MERIT WINNERS 8 FEBRUARY

P4 Mrs Gibson: Joni for excellent work on our STEM project designing an igloo.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Ciara for consistently taking time and care to ensure great accuracy in her maths work.

Archie for working hard on opposites in his grammar work.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Freya - Skye and Qayssar for always trying their best and putting effort into everything they do.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Penny for working hard on division of money.

Jake for being a great friend and help to others around him.

P5 Mrs Brown: Saoirse for contribution to discussion - always very thought provoking questions.

Jamie for working hard to complete work on time and keeping jotters tidy.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Miller and Harry for fantastic understanding of and writing full answers for a class comprehension on Victorious Vikings.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Cade and Ella for speaking so well in their class PDMU Assembly about Friendship.

P6 Mr McConnell: Natasha and James for excellent work on equivalent fractions.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Vivien for wonderful radial symmetry work.

TJ for working extremely hard in Maths.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Darcy for conquering reflective symmetry on a 45 degree line!

Ethan for astounding Mrs Hart with his knowledge about national flags and capital cities!

MERIT WINNERS 25 JANUARY

P4 Mrs Gibson: Freddie for an excellent riddle for Chiese New Year.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Jacob and Amy for great underarm throws in P.E..

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Jonah and Charlotte for working together well while demonstrating super throwing and catching skills.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Eve and Joe for writing great recount letters - adding lots of extra details

P5 Mrs Brown: Logan for making a good start to working with HTU.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Ethan and Jonah for great work and effort in all subjects and for good manners and behaviour.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Tate for always being a kind and helpful pupil to his freinds and to staff.

Zoe for completing all work with fabulous care and beautiful presentation.

P6 Mr McConnell: Emilia for very good work identifying lines and angles.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Charlotte for completing a fantastic travel brochure for Northern Ireland.

Lucy for excellent effort during our Pie Corbett poetry lesson.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Sophia for completing a maths mystery investigatino all on her own.

Lexi for much improved fractions and percentages.

MERIT WINNERS 11 JANUARY

P4 Mrs Gibson: Henry has shown great interest in our WW2 topic and created a fabulous poster.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Sophia for excellent full sentences in her reading activity.

Hafsah for working hard on her plural rules.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Juliet and Archie both wrote lovely WW2 Evacuee letters. Their work was well presented and full of evacuee facts.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Ella for excellent reading activites.

Harrison for working really hard at spelling homeworks.

P5 Mrs Brown: Emily for working really hard to prepare spellings for Friday quiz.

Lorne for making a good start to digital clocks.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Ashley and Joshua for great writing and drawing to create a storyboard for part of the Firework Maker’s Daughter.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Carter and Arthur for brilliant work for turns in a circle!

P6 Mr McConnell: Catherine and Sam for super work on angles and turns.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Zara for great participation during the Carbon Literacy Programme.

Megan for writing a fantastic mystery story.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Polly for a fabulous mystery story.

Katie for great accuracy when converting fractions, decimals and percentages.

MERIT WINNERS 15 DECEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Joshua for a fantastic WW2 helmet

P4 Mrs McKeown: Nina for great enthusiasm in our P4 dance.

Tom for great factual contributions to class discussions.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson Juliet and Jude for bringing Christmas sparkle to our concert rehearsals

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Molly and Jack for taking part enthusiastically in our Christmas concert rehearsals.

P5 Mrs Brown: Poppy and Toby for taking part enthusiastically in our christmas concert rehearsals.

P6 Mrs Clarke & Mrs Heawood: Cooper for fantastic work on co-ordinates. Emmy for excellent understanding of pronouns.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Scarlett for writing a wonderful newspaper recount on the three pigs. Mark for always giving 100% in all Maths, English and topic activities.

P6 Mr McConnell: Erin and Skye for writing great newspaper reports on the three pigs and the big bad wolf. Both had great detail, good headlines and interviews in their accounts.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Issac for excellent enthusiasm during mystery story writing lesson.

Flynn for making lovely designs using a compass.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Clara for excellent written English work across all subjects.

Louis for an expert construction of his decoupage box.

MERIT WINNERS 30 NOVEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Claire for excellent research on WW2.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Emily for working hard to learn her spellings ( she got them all right last week! )

Daniel for great work in subtracting and exchanging.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Aria & Jake fo working hard and being good team players with a great attitude.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Danny & Ella for wonderful posters on American states.

P5 Mrs Brown: Isla & Jack for wonderful posters on American states.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Calvin & Frazer for showing flair and great problem solving skills in ICT.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Logan for working hard to revise the x3 tables

Will for wonderful reading and always ensuring to use enthusiastic expression.

P6 Mr McConnell: Harry & Blake for great work on capacity and showing they know their measurement facts.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Daisy for super work finding fractions of numbers.

Jack for brilliant simplifying fraction work.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Zach for expert understanding shown on complex perimeter and area.

Jacob for working so hard on his spelling.

MERIT WINNERS 11 NOVEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson:

George for excellent scientific reasoning during experiments about space.

P4 Mrs McKeown:

Cormac for good work on plurals adding “S”

Eva Great expression reading the part of Professor Tangle.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson:

Sarah & Sam for completing a great write-up abiout their junk model designs.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson:

James & Con for great Clarinet / Glcokenspiel playing practising for Holywood Festival.

P5 Mrs Brown:

Kian for accurate work on probelm solving

Alex for a fantastic picture of Andy Warhol’s soup cans.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood:

Luke for logical thinking skills during coding for ICT

Rama for excellent work in literacy especially in homophones.

P6 Mrs Hammond:

Molly for working hard at long multiplication!

Betty for being a good friend and always including everyone.

P6 Mr McConnell:

Rene & Lachlan for excellent and creative work when coding in ICT.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall:

Oscar for workig hard as part of a team.during the recent catpapult STEM challenge.

Tsubasa fro working extemely hard and settlign in well to HPS

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart:

Ethan for excellent revision work on factors and direction.

Oliie for conquering how to interpret linegraphs

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 25 OCTOBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Annie for fabulous acting skills. She was a reporter and interviewed Neil Armstrong about the moon landing.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Reagan for great work adding up coins. Luke for great work finding change from 50p.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Ryan for brilliant number work and knowing his number facts. Rosie for working hard to neatly complete grammar work.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Megan & William for behaving really well on the trip and representing Holywood by getting involved in all the activities.

P5 Mrs Brown: Asher & Kate for joining in with enthusiasm at our pumpkin harvest - evening though it poured.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Marnie for super ideas for her Autumn Haiku. Cara-Louise for working hard on HT&U.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Rudy for great work on long multiplication. Finn for super work with money amounts.

P6 Mr McConnell: Oscar for excellent work on long multiplication. Casey for great work on word problems.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Caleb for a great Iron Man model. Rachel for excellent rounding to the nearest 10 and 100.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Eve & James for excellent Iron Men constructions that each explained in super detail for the whole class as to how they’d been built.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 30 SEPTEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Tom’s enthusiasm and predictions for our “Fizzing Moon Rocks” were brilliant!

P4 Mrs McKeown: Frankie for great number work this week. Martha-Rose for a lovely recount of her weekend.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Rayan and Abel for being very helpful in class and completing great reading activities.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Cara and Jacob for writing a lovely, creative ‘I am’ poem.

P5 Mrs Brown: Eva and Susanna for super stories about the day Mrs Brown went missing.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Juliette for working hard to learn x7 tables. Peter for consistent hard work at all times.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Hollie and Caden for superb fluency during guided reading sessions.

P6 Mr McConnell: Katie for working hard at place value. Taylor for a super kite poem (related to our novel Danny Champion of the World).

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Charlie for accurate measuring during the ‘Gnome Gnumeracy Challenge’. Sophia for a fantastic limerick.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Millar and Sarah for always volunteering to ‘Buddy’ and help with the P1’s, both are excellent role models to the younger pupils.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 16 SEPTEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Eliza for thoughful work on the signs of Autumn.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Lucy & Maisie for beautiful pastel planets picture, very neat and paid attention to detail.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Henry for finding things in school to make him happy. Skye for working hard, following instructions and being kind.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Rory & Luca for working hard, following instructions and being kind.

P5 Mrs Brown: Abigail for completing all activities conscientiously. Harry for working hard on subtractions this week.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Liam for working hard and being cheerful despite his broken arm. Emma for working quietly and conscientiously all the time.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Charlie for showing wonderful enthusiasm for all P6 activities. Colby for always working hard and modelling great listening.

P6 Mr McConnell: Abraham for great work learning the 7x tables. Gracie for excellent work in maths and literacy and always giving everything a go.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Meadow for excellent work on long multiplication. Alfie for fantastic research on bats.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Blake for excellent attitude towards his work and is always being well-behaved. Charlotte for answering with confidence in class.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 2 SEPTEMBER

P4 Mrs Gibson: Tom for being a great friend.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Heidi for settling in well to Holywood Primary. Olivia for modelling good listening in class.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Jack for settling in well to Holywood Primary. Ella for modelling good listenng and hard wrok in class.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Indie & Lydia for really good work in week one (everything finished, neat presentation and good answers).

P5 Mrs Brown: Marlon & Cain for settling in so well to a new school and making friends.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Valeriia for a great start to P6 and for communicating really well. Lucy for being helpful to others and showing enthusiasm for all activities.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Carl for being a super friendly member of Room 10 and for having impeccable manners! Bethany for working very hard at her grammar activities.

P6 Mr McConnell: Willow for working very hard and accurately at her Maths work. Ethan for completing mental arithmetic activities quickly and accurately.

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Leah for fantastic outdoor learning work involving Venn diagrams. Charlie for working hard during the outdoor learning challenge.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Will & Marcia for excellent teamwork and communication during our data handling outdoor learning work.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 22 JUNE

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Logan and Alanna for fantastic writing on their P4 memories

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Elizabeth and Caleb for enthusiasm during all our special events in P4.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Carl for excellent persussion playing. Taylor for picking up and sorting out booklets which had fallen on the floor.

P5 MRS BROWN: Miller and Shion for their contribution to our class music for the Summer Serenade.

P5 MRS WILSON: Lucy for being an excellent friend to Veleriia whilst she settles in to HPS. James for showing excellent talent during sports week.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  Bella and Ciara for fantastic participation at Conlig Outdoor Learning Centre.

P6 MRS HART: Darcy for putting 100% effort into all her work. Grace for always presenting her work beautifully.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:  Jonnie and Seth for a fantastic sketch using puppets on how to ‘Say No to Drugs!’ Well done boys.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Chloe for a wonderful model of Big Ben. Robbie for making super progree with his sounds.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Cally for a wonderful model of the leaning Tower of Pisa. Bea for a super model of the Pompidou Centre in Malaga.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 8 JUNE

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Jamie and Isla for great contributions to class discussions on how animals have adapted to hot environments.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Hannah and Joe for working hard and showing they are getting ready for P5.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Lucie-May and Tate for excellent participation during our Happy Healthy Minds lesson.

P5 MRS BROWN: Leah and Cooper for making a great effort in our class sports week.

P5 MRS WILSON: Erin and James for excellent effort and good sportsmanship during sports week.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  Alfie for great contributions to WAU discussions and Jack for super 24 hour time work.

P6 MRS HART: Evan for fantastic work on lowest common multiples. Millar for excellent cricket skills and supporting his ‘House’ well during sports week.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:  Mollie and Jayden for super water colour paintings in the style of Monet.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Susannah and Scarlett for always being so helpful around the classroom.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Arianna and Mimi for excellent water colour painting in the style of Monet.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 26 MAY

P4 MRS McKEOWN:

Luca and Martha for great javelin technique in preparation for Sports Week

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON:

Indie and Harrison for joining in well during the Happy Healthy Minds visit and having good ideas.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON:

Gracie and Katie for great measuring in centimetres!

P5 MRS BROWN:

Finn and Lachlan for giving interesting talks on their hobbies.

P5 MRS WILSON:

Marnie and Arthur for great class talks including Powerpoint presentations.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  

Campbell for showing great enthusiasm during Sports Week.

Rachel for working hard at dividing.

P6 MRS HART:

Ollie for being the most outstanding friend.

Amber for continued focus and effort being put into all her work.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:  

Mara and Lexi for great work in P7.

P7 MISS McGUILE:

Holly for a super self portrait drawing using pencil and water colours.

Jamie for participating so enthusiastically in all events for P7 Sports Week.

P7 MR McCONNELL:

Jason for excellent effort during Sports Week and also for showing great maturity when forgiving another pupil.

Macie for doing some great work despite having a broken wrist!

MERIT BADGE WINNER 12 MAY

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Susanna & Harry for good recall of the x 3 tables.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Jack for getting better at remembering and following classroom rules. Eve for working hard and showing progress in numeracy.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Liam & Harry for excellent work on perimeter.

P5 MRS BROWN: Juliette for great spelling revison for the monthly test. Abraham for working hard on HTU multiplying.

P5 MRS WILSON: Carter & Oliver for super work with co-ordinates in numeracy.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  Max for working hard to consolidate long multiplication. TJ for super subtraction work.

P6 MRS HART: Blake for always tidying the room at the end of the day without being asked. Martha for revising her facts and formulae so well at home and answering confidently in class.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:  George for useful and sensible contributions to class discussions on our novel or other topic related activities. Lori for concentrating and working to the very best of her ability regardless of any distractions.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Maisie & Ben for super work using the protractor to measure angles.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Hayden for excellent reading during guided reading time and working hard when it’s not his groups turn to read. Jake for great work in his problem solving book and realising where he went wrong and identifying how to fix it.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 28 APRIL

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Eva and Lorne for great work multiplying TU by 2.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Lydia and Jake for being very understanding during PDMU lessons and having good ideas for describing feelings about Amazing Grace.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Mark for good problem solving in maths. Willow for beautiful artwork about Stonehenge.

P5 MRS BROWN: Fraser for great interest in the Stonehenge topic and remembering lots of interesting facts. Elsa for a wonderful painting of Stonehenge.

P5 MRS WILSON: Skye and Sam for a great attitude to all school life after the Easter break for Term 3.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:  Leah for wonderful ideas during our discussion about compassion. Emily-Rose for reading aloud to the class.

P6 MRS HART: Faith for making a great Viking longboat and helping others attach their sail. James for great sportsmanship shown during our sports day practice.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Hannah for super writing about her trip to Saudi Arabia. Ariana for writing an interesting account of her Easter holiday.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Phoenix and Sophia for super improvements in reading.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Antony for working really hard to learn his spellings and improving his number work. Riley for making great progress in her maths work and adding accurately.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 7 APRIL

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Liilia for settling well into P4 R14. Logan for making great progress in his reading and spelling work.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Adam and Vanessa for being able to workwell as part of a group.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Chloe and Rudy for good reasoning in maths.

P5 MRS BROWN: Betty and Josh for wonderful upcycling projects for the UFU competition.

P5 MRS WILSON: Scarlett and Ethan for always working hard and putting 100% effort into each task.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Isobel for excellent work on percentages. Charlie for good work on decimals.

P6 MRS HART: Polly for being much braver around wasps and bees in class. Jacob for doing his spelling homework all week.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Ellie and Zoe for excellent explanation writing including all important features.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Annabelle and Matthew for a fantastic piece of explanation writing. Well done.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Abbie and Tilly for writing brilliant pieces of explanation writing - including paragraphs, adjectives and time connectives. The ‘Wakey-Bakey 6000’ and ‘Wake-a-tron 2000’ will definitely wake up the deepest sleepers.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 25 MARCH

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Eden & Penny for great work on telling the time an hour later.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Grace & Ella for good work and good behaviour throughout P4 so far.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Blake & Oscar for having a really good understanding of x6 tables facts.

P5 MRS BROWN: Iris & Rama for making a great start to TU multiplying sums.

P5 MRS WILSON: Lucas & Archie for working hard on converting units of measurement in maths.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Meadow for great work on Times Tables Rock Stars. Emily for excellent work on decimals.

P6 MRS HART: Ollie for becoming more organised in class and for his continued excellent manners. Isabelle for her excellent work on fractions and decimals.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Jessica for great work on rounding to 10 and 100. Patrick for trying to improve presentation - keep going with this.

P7 MISS McGUILE: William, Luke & Evan - for working very hard to master problem solving strategies.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Abi for super detail in her sentence writing this week. Mia for excellent problem solving.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 10 MARCH

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Toby for always being helpful. Emily for always trying her best in all she does.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Indie and Caleb for following instructions well to get work completed. Books are well presented and handwriting is always neat.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Carl for good reading. Zoe for good answering on equivalent fractions.

P5 MRS BROWN: Charlie and Will for writing very creative stories all about getting lost in the Stone Age. Also for including extra information from the topic.

P5 MRS WILSON: Oliver and Natasha for writing a great story about ‘The Stone Age Boy’.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Ciara for excellent co-ordinates work (Viking Longboat). Vivien for working hard to read aloud in class.

P6 MRS HART: Katie for excellent defending/interupting during our netball sessions. Ethan for displaying excellent manners and always greeting me in the morning.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Jessica and Maria for both working hard to master problem solving strategies.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Matthew and Jude for always putting in 100% during spelling activities. Well done boys!

P7 MR McCONNELL: Frankie and Missy for great work when using co-ordinates.

MERIT BADGE WINNERS 24 FEBRUARY

P4 MRS McKEOWN: Emily and Caleb for excellent work on opposite pairs, they have both worked hard this week.

P4 MRS SMITH & MRS HARRON: Zach and Elizabeth for knowing the answers to their new multiplying tables.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Caden for working hard all week - I’m so proud of you. Harry for fabulous spelling.

P5 MRS BROWN: Harry for making a wonderful Stoneage spear. Ethan for working very hard on his spellings.

P5 MRS WILSON: Logan for a super test on Friday and Bethany for working really hard with vertical addition.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Caleb for working hard to complete his Crannog. Sophia for always contributing to class discussions and consistently producing a high standard of work.

P6 MRS HART: Charlotte for always being helpful to both Mrs Hart and her classmates. Ashton for excellent work on fractions.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Jonnie and Calum for super work on multiplying fractions and mixed numbers.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Maia and Scarlett for working hard at multiplying fractions and mixed numbers.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Cyrus and Logan for excellent work multiplying fractions and mixed numbers.

Merit Badge Winners 10 February

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS HARRON: Joshua for excellent work on the BFG with fantastic illustrations. Cade for good planning for Rosa Parks powerpoint.

P5 MRS BROWN: Joshua for giving super answers in this weeks comprehension. Emilia for working hard to learn tables.

P5 MRS WILSON: James for writing a great letter to Rosa Parks. Lucy for having lots of great discussions on ‘Thoughtful Thursday’ during Mental Health week.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Jack for working hard to add detail to his comic strp. Alfie for very good comparative and superlative work.

P6 MRS HART: Ethan for constructing a fantastic Crannog from paper, card, straws and lollipop sticks. Noah for super concentration and excellent answers given during his proof reading tasks.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Zac for super problem solving in maths. Lexi for working hard at division in maths.

P7 MISS McGUILE: Chloe and Annabelle for working hard at applying their times table knowledge to solve division sums.

P7 MR McCONNELL: Ronan for working hard at problem solving. Curtis for excellent maths work including making equivalent fractions and +/- fractions.