Merit Badge Winners 2 October

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

James & Martha for working hard at numberwork and asking questions to make sure they understand new things.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Charlie & Isobel for great work on finding the missing numbers in 100 square.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Jayden and Erin for writing a fabulous story about the day Mrs Curran went missing!

P5 MRS BROWN:

Maia & Maisie for writing very imaginative stories about the day Mrs Brown went missing too!

P5 MRS WILSON:

Ariana and Jessica for working really hard in Maths and because of that they are now able to subtract and exchange numbers.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Paige for excellent effort and concentration put into all subjects.

Oskar for fantastic work on triangles.

P6 MRS HART:

Lexi for reading with expression during novel work.

Charlie for revising his ‘Parts of Speech’ facts and using his knowledge well during Literacy activities.

P7 MRS CLARKE:

Faye & Ella for working hard to include detail in written comprehension answers.

P7 MISS

Jesica and Matt for doing really well at learning their lines and speaking very well in their class Assembly.

P7 MR McCONNELL:

Lewis for answering his comprehension work in full sentences.

Nathan for producing excellent grammar work and putting in lots of effort.

Stars of the Week 25 September

P1 MRS FULTON: Jake for making lots of new friends and being a great friend to everyone!

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Luke for great throwing and catching during P.E.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Cormac for listening so carefully and following instructions.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Ben for trying really hard when writing his weekend news.

P2:MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Grace for her fabulous news!

P3: MR ATCHESON: Peter for being a ‘Recycling Champion’. Peter helps to clear the litter in the classroom.

P3: MR FIELD: Joshua for fantastic number work and offering to help others too.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Scarlett for being an amazing scientist and exploring her senses through experiments.

Triumph in Tae Kwondo!

Well done to brothers Zac and Ethan who have been preparing hard for their recent Tae Kwondo assessments. Zac has achieved his red belt ,black tag and Ethan has achieved his green belt, blue tag in a recent Tae Kwondo grading.

Congratulations boys,a great outcome for you both.

Swimming for Autism NI

Huge congratulations to Molly who did a 1K swim in OPEN WATER to raise money for Autism NI. Molly was the youngest person taking part!

Congratulations Molly on such an achievement and for such a worthy cause. Molly has raised over £300!👏🌟

Stars of the Week 18 September

P1 MRS FULTON:

Euan for being such a kind boy to others. He listens carefully to his friends during Circle Time.

P1: MISS DOBBIN:

Ellen for always trying her best and being a great listener.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG:

Claire for being such a great listener. Claire is so well behaved and has a lovely smile every day at school!

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:

Jayden for being a really good friend especially to Ryan.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON:

Ella for using her imagination when travelling and balancing on the small equipment during PE.

P3: MR ATCHESON:

Catherine for being a wonderful friend to others in class.

P3: MR FIELD:

Willow for always helping others.

P3: MRS GIBSON:

Brodie for being a fantastic Superman in his class Assembly.

Merit Badges 18 September

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Evan and Clara for finding out information about the planets Mars and Saturn and then presenting it on well designed posters.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Sophia for a beautiful pastel picture of Neptune.

Emily Rose for coping so well with breaking her arm and trying her best despite this setback.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Ellie and Adam for great numberwork, working accurately on subtraction with exchanging.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Missy and Matthew for working accurately on subtraction and decomposition.

P5 MRS WILSON:

William and Jessica for working really hard in Maths and producing neat, accurate bar graphs.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Mollie for fantastic addition work.

Lucas for using a variety of adjectives to add extra information about his marvellous and fantastic dream.

P6 MRS HART:

Reid for excellent presentation and effort that he puts into all his subjects.

Madison for working really hard and answering well in class.

P7 MRS CLARKE:

Isla and Adam for showing imagination and creativity in their writing about the Iron Man.

P7 MISS MCGUILE:

Kieran for a wonderful drawing of the Iron Man which included great detail.

Ciara for settling into HPS so well.

P7 MR McCONNELL:

Megan and Beth for writing an excellent background story for the Iron Man

Stars of the Week 11 September

P1 MRS FULTON: George for lovely manners and super sharing with others.

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Skye for beautiful manners.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Jake for amazing listening and for being a super hard worker!

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Indie for great work using Numicon.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Abigail for fantastic independent writing.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Charlie for fantastic use of capital letters for the names of superheroes!

P3: MR FIELD: Rudy for always writing neatly during Literacy activities.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Lucy for being a wonderful helper.

Merit Badges 4 September

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Jacob for being very helpful and keeping himself busy!

Sarah for working hard and answering questions well.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Ruby for great work on ordering words in alphabetical order.

Ben has a great attitude to school. He works conscientiously and each activity completed is always beautifully presented.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/  MRS CURRAN:

Bea for excellent mental maths answering.

Anthony for good thinking and counting in maths.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Ashton – Khloe for being well organised and trying hard.

Evan for making an effort to complete his maths activities and settling into new P5 routines.

P5 MRS WILSON:

Zac for always listening to instructions and following them immediately.

Abbie for having a great attitude to school and conscientiously working hard.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Ben for working really hard to master dividing.

Arianna for creating a fantastic emotion portrait.

P6 MRS HART:

Alice Jane for listening carefully and following instructions to complete her work accurately.

Nathan for working extremely hard. Nathan even asked to finish his maths during lunchtime!

P7  MRS CLARKE:

Erin and Keziah for working very hard to understand new topics in maths.

P7 MISS MCGUILE:

Zak and Joshua for working very hard at line graphs in maths.

P7  MR McCONNELL:

Kyle for making a great start to P7.

Carson for producing some excellent grammar work.

Stars of the Week 4 September

P1 MRS FULTON: Ella for always trying her best and making lots of new friends.

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Sam for being a super boy and a great listener.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Tom for amazing listening.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Abigail for fantastic independent writing.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Eva for being very helpful to others.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Iris for being a great helper and listening so well in class.

P3: MR FIELD: Gracie for super listening and always putting her hand up to answer questions.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Alex for creating an AWESOME Superhero identity ‘Invincible Man’.

Stars of the Week June 19

P1 MRS FULTON: Charley for amazing number work and working with odd & even numbers.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Ryan for super work all year and being a lovely friend to everyone.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Caleb for always doing his best, he’s an absolute star!

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD:Coalan for being a very kind and helpful friend.

P2: MRS HARRON: Liam for writing a fantastic message in a bottle!

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Erin for being very helpful to Miss Meneely.

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Charlotte for being a wonderful helper and listener in class.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Ollie for always giving 100% effort in all activities.

Swimming success

We were delighted to hear that brother & sister  Finn and Jorja had success representing Templemore Amateur Swimming Club in the final Aqua-Sprint League Gala against Newry. Templemore won by 205 points to Newry’s 195.

On Sunday, Jorja competed in the Swim Ulster Festival Gala in Newry. She won Silver in the 100m Individual Medley and a Bronze in the 100 Breast Stroke.

Well done Finn & Jorja! 

Merit Badge Winners June 12

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

William for working hard to master multiplying HTU by X3 and X4.

Abi for thinking about lots of great adjectives to describe a dolphin.

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Ariana for working hard and bringing cheerfulness and colour to everything she does.

Adam works hard on his own and with others. He made a great pic collage which was colourful and informative.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Luke was willing to take on the role of God in Assembly when another boy was unwell.

Luke worked hard to learn his lines for his class Assembly.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Finley and Paige for good research about historical places of interest in Holywood.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Freddie for qualifying for North Down Sports.

Jack and Joshua for participating well in team games with the football coach.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Erin for a super poster about Persuasive Writing.

Amy for great progress in all areas of maths.

P6 MISS MCGUILE:

Lennox and Dylan for fantastic contribution to their class discussions on volcanoes.

P6 MR McConnell:

Kyle for excellent work converting m and cm to mm.

Nathan for excellent work converting cm to mm and always working hard to get his work finished on time.

P7 MRS EVES:

Hope and Liera for coping very well with their work and activities despite hand injuries.

P7 MRS HART:

Luke for enjoying the Shared Education Days and participating fully in all activities.

Oliver for working hard on all Leavers’ Assembly singing, dancing and drama!

Stars of the Week June 12

P1 MRS FULTON: Toby for being a great helper, tidying up well and helping others.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Zach for super reading and answering questions so well.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: William for amazing taking away. Miss Armstrong is so impressed.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Oscar for being an excellent helper during Pirate Day!

P2: MRS HARRON: Calvin for super writing in his weekend news book.

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Finn for making a super treasure map!

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Ben for excellent pond dipping skills during the Shared Education visit to Crawfordsburn.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Amber for being a great friend on the Shared Education trip.

Merit Badge Winners May 29

P4 MRS RIDDALL:

Jayden for super work on rounding to the nearest 10.

Lori for wonderful work on Venn diagrams. 

 P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Jude for learning to add T U with exchanging.

 Maria for working really well to learn all her x table facts. 

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Ashton Khloe for working hard on rounding to the nearest 10.

Evan has shown great patience and maturity when he broke his arm he has tried his best to complete his work. 

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Paige for completing a great Friday test.

Finley for good answering in mental maths. 

P5 MRS BROWN:

Cerys and Omar for working hard on finding the are of irregular shapes.

P6 MRS CLARKE:

Thomas for good work using Scrarch in ICT and for helping others too. 

Charlie for giving his best in all he does, with a smile on his face.!

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Leah for improving her comprehension skills. 

Zak for working very hard to improve his skills in finding complex area. 

 P6 MR MCCONNELL:

Daanyaal and Carson for always working hard during maths lessons and making great progress with dividing. 

P7 MRS EVES:

Eva and Ethan for their interest and contribution to their class European topic discussions.

P7 MRS HART:

Erin and Charlie for showing great interest in all World around Us topics. 

Stars of the Week June 5

P1 MRS FULTON: Ryan for working so hard on his challenge, he even chose to work at it during playtime!

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Lorne for working really hard to learn his reading vocabulary.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Penny for brilliant work on half past, well done Penny!

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Skye for making a fabulous treasure map!

P2: MRS HARRON: Logan for working really hard in numberwork and doing excellent adding.

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Will for making a super Wanted poster for a pirate.

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Clara for excellent work using vertical addition.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Sophia for fantastic rhyming couplets.

The Fab Four!

Well done to P2 pupils Luke, James & Harry who reached the final of an end of season tournament. 

The boys play at Holywood Football Club. They were narrowly beaten, 2-1 , in a very exciting match!

WELL DONE boys! Pictured with the boys is their football coach, Euan, who has been in HPS on work experience. What good timing for them to celebrate together!😀 🥈 

It’s Gold for Alana!

We were delighted to hear that one of our P5 pupils, Alana,  competed in the U13 Northern Ireland and Ulster championships and won Gold in the long jump!

What a great achievement, well done Alana!  

Stars of the Week May 29

P1 MRS FULTON:  Ben for raising his hand to speak and sitting quietly on the carpet.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Ryan for making Mrs Elliott smile with his super reading.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Joe for being a lovely caring friend to his classmates.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Taylor for trying really hard to write his work by himself.

P2: MRS HARRON: Bethany for making fantastic Grass Head Monster!

P2: MISS DOBBIN:  Tate for being a super actor during his class Assembly.

P3: MR ATCHESON:  Jack for painting a fantastic minibeast in its habitat.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Louis for AMAZING work on multiplying by 2.

Terrific trampolining from Isla!

CONGRATULATIONS to P6 pupil, Isla, who qualified for the Northern Ireland Championship Finals in trampolining. Isla trains with the Belfast Galaxy Squad.

The finals took place in Newry and Isla came FIRST! in her 2 events. She is now a Northern Ireland Champion! . What a great achievement Isla. Well done Isla.

Stars of the Week May 22

P1 MRS FULTON: Asher for lovely manners and trying his best.

P1: MRS ELLIOTT:  Emily for being a super actor in her class Assembly.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Elizabeth for writing a lovely story about Floppy.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Blake for making great models with Lego and Duplo.

P2: MRS HARRON: Chloe for amazing independent writing.

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

P3: MR ATCHESON:  James for practising so well for all the races for Sports Day.

P3: MRS GIBSON:  Meadow for a beautiful comic using speech bubbles.