Rebecca P4

It's wonderful to share this pupil's achievements and positive attitude towards her learning. Her consistent presence at school with a smile and enthusiasm is commendable. Rebecca is never late and rarely misses a day off school. Her school work and homeworks are always completed to the best of her ability. 

It's especially impressive that Rebecca has excelled in her reading, particularly in the use of expression, summarising the story and making sensible predictions in regards to characters and events. She enjoys Numeracy and will always achieve the learning objective within each lesson by following the methods and strategies taught by Mr Doyle to solve each problem correctly.

Rebecca has good organisational skills and shows a great ability to listen to and follow her teacher's instructions. Additionally her active participation in various extra-curricular activities, including Gaelic, Karate and Irish Dancing, showcases her well-roundedness and success outside of the classroom. 

Rebecca's qualities as a good friend are shown by her kindness, use of good manners, patience and honesty. Congratulations to her for her outstanding achievements and positive impact on her classmates.

Well done!

A massive congratulations goes to our school team who won the Credit Union Schools’ Quiz this morning. 

Held in the Parish Centre in Castlewellan, Sacred Heart P.S. were up against some really stiff opposition but having led after the first few rounds, they never relinquished their lead as they went on to become champions. Last year’s winners St Patrick’s P.S. Hilltown were 2nd with St Malachy’s P.S. Castlewellan 3rd.

Christopher, Elliot, Charlie and April now go forward to the provincial final with the time, date and venue to be confirmed in the coming week. 

Well done!

Every Friday from now until the end of the June, we will be having our ever popular After School GAA Club from 2pm to 3pm. It is open to all boys and girls from P1 to P7. Mr McCartan will be leading these sessions and we are delighted to announce that Dundrum GAC will now be providing two coaches on a rotational weekly basis to support the coaching provision. This is a fantastic development and will enable more focused coaching and games, catering for all age groups and abilities.

The 2pm to 3pm slot is only £2 for the session and as ever is payable on School Money. The new arrangements kick into place from tomorrow (Friday) onwards.

Dundrum GAC

Michael and Aimee from Sport Changes Life were back in Sacred Heart P.S. today to begin their ten week Honour Roll Programme with P6 and P7.

This programme combines a wide variety of sports and team building activities with discussions and workshops focused on important topics such as transitioning to secondary school, our hopes and fears, staying safe online, goal setting and much more. 

The children had a fun filled and interactive first session and are looking forward to the next nine weeks.

As part of Catholic Schools’ Week 2024, today we celebrated Grandparents’ Day. Canon Fleck led a beautiful Mass in which all of our school attended along with our grandparents, family members and parishioners.

Afterwards in the school hall, everyone came up for tea, coffee and refreshments. Lovely cards and mementoes were exchanged between the children and their grandparents which marked this out as a special day for all.

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Our provider has now informed us that the app is fully functional for Android users and that the bug has been fixed. We are in the process of moving away from the text messaging service here in school and replacing it with messaging via the School App. We are aiming to launch this service directly after mid-term so we ask that all parents to please download the School App (see picture attached) by Friday 9th February. On our system we can see who has the app downloaded and once we get everyone on the system, we will start using this new communication method.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Tomorrow (Thursday) will see contractors begin installing the road markings for a new one way (pick up and drop off system) in the vicinity of our school (in and around the parochial hall). The area will be coned off tomorrow and I'd ask for all parents/carers to use the car park opposite the chapel and then the pathway for conducting pick up and drop offs. The rear entrance is still open for those who walk to school. Further details on the new system will be made available when the works have been completed.

In the background we are campaigning hard for the retention of our school crossing patrol. Similarly we have been engaging with local politicians, DFI, Roads Service and the PSNI in relation to our ongoing traffic issues on Main St that directly affect our school.

Thank you for your co-operation.

This afternoon the staff of Sacred Heart P.S. Dundrum and St Joseph’s P.S. Tyrella came together for a parish retreat led by Mrs Joan McCombe from the Down and Connor Catholic Schools’ Trustee Service.

The retreat tied in with the main theme of Catholic Schools’ Week 2024 which envisages our schools as ‘Communities of Service.’

Prayer, meditation and reflection were very much part of the focus of the occasion and we were delighted to have Canon Fleck in attendance to help guide the staff in a spiritual capacity.

Thank you goes to Mrs Joan McCombe for facilitating the event and to St Joseph’s P.S. for being such wonderful hosts.

St Joseph's Primary School Tyrella
Dundrum Tyrella Parish
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All the staff of Sacred Heart P.S. along with our colleagues in St Joseph’s P.S. Tyrella will be attending a parish based retreat tomorrow afternoon. This forms part of our contribution to Catholic Schools’ Week 2024.

Children will finish school tomorrow (Monday) at 12 noon. There will be no lunches or dinners available. Breakfast Club is operational as normal. Young at Heart will be closed as well.

Thank you.

This coming Wednesday (24th January), as part of Catholic Schools’ Week, the school will be hosting a special Grandparents’ Day Mass in the Sacred Heart Church at 9:30am. 

We therefore cordially invite all those grandparents within our school community to come along and be part of this special occasion.

There will be tea, coffee and refreshments in the school hall afterwards and everyone is welcome to attend.

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Dundrum Tyrella Parish