As part of ‘Walk to School Week,’ we moved our Daily Mile on location as the whole school went for a walk around Dundrum. With the sun shining brightly aligned with scorching temperatures, everyone had to cool off with an ice lolly at Murray’s Green! A lovely afternoon stroll was had around our beautiful village.

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Brennans Seaforde & Dundrum

Sacred Heart P.S. travelled to Ardglass GAC this morning to take part in their group qualifier. In their pot were Holy Family P.S. Teconnaught, St Nicholas’ P.S. Ardglass and Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche, Castlewellan.

Up first was an enthralling tie with Holy Family P.S. Both teams played good football throughout. The game was nip and tuck right up until the final whistle with a draw being the result in the end.

St Nicholas’ P.S. were next up for the Sacred Heart P.S. boys. It was a close first half but the Reds pushed on in the second half to earn a four point victory.

The last game of the group was the best of the day. The Dundrum boys led the Bunscoil by a point with a couple of minutes remaining. But two late goals from the Gaeligeoirs saw them emerge victorious by five points. They went on to top the group and qualify for the county 9-a-side semi finals.

The big positive for Sacred Heart P.S. is that out of the panel of 15, 12 are all eligible next year with another 8 still able to play in two year’s time! A great experience for them all. 

Results:

Sacred Heart P.S. Dundrum 1-04 Holy Family P.S. Teconnaught 2-01 (Draw)

Sacred Heart P.S. Dundrum 1-02 St Nicholas P.S. Ardglass 0-01 (Won)

Sacred Heart P.S. Dundrum 0-03 Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche, Castlewellan 2-02 (Loss)

Dundrum GAC

As part of ‘Walk to School Week,’ our pupils and staff members congregated at the park in DeCourcey Way this morning to participate in a ‘Walking Train’ to school.

After navigating our way down the back lanes, everyone arrived at school at 9am refreshed and ready for a busy day at Sacred Heart P.S.

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After a very successful JEP project, P7 were delighted that after making a huge £230 profit, they had just enough for a pizza party! This was a great reward for all of their hard work.

Aisling Cunningham from the Cancer Fund for Children visited school this morning to receive a cheque for the sum of £150 from the P7 class. P7 decided to donate some of the profit from their JEP business venture to this most worthwhile of charities and Aisling was extremely grateful to receive the generous offering. Well done P7 on this altruistic gesture!

Cancer Fund for Children

Bernadette Beckett from Trócaire visited school this morning to receive a cheque for £1300 from the proceeds of our Lenten fundraising campaign. Pictured are three members of our Student Council along with RE co-ordinator Miss Mack who led all of the initiatives.

Trocaire

This morning our P4 class celebrated the Sacrament of First Holy Communion at a wonderful ceremony in the Sacred Heart Church led by Canon Fleck and co-celebrated by trainee Deacon James Uhomoibhi.

The boys and girls were excellently prepared and they participated wholeheartedly in the service with song, readings and prayer.

Gratitude is extended to P4 teacher Mr Doyle for guiding the class through this latest instalment in their spiritual journey. We also acknowledge the contribution of our classroom assistants Michelle Poland, Tom Boden, Orla Quinn and Kathleen Milligan for their sterling efforts.

To the school choir, under the direction of Mr Doyle and accompanied by Eva McAlea, we thank you for your superb input to the occasion along with Annette Kelly.

We also recognise the efforts of our school staff for hosting a lovely occasion back in the school hall in which all those in attendance got the opportunity to celebrate in unison.

We hope the boys and girls enjoy the rest of their big day!

To raise funds for an upcoming trip, the Student Council, Eco Council and Digital Leaders organised a joint GAA Jersey Day and Penalty Shootout Exhibition. It turned out to be a great success with a substantial amount of money raised and great fun had by all.

Stian and David of Dundrum Cricket Club visited school today to take the P7 pupils for a coaching session. The children thoroughly enjoyed it, learning more about the sport and developing their technique throughout.

Dundrum Cricket Club

We send our best wishes to the P4 class who will be receiving the Sacrament of First Holy Communion at 11am in the Sacred Heart Church tomorrow.