Calling all parents, family members and school community volunteers!

This coming Monday (9th October), the P4 to P7 children will come together with parents, family and members of our school community in an effort to clean, tidy and maintain our school estate.

Our first get together will take place from 1:30pm to 3pm. It promises to be a fun and worthwhile venture as we all take great pride in our surroundings!

Please bring any equipment that you may have; brushes, tools, gardening equipment etc.

Thanks.

Darragh P6

Darragh has had a superb start to P6. He has been making a sustained effort within all areas of the curriculum but has been particularly impressive within Numeracy. He has demonstrated full understanding and has been challenging himself with problem solving and reasoning extensions.

During writing lessons, he will always have his hand up to contribute his imaginative and creative ideas. He takes great pride in his work, ensuring that it is well organised and his handwriting is neat and tidy. He is also continually improving on the pace of his writing!

Darragh must be commended on the attitude he brings to school. He is not afraid to try something new or volunteer an answer. He has a fantastic sense of humour and is always entertaining his peers with a joke or a story but also knows when he needs to put his head down during lessons.

Well done on a great start to the year Darragh!

Fionn P1, Orlaith P2, Lochlan P3, Neil P4, Austin P5, Elliot P6 and Ronan P7 were all overjoyed this afternoon to be awarded Pupil of the Week recognition. All seven children were energised and full of effort throughout these past four days and they are all very deserving of their accolades.

On Wednesday 11th October, renowned author Charlie Graham will be visiting the school. He will be participating in read throughs of his book with all classes. His book, 'Missing Monkeys,' is available for a special pre purchase rate of £7 on SchoolMoney under the 'Shop' tab. If you are interested in purchasing this book for your child, it can be done through this way. The children will then receive the book next Wednesday.

Thank you.

We are proud today to announce our Digital Leaders team for 2023/2024. After an application process; Elsie, Cara, Elliot, Charlie B, Beth, Ellie, Lorcan SP, Christopher, Charlie McM and Ronan were all rewarded as successful applicants.

The responsibilities of this grouping include:

- Setting up and operating the school hall computer for weekly choir and assembly.
- Helping children log on to Education City at Wednesday Homework Club.
- Giving whole school instructions on how to be safe online.
- Helping teachers and classes with ICT lessons in coding and animation.
- Assisting to ensure that all iPADs go back to their classes before 3pm each day and that they are charged every morning.
- Monitoring the Activity Pod, including functionality and updates.

Good luck in your new roles!

* P4 Trip to Ballydugan Medieval Settlement *

Yesterday Mr Doyle’s P4 class made their way to the interactive Ballydugan medieval settlement. As ‘Vikings’ is their current World Around Us topic, the class got to enjoy a fully immersive step back in time to learn about the Dark Ages in Ireland.

The boys and girls were afforded the opportunity to make and taste traditional foods from the era, visit the textile worker and the herbalist, try their hand at longbow archery and axe throwing as well as many more ancient crafts and skills.

A fantastic learning experience was had by all!

Ballydugan Medieval Settlement

As part of our recognition of this week’s European Day of Languages, Miss Crozier’s class participated in a scavenger hunt with a Spanish theme. A very novel way to to gain learning in the language!

Saturday 7th October sees the annual GR8 Dundrum Run come to the village once again. As ever, Sacred Heart P.S. are delighted to be able to offer our facilities to the club over the course of the weekend in assisting with registrations and preparation. It is important for us as a school to be an integral cog in supporting community events.

Charley P5

Charley has made a fine start to her time in P5. She has settled into her new surroundings so well.

She has made such positive strides with her subjects particularly in literacy. Her attention to detail, sentence formation and creative writing ideas really mark her out as having a recognisable strength in this area.

Charley is a wonderful team player and works diligently within group settings. She is a logical thinker and when she offers her viewpoints and opinions, they are always well formed and thought out.

Charley is an excellently behaved girl who is such an important part of the class dynamic. 

Keep up the superb attitude and application!

Well done!

September is drawing to a close and today at assembly it was an opportunity to recognise our first Pupil of the Month winners for the new academic year.

There were solid efforts all around as James (P1), Liam (P2), Roisé (P3), Rosie-Leigh (P4), Gerard (P5), Charlie (P6) and Freya (P7) were all awarded recognition due to their outstanding endeavours.

Well done!