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The application procedure for Primary Admissions for September 2026 opened on Wednesday 7th January 2026 (12 noon) and Year 8 post-primary applications for September 2026 will open at 12 noon on Tuesday 27th January 2026. Catholic Schools Week 2026 will take place from Sunday 18th to Saturday 24th January 2026. Service of Commitment and Light (Year 7) is on Tuesday 13th Jan 2026 in hall @2.00pm. Confirmation for the P7's is on Thursday 22nd January 2026 @11am. Grandparents’ Day will take place on Monday 19th January 2026 @9am.Mid-Term 2 Break is from Friday 6th to Friday 13th February 2026 inclusive.                                                                       

 
 
Holy Cross Boys PS, Belfast
KEY Dates: The application procedure for Primary Admissions for September 2026 opened on Wednesday 7th January 2026 (12 noon) and Year 8 post-primary applications for September 2026 will open at 12 noon on Tuesday 27th January 2026. Catholic Schools Week 2026 will take place from Sunday 18th to Saturday 24th January 2026. Service of Commitment and Light (Year 7) is on Tuesday 13th Jan 2026 in hall @2.00pm. Confirmation for the P7's is on Thursday 22nd January 2026 @11am. Grandparents’ Day will take place on Monday 19th January 2026 @9am.Mid-Term 2 Break is from Friday 6th to Friday 13th February 2026 inclusive.                                                                       
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Accelerated Reader

 
Here are some boys trying to crack the code of the Treasure Safe.
Here are some boys trying to crack the code of the Treasure Safe.
 
Mrs Bennett introducing the Treasure Safe to our fabulous readers in Primary 4.
Mrs Bennett introducing the Treasure Safe to our fabulous readers in Primary 4.
 
 Our most recent weekly Accelerated Reader report.
Our most recent weekly Accelerated Reader report.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Accelerated Reader has been operating in Holy Cross Boys’ for many years and is a programme that we feel deserves our heavy financial investment each year.  Accelerated Reader is a guided reading intervention used to supplement regular reading lessons within our P4 – P7 classes. Its aim is to improve students' reading skills through reading practice and quizzes on the books students read. The boys are rewarded regularly for their word counts and quiz accuracy and celebrated on our Accelerated Reader display wall for the rest of the school to see.

Mrs Bennett, the Accelerated Reader coordinator, has recently introduced a new initiative to encourage an improvement in the accuracy of our boys’ quiz results and this has created much excitement. When a boy has passed two quizzes with 100%, he earns the chance to guess the 3-digit code of our Treasure Safe and win the prize inside – currently a £50 Smyth’s voucher!

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8th Jan 2026
Congratulations to these pupils who won the H.C.B Reader, Mathematician, Sports Star,...
 
 
 
 
18th Dec 2025
Congratulations to these pupils who collected the H.C.B Reader, Mathematician, Sports...
 
 
 
 
15th Dec 2025
Mr McArevey and Mr Curran visited all the classes this week to give out tuck shop...