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.

• Parent Teacher Interviews

  Tue 15 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  A reminder that the children finish at 1.30pm this week for parent interviews.

• Poppy Appeal

  Tue 15 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  As usual, the school will be supporting The Royal British Legion's annual Poppy Appeal. Our office helpers will be going round all the classrooms from Monday selling poppies, pencils, erasers and lots more. The suggested donation is 20p for a poppy and 50p, £1 or £1.50 for the other items. Please help support this very worthwhile cause.

  

• Christmas activities in school

  Fri 11 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson

  We know it's only October but there are a number of changes and additions to the information about Christmas activities in school on the back of the newsletter!

  Tuesday 10th December (9.30am) P2-P3 Carol Service (school)

  Wednesday 11th December (10.30am) P4-P7 Carol Service (venue to be confirmed)

  Thursday 12th December (10.30am) Open Day for new P1 parents in September 2020

  Friday 13th December Save the Children Charity Christmas Jumper Day

  Tuesday 17th December (9.30am) P1 Nativity (school)

• Diabetes UK Northern Ireland

  Fri 11 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  Ben, one of our P7 pupils, was delighted to present Naomi Breen from Diabetes UK Northern Ireland with a cheque for £1500 in assembly this afternoon. She came into school today to talk to the children about how the money we raised from our sponsored walk in June will be spent. Ben and his younger brother Jacob both have diabetes along with other members of his family and he spoke really well about having the condition. Thanks again to everyone for your amazing generosity in supporting the work of this fantastic charity.

  

• P1s Maths Week!

  Fri 11 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  
  The P1s loved exploring repeating patterns in maths last week!

  

• Ballyknock Pony Camp Winner

  Mon 07 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  Aimee from P4 brought in the first place rosette and certificate she won at Ballyknock Pony Camp for jumping and cantering during the summer. Well done Aimee!

  

• Break time with P2

  Mon 07 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  Mrs Beatty loves doing break duty with the P2s when the sun is out!

  

• Poppy The Violinist!

  Mon 07 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  We were delighted to welcome back Poppy who came to show us her Grade 1 violin certificate. Poppy is a very talented violinist and she did her Grade 1 exam in June before leaving us. All of her hard work paid off because she passed. Congratulations Poppy! Miss Boyd was very pleased to hear that Poppy is continuing with her lessons at Strathearn and we know she will continue to make fantastic progress. Thanks also to our brilliant violin teacher, Mr Kane, who prepared Poppy for the exam.

  

• Handa's Surprise

  Tue 01 Oct 2019 Mr Hutchinson
  The P2 classes enjoyed reading 'Handa's Surprise' by Eileen Browne last week. The children asked to taste some of the more unusual fruits in the story so they completed an online grocery shop and ordered some pineapples, mangos, passion fruits and avacados. Here you can see them investigating their fresh fruit delivery!