Charlotte and Clara both enjoyed a day’s dancing at the Northern Ireland Irish Dancing Championship in Belfast. They qualified for this competition after a successful year of placing 1st-3rd in local competitions. Charlotte came third overall with Clara gaining 5th place. This is a fantastic achievement competing against the very best in the country. WELL DONE GIRLS!
STARS OF THE WEEK 22 FEBRUARY
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Markus for doing super cutting out.
P1 MRS CORNISH: Radvin for being a good friend.
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS FULTON: Lucy for being super helpful in class at tidy up time.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Oliver for trying really hard to write instructions for making pancakes.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Oliver for super work and listening during our Young Enterprise programme.
P3 MR FIELD: Joshua for working hard on his reading and spelling.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Joseph for excellent reading. Joseph has been enjoying HPS literacy and has been reading novels.
STARS OF THE WEEK 8 FEBRUARY
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Clea for writing two letter words all by herself.
P1 MRS CORNISH: Grace for beautiful writing and amazing drawings.
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Elsie for fabulous sentences about “things she loves”.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Jude for trying so hard in all that he does.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Teddy for being such a kind friend to the rest of the class.
P3 MR FIELD: Edythe for working really hard on her number work.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Eliza for being a great friend on a Shared Education day.
MERIT WINNERS 8 FEBRUARY
P4 Mrs Gibson: Joni for excellent work on our STEM project designing an igloo.
P4 Mrs McKeown: Ciara for consistently taking time and care to ensure great accuracy in her maths work.
Archie for working hard on opposites in his grammar work.
P4 Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Freya - Skye and Qayssar for always trying their best and putting effort into everything they do.
P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Penny for working hard on division of money.
Jake for being a great friend and help to others around him.
P5 Mrs Brown: Saoirse for contribution to discussion - always very thought provoking questions.
Jamie for working hard to complete work on time and keeping jotters tidy.
P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Miller and Harry for fantastic understanding of and writing full answers for a class comprehension on Victorious Vikings.
P6 Mrs Hammond: Cade and Ella for speaking so well in their class PDMU Assembly about Friendship.
P6 Mr McConnell: Natasha and James for excellent work on equivalent fractions.
P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Vivien for wonderful radial symmetry work.
TJ for working extremely hard in Maths.
P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Darcy for conquering reflective symmetry on a 45 degree line!
Ethan for astounding Mrs Hart with his knowledge about national flags and capital cities!
Emmy excels at the Ulster Orchestra Concert
We were delighed to hear that P6 pupil, Emmy recently took part in ‘Come and play’ with the Ulster Orchestra. Emmy performed a concert alongside members of the orchestra in the Girls Model School. ( including her mum & dad !)
Congratulations on this great achievement Emmy!
STARS OF THE WEEK 1 FEBRUARY
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Camryn for being very polite and using lovely manners.
P1 MRS CORNISH: Mark for doing the most amazing reading and sounding out.
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Madi for being such a caring friend to others.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Evie-Rose for great work on bar charts.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Olivia for creating a fantastic food face portrait in the style of Italian Artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
P3 MR FIELD: Theo for excellent time work.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Jack for being a great friend.
Dance,dance,dance!
Clara and Charlotte participated in the Aisling Irish Dance School intra-school competition and came away with a vast amount of placings. Well done girls!
STARS OF THE WEEK 25 JANUARY
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Luke for being super at spelling two and three letter words.
P1 MRS CORNISH: Sara for always being so enthusiastic and putting her hand up!
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON Jack:for concentrating well on his work.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Ella for great work on number bonds of 7.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Adam for super creativity using the large construction toys during Shared Education.
P3 MR FIELD: Luca for excellent football skills in PE.
P3 MRS GIBSON: James for creating a fabulous menu on the computer.
MERIT WINNERS 25 JANUARY
P4 Mrs Gibson: Freddie for an excellent riddle for Chiese New Year.
P4 Mrs McKeown: Jacob and Amy for great underarm throws in P.E..
P4 Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Jonah and Charlotte for working together well while demonstrating super throwing and catching skills.
P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Eve and Joe for writing great recount letters - adding lots of extra details
P5 Mrs Brown: Logan for making a good start to working with HTU.
P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Ethan and Jonah for great work and effort in all subjects and for good manners and behaviour.
P6 Mrs Hammond: Tate for always being a kind and helpful pupil to his freinds and to staff.
Zoe for completing all work with fabulous care and beautiful presentation.
P6 Mr McConnell: Emilia for very good work identifying lines and angles.
P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Charlotte for completing a fantastic travel brochure for Northern Ireland.
Lucy for excellent effort during our Pie Corbett poetry lesson.
P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Sophia for completing a maths mystery investigatino all on her own.
Lexi for much improved fractions and percentages.
STARS OF THE WEEK 18 JANUARY
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Harriet for always working really hard at everything she does.
P1 MRS CORNISH: Elin for being so well behaved and very helpful all the time.
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Esme for concentrating on her work and trying hard.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Josiah for excellent ideas during group work on his class hared reading book.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Bess for creating a wonderful food menu in ICT.
P3 MR FIELD: Oliver for excellent ICT work.
P3/P4 MRS GIBSON & MRS MCKEOWN : Mason for amazing football skills in PE.
P3 MR ATCHESON:
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P3 MRS GIBSON:
MERIT WINNERS 11 JANUARY
P4 Mrs Gibson: Henry has shown great interest in our WW2 topic and created a fabulous poster.
P4 Mrs McKeown: Sophia for excellent full sentences in her reading activity.
Hafsah for working hard on her plural rules.
P4 Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Juliet and Archie both wrote lovely WW2 Evacuee letters. Their work was well presented and full of evacuee facts.
P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Ella for excellent reading activites.
Harrison for working really hard at spelling homeworks.
P5 Mrs Brown: Emily for working really hard to prepare spellings for Friday quiz.
Lorne for making a good start to digital clocks.
P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Ashley and Joshua for great writing and drawing to create a storyboard for part of the Firework Maker’s Daughter.
P6 Mrs Hammond: Carter and Arthur for brilliant work for turns in a circle!
P6 Mr McConnell: Catherine and Sam for super work on angles and turns.
P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Zara for great participation during the Carbon Literacy Programme.
Megan for writing a fantastic mystery story.
P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Polly for a fabulous mystery story.
Katie for great accuracy when converting fractions, decimals and percentages.
STARS OF THE WEEK 11 JANUARY
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Joseph for doing fabulous writing.
P1 MRS CORNISH: Raya for the most beautiful writing iin the world.
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Myla for great counting in numeracy.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Olivia for excellent progress with her reading.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Heidi for designing and creating a beautiful art pattern for her 2023 calendar.
P3 MR FIELD: Rafferty for excellent writing in his weekend news.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Aoife for being thoughful and kind.
Centra Christmas competition winners
Congratulations to seven pupils who recently won a colouring competition organised by Centra in Holywood. The children were delighted to receive their prize.
Well done to........
P1 Bea
P2 Isabella
P3 Andrew
P4 Sophia
P5 Toby
P6 Caolan
P7 Charlotte
STARS OF THE WEEK 16 DECEMBER
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Peter for doing super, neat hand writing.
P1 MRS CORNISH: Beth for working incredibly hard and being so polite.
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Levi for working hard and always doing his best
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Olivia for being a great helper.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Nina for wonderful dancing in PE to the story of the Nutcracker.
P3 MR FIELD: Aurora for brilliant number work to 90.
P3 MRS GIBSON: Noah for excellent work on being an elf.
MERIT WINNERS 15 DECEMBER
P4 Mrs Gibson: Joshua for a fantastic WW2 helmet
P4 Mrs McKeown: Nina for great enthusiasm in our P4 dance.
Tom for great factual contributions to class discussions.
P4 Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson Juliet and Jude for bringing Christmas sparkle to our concert rehearsals
P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Molly and Jack for taking part enthusiastically in our Christmas concert rehearsals.
P5 Mrs Brown: Poppy and Toby for taking part enthusiastically in our christmas concert rehearsals.
P6 Mrs Clarke & Mrs Heawood: Cooper for fantastic work on co-ordinates. Emmy for excellent understanding of pronouns.
P6 Mrs Hammond: Scarlett for writing a wonderful newspaper recount on the three pigs. Mark for always giving 100% in all Maths, English and topic activities.
P6 Mr McConnell: Erin and Skye for writing great newspaper reports on the three pigs and the big bad wolf. Both had great detail, good headlines and interviews in their accounts.
P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Issac for excellent enthusiasm during mystery story writing lesson.
Flynn for making lovely designs using a compass.
P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Clara for excellent written English work across all subjects.
Louis for an expert construction of his decoupage box.
Christmas cards 2022
The Christmas cards designed by the children were great this year!
Special congratulations to Zara (P7) & Isla (P5). Their Christmas cards were chosen by Mrs Crookshanks as covers for Holywood Primary School’s Christmas cards that will be sent to other schools this Christmas.
STARS OF THE WEEK 9 DECEMBER
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Dylan for always working hard.
P1 MRS CORNISH: Charlie for being so helpful and kind.
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Darcie for excellent sounding out and spelling.
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Maisie for always doing her best in all her work.
P3 MR ATCHESON: Andrew for fantastic number work.
P3 MR FIELD: Luca for super graph work .
P3 MRS GIBSON: Eliza for her fantastic performance in the nativity play.
SPAR Competition winners
Congratulations to four pupils who won prizes in the recent art competition organised by Spar, Kinnegar. Well done to Juliet,Sophia, Afie & Sara!
As well as receivng their winning prizes, the children had the honour of cutting the ribbon to mark the new extension!
STARS OF THE WEEK 2 DECEMBER
P1 MISS DOBBIN: Max for doing super number work!
P1 MRS CORNISH Miley for working hard each day
P2 MRS McGONIGLE & MRS HARRON: Sophia for writing a great letter to Santa
P2 MRS HUNTER & MRS HARRON: Charlie for working really hard at home and at school
P3 MR ATCHESON: Brooke for painting a beautiful sunset backdrop, by blending different colours together
P3 MR FIELD: Harriet for super singing and dancing
P3 MRS GIBSON: Alfie for fantastic acting and singing
MERIT WINNERS 30 NOVEMBER
P4 Mrs Gibson: Claire for excellent research on WW2.
P4 Mrs McKeown: Emily for working hard to learn her spellings ( she got them all right last week! )
Daniel for great work in subtracting and exchanging.
P4 Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Aria & Jake fo working hard and being good team players with a great attitude.
P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Danny & Ella for wonderful posters on American states.
P5 Mrs Brown: Isla & Jack for wonderful posters on American states.
P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Calvin & Frazer for showing flair and great problem solving skills in ICT.
P6 Mrs Hammond: Logan for working hard to revise the x3 tables
Will for wonderful reading and always ensuring to use enthusiastic expression.
P6 Mr McConnell: Harry & Blake for great work on capacity and showing they know their measurement facts.
P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Daisy for super work finding fractions of numbers.
Jack for brilliant simplifying fraction work.
P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Zach for expert understanding shown on complex perimeter and area.
Jacob for working so hard on his spelling.