An incredible £3205 has been raised from the 2024 edition of the POSH Grand Prize Christmas Draw!

All prize winners can contact the school office (437 51293) to claim and collect their prize before 11:30am tomorrow.

Thank you to all of our prize sponsors and to all those in our school community who sold and bought tickets. A wonderful achievement!

1st - £500 (POSH) - Ciara Gibney.

2nd - Full Engine Service (BSW Autohouse) - Hannah Moore.

3rd - Mountain Bike (Ross Cycles) - Catherine Fitzpatrick.

4th - Night in the Yew Tree Barn - Mary Redmond.

5th - Birthday Party Food Package (Coffee Dock) - Ryan Kearney.

6th - 1 Night B&B in the Burrendale Hotel - Judy Clarke.

7th - £100 Voucher (Mourne Cycles) - Donagh Cunningham.

8th - £100 Voucher (First 4 Floors) - Eamon Hogg.

9th - Deluxe Drinks Hamper (POSH) - Hayley McCoy.

10th - £50 Voucher (Maghera Inn) - Shane Melville.

11th - £50 Voucher (Dundrum Inn) - Bronagh Smyth.

12th - £50 Cash (Bark N’ Go Dog Wash) - Paudie McCormick.

13th - Family Pass (Mourne Archery Centre) - Julie Burns.

14th - Family Pass (Mountpanther Farm Park) - John Caldwell.

15th - Family Pass (Global Adventure Play) - Marie Byrne.

16th - Family Pass (Coco’s) - Brendan Cleland.

17th - £30 Voucher (AJC Electrical) - Hannah Leslie.

18th - £20 Voucher (Tonn Ruray) - Brian Rogan.

19th - £20 Voucher (Black Box Donuts) - Andrew Gregory.

20th - £10 Voucher (Primal Effect Coffee) - Eddie Quinn.

On Wednesday 15th January the school will be hosting a Speech and Language + Phonics Workshop. It will be held at 2:15pm in the school hall. The Speech and Language element will be led by Rachel Dickson of Let's Expand Communication. The Phonics segment will be guided by our Literacy subject lead Miss Byrne.

The workshop is open to all parents. We would also like to invite those parents from Young at Heart along too and we would particularly encourage the parents of our Foundation Stage children (P1 + P2) to attend as well as the content is particularly pertinent to that age group.

Thank you.

~~~ Monday 16th December ~~~

- Ticket sale deadline of 5pm for all Christmas play tickets on SchoolMoney.

~~~ Tuesday 17th December ~~~

- P1 Christmas Play (The Nativity) at 10am.

- P2/P3 Christmas Play (Gnome Alone) at 11am. ~~~ Wednesday 18th December ~~~

- P4/P5 Christmas Play (Cinderella’s Strictly Christmas) at 10am.

- P5/P6 Christmas Play (Nightmare Before Christmas) at 11:15am.

- P7 Christmas Play (Christmas with the Krackers) at 1:15pm. - POSH Grand Prize Christmas Draw being done in the school hall at 2pm. All sold ticket stubs and monies to be left into school on this morning.

~~~ Thursday 19th December ~~~

- Santa visits Sacred Heart P.S. and Young at Heart from 11am onwards.

~~~ Friday 20th December ~~~

- School finishes at 11:30am for all pupils for the Christmas holidays. This is a non-uniform day.

~~~ Tuesday 24th December ~~~

- School choir, P4 to P7, singing at Christmas Eve Mass in the Sacred Heart Church at 7pm.

Mr Niall McAleenan, Head of PE in St Louis G.S. Kilkeel, along with two of his colleagues, visited Sacred Heart P.S. this afternoon for a Gaelic football taster session with P6/P7 as part of their outreach programme.

All of the children throughly enjoyed the coaching and games. As a feeder school to St Louis G.S. we were thankful of their visit today and we look forward to developing our partnership further into the future.

P7 travelled to Shimna College, Newcastle, this morning to take part in a Basketball NI Jnr NBA tournament alongside St Joseph’s P.S. Carnacaville. 

The boys and girls were sorted into four teams: The Chicago Bulls, The LA Lakers, The Phoenix Suns and The Boston Celtics. They enjoyed three competitive games each before the Bulls and the Celtics progressed to the final. With both teams drawing, the game went to extra time with the first basket winning. After a fierce few minutes, the Bulls came out victorious!

Well done to Charlie who was chosen as the Sacred Heart MVP and Niamh who was our MVE.

A huge thank you to Niamh, Lauren and Michael from Basketball NI for facilitating such an enjoyable tournament and to St Joseph’s P.S. Carnacaville for being excellent teammates.

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

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

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