Congratulations to P6 pupil Andrew who was 3rd in the Under 12s High Jump NI & Ulster Championship in Magherafelt.
Andrew
Merit Badge Winners
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Ellie for beautiful handwriting.
Jamie for super work on times tables.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Charlie for super work on times tables.
Aimee for wonderful data handling work.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Sophie for an excellent piece of persuasive writing.
Oliver for an excellent piece of persuasive writing.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
BrodieToby for an excellent idea for a persuasive letter.
Hadi for learning his dividing by 2 tables.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Makayla for fantastic work on time!
Sarah for an excellent improvement in all her work.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
Curtis for excellent work on negative numbers.
Charlotte for excellent work on negative numbers.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Poppy for great work on finding common denominators and adding mixed numbers.
Lucy for great work on finding common denominators and adding mixed numbers.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Ruzi for good work on spreadsheets.
Luke for good work on adding fractions.
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Erin for taking great care and doing well with number work.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Lara for knowing all of her reading words and for excellent number work.
P1 Mrs Maher: Riley for always trying her best.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Emily for painting a super painting of our school.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Gabrielle for remembering capital letters and full stops in her writing - a great writer!
P2 Miss McGuile: Chestha for always remembering to say please and thank you. Such a polite girl!
P3 Mrs Gibson: Lilly for working so hard on her numberwork. She is a superstar.
P3 Miss McKeown: Scarlett for settling in so quickly and for making such an effort with all the P3s. We love having Scarlett in our class.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Hannah for trying so hard in her number work test. Hannah always tries her best.
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Abi for making a great effort with her numbers and letters.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Lawson for excellent reading and number work.
P1 Mrs Maher: Evan for amazing sounding out when reading a tricky word.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Joshua for spelling four letter words correctly.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Karleah for great money work with 1p and 2p coins.
P2 Miss McGuile: Lucas for excellent labelling of cities on the Northern Ireland map.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Rebecca for writing a lovely poem about strawberries.
P3 Miss McKeown: Amy for lovely manners to everyone. Amy is a good helper to her class and Miss McKeown. Well done.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Brooke for painting beautiful sushi when she was learning about food from around the world.
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!
Merit Badge Winners
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Oliver is working really hard in maths. He is doing challenging H T U subtraction sums well!
Smokey for being very well organised - he got ready to leave school for rehearsals and pantomime performances at the Grand Opera House and caught up with any work he missed.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Dawud has worked really hard to learn his X 2 tables.
Imogen has worked really hard to learn his X 2 tables.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Rusula for knowing her times tables so well!
Zach for working so well with money this week.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Rebecca for making a great start to writing in fountain pen.
Hannah for making a great start to writing in fountain pen.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Christian for great work on hompohones, noting the differences in spellings and meanings.
Heidi for great work on homophones, noting the differences in spelling and meanings.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
James for excellent concentration and methodic approach to his Numeracy task.
Emma for enthusiasm and interest in her homophone work.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Eleanor for a great effort to learn X 9 tables.
Tia for a great effort to learn X 9 tables.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Rachel for excellent presentation of written work.
Katie for a fantastic effort in numeracy work this week.
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Annabelle for settling into a new school and trying hard at all her work.
Mrs Elliott: Abbie for excellent number work and behaviour.
P1 Mrs Maher: Lexi for amazing balancing in P.E.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Jay for writing super speech bubbles for the Owl Babies
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Reid for knowing some great facts about Northern Ireland.
P2 Miss McGuile: Arianna for spelling all the double sound phonic words correctly.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Oliver for a fantastic scientific report on jelly.
P3 Miss McKeown: Cameron for a lovely friendly attitude to all the boys and girls in his class. A great boy.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Adam for being such a brave boy when he fell over on Monday and hurt his eye and head.
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Zoe for making a great effort to improve her work.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Arianna for working hard to learn all her reading words.
P1 Mrs Maher: Jayden for working hard independently.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Roo for beautiful neat handwriting.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Freddy for walking sensibly in the corridor and good behaviour.
P2 Miss McGuile: Minnie for fantastic box sums in Maths.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Matthew for fabulous work on numbers to 100.
P3 Miss McKeown: Nathan for trying his best to get all his work finished on time. Well done Nathan.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Matt for trying really hard in all areas of his work.
Merit Badge Winners
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
James for good skills when using the Book Creator App on the Ipad to make a WW2 book.
Zach for accurate work when adding Tens and Units.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Maria for fabulous work on plurals.
Charlotte for fabulous work on plurals.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Amy- Louise for an excellent piece of writing on the life of Abraham Lincoln.
Kathryn for an excellent piece of writing on the life of Abraham Lincoln.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Brodie for writing a super biography of Abraham Lincoln as part of the class topic on America.
Claire for writing a super biography of Abraham Lincoln as part of the class topic on America.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Alison for always working hard and trying her best.
Ben for always listening carefully in class and this has shown an improvement in his maths.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
Annabel for neat and accurate graph work with appropriate scales and labels.
Benjamin for neat and accurate work with appropriate scales and labels.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Kiera for working hard to learn tables.
Keir for great work in all aspects of maths.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Carter for making an effort with handwriting.
Carly for good work on tenths and hundreths.
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.
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Jessica for trying very hard at everything she does and also for her great dancing.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Anthony for excellent numberwork. Well done.
P1 Mrs Maher: Charlie for beautiful writing and trying his best.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Toby for writing super sentences about the Firefighter.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Mason for much improved numberwork.
P2 Miss McGuile: Kaleb for super adding and taking away.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Matthew for excellent numberwork.
P3 Miss McKeown: Jorja for great effort in all she does! A great girl!
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Fionnbharr for making an excellent photo frame.
Merit Badge Winners
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Sofia for trying her best during all class activities and being very helpful when asked to do something.
Joshua wrote a very detailed version of 'The Bundle of Sticks' story. He was enthusiastic and very focused.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Sophie for super writing about 'The Bundle of Sticks'.
Bryn for fantastic problem solving in Numeracy.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Patrick for a great effort when working on Time - especially digital time.
Daisie for a great effort when working on Time - especially digital time.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Alana for her contribution to her class Thanksgiving Assembly.
Georgie for her contribution to her class Thanksgiving Assembly.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Jamie for a fantastic performance on the P6 residential trip to Ardnabannon.
Tori for a fantastic performance on the P6 residential trip to Ardnabannon.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
Yu for a great performance when he was at Ardnabannon.
Megan for a great performance when she was at Ardnabannon.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Molly for approaching all aspects of school life with enthusiasm and a smile.
Erin for approaching all aspects of school life with enthusiasm and a smile.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Max for excellent trumpet playing.
Joy for excellent glockenspiel playing.
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Luke for beautiful Christmas colouring.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Darby for having wonderful manners and always remembering to say please and thankyou.
P1 Mrs Maher: Jamie always tries his best and his work looks beautiful!
P2 Miss Dobbin: Cerys for writing lovely sentences about winter.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Bea for such enthusiastic singing at Natvitiy rehearsals.
P2 Miss McGuile: Isla for lovely writing about winter.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Leah for painting a lovely Elf.
P3 Miss McKeown: Connor for teaching Miss McKeown new facts about animals. He is an animal expert!
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Beth for writing and decorating a beautiful letter to Santa.
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
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Cole for trying really hard to remember his reading words.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Hayden for being really helpful with a new visitor in Room 2. Well done!
P1 Mrs Maher: Calum for beautiful writing - copying from the whiteboard.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Grace for writing a fantastic letter to Santa.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Tamara for writing an excellent apology letter from Goldilocks to the three bears.
P2 Miss McGuile: Lucas for trying hard in PE and joining in so enthusiastically.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Carter for making a FANTASTIC robot.
P3 Miss McKeown: Darcy for a lovely attitude in class and for being a good friend in the playground.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Rebecca for making an excellent doll!
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
Merit Badge Winners
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Olivia has settled into life in Room 15 really well. She has made new friends and is working hard too!
Benjamin makes his writing sound very interesting. He is good at using adjectives and starting sentences in different ways.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Darcie for a huge improvement in her reading.
Ben for working very hard in literacy and numeracy.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Hamish for an excellent recount on the Pilgrim's Journey.
Niamh for making excellent progress with her dividing work.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Sam for writing a fabulous account of the Pilgrim's Journey.
Molly for writing a fabulous account of the Pilgrim's Journey.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Alyda for fantastic literacy activities and getting everything completed.
Jack for catching up so fantastically well after being off for a whole week with a chest infection.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
Jamie for super apostrophe work with contractions and the apostrophe of omission.
Izzy for super apostrophe work with contractions and the apostrophe of omission.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Angharad for excellent playing of the glockenspiel at Holywood Music Festival.
Scott for excellent playing of the glockenspiel at Holywood Music Festival.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Zoe for excellent clarinet playing at Holywood Music Festival.
Dennis for a super piece of writing about Half Term.
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Lucy for making a big effort with her handwriting.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Antony for working hard to complete all of his work.
P1 Mrs Maher: Mollie for working hard to get work finished on time and for looking after her belongings.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Jacob for trying hard to spell new words.
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Anna for always trying her best and working very hard.
P2 Miss McGuile: Lily for being so enthusiastic in PE this week.
P3 Mrs Gibson: Izzy for great cutting and sticking.
P3 Miss McKeown: Dylan for working extra hard to make his handwiritng neat! A super job!
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Amber for always taking her time to do beautiful work independently.
Stars of the Week
P1 Mrs Wallace: Zac for trying really hard at everything Mrs Wallace asks him to do.
P1 Mrs Elliott: Molly for being very kind - sharing her money with another child so he could buy a poppy.
P1 Mrs Maher: Cally for being so caring.
P2 Miss Dobbin: Ollie for great numberwork!
P2 Mrs McGonigle: Joshua for writing sentences all by himself.
P2 Miss McGuile: Charlie for super writing about a doctor!
P3 Mrs Gibson: Benjamin for fantastic numberwork.
P3 Miss McKeown: Issac for settling in so well over the last week. Everyone loves having him in the class.
P3 Mrs Hunter & Mrs Heawood: Daniel for great numberwork.
Merit Badge Winners
P4 Room 15 Mrs Smith & Mrs McCartney
Rebecca for reading out loud really well.
George for working hard and smiling lots.
Room 16 Mrs Stewart
Joel for fantastic work on HTU.
Mitchel for fantastic work on HTU.
P5 Room 13 Mr McConnell
Benjamin for a great woodlouse investigation.
Sophie for a great woodlouse investigation.
P5 Room 14 Mrs Brown
Jasmine for working very hard on multiplying sums.
Ella for working well on dividing especially with remainders.
P6 Room 12 Mrs Hart
Noah for showing lots of enthusiasm for his class Assembly and practising his part at home.
Sam for coming into school (even though he was unwell) as he didn't want to miss his Assembly.
P6 Room 11 Mrs Eves
Ryan for a vibrant and effective Christmas Card design.
Emmy for super multiplication by 2 - digit numbers.
P7 Room 9 Mrs Clarke
Lori for a super Christmas Card design.
Kalo for working hard to thoroughly learn 6,7, and 8 times tables.
P7 Room 10 Miss Riddell
Martha for hard work and good presentation.
Patrick for hard work and good presentation.