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

• Principal’s Award P3

  Fri 11 Apr 2025

  Amelia P3 

  Amelia has worked exceptionally hard so far in P3 and has made great progress. She is very polite, well-mannered and studious. 

  Amelia has shown strong attainment in her reading, especially in her expression and fluency. The use of Accelerated Reader has been a great initiative for her and she is striving with it. 

  Amelia shows a fantastic ability to work independently in Literacy especially within writing lessons. She has a fine phonological awareness and can self-check her work for mistakes. 

  Amelia participates well in class and will always try her best within tasks. She is growing in confidence in Numeracy and has done extremely well with the class number topic of finding halves, quarters and thirds. 

  Amelia loves playing with her friends and exhibits a great caring attitude towards others. She has impressed Mr McCartan with her handwriting and takes great pride in this. Amelia thoroughly deserves this recognition!

  Well done!

  

• Pupil of the Week

  Fri 11 Apr 2025

  The sun shone brightly today for our brilliant Pupil of the Week winners who were all suitably chuffed at receiving recognition for their wonderful contributions to school life over these last five days.

  Well done Eábha P1, Daire P2, Rosie P3, Shea P4, Cailie P5, Noomi P6 and Ava P7!

  

• Easter Art

  Thu 10 Apr 2025

  P1 had lots of fun in the forest today, soaking up the sunshine and getting creative with some Easter art, using all the colours of spring!

  

• Goldsworthy Beach Art

  Thu 10 Apr 2025

  Andy Goldsworthy is an English environmentalist who produces site specific land art situated in natural settings.

  Today, P1 and P2/P3 travelled to the bay edge to partake in some beach art inspired by Goldsworthy himself. The children used seaweed and stones to create an impression of an octopus. 

  This was a great opportunity to maximise the use of our local area and also for the younger pupils to work together on a mini art project.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  

• JEP Showcase Day

  Thu 10 Apr 2025

  Tomorrow is our JEP Showcase Day led by our wonderful P7's. Sacred Heart Scents will have their candles on sale from 8:45am to 9am and again at 2pm and 3pm at the pick times, all at their stall in the playground. £4 for a single candle and £7 for two. Amazing lime, basil and fresh linen scents! Cash only. Please support this brilliant initiative!

  Thank you.

  

• Competition Success

  Wed 09 Apr 2025

  Sophie P5 and Farrah P6 being recognised for their outstanding entries into the DVA’s Easter Egg Design Competition at Saturday’s Clanmill Housing Association’s event at St Donard’s Hall!

  Dundrum Village Association
  Mourne Observer

  

• Easter Arts and Crafts

  Wed 09 Apr 2025

  P7 had a great time with their Knockevin friends today. They started their day off with lots of arts and crafts. They created cards, mini nests and an Easter bag. They shared a lovely break in the sun and then finished their visit with an Easter hunt! Another wonderful ASPIRE experience.

  Knockevin School

  

• Joint Play Session

  Wed 09 Apr 2025

  The boys and girls from Young at Heart came over to school today for a joint play session with our current P1’s. This was a very enjoyable experience for all and one which ensures continued connectedness between the two entities.

  

• Our Local Area-WAU

  Tue 08 Apr 2025

  A great trip was had today to the Mourne Seafood Bar for Mr McCartan’s P2/P3 class as part of their World Around Us topic, ‘Our Local Area.’ 

  The boys and girls learned a lot about the history of the establishment and found out that the building is over 200 years old! Its past and former uses were all showcased with the pupils also getting the opportunity to work on a map reading exercise focussing on the village.

  The excursion was finished off with a delightful lunch of fish and chips for everyone which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. A huge thank you goes to Wayne (Caolán’s dad), Chris, Donnach and Fionnuala for providing the food and their warmth and hospitality. 

  Mourne Seafood Bar Dundrum

  

• New Playground Developments

  Sat 05 Apr 2025

  Our school yard was transformed today with the new installation of a number of enhancements. 

  They include:

  - Dartboard
  - Compass
  - Number grid (1-100)
  - 12/24 hour clock
  - Number hopscotch (1-10)
  - Netball court
  - Football pitch 
  - Colour spot zone
  - Cycling proficiency road layout 
  - Demarcation lines 

  Thank you to Sperrin Paints for carrying out the work. Our children will get great benefit from all the new additions!