Latest News
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.
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Young Enterprise P4 Room 8
Fri 18 May 2018P4 Room 8 really enjoyed their recent Young Enterprise workshop
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VE Day Celebrations P4 Room 8
Fri 18 May 2018P4 Room 8 really enjoyed their recent VE Day celebrations
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Musicians and choir
Mon 14 May 2018Thursday was a busy day for our school musicians. Firstly, the children who receive woodwind tuition in school performed during hymn singing. Jessica, Shade and Mya played beautiful pieces on their flutes and Leah and Katie-Leigh played their clarinets excellently. The girls have made superb progress this year and as a school we are very proud of each of them. During hymn singing we also congratulated Gavin on his recent selection for the CBSM Junior Strings Orchestra. Gavin is in P4 and has only been learning the violin since September which makes his achievement even more incredible. Well done to all of our performers and a special thanks to Mrs Foreman, our woodwind tutor, for all her hard work with the girls.
After school, our choir welcomed Ed Jones, the Assistant Organist of St. Anne’s Cathedral, along to their practice. Mr Jones was very impressed with our singing and would like to invite some of our children to join the Cathedral choir. This is an amazing opportunity for our children and will mean that they will have access to a free musical education which would ordinarily cost thousands of pounds. Mr Jones will return to school with letters of invitation over the next few days. He had intended to only select 8 children but was so impressed with the choir that he’s selected more than this! Miss Boyd and Mrs Mitchell are so proud of the whole choir.
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Walking on EggShells
Tue 01 May 2018Please see attached image for details of the Walking on Eggshells Programme
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P1 Easter Egg Hunt
Mon 09 Apr 2018The P1s enjoyed their Easter egg hunt with the Easter bunny on the last day!
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Digital Leaders Trip to Apple Store
Mon 26 Mar 2018Our Digital Leaders had a great time with Mr Bleakley at the Apple Store in Victoria Square, last week when they were Apple Geniuses in the making. They worked with the Apple team on trouble shooting with iOS devices and also carried out some coding, getting to grips with Spheros and solving guiding them through a maze. All these skills will be useful for their work around the school. A great day was had by all the children, with thanks to the Apple Store for hosting us and to Mya’s mum for accompanying the pupils.
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Festival of Learing
Wed 21 Mar 2018The school hosted a fantastic 'Festival of Learning' event last week organised by our parent officer Rachel. The importance of lifelong learning was celebrated in a video* she put together with contributions from members of our school community. We were also delighted to welcome Chris Lyttle MLA to say a few words of encouragement and there were interactive information stalls hosted by Strand Arts Centre, Bank of Ireland, EastSide Learning and the Institute of Physics. Thanks to the parents who also attended.
*video can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu_0yUZa7lY
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Miss Dunn's Class Trip to Carrickfergus Castle
Wed 21 Mar 2018Miss Dunn's Class had a great trip to Carrickfergus Castle!
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Choir Visit to Salvation Army
Tue 20 Mar 2018On Monday afternoon, last week, Miss Boyd took the choir to Sydenham Salvation Army to perform at the Ireland Divisional Adults and Family Ministries Rally. They sang 4 beautiful pieces and some of our talented instrumentalists performed too. Well done to violinists Poppy and Cherene and clarinettists Katie Leigh and Leah. Thank you to the members of Sydenham Salvation Army for the invitation and the treats that they provided for the children.
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World Book Day 2018
Tue 20 Mar 2018We had a great time celebrating World Book Day 2018. There were some brilliant and imaginative costumes from both pupils and staff
