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Grandparents Day

Today we celebrated 'Grandparents Day' as part of Catholic Schools Week.

 

During Catholic Schools Week we celebrate the important role played by grandparents in passing on the faith. The love of a grandparent is to be celebrated and cherished and it is so important to show our grandparents our gratitude and celebrate all that they do for us. 

 

Thank you to all our grandparents and parents for joining us today and helping us to celebrate Catholic Schools Week. We  hope you enjoyed the celebration as much as we did!

 

 We would like to thank our Friends of Holy Cross for serving refreshments to everyone after Mass.

Please see photographs in the link below:  

St Louis Grammar PE Dept

The PE department at St Louis Grammar returned this morning for another PE session with our P6/7 Class. 

They really enjoyed the session and look forward to the last one next week!

 

Presentation to Cancer Fund for Children 14/01/2025

Today Aisling Cunningham from the Cancer Fund for Children came to received a cheque for £93 that was raised from our Christmas Jumper day which was held on 6 December 2024.  Thank you to everyone who donated to this very worthwhile charity.

St. Louis' Grammar School Outreach Program

Thank you so much to the teachers who came from St. Louis' Grammar School to work with the children in our school to continue to develop our skills in this vital area of the Curriculum.


The children had a wonderful time developing their co-ordination, GAA and teamwork skills and the teachers learned some new games that they will be implementing our own PE sessions.

It's wonderful when community schools work together! 

Fundamental Skills in PE

As this term, came to an end Mr Hardy awarded everyone with a special certificate to highlight their participation in Fundamental Skills in PE.

He presented selected children with a goodie bags in recognition of their great contribution to the PE sessions.  Thank you Mr Hardy

Christmas Raffle Winners 19-12-24

1st Prize - Cillian Trainor (Sold Grants Store)

2nd Prize - Ryan Murphy P5

3rd Prize -  Eilish Fitzpatrick (Sold Grants Store)

4th Prize - Annie Grant P5

5th Prize - Eireann Sloan P1

6th Prize - Lily-may Sloan c/o Grants Stores

7th Prize - Cormac Small (Sold Grants Stores)

 

Well done to all our prize winners!

Thank you to everyone who donated items for our Christmas hampers and a special thanks goes to our School Council members who helped organise the draw and sold tickets every day.  Thank you to everybody who bought raffle tickets.  An amazing amount of £638 was raised.

Happy Christmas everyone!!

KS2 Carol Service 2024!
Last Thursday, we celebrated Christmas with our carol service and wow…what a performance! The children sang beautifully and really did us all proud.
Thank you to all that attended. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas🎄

P1 -P4 Nativity Play 2024

Christmas Hamper Raffle to take place on Thursday 19th December 2024.  £1 per square.  Tickets for sale in school and in Grants Stores until Thursday morning.  Good Luck!

St Louis Technology Challenge

Congratulations to Aidan & James who successfully represented Holy Cross in the recent St Louis Technology Challenge. A great experience was had by both pupils and they did their school proud by coming third in the competition.

Kilkeel Credit Union Art Competition

Many thanks to Sheila for taking the time to visit Holy Cross this afternoon to present the winners of the Kilkeel Credit Union Art Competition with certificates.

The standard as always was very high and Sheila thanked all the children, for their superb efforts, producing fantastic art work.

The theme was ‘The Joys of Life’.  

Congratulations to all the children who won prizes and they are all very appreciative of the lovely prizes they received from the Holy Cross Credit Union. 

Christmas Jumper Day 06-12-24

It's that time of year again where children and staff at Holy Cross pull out their festive knits!

Take a look below at our pictures from Christmas Jumper Day 

raising £93 for Cancer Fund for Children!

 

School Council Christmas Raffle!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… and this year we have some special Christmas hampers available for you to **WIN**!

Squares £1  for sale in school

Draw will take place Thursday 19th December 2024

(Special thank you to everyone who donated)

Our Christmas Raffle prizes

ECO News

Digital Leaders

Congratulations to our new Digital Leader's Team within our school.
Their job is to be advocates for good behaviour with technology, support teachers where ever possible and to showcase a range of digital skills under the guidance of ICT Co-ordintor Mrs Woods.

Woolly Hat Day 

Well done to everyone who took in £1 to help raise money for Mourne Stimulus!   We presented £115 to Mourne Stimulus on Monday 18th November

Shoe Box Appeal

Well done to everyone who took part in our shoe box appeal this year! We had 39 shoe boxes! 

Police Officers from the Neighbour Policing Team came today to talk to P5 - P7 about online safety.  This was a great opportunity for pupils to be reminded of the potential dangers of being online and what we should do if we feel unsafe or sacred while being online. 

Gaeilge24

Today we asked everyone to ‘labhair Gaeilge linn inniu’ as we participated in Gaeilge24… speaking Irish for the day! We tried to use as many of our Irish words and phrases as possible throughout the school day!

obair an-mhaith páistí!!!

#scoilspreagtha #Gaeilge24

Anti-bullying week NI 

The theme this year is ‘Respect’. The children will be exploring this theme throughout the week in their classes. To mark the beginning of Anti-bullying week, the children are invited to take part in ‘Odd Socks Day’ on Monday 11th November 24. Please take time to discuss the theme with your child throughout the week.

Blythswood Care Shoe Box Appeal

Holy Cross PS' annual shoe-box collection for Blythswood Care was completed on Friday 8 November 2024, as the Blythswood Crew came and collected 39 Shoe-boxes. Thank you for all the donations.

Woolly Hat Day

We took part in Woolly Hat Day to raise money for Mourne Stimulus. As a school we raised £115

It has been rather spooky at Holy Cross today with the children dressing up in their Halloween fancy dress costumes! 

smiley Spelling Bee smiley

The children in P2-7 have been working hard to learn their spellings for the class Spelling Bees.  Well done everyone who participated - you should all be very proud of your brilliant efforts!

Scór na nÓg

A huge Comhghairdeas to all of our Scór na nÓg participants who put themselves forward to represent Atticall in the Semi Finals.

A huge well done to our dancers Emily, Ellen, Mary Kate, Brea, Emily Rose and Isla who danced brilliantly on Friday night in Glasdrumman and have made it through to the County Final!

Our recitations participants did a great job in Mayobridge also with Hugh who preformed a fantastic extract from “my first confession” and Maria who recited “My mother doesn’t want a dog”. A tough section of the competition but Maria has also secured a place in the county final!

 

The Scór na nÓg county final will take place in Atticall Community Centre on the 9th November. Please come along and support our competitors.

Mourne Community First Responders Presentation

Helene and Tanya from Mourne Community First Responders visited the school today to be presented with a cheque for £2184.02 & 50 euros which was raised through our annual sponsored walk in Mourne Park in September.

A huge thank you to everyone kindly donated to this worthy cause and we thank everyone for their generosity. smiley

Atticall GAC Presentation

We are delighted to be sponsoring Miss Rooney who is an Atticall GAC Senior Camog, in preparation for the championship game this Saturday.  
The Senior Camogs take on Bredagh in the Intermediate Championship Final on Saturday 12th October.  We would like to wish the Senior Camogs GOOD LUCK  
 
 

HSENI "Avoid Harm on the Farm" 2025 Calendar Competition.

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and NI Farm Safety Partnership recently launched their  child safety poster competition.

The competition was for children to draw and colour a picture to illustrate a farm safety message and use their voice to remind parents and family members of the risks involved in farming. 

Congratulations to Brea in Primary 7 who was one of the winners and received a £50 voucher.

 

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Atticall GAC for their generous donation of footballs and bibs to our school for this year's PE sessions.

Your support not only enhances our physical education program but also fosters a love for sports and teamwork among our students. The new footballs will allow them to practice essential skills while the bibs help create a more organized and engaging environment during games and drills.

We are excited to see how these resources will contribute to our students' development both on and off the field.

Included in the photograph is Mr. Hardy, who will once again be leading our PE sessions this year. With his passion for sports and dedication to our students, Thank you, Atticall GAC, for making a positive impact in our community!

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