MERIT BADGE WINNERS 9 SEPTEMBER

P4 MR FIELD:

Taylor for amazing Numberwork, he has five Dojo points already!

Jack for great joined up writing.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Emilia for settling well into her new school.

Shion for making sure everyone is included during playtime in the playground.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS McCARTNEY:

Jonah and Marnie for a brilliant start to P4 in HPS!

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:

Charlotte for patiently waiting for a technical issue to be sorted out on her MySchool account.

Campbell for working really hard to complete mental maths activities.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Sarah for working conscientiously and finishing all activities she is given to do.

Kielan for settling in well to Primary 5 at Holywood Primary School.

P6 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Patrick, Isaac & Krista foe settling really well into their new class.

P6 MISS McGUILE:

Maia for a brilliant mnemonic for the seven continents in the world.

Ashton-Khloe for working really hard to multiply H T U.

P6 MR McCONNELL:

Tilly for making a great start to Maths activities.

Anthony for trying extremely hard at his sounds. Well done!

P7 MRS RIDDALL:

Ruby for fantastic research using the computer.

Mason for working hard across the curriculum. A great start to P7.

P7 MRS HART:

Carling for having learnt her Maths & Literacy facts brilliantly over the summer.

Noah for displaying excellent knowledge about Northern Ireland.

Not out! Cricket success for Lucas and Scott!

CONGRATULATIONS to P7 pupils, Lucas and Scott , who were part of the Junior Holywood Cricket Club team that recently won the Instonians Tournament. Both played key roles in the win! Well done boys.

Stars of the Week 11 March

P1 MRS FULTON: Joni for a great start to P1. Joni tries her best and also has worked really hard to make new friends. Room 1 love getting to know her!

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Skye for writing lots of super sentences all by herself!

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Daniel for working hard and trying to concentrate really well.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Eve for making a fantastic book cover for World Book Day.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Penny for being so brave and working very hard over the last few weeks even though she had a broken arm!

P3: MR ATCHESON: Ethan for fantastic place value work in class.

P3: MR FIELD: Carl for excellent creative writing.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Carter for designing a fantastic parachute.

Merit Badge Winners 11 March

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Olivia and Ollie for working hard to get better at their work and always trying their best, especially with Number and Reading activities.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Flynn and Isaac for working hard to use the correct punctuation and keep their handwriting neat in their grammar work each week.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Noah and Caleb for being great Narrators in their class Assembly.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Cole for having a great interest and wide knowledge of his class World Around Us topics.

Chloe for working hard to learn times tables.

P5 MRS WILSON:

Abi for being a great team captain during their class Chester's Challenge session.

Lawson for asking and answering lots of questions and showing great interest during Chester's Challenge sessions.
P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Eva for fantastic comprehension work. Eva was able to extend her answers by using evidence from the text.

Joshua for super work on comparative and superlative adjectives.

P6 MRS HART:

Jack and Hugo for the thought and humour preparing for World Book Day........ What a great double act of Thing1 and Thing 2!

P7 MRS CLARKE:

Matthew and Nina-Grace for sensible contributions to class discussion on Internet Safety.

P7 MISS MCGUILE:

Fionnbharr for great contributions to the class discussion of the Irish Famine.

Noah for taking part so enthusiastically during a science experiment on floating and sinking.

P7 MR Mc CONNELL:

Roger for good work on rotational symmetry.

Dylan for good contributions to a class debate on the Victorian Workhouse.

Fabulous Fencing from Timur & Daria!

Congratulations to brother and sister Timur and Daria!

Both have won 3rd places in Northern Ireland Junior Fencing Series Competition which consist of 5 games over the whole year

Timur took 3rd place in Boys Under 12th category and will be representing Northern Ireland in 2020 British Youth Championship in Birmingham later this year!

Daria took 3rd place in Mix Under 10th category.

Well done to both of you, what a great achievement!

Stars of the Week 4 March

P1 MRS FULTON: Ella for being such a kind friend to a new pupil in her class.

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Holly for doing great work with clocks.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Jacob for amazing numberwork.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Lorne for adding on 3 to different numbers.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Jayden for doing really good money work with 1p and 2p coins.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Rene for fantastic African dancing in PE  for her class topic on travel.

P3: MR FIELD: Ethan for excellent research using an iPad.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Emmy for great work when building tinfoil boats. Emmy did an excellent design!

Medals for Isla at Trampolining Competiton

Isla was delighted after a recent trampolining competition. Isla came 3rd in the Doubke Mini Trampoline section and 2nd overall in the trampoline competiton. This means Isla has successfully qualified to go to the Northern Ireland Championships. What a great achievement. Well done Isla, congratulations. We are very proud of you and all your hard work.

Merit Badge Winners 26 February

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS

Eve and Jacob for showing many acts of kindness throughout February.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Vivien and Campbell for working hard to practise and learn their weekly spellings.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Lori and Frankie for working really hard to complete money calculations accurately.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Molly for working hard on equivalent fractions.

Thomas for working hard to reconginse fractions.

P5 MRS WILSON:

Jamie and Hannah for excellent behaviour and always being ready to listen and learn.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Daisy for taking part in the Firework Maker’s Daughter drama activities with such enthusiasm.

Freddy for great algebr work.

P6 MRS HART:

Minnie for learning her maths and literacy facts so well at home.

Rob for excellent basketball skills during PE.

P7 MRS CLARKE:

Ben W for skills and agility in PE basketball sessions.

Ben G for great mental maths and problem solving.

P7 MISS MCGUILE:

Lennox and Nina for enthusiastically taking part in Day 1 of Shared Education at Aurora, Bangor. Both Lennox and Nina mixed really well with the children from. Glencraig IPS.

P7 MR McCONNELL:

Benjamin for excelllent, accurate maths work multiplying fractions.

Noor for always presenting her work neatly.

Stars of the Week 26 February

P1 MRS FULTON: George for great careful work, sounding out his own words.

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Tommy for always working hard and trying her best.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Henry for beautiful writing and being so helpful.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Zayn for excellent writing about how to make pancakes!

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Adam for trying really hard with his phonics and reading.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Cooper for a fantastic effort to keep his cursive handwriting so neat!

P3: MR FIELD: Harry for excellent reading and comprehension work.

P3: MRS GIBSON: James for being a good role model to others.

Stars of the Week 12 February

P1 MRS FULTON: Olivia for great talking and listening. Olivia listens so carefully to others and always has interesting things to say.

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Martha-Rose for super writing about things she loves!

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Theo for being so helpful and also for his beautiful writing.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Kate for fantastic sentences about things she loves.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Charley for making a lovely picture of the Marble Arch caves for her class display of Northern Ireland.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Ben for always being enthusiastic to share and take part in all activities in class.

P3: MR FIELD: Tili for always trying her best in everything she does.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Oliver for great enthusiasm during a music lesson

Stars of the Week 5 February

P1 MRS FULTON: Sofie for focusing so well on her throwing and catching in P.E. She gets better every week!

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Ciara for being super at spelling words with three sounds!

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Eliza for being a ray of sunshine in Room 3, she’s always smiling!

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Rory for putting excellent effort into all his work and making great progress.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Phoebe for excellent work being a summarising Superhero!

P3: MR ATCHESON: Juliette for working really hard on her reading in class.

P3: MR FIELD: Ella for always being helpful and kind!

P3: MRS GIBSON: Archie for always having such enthusiasm towards his work.

Merit Badge Winners 5 February

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Zach and Amber for their hard work on exchanging HTUs and learning number facts for multiplying as well.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Alfie for working hard on taking away with exchanging!

Bella for great sentences in her reading activities on the Planet Emerald book.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Jake for imaginative story writing.

Tilly for designing a great advertisement for a new chocolate bar!
P5 MRS BROWN:

Luke for writing a super letter to Rosa Parks.

Riley for speaking so clearly in her class Assembly.

P5 MRS WILSON:

Mara and Charlie for always working hard and completing their work to a really high standard, including joined up writing.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Kaleb for great work on homophones.

Toni for trying hard to master equivalent fractions.

P6 MRS HART:

Noah for writing down methods and checking his answers during his check up tests.

Grace for neat presentation during all her written work.

P7 MRS CLARKE:

Amy for great progress in maths.

Ben for a big effort to improve the presentation of his work.

P7 MISS MCGUILE:

Leah and Amber for working hard to find the lowest common denominators (LCD) in fraction work! They have both made wonderful progress, well done!

P7 MR Mc CONNELL:

Finn for excellent work on the LCD and dividing decimals.

Daanyaal for super dividing and great knowledge of times tables too.

Stars of the Week 29 January

P1 MRS FULTON: Lucy for great focus during independent work and for being a fabulous friend to others.

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Alfie for always working hard and trying his best.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Rosie for amazing sounding out when reading challenging words.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Kian for lovely writing about our town.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: James for being an excellent narrator in his class Assembly.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Will for being a superstar and getting changed so quickly for P.E.

P3: MR FIELD: Chloe for working extra hard to complete  all her work recently.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Carter for working really hard in Literacy and always having a positive attitude towards his work.

Swimming to success

P7 pupil, Jorja, was competing in the Swim Ulster Development Gala in Newry.

She won Gold in the 100m backstroke 12yrs and Bronze in the 100m freestyle 12yrs. Both races were personal bests.

Congratulations Jorja. That's also great preparation for the Irish Schools competition in a few weeks!

Christmas Charity collection

We were delighted to receive information about brother and sister Charlie (P6) and Eve (P4), who helped raise money for local homeless charity the Welcome Foundation.

Charlie and Eve joined their friends at the beach on Christmas Eve to sell hot chocolate and buns to the swimmers and supporters taking part in the annual charity swim at Helen's Bay beach.

They raised £87 to add to the rest of the collection for the charity.

What a great idea. We're sure the swimmers and their friends really appreciated the treats. Well done Charlie and Eve!

Merit Badge Winners 22 January

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Millar and Will have a very good attitude and work hard. They both know how to be a good friend and know how to accept advice given to them.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Charlotte has done great work on contractions and her Literacy jotter is very neatly presented.

Deborah -Agnes for working hard when completing Bug Club books.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Mimi and Jason for making a great start to writing using their fountain pens.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Evan and Holly for presenting their work well especially since beginning to use fountain pen.

P5 MRS WILSON:

Lucy and Calum for trying really hard in Maths when completing activities involving analogue and digital clocks.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Steven for brilliant work on right angle turns.

Chestha for excellent work on direct speech.

P6 MRS HART:

Aoife for making a fantastic trifle in Cookery Club.

Toby for listening very carefully in class and doing such a great job when completing activities on the class topic on averages.

P7 MRS CLARKE:

Isaac and Leah for creative contributions to their class poem , A poem to be Spoken Silently.

P7 MISS MCGUILE:

Amelia for reading her class novel with such an enthusiastic expression.

Brooke for working hard to include detail in written comprehension.

P7 MR McCONNELL:

Philippa and Phoebe for making a great effort to improve their comprehension work.

Stars of the Week 22 January

P1 MRS FULTON: Gracie for always trying her best and for coming into school with a huge smile each morning.

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Holly for always working really hard.

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Amber for being a lovely caring friend to all her classmates.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Isla for always having excellent behaviour and completing her work to a very high standard.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Beth for working so hard to learn her words in preparation for her class Assembly.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Hollie for super team work during PE.

P3: MR FIELD: Calvin for great reordering in his numberwork.

P3: MRS GIBSON: AJ for always trying very hard.

Strictly come Dancing with Lexi!

More success for Lexi. In a recent competition in Belfast Lexi came 4th in the lyrical dance. Her group also came first in another section. WELL DONE LEXI!

Well done to Lexi (P4) who has recent success in dance competitions.You can tell by her big smile how happy she is😀.Lexi was also awarded more awards with a first place and two thirds . Her friend Olivia was delighted to display the trophies too. ‘Keep Dancing!”

Stars of the Week 15 January

P1 MRS FULTON: Olivia always remembers to bring in exciting things for each topic.  Room 1 love seeing them!

P1: MISS DOBBIN: Frankie for being super at following instructions during PE!

P1: MISS ARMSTRONG: Emily for being a super hard worker and being a good friend.

P2: MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Carson for writing a great story about his trip with his class to Tesco in Holywood.

P2: MRS HUNTER & MRS HEAWOOD: Penny for being helpful every day in class. She always does things without being asked.

P3: MR ATCHESON: Colby for fantastic problem solving skills in maths.

P3: MR FIELD: Caolan for excellent writing in his weekend news.

P3: MRS GIBSON: Emma for beautiful presentation. Emma always takes great care when completing her work.

Merit Badge Winners 8 January

P4 MRS SMITH / McCARTNEY:

Isabelle for making a great start to H T U with exchanging!

James for working really hard to complete comprehension activities.

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Well done to Caleb and Megan for great comprehension work.

P5 MISS RIDDELL/ CURRAN:

Hayden and Annabelle for really good work on reading and activities.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Jayden and Susannah for enthusiasm while working on circuits in electricity.

P5 MRS WILSON:

Lexi and Dylan fo always working hard and completing work to a really high standard.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Katie for working really hard to master adding tens and units with carry overs.

Ollie for working hard on dividing.

P6 MRS HART:

Tori for being kind,considerate and helpful to others in the class.

Scott for asking sensible and probing questions during all areas of the curriculum.

P7 MRS CLARKE:

Erin for immaculate presentation in all areas of her work. Her otters are a delight to mark.

Thomas for quick thinking and logical reasoning in all aspects of Maths.

P7 MISS MCGUILE:

Aleyna and Robbie for always working very hard in Numeracy and for making super progress in multiplying decimals.

P7 MR McCONNELL:

Carter for making positive and informative contributions to class discussions.

Ruby for always producing work of a high quality.