Well done Harry
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Angharad represents NI
This is Angharad (P7) trampolining for Northern Ireland at the UK regional team finals held in the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham over the Bank Holiday weekend on 28th and 29th May.
Congratulations Angharad we are very proud of you. What an achievement!
Singing success!
Congratulations to Niamh (P5) who has received some great news!
Niamh loves singing, both in the School Choir and the Parish Choristers. She recently attended a selection workshop for the Phil Kids, part of the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, and was delighted to be selected to join their Phil Kids Choir. She will start training with the choir in September. Niamh is so excited, she could sing, and sing, and sing!
Well done Niamh and best wishes for the training next term.
PTA Mighty Marathon runners
A huge well done to both our Marathon Relay Teams who competed and completed the Belfast Marathon 2016.
The times were amazing......3 hours 33 minutes for the men and 3 hours 25 minutes for the ladies.
LADIES’ TEAM: Jayne McKeown, Deirdre Johnston, Fran McBride, Jenni Patterson & Anna Kilpatrick
MENS' TEAM: Jamie Cooke, Barry Sheridan, Chris Fleming, Gavin Oakes & Stephen Ogborn
Megan passes ballet exam with Distinction
Megan was very pleased to hear that she had passed her Level 1 Ballet exam with Distinction. She even had time to demonstrate some of her ballet dancing when she visited Mrs Crookshanks to tell her the good news. Congratulations Megan (P3).
Ruzi & Heidi perform at UK Gymnastic Finals
Congratulations to Ruzi and Heidi who were finalists in in BSGA (British Schools Gymnastics Association) Competition.
Following their gold medal success in the NI Finals, Heidi and Ruzi travelled to England over the Bank Holiday weekend to represent HPS in the all UK Finals - Under 11s Floor Routine category.
It was quite a daunting occasion for the girls, walking out into a huge arena with a large crowd and up against the winners from schools representing 14 regions right across the UK. They performed fantastically well and did the school proud, finishing fifth overall; a great achievement. WELL DONE GIRLS
NI Under 15 Basketball success
Congratulations to Harry (P7) who is part of the Northern Ireland U15 wheelchair basketball team.They recently participated in the Lord's Taverners British Wheelchair Basketball Junior League Finals, held in the University of Worcester Arena. The team won the competition overall and are now the British champions! Harry and the team were presented with individual gold medals and a team perpetual trophy and a presentation crystal trophy. WELL DONE!!
Quarter-final
NI 32: Sheffield Steelers 11
Semi-final
NI 34: RGK Tees Valley Titans 20
Final
NI 24: CWSC Phoenix 19 (last year's winners).
Gold for Ruzi and Heidi
Ruzi and Heidi represented Holywood PS in the NI Schools Gymnastics Association Championships held in Belfast. The girls won Gold medal in the ‘Under 11’ category for their floor routine. There were over thirty schools taking part, the girls did fantastically well to take first place.
Heidi and Ruzi will now travel with their coach to England next term, to represent HPS at the all UK finals in Stoke-on-Trent.
Well done girls. That's great news. Best wishes for the UK finals.
Ruzi and Heidi
Great Dancing Georgia
Georgia (P6) qualified for the Northern Ireland Irish dancing championships again this year. She competed in the Under 11 category and danced extremely well.
Georgia and two friends from St Patrick's Primary School in Holywood were placed a fantastic 4th in their three hand dance…a great achievement!
Well done Georgia, we are very proud of you. We also really like your dress Georgia.
Andrew Aiming High
Congratulations to P6 pupil Andrew who was 3rd in the Under 12s High Jump NI & Ulster Championship in Magherafelt.
Andrew
Angharad's Trampolining Success
Congratulations to Angharad who recently represented HPS in the Under 14 section of the Zonal Schools Trampolining Competition in Gateshead. Angharad performed very well finishing 9th overall. Well done!
Charlie & Arianna at Kingspan
Charlie and Arianna were delighted to be picked to form a Guard of Honour at the Kingspan Stadium for the Ulster Team. The Ulster boys had a convincing win over Toulouse 38-0. Charlie and Arianna went onto the pitch ready to wave the Ulster men.
Regional School Trampoline
Congratulations to a number of our girls who took part in the Regional School Trampoline. An under-11 novice team competed that included Zoe McD, Izzy D, Charlotte C, Emily C and Georgie W.
Angharad K came second in the under-14 novice competition. This means she is through to the UK northern zonal round in Gateshead in January 2016.
Well done girls! Best wishes Angharad for the next round!
Angharad with her medal
Eva dances her way to a cup!
Congratulations to Eva (P2) who was very successful at the Newtownards Festival. She was awarded first place in a dance class and was presented with the Doherty Cup. Eva also received a silver medal for being placed second in another dance. Well done Eva. You should be very proud of yourself!
Eva with her cup and medal
Street Dancing Ella
Congratualtions to Ella (P5) who is a member of Ajendance Dance Company and is part of the Lil Playaz Hiphop Crew.
Earlier this year they came second in the NI and Ulster dance championships, 1st in Destination Dance, 2nd in Dance Supreme and also second place in I Love Hiphop.
Later this year they are travelling to Dublin as they have qualified for Street Dancer of the Year.
Good luck Ella!
Going for gold!
We were really pleased to see Will return to school with a gold medal after competing in Scotland.
Will travelled with his Tae kwon do Holywood team. They were delighted to get first place in the Tag team.
Well done Emmy!
Congratulations to Emmy!
Emmy (P6) is a very keen runner. She recently came first in the NI Road Relay Championships at Victoria Park. Best wishes to Emmy in her forthcoming race later this month as part of Flahavens Porridge Primary School Cross Country League.