We are delighted to report that our P7 pupil Christopher, representing Sacred Heart PS, has qualified for the Irish Minor Schools Championship in the 50m Butterfly. He now goes forward to the Nationals in Dublin in March.

Well done!

Ellie P7

Ellie has made a huge contribution to school life in such a short period of time. She has proven to be a caring and reliable buddy to the P1's and a very capable Digital Leader who is always willing to assist others with their learning. She regularly looks out for those younger than her, and those in her own class, showcasing her kind and responsible nature.  

Ellie is conscientious with her work, resulting in top quality pieces of writing, always accompanied with fantastic presentation. This is also reflected within her homework, which is always completed to the highest of standards. 

Ellie is willing to learn, take on advice, ask questions and always strives to improve. She is an excellent role model for those around her.

Well done!

As part of our Scoil Spreagtha project, the school have introduced the ‘Gaeilgeoir na Míosa’ award. This is for the best Irish speaker of the month in school. December’s award has gone to Christopher in P7 for his integration of the language within Sacred Heart P.S. throughout the school day.

Maith thú Christopher!

As we enter one of the busiest periods in the academic year, it was a delight to see so much great work going on within our classes and Christmas production practices these last five days.

Seven pupils were singled out today at assembly for their sterling contribution to school life this week namely Daire P1, Logan P2, Hugh P3, Eilish P4, Caterina P5, Eoghan P6 and Emily P7.

Well done!

Festive spirit was well and truly in the air today as we held our annual Christmas dinner. A wonderful spread was enjoyed by the children and staff alike. Thank you goes to Betty and Maria in the kitchen for their superb organisation and delivery of the event along with our wonderful classroom assistants for their help too.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Today we welcomed staff from the PE department of St Louis G.S. Kilkeel to Sacred Heart P.S. This visit forms part of their extensive outreach programme with local feeder schools. We thank them for taking the time to come and interact with our P6/P7’s and for the kind donation of a football.

Tomorrow (Thursday) is our school Christmas dinner and jumper day. All children are encouraged to come to school in their favourite Christmas jumper.

The cost of the dinner is £2.60 and this needs booked on SchoolMoney ASAP. Similiarily, if your child/children is/are Free School Meals, you also need to book the dinner for them online.

Thanks.

Miss Crozier’s class took part in a coastal workshop today. The aim of the programme was to raise awareness of our coast and associated issues with it. Led by Ben from Eco Schools, everyone firstly engaged with the theory aspects before setting off down to the shore.

The children completed a beach litter audit and discovered that the highest volume of litter on our localised shoreline was infact glass. An extensive clean up and litter pick then took place followed by some exploration of different facets of the area.

For the second year running, Mr Manus O’Boyle and Mrs Pat Rooney, from The Pantry Foodbank visited Sacred Heart P.S. to collect our donations to their charitable service.

The response from our school community to this initiative was tremendous once again and we thank you all for your generous contributions. Pictured is only a snapshot of the amount of goods that were donated.

Similarly, we extend our thanks to staff member Annette Kelly for her co-ordination of the undertaking and to the Student Council for their efforts in helping with this.