The P4 year group loved their days at the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre this week. We have been learning about Lough Neagh as part of our Northern Ireland topic. We had great fun pond dipping and searching for mini beast in the woodlands area. These activities brought to life our current school Eco topics of biodiversity and marine life; it was fascinating to learn about the interdependence of local food chains and the importance of the Lough Neagh fly! The play park was also a great hit!
Pupils from all classes had a fantastic time looking through the books provided by Concern Worldwide. Thanks to our fabulous P7’s for reading to some of our younger children and suggesting book titles. It was wonderful to be able to welcome parents to buy books after school. There was such a buzz around the hall.
We love reading books! When we get pre-loved books from Concern Worldwide bookshops we support a local charity and help the environment.
The pupils enjoyed wearing colourful clothes to raise money for Place2Be and celebrate the end of Children’s Mental Health Week!
P4 planted carrot seeds today. We learned about the Dig for Victory campaign in their WW2 topic and the importance of growing vegetables to help the war effort. As part of our Eco topic on Healthy Living we also have looked at the nutritious value of carrots for us today and how they are good for our bodies. Each child brought in an old toliet paper tube to reuse as a compostable plant pot. This way the carrots can be planted in the pots straight into the ground. Then they added compost, a seed and some water. We can’t wait to see our carrots grow!
Children from P4 had a fantastic time at the mini rugby blitz. They developed their fundamental skills and enjoyed playing against local schools. Thank you again to Holywood RFC for organising the event and to Mr Hughes (Nathan’s Dad) for volunteering to help out and referee some of the matches.
The children in P4 had lots of fun celebrating VE Day. They enjoyed playing games, learning new dances, using the green screen and were lucky enough to get some food using their rationing book.
There is excitement about the posting and receiving of Christmas cards in school. Thanks to our P7 pupils who will be sorting and distributing thousands of cards to classes in the coming days. Thanks to everyone who has bought charity stamps in aid of the Cedar Foundation.
On top of the world!
The children have been working hard all week creating their own Space Ebook, using Book Creator, as part our Space Topic!
P4 R5 have been working hard on their time work and enjoyed taking their learning outside to create their own clocks.
Reach for the stars ( and planets!)
Being active is great
This week is Intergenerational Week. As part of it P4 Room 14 had a lovely afternoon planting wildflower seeds with a little help from our friends are Newcroft Lodge Care Home. The children and residents really enjoyed working together scattering the seeds and watering the soil. We finished with some juice and biscuits in the dining hall. The wildflower bank is part of our HPS Goes Wild Project and we hope it will encourage lots of pollinators to come and make their home in our school.
P4 had a fantastic trip to the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre at the Oxford Island Nature Reserve. They enjoyed pond dipping, bird watching and a minibeast hunt in the woods.
P4 had a fantastic trip to the Discovery Centre. They enjoyed pond dipping, bird watching and a minibeast hunt in the woods.
As part of our HPS Goes Wild Project we have planted five apple trees to our school grounds. Two of these are a donation from The Conservation Volunteers and the remaining three were purchased with the Pollinator’s Grant we received from Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. These trees are a mix of cooking apples and eating apples. They will encourage local pollinators to come and make their home in our school grounds. P4 Room 6 assisted The Conservation Volunteers in planting them last Monday. They had a really good time and learned more about the role of trees in reducing our carbon footprint.
P4 have been learning about life on the homefront in their WW2 topic. They marked the end of the topic with a WW2 Day. This involved VE Day celebrations including a street party in the assembly hall, skipping games and old WW2 songs. Each child came to school dressed as an evacuee and received some sweet rations to enjoy! If you look carefully at the old black and white photos you might see some familar faces!
P4 enjoyed a visit from Beatriz from Sentinus this week. It was great fun working together to make cars and spinning tops and getting to test these out.
P4 have finished their Space topic by making junk models that are out of this world! We have been very impressed by the creativity shown in reusing old materials to make rockets, satellites, astronauts and solar systems! These models will be on display in the school foyer from Wednesday 15th of November.
