Victoria Park Primary School

Living to learn, learning to live. A busy and inclusive primary school in Belfast providing a high quality, creative and challenging education for all pupils.

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The Den pupils hosted a Stay and Play session for their families in our new Den building on Friday. What an amazing family fun morning! Thanks to all those who attended. Just look at these smiling faces! 😀#TheDenVPPS #nurtureni

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We were delighted to celebrate the official opening of our new Nurture room, The Den, this morning. We welcomed Claire McClelland, @Education_NI Director of Raising Aspirations, Supporting Learning and Empowering Improvement, to cut the ribbon.

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Our P7 classes enjoyed taking part in a first aid workshop with Gary from
@BRCEducationNI. They explored what first aid means and talked about different ways of helping. They also learned lifesaving skills such as the recovery position, CPR and how to use an AED.

[Robin Newton MBE #LucysLaw4NI @RobinNewton4MLA]

What a list of great achievements by East Belfast’s Victoria Park Primary School. Much to be proud as the Principal, teachers, classroom assistants attain high standards and links with local community. ⁦@VictoriaParkPS⁩ #EastBelfast

[Sport Changes Life @Sportchanges]

Over the last two days (18th and 19th), some of our team visited Victoria Park Primary School as part of their own ‘Health & Well-Being’ week.

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Mr Ryden's class enjoyed their follow-up @fightingwordsni Zoom workshop after last week's visit to the Skainos Centre. Paired up with a class from Holy Family Primary School, they shared their stories and wrote letters with advice for the respective protagonists.

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Mr Ryden's class became authors for a morning after taking part in a fantastic creative writing workshop run by Fighting Words Belfast at the Skainos Centre. Thanks to Marnie, Mícheál and all the volunteers who helped mentor the children. @fightingwordsni

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Victoria Park primary school Principal Andrea Gourley has welcomed the news her school will be receiving a new nurture group as part of today's announcement by @Education_NI Read more at: https://t.co/0SMfF7ser5

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Visiting @VictoriaParkPS today to announce over £3million this year for 16 new Nurture Groups across Northern Ireland. The Minister was shown the site for the school's new nurture group & met pupils and staff. More information: https://t.co/0SMfF7ser5

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@ashfield_girls @intofilm_edu @StrandArtsCentr Well done Kara and Grace!

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Our P7 children recently enjoyed taking part in a ‘My Science’ @MicrobioSoc Champion activity offered thanks to @STEMHubNI They learned all about microbes and carried out their own experiment swabbing places around the classroom to see what microbes could be found there!

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We enjoyed getting the festive season off to an energetic start by participating in the Daily Mile Santa Run on Friday! @_thedailymile @SouthernHSCT

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Congratulations to all the P7s who participated in the Primary Mathematical Challenge last week. They were all presented with certificates today. Well done to all the children who took part. @Mathematical_A @PMC_Maths

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We enjoyed taking part in Odd Socks Day today, the first day of Anti-Bullying Week. Odd Socks Day is a chance for the children to celebrate the week in a positive way by wearing odd socks for the day. @niabf

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It is great to see all the hard work of our ICT Coordinator, Mr Bleakley, being shared by @CCEA_info with schools across the province as one of their Coordinating Using ICT in the Primary School case studies. His leadership deserves a wider audience 👏
https://t.co/fczdFHiGCJ

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Our P7 children have really enjoyed finding out about the upcoming Northern Ireland Census for their remote learning in maths this week. They loved using the #LetsCount resources produced by @CCEA_info and @NISRA. @NICensus2021

[Education Authority @Ed_Authority]

POST-PRIMARY APPLICATION PARENT CHECKLIST
The Post-Primary application process will take place online, for the first time, in 2021. Please see our parent checklist that may help you prepare for the process or visit our website for more details. https://t.co/S313NW27Xt

[Victoria Park Primary School @VictoriaParkPS]

This is another chance to watch our virtual open day before the Education Authority's online portal for applications for P1 in September opens at 12 noon today. All retweets welcome!
https://t.co/zBtDVSrzhQ

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P7 Room 14 enjoyed learning about how Christmas is celebrated in Russia during today's Christmas Around the World Day. They enjoyed making their own matryoshka dolls and Russian flags along with playing bingo in Russian (despite Mr Ryden's very dodgy pronunciation!)

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We were delighted to receive the news today that Gavin and Harri have been invited to take part in the Bonus Round of the Primary Mathematics Challenge. They are the first children from Victoria Park to achieve this feat. Well done boys! @PMC_Maths @Mathematical_A