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.

• School Staff

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  At the end of this year we have to say goodbye to a few members of staff.

   

  Mrs Maguire and Mrs McGlinchey will be retiring at the end of this month. Both are senior staff and have been with us for many years in Strand and then Victoria Park, carrying out many areas of responsibility over the years. Between the 2 of them they have almost 70 years teaching experience and they will be really missed in school. We wish them both relaxed, healthy and well deserved retirements.

   

  Mrs Bambrick has also been with us for a number of years covering in primary one to release Mrs Thom as well as co/ordinating the artwork and displays in the new building. We will miss her enthusiasm and creativity and wish her well in her new fulltime post at Inchmarlo.

   

  We will be welcoming at least 2 new teachers and interviews for these will be taking place over the next 2 weeks. We hope to have both staff here on 29th June to meet their new classes.

   

  We will also be losing Miss Leslie who has been a special needs classroom assistant with us for many years and we wish her well as she moves to Australia.

   

  Miss Watson, Mrs Dawson and Mrs Hudson have worked with this year providing temporary cover as special needs classroom assistants. We thank them for their work and support and wish them well for the future.

   

  We have also been privileged to have a number of temporary support staff, parent volunteers and a number of other classroom assistants completing placements and additional qualifications in school. We will be sorry to lose them all and express our thanks and best wishes as they continue in new employment or further education.

• School Reports

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  P1-P6 Reports and new class allocations for September will be issued on Monday 27th June. P7 will receive their re­ports on their last full school day Wednesday 22nd June. All of Pl to P7 will receive the Pupil profile reports, in line with the Revised Curriculum. P4 &P7 will also receive end of Key Stage test results.

• PTA Fun Night

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  The sun was shining and the sausages were sizzling! Thanks to everyone who came along to support the "Summer Sizzle" and Mrs McCabe and the PTA, Friends of Victoria Park for all of their hard work in organising this brilliant evening. A total of £1500.00 profit was raised.

• Ryan McKay

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  Well done to Ryan McKay, P7, who was the sole representative from the school at the Inter-area Cross-Country Challenge at Ormeau Park. He qualified for it after finishing 8th in the Belfast finals a few weeks ago. The results haven't been published yet but this is a fantastic achievement as he is the first pupil from Victoria Park to progress to this stage. Well done Ryan and thanks to your dad for taking you along.

• P2 Trip

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  P2 had a very exciting time last week at The Ulster Museum when they discovered lots of new dinosaur facts. The children saw some huge dinosaur skeletons, listened to an explanation of extinction and even got to hold some fossilized dinosaur pooh! A big thank you to all our helpful parent volunteers who accompanied us on this super trip.

• Sponsored Walk

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  This year we held a Charity sponsored walk around Victoria Park & all of the children completed it, despite some delays due to the weather. Thank you to everyone who sponsored the children. So far the amount raised is £1680.00. Please try to send any remaining sponsor money to school by Friday 10th June. Thank you to George Best Belfast City Airport for providing refreshments and certificates to every child on completion of their walk. This is our charity walk and we will be inviting the Children's Cancer Charity into school to receive a cheque at one of our assemblies.

• Castlereagh Golf Club Tournament

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  We were delighted to be invited back up to Castlereagh Golf Club to take part in their tournament and a small group of P7s accompanied by Mrs Beatty had a great day at the club. They didn't win but gave it their all. We wish to thank the members of Castlereagh and in particular Roy, for the lessons he provides here in school and for the wonderful hospitality shown to our children and staff at the club.

• Music Afternoon

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  A big well done to all of the children who took part in our Music Afternoon. They were all amazing. Thanks as well to Miss Boyd for all of her hard work organising it. The Music Afternoon videos are available on the school's YouTube channel.

• Swimming Gala

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  Our swimming gala took place in Templemore Pool on Monday 6th June. All P4-P7 classes carried out time trials and heats during their weekly lessons and the fastest groups from each class competed. Thank you to Mr Dunlop and Mrs Maguire for their organisation of this event and thank you to all of the parents who supported at the pool.

• P1 Intake

  Mon 27 Jun 2016

  This month we will also welcome our 60 new Primary one pupils and parents to visit and see life in school. New P1s will visit school on Thursday 9th June. l.30-2.30pm. Current P1s will finish school at lunchtime (12.20) to facil­itate this. Further details will follow. We look forward to seeing them here in September.