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Today, after 24 years service in Sacred Heart P.S. Mrs King retired. To mark the occasion there was a special assembly held in school this morning with Mrs King and some of her family in attendance.
Chair of the Board of Governors, Mr Maurice Redmond, addressed those present with some thoughtful and kind words. Our youngest pupil in the school, Hugh from P1, along with one of our oldest, Niamh from P7, were on hand to present Mrs King with leaving gifts. The school choir then beautifully sang ‘The Parting Glass’ to close.
A lovely artistic piece was presented to Mrs King with the thumbprint of every child in the school on it. The accompanying words were as follows:
‘You’ve watched many seeds blossom and grow. Then leave the fields, with the wind they blow. Thank you for all the nurture you bring, we’ll never forget you Mrs King.’
Our P7’s bade a fond farewell to school today as they completed their last day in Sacred Heart P.S.
A beautiful and uplifting gathering was had this afternoon as the P7’s, their family members and the rest of the school came together to celebrate their final day.
Individual awards were followed by a wonderful retrospective production on the boys and girls’ time here in school. An enjoyable Q&A unearthed some gems and kept everyone entertained!
After photos, the leavers and their families were treated to a lovely lunch from the Mulberry Tree.
Huge appreciation is reserved for Miss Crozier for the work and effort she put into this day to ensure it was so special for the P7’s. This is also relayed to the classroom assistants for their contribution.
Goodbye P7! #ClassOf2022
This was our first face to face meeting in two years with our Shared Education partner, Knockevin Special School. Yesterday, Mr Doyle’s P4 class had a dance lesson with Jenna and a shared break afterwards. Then they showed some pictures of the work that had been completed over the year and Ronan from Knockevin made certificates for the pupils to take home. A play in the playpark took place before everyone headed for home.
This morning, P3 welcomed renowned local chef Paul Cunningham into school to conduct a foraging workshop. The boys and girls were introduced to all different types of plant life and even got the chance to taste some, including elderflower, silverweed and sea radishes.
Following this, Paul took everyone to the shore to forage with the children learning about and discovering a vast array of edible plants.
Paul is fervent believer in zero waste and we as a community look forward to the opening of his sustainable food takeaway, ‘Scopers,’ in three week’s time in the village.
The P5 and P6/P7 classes explored their local area as part of the learning process for their World Around Us topics. P5 have been studying ‘Dundrum - Our History’ whilst P6/P7 have been enjoying everything about ‘World War 2.’
It is vitally important that our locality is integrated into our World Around Us topics. This enables the boys and girls to make local connections with their learning, making it more real.
Well done to St Michael’s P.S. Finnis who became the first winners of the Jarlath Carey Memorial Cup at today’s tournament.
Finnis were unbeaten throughout the group stages and saved their best performance to last as they defeated a gallant St Colmcille’s P.S. Downpatrick in the final.
St Nicholas P.S. Ardglass and Sacred Heart P.S. Dundrum ended up sharing the Dundrum GAC Shield after drawing in the decider.
A huge thanks goes to our referees for the day, Mr McCartan and Damien Flaherty along with Kaylee Poland, Katie-Louise Poland and Corey Trainor for their assistance. Thanks too goes to Dundrum GAC President Eddie Campbell for presenting the Shield on behalf of the club. It was great to see Nuala Carey, wife of the late Jarlath present the Cup to the winning team. The words of Jarlath’s son Martin were appreciated and acknowledged by all.
Well done everyone!
Jarlath Carey Memorial Cup winners: St Michael’s P.S. Finnis.
Runners up: St Colmcille’s P.S. Downpatrick.
Dundrum GAC Shield winners (joint): St Nicholas P.S. Ardglass and Sacred Heart P.S Dundrum.
With the onset of spring, we welcomed local guitar tutor Mrs Mona Owens into our school to deliver weekly lessons. Over the past few months, those boys and girls who availed of the lessons have expressed their enjoyment at how they are progressing with the instrument.
Today marked the last group of lessons of the academic year with the children getting the opportunity to showcase their learning. There were some great renditions with everything from The Dubliners to Chuck Berry!
As a parting gift, Mona presented Sacred Heart P.S. with a framed copy of a song she has composed for us: ‘Striving for Greatness Together.’ The song reflects our school motto and we thank Mona for this very thoughtful and endearing composition.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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