Come along with friends and family for an informative and relaxed evening to learn about what House of Colour can do for you ! Helen Allen, House of Colour Consultant, will discuss about the effects and benefits of wearing the right colours and styles. You will gain an insight into how you can save time shopping and save money by not making mistakes when buying clothes and accessories – some of which never get worn!
7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
@ H. P. S
£5 (incudes tea/coffee)
The ECO Club have begun their busy schedule for this term by together tidying two flower beds and planting some Autumn bedding plants. This year our school will be applying for a third ECO Flag. Keep watching for ways in which you can help us achieve this goal and support the school Action Plan for the year ahead.
All parents are invited to attend the Parent Information Evening on Tuesday 10th September 7.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m in the School Hall. Important information relating directly to each Year Group will be given. i.e. classroom routines, homework details and aspects of the curriculum that will be covered during the year.
Please see the timetable here for more details.
Many thanks.
Thank you to everyone who has responded to the 2013 questionniaire. Many comments made along with analysis of the questions asked, will be used to assist in the content of future School Development Plans. The results can be seen here.
This summer Flora, in partnership with Tesco, is launching an amazing new scheme called Tubs4Tablets which aims to help our school bring cutting edge technology into the classroom.
The scheme gives primary and middle schools in the United Kingdom the opportunity to collect tokens from special tubs of Flora on sale at Tesco and exchange them for FREE touch screen tablets!
Help us make our campaign a success
Our school has already registered to take part in the scheme, now all we need to do is to collect as many tokens as possible.
Tokens can be found on special tubs of Flora Original and Flora Light 500g, available at all Tesco stores now.
Hand us your tokens and we will exchange them for FREE touch screen tablets. Tokens can be left in our collection box or put into an envelope and handed to the school office.
Just 100 tokens will get our school one brand new ASUS MeMO Pad™ 172 so help us to claim as many as we can.
Spread the word
Remember, if friends, neighbours, work colleagues and family can help too we could collect even more tokens to exchange for tablets. There’s no limit to the amount of FREE tablets we can claim for the school!
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Any support you can offer will help us to introduce modern technologies to the classroom and open a world of possibilities for our pupils.
A wonderful afternoon of musical talent was on display. Over 70 boys and girls played flutes, trumpets, cornets, a trombone, clarinets, a euphonium, violins and handbells throughout the afternoon. The Choir members in P5, P6 and P7 also sang beautiful pieces. Thank you to all the children and staff (especially Miss Riddell) who put together such a varied programme for everyone to enjoy.
The sun shone at our SPORTS DAYS this year!
A well organised P4 - P7 Sports Day at Sullivan Playing Fields saw the children taking part in individual finals and team events. They used a range of athletic skills to earn points for their Houses and win medals. Back at school in the afternoon the fabulous Tug of War competition took place. There was even time for a teachers’ Tug of War. (Your children will tell you who won that!) The enthusiastic and very loud support for all participants could be heard far and wide! The overall winners of House Sports Day were Red House!
Our P1- P3 boys and girls had a lovely morning together at their annual Sports Day. Running, throwing, relay races, a Teddy Bears’ Picnic, sack, egg and spoon and obstacle races were thoroughly enjoyed by the children and the many spectators. It was lovely to see the children leave very proud of their vast collection of competitor stickers on their t-shirts!
Many thanks to everyone who helped before during and after the Fair to make it such as success. Everyone had such a great evening and the weather was fantastic!
Over £2600 was raised at the FAIR and £1700 on the RAFFLE which is a tremendous total.
A special THANK YOU must go to Deb Evans for co-ordinating the event superbly! It was lovely to be part of an event such as this which not only confirms our school is in the heart of Holywood but that so many people feel welcome and enjoy sharing family time together as part of the HPS community.
More pictures in the photo gallery.
Thank you to all the parents who came along to our P1 Information Evening for their children who will be joining us in September 2013. Mrs Wallace gave a very informative presentation regarding the weeks and months ahead. The presentation from the evening can be found here.
Congratualtions to our P6 & P7 girls who formed the first ever HPS Girls' Football Team! They had the opportunity to participate in the John Barratt Tournament and finished in a very creditable fourth place. Well done Mary, Claudia, Grace, Kirsty, Kirsty, Olivia, Olivia, Rachel and Taylor. We are very proud of you all!
We were delighted to hear that a number of our pupils had come in the Top 30 in the recent contest that all SEELB schools were invited to get involved in.
Very well done to:-
1st Matthew Keown (P6)
2nd Scott Wyatt (P4)
3rd Ethan Cheshire (P4)
4th Chloe Hanna (P4)
8th Patrick Hughes (P4)
14th Lily Cao (P6)
20th Eva Cheshire (P6)
22nd Rachel Sweeney (P6)
The Sumdog website is a secure website being used by SEELB for a maths competition. Some of the children have been provided with their own username and password at the back of their homework diary so they can play the maths games on the Sumdog website in school and at home.
We invite all HPS parents to provide us with feedback and help shape the future of our school.
Over the past few years we have distributed an annual paper questionnaire to every family in our school and we received many responses. These responses are discussed at School Management Team Meetings and considered when compiling content for the School Development Plan.
We really value your input and invite you to complete this year's questionnaire. The time you give to this is much appreciated by staff as developing strong links with parents is a very important part of the educational experience we aim to give your child. We would estimate that it will only take between 5-10 minutes to complete.
In an effort to continually improve the way we interact with you, we are introducing a new, online questionnaire this year. We trust that you will find this modern, ECO-friendly method easier than completing a paper form and having to return it to school. Your responses are treated in confidence and are completely anonymous. At the end of the questionnaire there is an opportunity to provide your name if you prefer, as this allows us to follow up on your comments.
Please complete the questionnaire by Friday 31st May. It must be completed in one session and before you can begin, you will need the password that was sent home today with your child (why?).
Some of our children and teachers are off to Edinburgh this week on a school trip. We've set up a temporary Edinburgh Trip page so that parents can follow their activities during the four days. We hope you'll find this helpful and interactive.
We were delighted that 6 pupils from Holywood Primary won prizes at the Merry May Day Art Competition in Holywood.
Age 8 - 12 years old category
1st Maya Kelly 2nd Taylor Jordan 3rd Jasmine McAllister
Age 4 - 7 years old category
1st Martha Baker 2nd Molly Bond 3rd Georgie Wilson
It was Numeracy Day at Holywood Primary on May 2nd and all classes were involved. The children played maths games, learning about money and how to manage budgets. Some of the P6 children were even helping Mrs Stewart with her requisition for next year! Check the gallery to see all of the practical activities than children were doing.
This term we have decied to put the Year Group Curriculum notes online. Please check the new Curriculum page for all the information. There are links to download the information sheets by year group.
We hope you enjoy reading what each class will be doing this term.
Many thanks.
As part of our structured programme of cycling presentations and activities, our main P1- P4 Bike It event for this term is Pedal for a Pancake.
On 30th April and 1st May, the children took part in a range of activities. The boys and girls also enjoyed pancakes and juice or water! It is so encouraging to see the school grounds filled with children using their scooters and bikes.
More photographs are available in the Gallery.
As you are probably already aware, our school is participating in the Bike It programme in association with Sustrans, a UK Charity. The Sustrans Education Officer, Pamela Grove-White recently visited the school along with members of T13 in Belfast to present us with our Bike It Bronze Award.
This term we are looking forward to our Bike It Days. More details can be found in the letter sent home.
Beyond Skin came to visit HPS. Beyond Skin is a cultural diversity organisation that uses music as a medium of demonstrating what different cultures and communities have to offer. All P1- P7 boys and girls really enjoyed the workshops, listening to and participating in many different styles of music.
Our successful application to the Integrated Education Fund PACT project funded this event, and we were delighted to welcome all the pupils from St. Patrick’s Primary School to join us for the workshops.
You'll find some photographs of the event in our photo gallery.
Following our school production of Hoodwinked, a DVD is now available for purchase at the low price of just £5. This year, families with Blu-ray players can also opt to purchase a high-definition version at a slightly higher cost.
If you would like a disc please ensure your order arrives in school by Thursday 18th April*. Order forms can be downloaded and printed from here, or are available from the school office until 17th April.
DVDs are now sold out.
You can view a trailer for the DVD below:
