Due to a number of requests, prospective families are warmly invited to attend an Open Morning on Thursday 7th January 2016 from 9.30 - 10.30 a.m.. It is an opportunity to see the school in action.
A guided tour will commence at 9.30 a.m.
Carol Service 2015
Thank you to the many guests, families and friends of HPS who supported our children at the annual Carol Service. Everyone was treated to a very special evening. This included P4-P7 singers, readers, choir members, P7 instrumentalists, brass group and the orchestra retelling the Christmas Story. The music filled the church and helped create a wonderful atmosphere and meaningful service. The retiring collection from the Carol Service and the P1- P3 Christmas Mornings raised an amazing £1360.17 for Children’s Hospice.
P1, P2 & P3 Christmas Nativity 2015
Proud friends and families of our P1, P2 and P3 children gathered in a packed Assembly Hall where they were treated to a delightful Christmas Play ‘Prickly Hay’. The children sang, danced, played instruments and acted so well and really did give their appreciative audiences performances to remember for a very long time!
Christmas Jumper Day 2015
Thanks everyone for entering into the Christmas Spirit of things for our Christmas Jumper Day.
Lots of the boys and girls also chose to wear Christmas hats..... Santa hats, Christmas Trees, antlers etc.
The lovely bright colourful jumpers really marked the countdown to Christmas! There were even a number that played music and others with flashing lights on them!
We hope you enjoy a looking at Mrs Maher's class creation here !
Enjoy looking at some pictures below taken by two of our P7 girls Poppy & Angharad.
Wish List Winners Week 5
Look what's going on at HPS in December
Each month we have a display in our foyer showing recent or forthcoming events and activities. A number of parents, visitors, staff and children have commented how much they enjoy looking at it. We thought you might like to see it too! Please click here to see it.
Wish List Winners WEEK 3 + WEEK 4
Well done to our PTA Wish List winners for WEEK 3 & WEEK 4
WEEK 3 MRS GIBSON'S CLASS
They would like to buy some board games, Lego, toy cars, trains, aeroplanes and new felt tips for their class.A BIG THANKYOU from P3 Room 6!
WEEK 4 MRS HART'S CLASS
They would like to put the money towards buying some class novels and some board games.
They are really pleased to have won!
HPS at Holywood Music Festival (November)
HPS always likes to support events in the community. This year over 60 pupils will be participating at the Festival. Both P7 classes and brass ensemble are preparing well for their performances.
Please click below to watch some of the P7 rehearsals
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell's class
WELL DONE to everyone and thanks to Miss Riddell, Mrs Clarke and the music tutors for their support of the children.
THE BRASS ENSEMBLE CAME 1ST IN THEIR GROUP.
P7 ROOM 9 CAME 1ST & P7 ROOM 10 CAME 3RD IN THE INNOVATIVE CLASS.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL! CONGRATULATIONS!
Holywood Music Festival Safeguarding Policy can be downloaded here.
Children in Need at HPS ....LET'S GO PYJAMAS!
What a day! The boys, girls and members of staff had a great day in school! Everyone entered into the spirit of things! During the day each class enjoyed doing practical maths activities, investigations and board games. P4 & P5 were spotted walking about in Holywood in their PJS too. (They were really on their way to swimming!) More photographs on our gallery .
Thank you to eveyone for their generosity. £500 was raised for Children in Need.
'Wish List' Draws WEEK 1 + 2 WINNERS
Congratulations to Miss McKeown's P3 class who are the first P1 - P3 winners. Well done P3! We hope your £75 will help towards getting a role play corner for Room 5.
Mrs Stewart's P4 Room 16 were the winners of the first P4- P7 Wish List prize. They are looking forward to spending it on some new board games and K'Nex for their class.
Book Fair (10-16 November)
The ever popular Book Fair is on from Tuesday 10th November. Please feel free to call in to browse the large selection of books on display. Any books that sell out may be ordered and will be delivered within three days of the Fair closing.
Our school benefits from all sales. Funds generated are used to enhance the School and class libraries.
Parents may view books at the following times:
Tuesday 10th - Monday 16th 1.00pm - 3.30pm
Garden areas get a makeover!
A programme of activities for the year ahead has begun. Thanks to Mr Topping (Bryn & Jay’s dad) who in conjunction with the ‘NI Year of Food 2016’ has arranged for The Hastings Group to support HPS. A number of activities have been arranged to involve our boys and girls during the year. Our new planters have just been delivered. Our garden area in the P4 –P7 playground has also being spruced up. Mrs Wallace and her ECO Team would really appreciate any parent volunteers who periodically would be willing to help maitain our school gardens.
Poppy Appeal 2015
Our P7 pupils are very busy this week visiting all the classrooms to promote the Poppy Appeal.
Christmas Cards 2015
Your child will be designing their own Christmas cards again this year and will be bringing home their personal design this week.
Your child's original design can be professionally printed and sold in packs of 10 cards for £6.00. The design can also be ordered as Christmas wrapping paper and gift tags. Full ordering instructions can be found on the back of the card.
All profits go to PTA funds. If you wish to purchase these exclusive cards please ensure your order is returned by 3pm on Wednesday 11th November. Please make cheques payable to Holywood Primary School PTA.
PTA Funds - more Ipads!
Thanks to our fabulous PTA, Mrs Crookshanks was presented with a cheque from PTA funds. This money has been used to order another 25 IPads.
The PTA has now bought 50 IPads for the school in recent months. Added to the 27 bought by the school at the beginning ot term, each class will have 4 or 5 to use on a daily basis.
Welcome Back
We hope everyone had a lovely holiday over Half Term.
HPS re opens on Monday 2nd November. After School Clubs recommence too.
HPS Policies
We regularly review and update school policies. Many policies are distributed to new HPS families. We would particularly draw your attention to our newly created Social Media Policy which can be found in the Parent Section of the school website.
Harvest Assembly
The Assembly Hall was packed with children and staff for our Harvest Assembly.
Enjoy watching some clips from the morning here.
HARVEST APPEAL 2015
This year we would like to help Blythswood Care which transports gifts to European countries.
Our two areas for PDMU in school for September and October are ‘respect’ and ‘sharing’. We also talk about healthy eating and keeping ourselves healthy.
We would ask that all the children help to share ‘our wealth’ by bringing in either a toothbrush and toothpaste or a face cloth and a bar of soap. These will be packed and sent to children who have very little to call their own. 
Please send in your items by
Thursday 8th October. Thank you.
New iPads in use.
We are delighted with our new ipads. Many boys and girls have been using the ipads in class to enhance their learning.
Enjoy looking on our class pages throughout the year where we will be showcasing creative work completed by the children with just a little help from their teachers and classroom assistants.
Click here to see an example from Mrs Elliott's Primary 1 class.