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.

• Christmas Tree Exibition

  Thu 19 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson

  The pupils in Victoria Park have had fun preparing for their first Christmas Tree Festival in school. Each class chose a theme and created or decorated a tree for that theme.

  P1 Room 1 Christmas around the world

  P1 Room 2 Frozen 2

  P2 Room 3 Ski School

  P2 Room 4 Snowman tree of hugs

  P3 Room 5 Handy tree

  P3 Room 6 Elf tree

  P4 Room 7 Edible tree

  P4 Room 8 Recycling tree

  P5 Room 9 Spirit of Christmas

  P5 Room 10 Hogwarts tree

  P6 Room 11 Dairy Christmas

  P6 Room 12 Guess the Christmas Song

  P7 Room 13 The Greatest Snowman

  P7 Room 14 Step into Christmas

  All of the children have been involved planning and creating their class tree.

  The trees have been displayed in the hall on Tuesday and Wednesday and parents were invited in to view the trees and vote for their favourite. All money raised will go to Save the Children.

  

• Yellow Belt Chrissy-Lee!

  Wed 18 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  Chrissy-Lee from P3 was determined to prove why he deserved his yellow belt by showing off some of his moves while getting his photo taken! Well done Chrissy-Lee!

  

• Choir at The Hope Club

  Wed 18 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  Miss Boyd, Mrs Mitchell and the choir were in action once again this afternoon as they performed for the members of The Hope Club at Strand Presbyterian Church. They sang a selection of Christmas favourites as well as the two pieces they sang at the carol service. The choir have been really busy over the past week, singing at lots of school and community events and everywhere they have gone their audiences have commented on how superb they sound and how well they look. As a school we are really proud of their dedication and commitment as well as their super behaviour. Many thanks to Reverend Rankin for his invitation to sing today and to the members of The Hope Club for their hospitality.

  

• Black Belt Rosie

  Tue 17 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  Mr Ryden now knows not to get on the wrong side of Rosie from his class! She attends Victory Martial Arts and was awarded a black belt in mixed martial arts on Saturday. Well done Rosie on all your hard work to achieve this amazing accolade!

  

• The Hopeless Camel

  Tue 17 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  The boys and girls of P2 acted out the story of the Nativity in their fantastic performance of 'The Very Hopeless Camel' last week. They were accompanied by the beautiful singing of the P3 choir and instrumentalists. Thank you so much for joining us to celebrate the story of Christmas in a very special way and wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from P2 and P3.

  

• Choir at Belfast City Airport

  Mon 16 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  The choir had a great time carol singing this afternoon at George Best Belfast City Airport in the terminal building. Santa even flew in for a quick visit and the choir sounded so fantastic he brought them each a gift. Thank you to the airport for their invitation and for their hospitality.

  

• P4-P7 Nativity

  Wed 11 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  The festive season was kicked off in style at Victoria Park as all our P4-7 children performed to a packed out audience at St Brendan's yesterday morning. The children retold the story of Jesus' birth through readings, carols and poems. The choir and orchestra also performed pieces during the service and beautifully displayed their talents. Pupils from P5 had recorded parts of the Christmas story using the green screen app and this really added to the occasion. We are grateful to the parishioners of St Brendan's for allowing us to use the church for our service today and to Cameron Gorman, one of our past pupils, for expertly assisting with the sound. Thanks to Miss Boyd, ably assisted as always by Mrs Mitchell, for all her hard work putting today's service together.

  

• Follow The Star

  Tue 10 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  P1 had a fantastic morning at the 'Follow the Star' workshop which took place in Bloomfield Methodist Church last week. They listened to the Christmas story and made lots of lovely Christmas crafts. Thanks to all involved for a wonderful morning.

  

• Dress rehearsal

  Mon 09 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  A few photos from today's P4-P7 Carol Service dress rehearsal at St Brendan's. If you're coming along tomorrow, you're in for a treat! It starts at 10.30am but the doors of the church will be open from 9.45am and seating is on a first come, first served basis.

  

• Parent Maths Pack

  Mon 09 Dec 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  If you are a P1-P4 parent, there are new parent packs available that explain more about the Mathematics Mastery topics your child has been learning about this term. They also include games that you can play at home. There are paper copies available in the office or they can be found on the 'Information for Parents' section of the school website.