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

• School Choir Performance

  Wed 11 Dec 2024

  It was a pleasure for a selection of our school choir to perform at the annual DVA senior citizens’ Christmas lunch in the Dundrum Inn this afternoon. The boys and girls executed a range of festive favourites that kept the large crowd entertained throughout. Thanks is reserved for Mr Paul Madden and Mrs Eva McAlea for leading the music for the occasion. Appreciation is sent the way of the DVA and the Dundrum Inn for their kind gifts for the children as well.

  We look forward to doing it all again tomorrow as we will sing once again at the second sitting of Christmas lunch!

  Dundrum Village Association
  The Dundrum Inn

  

• Christmas Productions 2024

  Mon 09 Dec 2024
  

• FAO Prospective P1 Parents/Carers

  Mon 09 Dec 2024

  📢Admissions criteria for applications to P1 for September 2025 are now live on the EA website. 

  ✔️Applications open on EA Connect at 12 noon on 10th January 2025 for P1.

  👉 More information on applying for a primary school place is available at www.eani.org.uk/admissions

  

• FAO P7 Parents/Carers

  Mon 09 Dec 2024

  Admissions criteria for applications to Post Primary Year 8 for September 2025 are now live on the EA website 📢

  It is important that you read the published admissions criteria for each of the schools you wish to list on your application.

  ✔️ Applications open on EA Connect on 28 January 2025, and they recommend you list at least four schools in order of preference, including one non-grammar school.

  👉 More information on applying is available at www.eani.org.uk/admissions

  

• Sacred Heart P.S. Christmas Productions 2024 Update.

  Mon 09 Dec 2024
  

• Daily Mile Santa Walk

  Fri 06 Dec 2024

  The Daily Mile Santa Walk was in full flow today. All the children and staff took to the playground after break and walked a brisk mile in recognition of the annual event.

  #dailymile

  

• Principal’s Award

  Fri 06 Dec 2024

  Mairéad P2

  The Principal’s Award this week goes to P2 student Mairéad. Mairéad has been working exceptionally hard so far this academic year and has really shown the way for all. She exhibits excellent manners every day and always puts her hand up to ask a question and participate. 

  Mairéad is a great friend to all and is always ready for work. She really enjoys Numeracy especially Mental Maths and has great fun during some of the starter games the class have been playing before they begin classwork. She shows great initiative and will try different ways to solve problems or tricky tasks. 

  Mairéad takes her time and ensures all her work is neat and tidy. She loves to read and she has recently started the Accelerated Reader programme. Mairéad has shown fantastic progress and endeavour so far in P2. Keep it up!

  

• Pupil of the Week

  Fri 06 Dec 2024

  Our first Pupil of the Week winners from December were awarded their certificates at assembly this morning. Every child was commended for their standout traits in the last five days so a big well done goes to Faith P1, James P2, Darragh P3, Fionn P4, Scarlett P5, Sean P6 and Delilah P7!

  

• Christmas Dinner 2024

  Thu 05 Dec 2024

  It was school Christmas dinner day today and what a magnificent feast that was served up to all. Everyone, children and staff alike, were treated to a fabulous meal and to that effect we place on record our thanks to POSH for covering the cost of it all. Gratitude goes the way of our kitchen staff, Betty, Nuala and Ann, for their wonderful work and preparation as well as our classroom assistants and teachers for helping out with service.

  Festive spirit filled the air with all the Yuletide favourites blasting over the PA. Our now traditional sing-a-long  garnered plenty of high spirited voices as the Christmas season truly arrived in Sacred Heart P.S.

  

• Parental Numeracy Workshop

  Wed 04 Dec 2024

  This afternoon Mr Doyle, our Numeracy subject lead, led a fantastic workshop for parents and children. 

  The 7 mental maths strategies were the core focus of the event. Every strategy was explored via theory with worked examples being done collaboratively with those in attendance. Then everyone got the chance to rotate through the practical zones that all offered fun learning techniques and challenges for each strategy. Bespoke resource booklets were given to every parent and will be great reference tools at home.

  Thank you to Mr Doyle for co-ordinating the workshop and for the delivery of it. Gratitude is extended as well to our teaching and non-teaching staff for their involvement in facilitation. To all the parents and children who attended, thanks for your participation and we hope that you all took a lot of learning from it.

  —- The 7 Mental Maths Strategies —-

  - Counting On/Back.
  - Re-ordering.
  - Partitioning.
  - Using Equivalence.
  - Using Factors.
  - Inverse Operations.
  - Round and Adjust.