The draw was conducted this afternoon after our final Christmas production. The winners were as follows:

1. £500 - Aimee O’Hare

2. Mountain Bike – Aedín (ticket sold by Farrah Cunningham)

3. Night in the Yew Tree Barn - Catherine Fitzpatrick

4. 1 night B&B in the Burrendale Hotel - Marie Byrne

5. Deluxe Drinks Hamper – Hollie McPolin

6(i). Mourne Sea Food Voucher £50 – Sean McKeating

6(ii). Maghera Inn Voucher £50 - Jake McVeigh

6(iii). Dundrum Inn Voucher - £50 - Neill Curran

7. Game of Thrones Studios Family Pass – Cormac Evans

8. Mourne Archery Centre Family Pass – Willie Kerr

9. Mountpanther Farm Park Family Pass – Aisling O’Neill

10. Coco’s Family Pass, Newcastle – Kyla Ward

11. Scoper’s Voucher £30 – Eva Rogan

12. The Works, Castlewellan Voucher £30 – Penelope Webster

13. Cunningham Flower’s Hamper – Rosie Cunningham

14. Buck’s Head Voucher £25 – Dara Thompson

15. Tonn Ruray Voucher £20 – Katy Crawford

16. Railway Street Voucher £15 – Hollie McPolin

17. Hale’s Voucher – Aodhán Murdock

18. Elizabeth Arden Beauty Set – Gary Mackle

19. Tesco Hamper – Jackie Tumelty

20. Mr Tumble Interactive Toy – Shauna McCartan

21. Hand Knitted Christmas Crafts – Adelle Connor

——- All prizes must be claimed by 11am tomorrow morning (Thursday). Please contact the school office to sort (437 51293). ——-

Mr McCartan’s P2/P3 class have been working very hard on their home learning project which was to design a castle. This is directly linked with their current WAU topic of ‘Castles.’ 

The amount of industry and effort that went into these castles is a credit to the boys and girls. The children enjoyed showing off certain features of their castles and loved explaining to their classmates how they designed their castle and why they wanted it to look a certain way. 

Well done to you all!

Miss Crozier’s P6/P7 class had a fun filled day of crafting. They made fantastic Christmas wreaths with pine branches, holly cuttings, berries and bows. They then created Christmas cards, using traditional carols as their inspiration. The boys and girls all created wonderful pieces of art to take home and give to their loved ones.

Grace P1

Congratulations to Grace, the well-deserved recipient of the Principal's Award this week! Polite, caring, and bright, she stands out as a fantastic member of the P1 class.

Grace's kindness extends to being a great friend who consistently lends a helping hand. Grace puts 100% effort into all areas of school life, we are all so impressed with how she can deliver her Christmas play lines with clarity and volume!

Excelling in Literacy and Numeracy, Grace's beautiful handwriting and imaginative storytelling set her apart. Her reliability in getting tasks done makes her an invaluable asset to our school.

Keep up the excellent work, Grace!

Our last Pupil of the Week recipients of 2023 were chosen today and the seven of them were delighted to be acknowledged for their wonderful contributions to school over these last five days.

Well done to Jude (P1), Jessica (P2), Lorcan (P3), Cailie (P4), Casey (P5), Ava (P6) and Freya (P7)!

Our 50th anniversary Gala Ball will be taking place on Saturday 2nd March in the Burrendale hotel, Newcastle. This is set to be a landmark event in the history of our school and we are anticipating a huge response to it.

Tickets go on sale next week. Further details to follow in due course.

Constructed by John de Courcey, sometime near the beginning of the 13th century, following his invasion of Ulster. Dundrum Castle, built to control access into Lecale from the west and south, stands on the top of a rocky hill commanding fine views south over Dundrum Bay and the Mourne Mountains, just above our school.

‘Castles’ has proved to be a very apt World Around Us topic for Mr McCartan’s P2/P3 class. The boys and girls ventured up today and had a fine learning experience, bringing history to life.

Mr Doyle’s P4’s are currently engaged with instructional writing within class. They are looking at all different types of instructions, how they are formed and the purpose of them.

To aid their learning, yesterday they all took a trip to Scopers in the village to learn how to make cookies. Led by chef Paul Cunningham, the boys and girls got the opportunity to follow through with direct instructions until the end product was created.

The cookies turned out to be amazing and everyone enjoyed the fruits of their labour once they returned to class. A big thank you goes to Paul for hosting a truly unique learning experience.

Over the past two days, a selection of our school choir sang in the Dundrum Inn at the annual senior citizens’ Christmas luncheon.

The boys and girls, under the directorship of Mr Doyle, brilliantly sang a host of festive favourites to keep everyone entertained. All those in attendance were full of praise for the choir with that Christmas feeling very much in the air!