Welcome to the News section of the website. I hope you find it interesting and useful in keeping you informed of the many events that happen in Victoria Park School.

• Early closures

  Mon 23 Nov 2015

  Please note the early closures on the final 2 days of term.

  On Thursday 17th & Friday 18th December school will finish at 12.00.

   

  School dinners will be provided for those who wish to stay.

• Thornton's Christmas Advent Calendar workshop

  Fri 20 Nov 2015

  Monday 30th November 2015

  Every child has the opportunity to create their own Advent Calendar from Thorntons. This is a fund-raising activity organised by the PTA and a small amount made on each calendar goes directly to the school, not Thorntons.

  Each calendar costs £3.50 or 2 for £6.00

• Choir to sing at George Best Belfast City Airport

  Thu 19 Nov 2015

  The Choir is very pleased to have been invited again to sing in the George Best Belfast City Airport on Monday 14th December from 1.30 - 2.30. Victoria Park and the Airport are part of the Adopt-a-school programme and have already had school visits and a number of events with the airport so please support this event if you are available. l would like to thank Miss Boyd and Mrs Mitchell for the hard work with the choir for these events.

• Christmas Events

  Wed 18 Nov 2015

  PI Christmas Nativity

  Tuesday 8th December at 10.00am

  P1 will perform their own Nativity story.

   

  P2 and P3 Christmas Nativity

  Friday 11th December at 10.00am

  P2 and P3 will bring us a selection of Christmas readings and carol from each of the classes.

   

  P4 to P7 Carol Service

  Wednesday 9th December at 10.00am

  P4 to P7 perform their traditional Christmas story through music, readings and drama. Our school choir will also take part in this service.

• Christmas Celebrations

  Tue 17 Nov 2015

  As we grow in numbers in school we are already outgrowing our space available in the hall. We are delighted to have parents in over Christmas to join us in our Christmas celebrations but we must also be aware of the Health and Safety of our children and you as our visitors and have to prevent overcrowding. As space will be extremely limited in some of the services we are restricting attendance to 2 adults per child. 2 Tickets will be given out per child. These will be free but no one will be admitted without a ticket, as we must stick strictly to safe numbers in the hall.

   

  Due to Health & Safety and the limited space, prams or buggies cannot be brought into the main hall. They may be left out in the hallway.

   

  Also, please respect the effort the children put in to prepare for the events. We do allow babies and infants but I must ask you to please leave the hall if they become distressed or unsettled as this interrupts the performers and prevents the audience being able to enjoy and hear the children taking part.

• Past Pupil Successes

  Mon 16 Nov 2015

  It is always lovely to hear of our past pupils succeeding and doing well as they continue in their Education journey. Casey McMillan left us to go to Grosvenor Grammar School. From there she achieved a First Class honours degree in Psychology, then got a Distinction in her Masters and has now just been accepted onto a Doctorate Course at Queens University to become a Clinical Psychologist. Well-done Casey!

   

  It was also a privilege to be invited to Bloomfield Collegiate's prize giving before Halloween and to see the number of Victoria Park pupils receiving prizes. Hannah Lavery and Meg Watterson, received Year 8 prizes along with

  Beth Clarke. The 3 girls received about 7 prizes between them!

   

  Lauren Gorman and Helen Maguire also received a number of prizes for their achievements in Year 10.

• Primary One Open Morning

  Mon 16 Nov 2015

  An Open Morning will be held on Wednesday 16th December 2015 from 11.00-12.00 for new Primary One pupils for September 2016. If you have a child ready to begin school in September 2016 please come along. Also invite and try to encourage any other parents to come along and see Victoria Park Primary School in our beautiful new school. This visit is for parents only to visit the school and learn about Victoria Park. New P1 pupils will have the chance to visit later in the year and then to meet their new teachers. Application forms and information about Life in P1 will be available in school and also on the Open Day.

   

  Application forms for P1 will be available in the school office from 27th November if you are unable to attend but still wish to apply.

• P7 Transfer Tests

  Fri 13 Nov 2015

  Some of our Primacy 7's will be sitting the 3 AQE Transfer Tests this month. This has been another extremely difficult year for P7 parents with the changes in transfer. However, we wish our pupils well for their tests. Belfast, South-Eastern and North-Eastern schools will begin publishing some of their Open Nights later this month and early December. A list will be sent home from school, please check these carefully and plan to view as many as you can in the area and that are of interest to your child.

   

  The Open Evening PDF can be found in the Post-Primay School section of the website.

   

   

• Little Mix Competition

  Fri 13 Nov 2015

  Well done to Ellie Martin (P2) for winning the Little Mix tickets donated by a parent. The raffle raised over £300, which will be sent to The Dyslexia Centre, Belfast.

• One Direction Competition

  Thu 12 Nov 2015

  Well done to Neveah Currie (P4), Cameron Gorman (P7) and Evan Price (P7) for winning the VIP tickets to see One Direction. They really impressed Michelle Hatfield from George Best Belfast City Airport with their letters. Thank you to the airport for this wonderful prize and their continued support of our school.