Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Counselling Services

  Fri 01 Apr 2022

  Over the past few months we have welcomed Lisa O’Hare into our school every Friday. Lisa is a qualified school counsellor with particular interest in children and adolescents.

  In her collaboration with Sacred Heart P.S. she has been hosting small group sessions focusing on emotional regulation, exploring themes surrounding anger and anxiety.

  Whilst reactive work has been taking place in these smaller settings, there has also been a lot of proactive initiatives occurring within classes (P4 to P7). These themes have centred around kindness, conflict resolution, empathy and self-esteem.

  A host of crucial personal development and growth has taken place among our children in respect of these interventions.

  

• Principal’s Award

  Fri 01 Apr 2022

  Eoin from P7 was today’s Principal’s Award winner. Eoin’s dedication and commitment to his P7 year has really shone through. He tackles problems with confidence and has made great strides within Numeracy. Eoin exhibits first class manners and will always ensure he greets all members of staff and his fellow students. He is a very popular member of the class who brings a lot of positivity to all lessons.

  Well done!

  

• JEP Showcase Day

  Wed 30 Mar 2022

  Friday 8th April will see our P6/P7 class host their ‘Showcase Day’ as part of the Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) that they have been partaking in since the beginning of the academic year.

  The ‘Showcase Day’ will afford all the children in the school (and parents/carers at pick up time), an opportunity to purchase a Be Happy Band. These bracelets have been handcrafted by the boys and girls and they have turned out brilliantly!

  They will be on sale for £1.50 each with a special deal of £2.50 for two. #Dream #Believe #Fearless #Cool

  

• POSH Community Litter Pick

  Mon 28 Mar 2022

  Details attached.

  

• Good luck Mr McCartan!

  Sat 26 Mar 2022

  Best of luck to our teaching staff member Mr McCartan who makes his starting competitive debut for the Down senior footballers in tomorrow’s NFL Division 2 clash against Clare in Páirc Esler.

  

• Young at Heart - Fun in the Sun

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  Our thriving pre-school afternoon club, Young at Heart, was all go this week as they made the most of the beautiful Spring weather. 

  It was fun in the sun as they created Mother’s Day crafts that included flower pots and butterfly cards. The children also planted sunflowers and have been learning about the tallest and shortest.

  The boys and girls would like to wish all their mums a very happy Mother’s Day!

  

• School Choir

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  Our school choir (P4, P5, P6 and P7) will be singing at Mass this Sunday morning in Dundrum chapel at 11am. Children are encouraged to arrive from 10:50am and it will be non uniform. Thank you for your support. Note: the clocks go forward an hour on Saturday night!

  

• POSH Contributions

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  We as a school are indebted to our fundraising arm, POSH (Parents of Sacred Heart), for all the work that they do in relation to generating funds for us.

  Recently, through grant applications submitted by POSH, we have acquired some brilliant new resources for our pupils.

  We are now one of the very few educational establishments in the area to possess a state of the art 3D printer. This device will be accessible to the whole school and will certainly bring about new and exciting opportunities.

  We are also in receipt of a set of new up to date IPad’s that feature the very latest in Apple technology. Aligned to this we have been able to update our construction and engineering resources with a full array of K’Nex kits.

  The whole school community place on record their thanks to POSH for all of their work. It is valued and appreciated by everyone!

  

• Pupil of the Month

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  Spring has well and truly sprung here in school and with March edging towards its end, it gave us great pleasure to acknowledge our Pupil of the Month recipients namely:

  P1 - Eva
  P2 - Darragh
  P3 - Aoibhe
  P4 - Elsie
  P5 - Beth
  P6 - Eimear
  P7 - Mikaela

  Well done!

  

• Principal’s Award

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  This week’s Principal Award winner was Jasmin from P6. Jasmin is consistently polite and well mannered to all members of staff. She is a fantastic friend to all in her class and always ensures that no one is left out. Jasmin’s presentation and work is continually presented to the highest standard and it is clear that she takes great pride in this. Jasmin works hard in every lesson and will always give 100% whether that be within Numeracy or PE.