Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• 🌟Stars of the Week🌟

  Thu 18 Apr 2024

  Congratulations to our ‘Stars of the Week’.  

   

  Well done everyone! ⭐️👏🏻

  

• 🚮 Big Spring Clean 🍃

  Thu 18 Apr 2024

  This morning our School Eco Councillors participated in the Live Here Love Here ‘Big Spring Clean’ campaign.

   

  The campaign is focused on improving the local environment and building a sense of civic pride in our local communities through Litter Picks.

   

  Our Eco Councillors completed a litter pick around the school grounds and also along the main Strangford Road. They did a fantastic job in ensuring that our school and the local community is a cleaner and safer place.

  

• 🙏 Primary 7 Confirmation Retreat ⛪️

  Fri 12 Apr 2024

  Today our Primary 7 pupils took part in a retreat in Dunsford Old School to assist them in their preparations for their forthcoming Sacrament of Confirmation. 

   

  During the retreat led by the Ignite Retreat Team, the pupils completed a number of workshops to help deepen their understanding of the Sacrament which they will receive on the 26th  April.

   

  It was wonderful day with lots of reflective opportunities which proved to be the ideal preparation ahead of Confirmation.

  

• ⛪️ Visit of Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis 🙏

  Fri 12 Apr 2024

  The relic of 15 year-old Carlo Acutis a Catholic Italian teenager will be brought to the Parish by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo on 13th and 14th May 2024.

   

  From a young age, Carlo had a special love for God and he loved to pray the rosary. After he made his First Holy Communion, he went to Mass as often as he could, and he made Holy Hours before and after Mass. He went to confession weekly and asked his parents to take him on pilgrimages - to the places of the Saints and to the sites of Eucharistic miracles.

   

  Carlo was an ordinary teenager with an extraordinary love for God. He excelled at computers and used his skills to build a website on Eucharistic Miracles in the world.

   

  Carlo died within 10 days of being diagnosed with Leukaemia in October 2006. Blessed Carlo was beatified by Pope Francis on 10th October 2020 and is the first millennial to be declared 'Blessed'. Pope Francis referred to Carlo as a model of holiness in a digital age.

   

  Carlo’s motto was;

  “To always be close to Jesus, that’s my life plan”.

   

  Our whole School Community is greatly looking forward to attending the Mass on the 14th May led by Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo in St Mary’s Church, Dunsford and It promises to be a very special event, with people coming from afar to venerate Carlo’s relic.

   

  Today in school we held a special assembly in preparation of the visit of the Relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis and gave the children the opportunity to find out more about him.

  

• 🚢 Titanic Trip 🚢

  Thu 11 Apr 2024

  Primary 7 had a wonderful time at Titanic Belfast today as part of their ‘World Around Us’ topic on the Titanic.

   

  The children got to experience a guided tour of the SS Nomadic (the original tender ship to the Titanic) as well as a tour of ‘The Titanic Experience’, an authentic retelling of the iconic Titanic story.

   

  The tour extended to over ten interactive galleries and the pupils thoroughly enjoyed the experience, especially the ‘Shipyard Ride’.

   

  A fantastic day was had by all with many thanks to Titanic, Belfast for a very informative and most enjoyable trip.