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.

• Attendance Matters

  Wed 17 Feb 2016

  Please remember that parents/carers are required by law to ensure that their children attend school, unless they are ill or there are other exceptional circumstances.

   

  Only by coming to school each day can pupils make the most of the wonderful LEARNING EXPERIENCES available to them at Victoria Park!

   

  Please remember to:

  • Contact us as soon as possible if your child is unable to attend school
  • Send a note to your child's teacher to explain the reason for their absence.
  • Avoid making any non-urgent medical or dental appointments during school hours

   

  Avoid arranging family holidays during term time.

   

  All absences and late arrivals are recorded on the attendance roll which is forwarded to Education Welfare every month and may lead to our Education Welfare Officer visiting homes where lateness and /or absence is becoming a concern.

• School Reminders

  Tue 16 Feb 2016

  Parking

  If you drive children to school please use our car park carefully. The drop off area is purely to drop and go - no cars are to remain here or be left unattended. If you must leave your car to come up to the playground or office - park up in the designated area.

   

  Parents may park on the right hand side of the playground on entering the car park. The area beyond the ramp with parking on both sides is for staff only. New signage has gone up to make this area clear to drivers. Please avoid this area as many of our staff are unable to get parked in the morning to get into work. All areas are clearly signed.

   

  Disabled I Accessible parking is provided for those who need to leave the car to come into school. If you are not leaving your car then spaces at the top in the main car park should be used. These disabled spaces should only be used if the blue badge holder is actually in the car.

   

  No dogs please.

  Please do not bring any dogs into the school playground. We continue to have dogs dirt left in the playground which the children have walked through and into school.

• Belfast Primary Schools Representative Squad!

  Mon 15 Feb 2016

  Cole Killops & Ryan Mackay have been selected for trials for the Belfast Primary Schools Representative Squad! Well done and good luck!!!

• Egypt projects

  Mon 15 Feb 2016

  We were blown away by the amazing effort that the P5 children put into their Egypt projects when they brought them into school on Friday. A lot of the work is on display in the P6/P7 resource area if you would like to have a look. Thanks to all the parents and other family members who helped the children. They should be very proud of themselves!

• New Kit

  Fri 12 Feb 2016

  The new kit must have inspired the team! They topped their group with three wins and a draw and have reached the finals next week of the Rainbow Communications 5 aside football tournament!  Well done boys and thanks to Mr Dunlop for leading the team and to Jonny Mackay for helping out.

• Footballers in Action!

  Thu 11 Feb 2016

  There was no stopping the boys on 15th January at Ashfield where they braved both their opponents and the arctic weather!

• Bombardier Flight Project - P7

  Thu 11 Feb 2016

  We are delighted to have been invited by Bombardier to take part in their High Fliers project this year. This is being funded fully by George Best Belfast City Airport. Both classes will take part in the main project with Bombardier apprentices visiting school where the children will be able to see a drone and do a few Forces of Flight experiments.

   

  The classes will be going on the Technology Trail at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum and there is the possibility of other follow up visits to the Airport, W5 and the Ulster Aviation Society.

• Medics in Schools

  Wed 10 Feb 2016

  This term we are pleased to welcome back Queens University Medical students into P7 for 8 weeks. Our students will pay a weekly visit to P7 leading Science lessons and should bring a slightly different experience to some of our topics.

• P7 Athletics at Strathearn School

  Wed 10 Feb 2016

  The P7s had a fantastic afternoon at Strathearn School today taking part in their 'Fun in Athletics' roadshow. The children participated in a variety of relay races and field events against teams from Strandtown, Kilmaine and Lisnasharragh. We may very well have some future Olympians in the making!

• 5-a-Side tournament

  Wed 10 Feb 2016

  Congratulations once again to the football team who were runners-up at the finals of the Rainbow Communications 5-a-Side tournament this afternoon at Shankill Leisure Centre, the school's best-ever performance in this competition. They beat St Paul's 3-0, drew 1-1 against Holy Child and St Therese of Lisieux, had a goalless draw against Seaview and narrowly lost 1-0 against the winners, gaescoil na bhFal. They were presented with medals by the former Northern Ireland striker and Linfield manager, David Healy. Well done boys!