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!
Well done to all P6 pupils on the successful completion of The Young Enterprise Our World project. Pupils worked together to design, advertise and present a product for a target market. Well done P6, you worked well together and your designs were fantastic!
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.
P6 & P 7 pupils
P6 had a super day dressing as Vikings, eating a “Viking” breakfast, and making Viking masks, bracelets and scratch boards. They really enjoyed re-enacting a Viking battle.
Some of our great P6 pupils got the opportunity to get out and about in Holywood. They even had time to stop off for a treat before heading back to HPS. All smiles from everyone!
P6 have had great fun during Jingle Bell Rock! They were totally danced out by the end!
P6 enjoyed a visit from Belfast Giant defender Mark. He took time out of his busy day to call in and talk to all the pupils about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. He also answered many questions about ice hockey.
P6 had great fun carrying out a science experiment related to our Weather topic. Using a jar, shaving foam, water and some food dye they recreated a storm. Great fun was had all round!
A fantastic day was had by all…..thank you Noel, Scott and Hazel! Team building, fire making and archery went down a treat, especially the toated marshmallows!
Congratulations to P6 pupil Zara for donating her hair to Little Princess Trust. What an amazing act of kindness Zara, well done!
Zara has written an account of her experience…
Before I got my hair cut off and donated it to Little Princess Trust, my mum tried to find somewhere to cut my hair but everywhere was booked out. It was getting to the stage where it was really really long! My mum suggested donating it to Little Princess Trust. I had a long hard think about it and it took days for me to decide but finally I said that is what I shall do.
I got really nervous about it as the day of the cut came nearer and nearer. There was still the option not to do it, but I had my mind made up. About a year before the cut I was going to do it but I got cold feet and decided not to so I was worried that would happen again. My mum didn’t think I would do it, but the day came and I did! I was very proud and I hope the girl who gets my hair is happy.
P6 had a great Sports Week. The children all enjoyed taking part in a range of activities.
P6 took on the role as advertisers and created some eye-catching advertisements that included catchy slogans and persuasive language to convince their target audience to buy the product. Well done P6!
Both P6 classes looking happy and healthy...a must see to put a smile on your face!
Sumdog NI South Eastern Maths Week!
Sumdog held a Maths contest last week and our P5-P7 classes took part. Everyone did brilliantly and solved lots of the Maths problems. Well done everyone!
Here are photos of the amazing pupils who came top of their class and also of P5 pupil Dylan who came first in the whole school! Dylan came 143rd out of 892 pupils from all the EA South Eastern schools that took part.
P5 Rm7- Luke P5 Rm8- Emma P5 Rm14- Dylan
P6 Rm11- Omar P6 Rm12- Charlie
P7 Rm9- Joshua P7 Rm10- James
Overall HPS Winner- Dylan from P5 Room 14
While some of our children were in Ganaway having fun, so too were some of our other boys and girl at home. They had a great few days. On Friday they went into Holywood with Mrs Forster and Mrs Dowling. They enjoyed a visit to Mauds going to Jonny the Jig and even found time to buy Mrs Crookshanks a bunch of tulips on the way back to school !
You can tell by the smiles on their faces that they enjoyed their treat!
Can you spot Mrs Dowling on the swings?!
