very enthusiastic singer and dancer.
P3: MR ATCHESON: Charlie for wonderful listening in class and being an enthusiastic line leader
.P3: MRS GIBSON: Isaac for fantastic acting.
Success for Lexi
Well done to Lexi in P3 who was very successful at a recent dancing competition.
She has been able to add more awards to her previous collection!
She really enjoys dancing and practises very hard! Congratulations!
Lexi was SO excited to visit Mrs Crookshanks to tell her that she had won three more trophies at a recent competition! I think from her huge smile you can tell that she is very happy. Well done Lexi, you’re a 🌟
Stars of the Week 28 November
P1 MRS FULTON: Alex for learning more and more vocabulary each week, he’s AMAZING!
P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Phoebe for excellent listening and wonderful work.
P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Charlie for being so enthusiastic and helpful.
P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Robin for writing a brilliant letter to send to Santa.
P2: MRS HARRON: Bethany for a beautifully written letter to Santa.
P2: MISS DOBBIN: Shion for writing a fabulous letter to Santa!
P3: MR ATCHESON: Olivia for creating a beautiful snowflake picture using pastels and paint.
P3: MRS GIBSON: Emily - Rose for thinking of some fabulous adjectives!
Merit Badge Winners 28 November
P4 MR EVES:
Evie for producing an excellent painting of The Blitz.
Saxon for working very hard in Literacy to understand and know grammar rules.
P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:
Ronan has been working very hard especially in Maths and with his handwriting.
Zoe took her time and very carefully painted a Blitz picture for the class WW2 topic.
P4 MRS McKEOWN:
Anthony for making great progress when he goes swimming each week with his class.
Ashton - Khloe for working really hard to complete her spellings learning them really well!
P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:
Grace and Toby for working very hard to complete multiplication tables which has really helped with dividing.
P5 MRS BROWN:
Emily and Rob for super clock work showing great understanding of 5 minute intervals.
P6 MRS CLARKE:
Isla for settling into HPS very quickly.
Adam for working well to complete 24 hour clock times.
P6 MISS McGUILE:
Nina and Grace for working very hard to complete Maths problems based on 24 hour clock.
P6 MR MCCONNELL:
Megan for excellent work on the use of apostrophe of possession.
Lilly for super work on square and cube numbers.
P7 MRS EVES:
Hope and Jacob for always showing friendship and kindness towards others.
P7 MRS HART:
Joshua for being considerate and thoughtful towards those in his class who need help with a task.
Ruan for excellent concentration and impeccable behaviour at all times.
Eva dances her way to success!
Congratulations to Eva who recently performed at the Ulster Championships in Dundalk. Eva was awarded a 1st,3rd and 4th place in light shoes, heavy shoes and 3-hand.
Well done Eva, such great achievements…….’Keep dancing!’
North Down Pony Club awards
We were very pleased to hear that Abi (P4) had received an award at the North Down Pony Club awards night. A great achievement Abi. Well done!
Ben makes his mark!
Congratulations to Ben who took part in the Co. Down Championships in Downpatick. He was the third P7 to finish! What great running Ben. Your smile says it all.
P6 pupil Matt - a member of Belfast Kayak Academy
Matt (P6) has many interests and thoroughly enjoys being outdoors. He’s pictured here during his training with Belfast Kayak Academy. WELL DONE MATT, what a busy boy!