Merit Badge Winners May 15

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Matthew for confidently presenting a well prepared class talk about football.

Sam for presenting a great class talk about his ski holiday.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Bea for being so good about thinking of others.

Abbie is always cheerful and helpful. She is challenging herself to work hard in class each day.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Jayden for being keen to give answers during maths activities.

Eira for her great talk on her Rockpool Fish Tank.She knew so many interesting facts about sea creatures.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Millie  and Charlie for confidently presenting their class talks about their favourite hobby and interests.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Madison and Rueben for giving very interesting class talks on their hobbies.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Oscar for good work on area of triangles

Jonathan for creating a great Kenning on Super Powers!

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Joshua and Jack for working hard to find the area of a triangle. Well done!

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Jude for settling well into Holywood Primary School.

Lewis for producing an excellent Kenning about his dog.

P7 MRS EVES:

Zach for his positive attitude to catching up on his school work after being off unwell.

Harrison for showing great improvement when paying attention to detail during problem solving activities.

P7 MRS HART:

Leah for continuing to work hard in class and offering help at every opportunity.

Jude for going out of his way to introduce himself to a new pupil to HPS and for being a good friend.

Scottish Dancing success!

Well done to P7 pupil Taylor who recently competed in the Scottish dancing finals held in Newtownards at the Pipe Band Championships. Taylor was awarded three firsts in the Lilt, Flora and Special Fling. She also was placed second in the Reel and Swords. As a result of her three first places, she was also awarded a shield. CONGRATULATIONS Taylor, what great achievements , all in one day!

Stars of the Week May 15

P1 MRS FULTON: Jacob for lovely manners and raising his hand to speak in class.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Phoebe for wonderful work and super reading. 

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Lydia for speaking out so well in her class Assembly.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Brodie for trying really hard all the time especially with his sound work.

P2: MRS HARRON: Colby for amazing instructional writing about planting cress seeds.

P2: MISS DOBBIN: Ethan for writing super instructions about how to grow cress.

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Polly for being a wonderful role model on her class Shared Education visit to the Zoo.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Ethan for great work when adding tens and units

Clean sweep at Holywood May Day Art Competition

Congratulations to six HPS pupils who won prizes in the May Day Art Competition this year. The boys and girls were presented with their prizes by the Mayor at the May Day Celebrations.

Age 9 - 12 years old category

1st Dylan    2nd Holly     3rd Erin

Age 4 - 8 years old category 

1st Mia    2nd   Bea 3rd  Isla

Stars of the Week May 8

P1 MRS FULTON: Eden for being an amazing listener! Eden listens so carefully at Circle Time and can remember what every child has said.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT: Kate for excellent reading and behaviour.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: James for being able to write sentences all by himself!

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Cara for being very kind, by giving another child some of her break because they had forgotten theirs.

P2: MRS HARRON: Harry for writing amazing sentences about Springtime.

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Gracie for doing super spellings!

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Jacob for an amazing effort with his Numeracy in class.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Louis for his enthusiasm when making a junk model sports car.

Stars of the Week 1 May

P1 MRS FULTON:  Indie for super sounding out of her own words. Indie is such a hard worker!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Jake for listening so well and laughing at all the jokes during the school show Peter Pan!

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Caleb for being such a lovely caring friend to everyone.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Iris for settling in so well to HPS!

P2: MRS HARRON: AJ for amazing work when  learning new sounds.

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Emma for always working really hard.

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Vivien for asking some super questions when there was a pilot visiting her class.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Isobel for being son conscientious and hardworking.

Merit Badge Winners May 1

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Seth for writing a great story using picture clues.

Annabelle did fantastic work using Black Cat Logo. Annabelle was able to write instructions to draw a picture on the computer. 

  P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Jonnie & Chloe wrote very good stories which included proper sentences and interesting adjectives.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Charlie used great descriptive language in his story writing.

Tilly for using great picture clues to write an interesting story. 

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Scott and Daisy both made great contributions during class discussions about Ancient Egypt.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Well done to Claire and Ander who always work to the best of their ability,

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Ereen and James for excellent Kennings.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Jorja and Matt for writing wonderful Kennings.

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Andrew for always working hard and producing good work.

Jemima for always producing very neat work. 

P7 MRS EVES:

Emma for continuing to show improvement in her literacy.

Ethan for sharing his knowledge of the solar system and space exploration. 

P7 MRS HART:

Scarlett for working conscientiously in class at all times. 

Luke for working really hard on his understanding of angles of a circle. 

Erin's terrific tennis triumph!

CONGRATULATIONS to P7 pupil Erin won the Under 12 singles at the Ulster Tennis North West Junior Open in Letterkenny.

A great achievement Erin, well done!

Stars of the Week 3 April

P1 MRS FULTON:

Selena for her excellent detective work on Humpty Dumpty and also her lovely manners.

P1 MRS ELLIOTT:

Emily for such beautiful manners and she makes Mrs Elliott and Mrs Duff smile each day.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG:

Abigail for working so hard. She is a great helper and a great friend to everyone!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Leon for writing his news independently.

P2 MRS HARRON:

Arthur for trying his best during number work activities.

P2 MISS DOBBIN:

Casey for making a super pictogram about pets.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Campbell for making a fantastic pirate during ABL which will be displayed at Peter Pan.

P3 MRS GIBSON

Max for wonderful work on question marks

Stars of the Week 27 March

P1 MRS FULTON:

Jack for working very hard and for being a great friend.

P1 MRS ELLIOTT:

Grace for excellent reading and wonderful behaviour.

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG:

Susie for brilliant reading and beautiful writing.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Juliette for doing excellent independent writing in her news.

P2 MRS HARRON:

Hollie for trying really hard to complete all her work.

P2 MISS DOBBIN:

Sam for being a kind and polite boy!

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Sophia for building a brilliant brachiosaurus during Dinosaur Day.

P3 MRS GIBSON

Lacey for being kind and helpful.

Merit Badge Winners 27 March

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Phoenix for working really hard during maths this week and completing his money work to a very high standard.

Sophia for writing a fantastic imaginative story. It had a great build up, dilemma and resolution!

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Jake for being a good role model – Jake loves to read!

Maria for working very hard and listening to instructions.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Daniel for writing a great adventure story, he was very motivated and added lots of detail.

Charlie for working hard on adding and subtraction with exchanging.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Chestha for working really hard at reading activities.

Struan for working hard to improve his knowledge of maths facts and patterns.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Karleah for mastering multiplying by 3 and 4.

Hugo for working hard on problem solving.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Faye for making a big effort with decimals and percentages in maths.

Ben for trying hard to improve his concentration in class.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Amber for wonderful enthusiastic singing during show rehearsals.

Daniel for super conversions from fractions to decimals to percentages!

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Ella for excellent contributions to class discussions.

Cameron for always giving 100% in his maths.

P7 MRS EVES:

Paige and Tia for trying hard to improve their fraction work.

P7 MRS HART:

Dawud for excellent singing during Peter Pan rehearsals as well as learning all the actions!

Simrah for much improved grammar and comprehension activities.

Stars of the Week 20 March

P1 MRS FULTON:

Kian for a super effort with his writing.Kian uses great finger spaces and letters!

P1 MRS ELLIOTT:

Beth for listening so well and completing  all of her work on time!

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG:

Charlie for having an amazing attitude to his work!

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Ben for always helping Mrs Dowling by picking up the coats along the corridor.

P2 MRS HARRON:

Carter for amazing art work and drawing a fantastic wolf for their display board.

P2 MISS DOBBIN:

Katie for always trying her very best.

P3 MR ATCHESON:

Lucy for lots of creative ideas when using speech bubbles in literacy.

P3 MRS GIBSON

Charlie for always working really hard.

Tae Kwondo success double!

Zac (P5) and Ethan (P3) had recent success at their Tae Kwondo grading. Ethan achieved his green belt and Zac achieved his red and is only two belts away from his black belt!Well done boys! 

Merit Badge Winners 13 March

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Maia for super work in her Maths challenge booklet.

George for writing a fantastic imaginative story plan.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Noah for doing a great job at cleaning the floor after using chalk and charcoal to draw a great life size penguin!

Jessica for neatly presented work using joined writing.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Hayden and Luke for great work on adding and subtracting with exchanging.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Ella -Rose for great story writing.

Nathan for working really hard at reading and also his reading activities.

P5 MRS BROWN

Alana and Jay for their interest and input with the Chester Challenge.

P6 MRS CLARKE

Connor and Leah for producing informative Internet Safety posters with lots of good advice.

P6 MISS MCGUILE

Matthew for being a responsible pupil.

Joshua for always working hard in Maths! WELL DONE!

P6 MR MCCONNELL

Phoebe for a good investigation about perimeter.

Noor for trying hard in everything she does and always being polite and well mannered.

P7 MRS EVES

Oliver and Eva for excellent talking and listening during topic word on Ireland during the famine.

P7 MRS HART

Isabella for carrying out excellent maths investigations and problem solving during FEBRUARY PROBLEM SOLVING MONTH!

Lottie for excellent Literacy - grammar, comprehension, vocabulary, talking and listening.

Stars of the Week 13 March

P1 MRS FULTON:

Luca for being such a good listener during the class cricket sessions. Luca always tries his very best! 

P1 MRS ELLIOTT: 

Kate for being so kind and working very hard in class. 

P1 MISS ARMSTRONG: 

Hala for always doing beautiful handwriting.

P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Taylor for trying really hard to do some of his work independently. 

P2 MRS HARRON:

Abraham for always joining in during class discussion and talking confidently. 

P2 MISS DOBBIN: 

Caden for working really hard to finish his work in the given time. 

P3 MR ATCHESON: 

Will for fantastic research on dinosaurs in the computer game. 

P3 MRS GIBSON

Faith for being a great helper. 

All smiles for silver

P6 pupil Jorja was recently competing for Templemore Amateur Swimming Club in the Swim Ulster  Development Gala, in Newry. Jorja got a silver medal in the girls 11 and over 200m freestyle. She also achieved a new personal best. Congratulations Jorja !

Stars of the Week 6 March

Stars of the Week 27 February

P1 MRS FULTON: Rory for great listening and for always trying his best. Mrs Fulton is so proud of him!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Emily for fantastic reading and listening.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Eve for always taking the time to add beautiful pictures to her work..

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Emmy for being very helpful when she tidied up lots of coats that had fallen on the floor.

P2: MRS HARRON: James for a great recount of his half term holiday.

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Finn for always working really hard. WELL DONE!

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Marcia for fantastic creativity and art work both in class and when using the computer.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Noah for a SUPER dinosaur picture on the computer.

Merit Badge Winners 27 February

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Susannah for being very helpful around the classroom and showing Mrs Riddall all the class routines.

Jamie for writing a well structured and organised set of instructions for making a polar animal out of clay.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Logan prepared a well detailed and beautifully illustrated ECO homework about recycling.

Riley for being so helpful and kind around the classroom and towards others.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Molly for being consistently helpful around the classroom.

Robbie for good sequencing of steps to make a polar bear.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Mollie for excellent understanding of Reading Activities.

Jamie for really interesting story - writing.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Carter for making a huge improvement  with his handwriting.

Toni for writing an interesting Stone age Boy story.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Keziah for giving of her best in EVERYTHING she does.

Joshua for showing good understanding during problem solving in maths.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Brooke for always being a kind and friendly pupil to everyone in school.

Fionnbharr for always learning his Numeracy and Literacy fact homework.

P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Oliver and Roger for making an excellent start to algebra.

P7 MRS EVES:

Imogen and Bryn for giving a good explanation of their problem solving in recent weeks.

P7 MRS HART:

Grace for an excellent attitude to school life. Grace always works hard and strives to improve.

Aimee for 100% effort being put into all literacy activities.

Happy Feet!

Congratulations to Charlotte  and Clara in P3 for their recent Irish Dancing success at the Belvoir Championships.

Charlotte danced her way to 1st place in her Treble Jig, 2nd in her Rail and 3rd in her Jig while Clara was placed 1st in her Light Double Jig, 4th in her Rail and was also awarded the trophy for Most Promising Young Dancer. Together the girls also placed 1st in their Three Hand and 2nd in their Couples.

Well done again to both girls for all of their success. You’ve made your school proud. Go HPS!