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

• CORE Kids Summer Camp

  Mon 20 Jun 2022

  We are delighted to be bringing CORE Kids Summer Camps to our school on Monday 11th July to Wednesday 13th July from 10am to 12 noon daily.

  At CORE Kids they pride themselves in delivering fun physical activity programs for all and CORE Camps will provide your kids with so many positive experiences of multi-sports, games and physical activities.

  The CORE Camp is open to all children in our community, boys and girls, ages 3 - 11.

  Click the link below for more information and to sign up!

  https://coreniportal.com/booking.php

  

• Sports Day 2022

  Sun 19 Jun 2022

  The rain failed to dampen spirits as we held our annual Sports Day at Páirc Seán Ó Caoilte on Friday. The huge crowd in attendance were treated to four hours of events.

  The boys and girls from Young at Heart along with the P1 to P7 classes had a great day out with the effort on show second to none.

  Thank you goes to all the staff of the school for their support of the event, in particular Mr McCartan and Mr Doyle for their organising and co-ordination of the day.

  

• GAA Blitz

  Thu 16 Jun 2022

  A large panel of players represented the school today at a blitz in Ballykinlar GAC organised by St Joseph’s P.S. Tyrella.

  The boys and girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves in games against the host school and St Patrick’s P.S. Burrenreagh.

  Well done everyone!

  

• P7 Leavers Jumpers

  Wed 15 Jun 2022

  Our P7’s are on their final stretch of their time here in Sacred Heart P.S. As a memento, they have been presented with new school branded jumpers from O’Neill’s. The #ClassOf2022 were delighted to get wearing them today in school for the first time!

  

• U-Fill Presentation

  Tue 14 Jun 2022

  This morning Danny McGrath from Nexus visited our school to present us with a supply of U-fill Power Stick Refills. As we are a ‘Green Flag’ Eco School, and have recently retained our status, Nexus have awarded us these complimentary items.

  The U-fill product is the world’s first refillable glue stick. Moving forward our Eco Council have decided that we as a school will change to this product and in turn we will be tackling a long standing environmental issue.

  Pictured are the Eco Council along with Eco Schools’ co-ordinator Miss Crozier and Danny McGrath from Nexus.

  

• P7 Residential Day 2

  Fri 10 Jun 2022

  After a good night’s sleep (for some!), we got up bright and early for a hearty breakfast. The boys and girls were then split into two groups. One headed to the arena for archery whilst the other went to the climbing wall,  incidentally the highest one in Ireland. After an hour at each activity there was a swap over before we finished with some great team games led by instructor Patsy. A lovely lunch was had at the lodge before we departed for home just after 2pm.

  A huge thank you goes to Miss Crozier and classroom assistant Annette Kelly for their presence on the trip. The boys and girls thoroughly appreciated your time and care. Thanks too goes to the wonderful staff at East Coast Adventure and those within Rostrevor Lodge for their superb hospitality.

  It truly was two days to remember for the P6/P7 class!

  

• P7 Residential Day 1

  Thu 09 Jun 2022

  After getting our lunch on arrival we geared up in wetsuits as we ventured to the shores of Carlingford Lough. There we kicked off with some group paddle boarding followed by a thrill a minute speedfest on the banana boat! A bout of pier jumping followed before we returned to the lodge for dinner.

  The day concluded with a nightwalk in Kilbroney Forest punctuated with an impromptu performance of ‘Star of the County Down’ by one of our leaders, Dermot.

  Films and copious amount of sweets and crisps concluded the evening as everyone retired to the dorms at 11pm after a superb day of entertainment.

  

• Minibeast Hunt

  Wed 08 Jun 2022

  Armed with all the necessary investigative tools at their disposal, Miss Murray’s P1 class set off on a minibeast hunt around the school grounds. Their discoveries were vast and varied as the boys and girls enjoyed exploring their immediate surroundings. Science in action!

  

• Sentinus Workshop

  Wed 08 Jun 2022

  There was a great turnout this afternoon for our Sentinus ‘Building and Construction’ workshop. Staff, parents, pupils and even some past pupils all joined in the fun, making towers out of K’NEX and launching pneumatic rockets.

  Thanks to everyone for their participation and to Gerard Hughes of Sentinus for facilitating the workshop.

  

• Cardio Drumming

  Tue 07 Jun 2022

  As part of our new school PE programme delivered via the CORE Kids portal, our P6/P7 class enjoyed a session of Cardio Drumming this afternoon for their PE lesson.

  Cardio Drumming is a cardiovascular based, full-body workout that requires you to move and play drums along to music.

  Except it doesn’t actually involve any drums! 

  Instead, the boys and girls use foam noodles to drum. During the class the CORE instructor guides the drummers through a series of rhythms and movements, including squats, jumps and various other mobility exercises, all performed whilst drumming along to music.