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Hart Memorial Primary School, Portadown, Craigavon Co Armagh

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Today we had our annual trip to Armagh Museum to explore Toys from the past. 
We travelled by bus & had great fun learning about toys old & new, how they were made & what materials were used. 

 

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11th Apr 2025
Please find some dates for term 3 to help you plan ahead.  Sports days are obviously weather depending. 
Thank you.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9th Apr 2025
Today our P1 boys and girls got to make their own Easter nest chocolate buns to be eaten at their class party! First, we broke up our chocolate, melted it in the microwave and then stirred in lots of Rice Krispies. Next, we spooned the mixture into bun cases, before adding mini eggs to each of our nests. It was very hard not to eat them straight away!!!! During our literacy lesson, we labelled and coloured our pictures, displaying our step-by-step process.
 
 
 
 
2nd Apr 2025
Today, we enjoyed moving our bodies in response to fast and slow music. We then progressed to drawing in response to fast and slow music, using colourful chalk pastels. The boys and girls had lots of fun using this approach to create crazy colourful chicks! 
 
 
 
 
31st Mar 2025
Back in December, we surveyed our parents and guardians on all things 'Hart!'  We asked parents questions regarding their child; their experiences when visiting our school; and what they see the main strengths and areas for development to be in our school.  
This data was analysed in January and February and we are now pleased to provide you with the results.  Alongside the results, we have also included comments to answer any queries etc which were raised.  Please read and consider these carefully.  
As a school, we were absolutely delighted with the results of the survey and the high regard which you have for our school.  
Moving forward, we will be using this data, and many other data sources, to help steer our school for the next 3 years.
May I, on behalf of the whole school community, thank you for your contribution.

Mr A Frizzell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20th Mar 2025

Today we played outside in the sunshine. We enjoyed catch the ball with Mrs Shields, building Lego and even making meals for others in our imaginary McDonald’s. 

 
 
 
 
19th Mar 2025

Our boys and girls were very excited this morning about going to Presentation P.S. to meet up with their new friends. We began by playing a few space games, followed by a fun-filled Play-based Learning session and finishing off our day by watching the ‘Smeds and Smoos’ film together.

 
 
 
 
12th Mar 2025

Today, we had lots of fun making new friends and playing with the P1 boys and girls from Presentation Primary School. Our day was based on the story ‘Smeds and Smoos’ by Julia Donaldson, with lots of space and alien-themed indoor and outdoor play-based learning activities on offer. The story tells of how even though the Smeds and Smoos were very different in many ways, they could still be good friends. Our boys and girls are already looking forward to seeing their new friends again next week!

 
 
 
 
6th Mar 2025

We all enjoyed dressing up for World book day and listening to a storyteller.

 
 
 
 
 
5th Mar 2025
As part of our Spring/Once Upon a Time topics this term, we have been looking at the plant lifecycle and what plants need for growth, relating this to story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. 
 
 
 
 
20th Feb 2025
We have enjoyed making sock puppets in P1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5th Feb 2025
This term we have enjoyed developing our speed, agility, balance and co-ordination skills within lots of fun group activities and games with Coach Steve.
 
 
 
 
23rd Jan 2025
We had a lovely time at the Toy Museum in Armagh, making and playing with old toys.
 
 
 
 
8th Jan 2025

Our new topic for term 2 is ‘Toys’. This week we have been talking about our favourite toys. Our P1 boys and girls were given the opportunity to bring their favourite toy into school today. Firstly, we enjoyed a circle time, where each child had the opportunity to name and describe their favourite toy and tell the class why it was their favourite. Then we used our toys to complete a sorting task for different criteria, such as hard/soft, big/small, noisy/quiet. After break, we enjoyed completing an observational drawing of our toys. We also discussed how their choice of toys has changed as they have grown from a baby to a child, and why this might be.

 
 
 
 
19th Dec 2024
What an amazing day we have had in P1, filled with craft, hot chocolate, party games, dancing, exercise and making reindeer food, to name but a few of our activities! 
 
 
 
 
18th Dec 2024
Over the last few days we have been having lots of fun making food for our class Christmas party. We have made jelly in our World Around Us lesson, looking at how jelly dissolves in hot water. We have also enjoyed making melting snowman biscuits. This morning, we joined our other P1 friends in our assembly hall for a Christmas disco and ended up very tired after all of our dancing!! We are now really excited about our Christmas Fun Day tomorrow!