Mental Health Awareness Week

Pupils enjoyed their snack outside and some mindfulness colouring during Mental Health Awareness Week.

Coastal Schools Programme

As part of Holywood Primary’s new Eco topic ‘Marine Life’, P7 enjoyed taking part in a Coastal Schools workshop from Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. P7 learned lots about marine life and took part in a beach audit, at Seapark, to find out how much rubbish was there. They were disappointed that they were able to find so much litter in our local area but enjoyed the beautiful weather and picnic by the sea!

Busy week for some of our P7 pupils!

Some of our P7 pupils have been very productive this week. They have been planting and weeding in the school garden, doing lots of creative activities and even had time to go into Holywood for a special treat!

To quote one of the children, this has been the ‘best time ever’!

Planting Wildflowers with Newcroft Lodge

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.

P6 Viking Day

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.

P4 R14 trip to Lough Neagh Discovery Centre

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 R19 and R6 trip to Lough Neagh Discovery Centre

P4 had a fantastic trip to the Discovery Centre. They enjoyed pond dipping, bird watching and a minibeast hunt in the woods.

P2 exploring Spring in Glenlyon

P2 took a walk to Glenlyon this week. We looked and listened for signs of spring. We enjoyed exploring the woods and hunting for creatures.

H.P.S Goes Wild Project - Planting Apple Trees with The Conservation Volunteers

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.

Celebrate Good Times!

P3 classes from Holywood Primary School and Glencraig Integrated Primary School had an amazing time during the final Shared Education Day of the year.  

The children created celebratory crowns, enjoyed using small world equipment to make new friends and to explore their imagination and had lots of fun in the PE hall completing mini games and taking turns on the 10ft bouncy castle slide.

Many thanks to all the parents who offered their assistance throughout the year, all the children had a brilliant time.

Out and about in Holywood

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!

World Book Day 2023

We had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day! Lots of teachers and pupils dressed up as a character from books and looked fabulous. Key Stage Two pupils had a Book Tasting and enjoyed sampling lots of different genres!

Art Time, Let's Shine!

Pupils enjoyed taking part in an online art lesson by Art Time, Let’s Shine for Children’s Mental Health Week. They used watercolours and oil pastels to create a landscape in the style of David Hockney. All the finished pieces look fantastic!

Children's Mental Health Week - Let's Connect!

HPS pupils have been taking part in various wellbeing activities to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week this week. As this year’s theme is Let’s Connect, pupils wore something blue or green to symbolise our connection as a school.

P7 Trip to Mount Stewart

P7 enjoyed an informative trip to Mount Stewart on Monday where they heard all about the life and legacy of Lord Castlereagh. They also found out abou the different roles that people used to have run the house and had the opportunity to use old fashioned fountain pens with ink pots. The pupils represented HPS brilliantly and asked lots of well thought out questions to further their knowledge. Well done P7!

Hockey Blitz

Ten P7 pupils enjoyed a morning playing hockey at the Ards and North Down Borough Council Hockey Blitz.  

The team performed so well and won five out of the six matches they played. Each player worked incredibly hard, and showed great sportsmanship throughout the blitz. They were all absolutely delighted with their well-deserved medals too! 

A huge thank you to all the parents and grandparents who helped with lifts and came along to support the team, it was much appreciated!

P4 WW2 Day

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!

P3 Shared Education Trip to The Strand Cinema.

P3 classes from both Glencraig I.P.S and Holywood P.S. had a fantastic day out at the cinema as part of their Shared Education. The children also all received their colourful Shared Education T-shirts.

The children are already looking forward to their trips in the new year. Many thanks to The Stand Cinema for having us and to all the parent helpers who offered their assistance.

Jingle Bell Rock

P6 have had great fun during Jingle Bell Rock! They were totally danced out by the end!

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A visit from a Giant

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.