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VE Anniversary Celebrations in Primary 5 🎉

8th May 2025

The Primary 5 boys and girls had great fun celebrating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day! They dressed in costume, decorated buns and found out all about VE Day in 1945. Some boys and girls even formed a class band and everyone enjoyed being entertained by their music. We also enjoyed a super drum major display by Hannah and Eliza. Well done everyone!

VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebrations 🎉💃

8th May 2025

We had a fantastic day celebrating 80 years from the start of VE Day. Pupils were greeted to music played from the era on vinyl followed by an Assembly about VE Day led by Principal, Mr. Hutchinson. Classes enjoyed traditional games, baking and others activities to mark the special occasion. A very special thank you to Paul Hill of Central, Markethill, for providing ice-cream for everybody in our...

P6/7 - VE day

8th May 2025

Fantastic effort from the whole class celebrating VE Day. The children took part in some outdoor activities from the time period and had a go at cracking some ciphers. They enjoyed learning about the impact on children during the war and how VE Day was celebrated and they decorated and enjoyed a delicious bun

Volcanoes in Primary 5 🌋

7th May 2025

As part of their Wild Weather topic, Primary 5 have enjoyed looking at the wonderful Volcano painting by UK artist, Nick Rowland. They then had the opportunity to recreate their very own volcano masterpieces using a range of mediums and techniques. The results were amazing! Well done everyone!

Newspaper Reports in Primary 5 🗞

7th May 2025

Primary 5 enjoyed writing reports about storm Eowyn! They learnt about the importance of an eye catching and informative headline and enjoyed coming up with their own! They then worked hard to write the rest of their reports and even included direct quotes. Finally, everyone enjoyed publishing their work using Microsoft Word. Well done everyone!

Primary 5 Livestock and Meat Commission Visit

6th May 2025

The Primary 5 boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed a visit from the Livestock and Meat Commission today! They learned all about the importance of having a balanced diet and how meat can play a part in that. Margaret, from LMC, then demonstrated how to make a lovely pasta dish using mince. The boys and girls enjoyed having a taste and were delighted to receive their very own recipe book from...

P7 club

2nd May 2025

P7 had a taste Of the future as they tried home economics, making delicious pizzas while thinking about the eat well guide. They also reflected on their time at primary school and considered their feelings/emotions about the future and moving on. Strong foundations were needed in this building activity and these were discussed and applied to their own lives while thinking about who are the people...

P6/7 - collecting data and line graphs

2nd May 2025

The children have been using thermometers around school to record the temperatures at regular intervals. They then created their own line graphs to present this information and we discussed anomalies and reasons for these. Great work!

Visit to the FE McWilliam Gallery and Scarva Park - Primary 5

1st May 2025

Primary 5 had a fantastic day out to the FE McWilliam Gallery today! They started their morning with a clay workshop, led by artist Debbie. Everyone created their own individual character using a variety of materials and techniques. These will remain in the gallery until they dry out and will then be painted on their return to school. Afterwards, the boys and girls enjoyed a guided tour...

P6/7 - rounding to the nearest integer.

28th Apr 2025

P6/7 took part in some timed activities, recording their time in seconds using 2 decimal places. They used these times to round to the nearest second.

Welcome

A very warm welcome to our new revised school website. We hope it will continue highlighting Hamiltonsbawn Primary School as being an accessible and informative school whilst also providing us with the opportunity to share some of the wonderful things that go on in our School during the academic year.

We are very proud of our school and confident that we are able to offer a happy, safe and supportive learning environment. We hope you enjoy visiting our website which gives you a glimpse of the exciting educational opportunities we offer our children.

If you require further information or would like to visit our wonderful school, please contact the school office or email info@hamiltonsbawnps.hamiltonsbawn.ni.sch.uk

Yours sincerely,

D. R. Hutchinson (Mr)

(Principal)

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