Our P4, P5, P6 and P7 children will be attending Mass in the Sacred Heart Church tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9:30am. Following this, from 10am to 10:30am, the boys and girls will be leading the May Triduum of Prayer. This special event will focus on Mary with personal prayers, readings and involvement from the school choir.

We would like to invite parents/carers and family members to join with us in celebrating Mass and staying on for the May Triduum of Prayer afterwards.

Thank you.

Well done to brothers Ronan (left, P5) and Martin (P7) on their successes at Saturday’s 14th UKF Invitation Tournament in Burnfoot, Donegal. Ronan picked up a bronze medal in his individual competition while Martin secured two bronzes in the team and kata sections.

Great effort boys!

For the first time in Sacred Heart P.S. history we were graded into the county 9-a-side competition for 2022 instead of our usual domain in the 7-a-side format.

This step up in quality took us to Páirc Eoghan Rua in Kilcoo this morning to take on St Malachy’s P.S. Kilcoo in both our Round 1 ties in the boy and girl sections.

Two brilliant games were had with a lot of fine football on show. Well done to both the Sacred Heart P.S. teams for their endeavours. Thank you goes to Mr Declan Lawlor, Principal of St Malachy’s P.S. for his organisation of the morning and to Conor Laverty for officiating at the games and for the advice and guidance that he provided to our players.

Niamh, Eilish, Gerard, Isla, Kasey, Katie-Ann and Niall were today’s Pupil of the Week winners. Well done to you all!

Hannah from P3 has worked exceptionally hard recently in both her Literacy and Numeracy, especially her writing skills. Her recent jungle animal project on lemurs was of an incredibly high standard! Everyone has been very impressed by Hannah’s contribution to all classroom activities and keen attitude to answering questions and sharing ideas. She is a kind and caring class member who always shows exemplary manners and respect to her fellow classmates and adults in school.

Very well deserved Hannah!

We welcomed Kevin McCarthy from the Health and Safety Executive to school on Wednesday. Kevin presented on safety around farms. The children were educated around different aspects of farm safety with dangers highlighted and discussed. An interactive forum and follow up booklet activities also took place.

Today the Exploris education team visited school with their outreach touch trailer. Led by experienced aquarists, the boys and girls of P2 and P3 received a fantastic experience that ties into both their World Around Us topics.

Part of the project involves Exploris loaning the school an indoor aquarium tank. Alongside this is life support equipment and educational sessions on how to care for the livestock. 

So we now welcome Réalta the Star Fish, Mrs Lobster and Spongebob the Sea Sponge into our school community for the next three weeks!

We will keep everyone updated with how they are getting on from their new base in Miss Byrne’s P2 class.

Miss Crozier’s P6/P7 class recently undertook a hugely successful JEP venture. They had decided previously that a chunk of the profits made from their business enterprise would go to the Cancer Fund for Children Ireland in respect of Daisy Lodge, Newcastle.

We welcomed Mairéad Rodgers from the organisation to the school to present her with our contribution.

Well done boys and girls!

After an absence of a number of years, we are enthused to welcome back the Cycling Proficiency programme into school. Under the guidance of Mr McCartan and Miss Crozier, some of our P7 pupils are being used as a pilot with a view to extending the course to other classes in the 2022/23 school year.