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.

• World Book Day

  Fri 04 Mar 2016

  Listen to our librarian, Mrs Walker, and pupils and parents at the book fair talking so enthusiastically about World Book Day. The piece is about 50 minutes in. 

• Delamont Outdoor Education Centre

  Thu 03 Mar 2016

  The excitement is building for the P7 residentials at Delamont Outdoor Education Centre in April! Mr Ryden had a lovely morning down there to finalise the arrangements for the visits. There will be an information meeting for the parents of those children going on Monday 14th March at 3pm.

• Coffee and Crafts

  Tue 01 Mar 2016

  A big thank you to all the P1, P2 and P3 parents who have accepted Mrs Lennox's invitation to come along to her Coffee and Crafts morning on Thursday 3rd March. We're so pleased to know you'll be there! It's World Book Day too, so we're celebrating by giving away a hamper full of children's picture books (worth £85) to one lucky little reader. All parents who attend the coffee morning will be entered into a prize draw to win these wonderful books for their child. The winning ticket will be announced at the event. Titles included are: Stuck and The Incredible Book-Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers, Creaturepedia , Wild by Emily Hughes, The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr, The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson, Silly Billy by Anthony Browne and I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. Looking forward to seeing you there!

• Victor Sinclair Cup

  Tue 01 Mar 2016

  Commiserations to the football team after they lost on penalties against Seaview in the semi-finals of the Victor Sinclair Cup. The match itself finished 0-0 but unfortunately it wasn't to be in the resulting shoot-out. St John the Baptist were the eventual winners after they won 1-0 in the final. We then drew 2-2 against Inchmarlo in the third-place play-off. The team were disappointed not to go all the way but they can feel very proud of getting to this stage of the competition.

• Scholastic Book Fair

  Mon 29 Feb 2016

  A reminder that the Scholastic book fair will be in school in the P3/P4 resource area until Friday every afternoon from 2pm onwards. Mrs Walker was busy on Friday afternoonn getting it set up and it looks amazing. We are also encouraging the children to dress up as a character from any book on Thursday for World Book Day if they wish to.

• Northern Ireland Civil Service Athletics Club

  Sun 28 Feb 2016

  Well done to all the P7 boys and girls who gave up their Saturday morning to repesent the school at the Northern Ireland Civil Service Athletics Club primary schools cross-country event at Stormont. It is the first time the school has particpated and it was great to see so many children want to take part. The muddy conditions made it very challenging but they all did the school proud. Hopefully they've all recovered now! Thanks to all the parents and family who came along to support us and Mr Dunlop for organising our participation.

• Ulster Museum

  Sat 27 Feb 2016

  The P4 classes had a great time at the Ulster Museum. As well as getting to walk around the different exhibitions, they took part in a World War 2 workshop and another workshop organised by Queen's University's Maths and Physics Department. Thanks to all the parents and grandparents who helped accompany the children.

• Belfast Primary Schools Representative Squad

  Fri 26 Feb 2016

  Well done to two members of our football team, Cole Killops and Ryan McKay, who recently took part in trials for the Belfast Primary Schools Representative Squad. They were competing with nearly 80 other children from primary schools all over Belfast for places on the team. Unfortunately, they didn't make the squad but they are in great company as neither did George Best when he was in primary school! You need a little bit of luck and as the coaches of the team themselves would say, they don't always get it right. We are very proud of them for getting this far in the process and they were presented with certificates from the Belfast Primary Schools FA in assembly. Hopefully, they will show what the Belfast team is missing on Monday afternoon when they play for the school in the semi-final of the Victor Sinclair Cup!

• Ashfield Boys' Primary Rugby Programme

  Thu 25 Feb 2016

  A reminder for parents of P6 and P7 children taking part in Ashfield Boys' Primary Rugby Programme that the second session is on Friday 26th February. Like last time, the minibus will pick the kids up just before 2.30pm and return them to school around 3.30pm.

• Parent Interviews

  Wed 24 Feb 2016

  Your child should have brought home a letter regarding the parent interviews being held during the week beginning Monday 7th March. There will be no interviews available Thursday 10th March as it has been confirmed that this date will be the official opening of the new school building. More details will follow soon.