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

• Confirmation 2019

  Wed 10 Apr 2019

  Congratulations to our brilliant P7 pupils who received the Sacrament of Confirmation today in St Joseph’s Church Ballykinler. They prepared excellently and their reading, singing and involvement in today’s ceremony was a source of pride to the whole school community. Thanks to Fr McKinley and Fr Fleck for a lovely service and to our friends from St Joseph’s Tyrella for their warm welcome and assistance in preparations!

  

• Promoting School Community Programme

  Sat 06 Apr 2019

  The Promoting School Community Programme is firmly underway at Sacred Heart PS. It is proving to be highly successful with a great turnout of parents, grandparents and community members. There has been very positive feedback on the sessions. The programme is on consecutive Monday evenings in Sacred Heart PS from 7.30pm-8.30pm. See photos below from pottery sessions.

  

• Hardworking March Pupils of the Month

  Sat 30 Mar 2019
  Well done to our very hard workers for the month of March- they should be very proud of their efforts!

  

• World Down Syndrome Day (21.3.19)

  Sat 23 Mar 2019
  A selection of our fantastic pupils showing their support for World Down Syndrome Day by wearing odd and brightly coloured socks. Down Syndrome Day promotes the rights and individuality of all people with Down Syndrome.

  

• Happy St Patrick’s Day

  Sat 16 Mar 2019
  St Patrick’s Day was celebrated in true style this morning in Sacred Heart PS with a special Assembly. Parents, grandparents and extended family were present to witness a fantastic range of story telling, singing, dancing, music and poetry delivered by our very talented pupils. Well done to all of the boys and girls on their performances! Thank you to the school community for attending and also to Paul Madden and Eva McAlea for all of their musical expertise and assistance in the music. Happy St Patrick’s Day!

  

• World Book Day

  Sat 09 Mar 2019

  This year’s World Book Day was a huge success once again! Thanks to parents and pupils for all of their efforts with costumes- they created a lovely atmosphere in school. The children participated in a wide variety of classroom activities such as designing their own books, writing short stories and creating their own films using their favourite books as stimulus. Well done to the winners of the Best Dressed Competition pictured below.

  

• Marvellous Martin

  Sat 02 Mar 2019

  Well Done to P4 Pupil Martin Cunningham, who is one of three nominees for Newry, Mourne and Down Sportsperson/Team of the Year with a Disability. Martin is being recognised for his commitment to Karate. He has a visual impairment, which he refuses to let hold him back. Martin always displays a very positive attitude and his bravery is so commendable. It is a highly prestigious award and everyone from Sacred Heart Primary School is so proud of Martin for his nomination and wishes him all the best in the upcoming awards presentation on Thursday evening.

  

• Primary School Admission 2019-20

  Wed 02 Jan 2019

  Online Digital Admissions for September 2019

   

  From January 2019 the Education Authority will accept and process applications for pre-school and primary school places online for the September 2019 intake.

  Applications for admission to pre-school and primary one will open on Wednesday 2 January 2019 at 10.00am and close for punctual applications on Thursday 31 January 2019 (midnight).

  Follow www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions for further assistance

  Digital (online) will be the main option to be used. A paper application will be available from school where a parent cannot access the online system.

  If parents have difficulty with internet access Carmel (School Secretary), will provide access to the online application portal in school upon request. Parents applying for a place in Sacred Heart PS are very welcome to contact the school office to make the necessary arrangements.

  Parents are advised that birth certificates and any verifying documents specified in admission criteria should be submitted to their first preference school on or before 12 noon on Friday 8 February 2019

• Christmas Musical Performance

  Wed 19 Dec 2018
  Christmas began early last night with a fantastic Christmas Musical Show from the Church of the Sacred Heart Dundrum. The children all performed excellently with brilliant singing, dancing and drama skills on display. A big well done to everyone!

  

• Busy, Busy Bethlehem Nativity Play

  Tue 11 Dec 2018
  Photos from our brilliant Busy, Busy Bethlehem Nativity Play. Everyone was fantastic- what a great show! Please view the Gallery Section of the Website to view the rest of the photos.