1st Sep 2025
Help your child be an attendance HERO! Our attendance initiative begins again this year with lots of prizes in our monthly raffles.
29th Aug 2025
Please find a letter which contains important arrangements and information. Please read it carefully.
A summary is provided below, however, there is much more detail in the letter.
A summary is provided below, however, there is much more detail in the letter.
General Updates
- Celebrating the school’s 90th anniversary this year.
Important Dates & Events
- School holidays listed on the website.
- Celebration Service: Sunday 19th October, 6pm at St Columba’s Church.
Attendance
- ‘Attendance HERO’ initiative continues.
- Monthly raffle prizes for 100% attendance.
- Monitored by Vice Principal Mrs Susan White.
School Timings
- P1–2: 8:45am–1:45pm
- P3: 8:45am–2:45pm (Mon–Wed), 1:45pm (Thu–Fri)
- P4–7: 8:45am–2:45pm
School Fund
- £15 per pupil (P1–P7), optional but strongly encouraged.
- Payable in full or 3 instalments via School Money.
Morning Routine
- Line-up from 8:30am; doors open at 8:40am.
- Pupils late after 8:50am.
- Wet mornings: doors open earlier.
- New arrangements for where to line up.
Line-Up Areas (from 1st Sept)
- Nursery & P1: Classroom doors
- P2/3: Junior Playground
- P4/5: MUGA
- P6/7: Back Playground
Communication Tools
- Facebook: Follow and engage respectfully.
- School App: Download ‘Schools NI’ and select Hart Memorial.
- Seesaw: Weekly updates and blog posts.
- Messaging: Use school office for urgent changes.
Healthy Eating
- Healthy snacks and lunches required.
- Incentive program launching on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Dinner Payments
- Book and pay via School Money.
- Primary: £2.60/day; Nursery: £2.50/day.
- Packed lunch must be marked online.
Rights Respecting School
- Working towards Unicef UK recognition.
- Monthly assemblies introduce children’s rights.
- Led by Mrs Lee.
Other Notices
- After-school clubs: Info coming soon.
- Absences: Report via school website.
- Safeguarding Team: Contact if concerned about a child.
- Medication: Requires signed form and GP-aligned instructions.
- School Development Plan: Based on community feedback; updates to follow.
28th Aug 2025
90 years ago, in October 1935, Hart Memorial Primary School first opened its doors to pupils in Portadown, following an amalgamation of other local schools. Since then, the Hart has grown significantly and seen many changes in our town. For many of you, the Hart was the school you went to, your child goes to, or your parent/grandparent/great grandparent went to. Lots of you have memories and stories about our school; and so many of you speak so highly about our school and your experiences here.
This year, we will be having several events and celebrations to mark this huge milestone.
The first of these events will be a Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving in St Columba's Church of Ireland on Sunday 19th October at 6pm.
Please share this post and let past pupils, family and staff know!
It would be great to see the church packed for this celebration.
18th Jun 2025
Today we carried out an experiment to find out whether 6 classroom items would sink or float. We made a prediction for each item and then tested whether it would sink to the bottom of the container or float to the top. Then we tested our boats that the boys and girls had made as a technology project, to see if they would float! Thankfully all of our boats stayed afloat!
16th Jun 2025
Please find a letter with key information for the last couple of weeks.
11th Jun 2025
What a fantastic fun-filled morning of dance, exercise, face painting and bouncing on the obstacle course inflatables, with our friends from Presentation Primary School!
6th Jun 2025
This week we have been reading the story ‘Mister Seahorse’ by Eric Carle and many of our sentence writing literacy activities have been based on this interesting story. We also enjoyed making our own colourful seahorses by colouring in on tinfoil, spraying our pattern with water and pressing our template on top to give a stunning watercolour effect.
4th Jun 2025
Well done to Mrs Woods and the Eco Team for their work on securing our Green Flag. ON Tuesday 3rd June, Mr Frizzell, Mrs Woods and 3 members of the Eco Team were at a Reception and lunch at Craigavon Civic Centre to gain the award. Keep an eye out for the flag flying high!
28th May 2025
We had a very busy day at Fort Evergreen! We got to feed and pet lots of animals, play on the tractors, play in a fort, go on a dino walk and dig for dino bones.
