Congratulations to Scarlett (P1), Hannah (P1) and Claire (P5) who have won prizes in the May Day art competition this year.
P7 Develop programming skills
We are one of only two primary schools in the Belfast area taking part in "Hive Hacking", a coding initiative run by PWC.
PTA Ladies' night
A big thank you to Victoria Nevin who organised this tremendously successful event.
Buddy bench
Our P1 and P2 children now have a colourful Buddy Bench
MS charity sponsored walk
Our charity sponsored walk in Crawfordsburn Country Park on behalf of Action MS charity raised a staggering £8,620.
Football team reach League Play Off Finals
Holywood beat Ballyholme in the league playoff at Spafield.
Boys' Hockey team reach NI finals
Congratulations to our Boys’ Hockey Team who performed extremely well in the NI Finals earlier this month.
TEAM: E. Cheshire, J. Crookshanks, P. Hughes, M. Shannon, B. Lewis, J. Thompson and R. Waryck.
Wish List Winners WEEK 13 + WEEK 14
Week 13 - P7 Room 9 were pleased that it was their turn to win the £75 in the P4-P7 wish list draw. Mrs Clarke has planned to go shopping over Easter to buy the different games the boys and girls asked for. They wanted activities they could play when they are inside at break and lunchtime on a wet day.
WELL DONE ROOM 4! You can tell by the big smiles that P2 Room 4 were delighted that they had won!Well done to Miss Dobbin's class. Miss Dobbin has already been shopping for some new games for the boys and girls to play with. They are also hoping to buy some new equipment for the House Area.
Wish List Winner WEEK 11 + WEEK 12
5 Room 13 thought a lot about what they would like for their class.They hope to buy some novels for their library. Also board games e.g. Chess, Game of Life. They’d really like some fun activities for wet break and lunchtimes when they are inside. If possible a few new apps for the Ipads and if there is any money left over they will buy some new colouring pencils, felt tips and glue sticks!
This morning there were big cheers from P2 Room 8. They were delighted that their class had won the Wish List money. Mrs McGonigle is looking forward to shopping for some new table top games and some wet playtime activities for the boys and girls. Thank you to the PTA from P2 Room 8!
World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day, pupils and staff dressed up as their favourite character from a comic or a book.
Priory Cup success
Well done to both football squads who were amongst over 190 boys and girls participating in the Priory Cup
Wish List Winners WEEK 10
At last....Miss Riddell's class have won! They have been eagerly (impatiently!) waiting to see if their class number would be pulled out of the box!As you can see they were delighted with what they have bought. They worked out how best to spend their £75. The class agreed together what they would like to buy. They bought a range of games, art pastels and books.
We Need Your Help To Collect Sainsbury's Vouchers
The Sainsbury's Active Kids 2016 campaign is underway and we would love your help in collecting the vouchers when you shop there.
Wish List Winners WEEK 8 + WEEK 9
Mrs Brown's P5 class were delighted to hear their class called out in Assembly as Winners of Week 8.Mrs Brown has already ordered some board games and activities online that the boys and girls picked. They want to play the games at wet break and lunchtimes!
Scottish Pipers visit
Thanks to Thomas and Grant from Palace Barracks who took time out from their busy schedule to play tunes for us. See what happened by watching our videos.
NSPCC and Childline programme
P6 and P7 pupils were introduced to NSPCC mascot, Buddy as they began a series of workshops where they discuss a range of important issues including Bullying
Wish List Winners WEEK 6 + WEEK 7
Congratulations to Room 15, Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney's P4 class, who are our winners this week.Well done P4. We hope you enjoy going shopping for your new games. What a great start to 2016!
Thank you to the PTA from P1 Room 2, Mrs Elliott's class. They are very pleased to have won this week.They hope to buy some water play toys, some table top games, jigsaws and art materials.
Healthy break competition
To reward healthy eating some of our pupils won free tickets to the Belfast Giants
Term 2 Curriculum Notes
Curriculum Notes
As HPS is an ECO school, we take every opportunity to reduce the duplication of paper.
TERM 2 CURRICULUM NOTES have been uploaded online this term. We hope you will find these useful and enjoy reading the key areas and topic work that each Year Group will be completing this term. Please click here to view them.
Be bright be seen!
P1 – P3 boys and girls and members of staff welcomed Tom O' Dowd from Sustrans UK to school to present the ‘Be Bright’ Assembly .
The children really enjoyed the interactive session and appreciated the importance of wearing bright clothes and keeping safe when out and about in the winter months. Thanks Tom!
Our P1 pupils also received hi -viz vests kindly donated by Sustrans UK and Travelwise.
