Dundonald Primary School & Nursery Unit

Congratulations to our football team for two outstanding results yesterday afternoon!

Despite the wind and rain, our team put in strong performances and came away with 6 points and 2 clean sheets!

Dundonald 2 - 0 Londonderry
Dundonald 9 - 0 Victoria

We look forward to the next round of league matches after half-term.

Let’s go Dundonald! ⚽️⚽️⚽️

Good morning,

The date for our Nursery & Primary 1 Open Evening is Wednesday 4th December 2024.
Please share this with any of your friends and family who have a little one ready to start their journey.

Thank you

Well done to our boys and girls who competed in the Belfast City Council relay competition at Victoria Park this morning.

Congratulations to all of our boys and girls, especially those running in Dundonald colours for the very first time. A big thanks as always to our parents for helping with transport and supporting our teams.

This morning we welcomed the Khulula Choir from Eswatini (Swaziland) as part of the Challenge Ministries charity. Our P5-P7 pupils enjoyed sharing our singing and then listening to the visiting choir singing and dancing. Our visitors enjoyed spending the rest of the morning with us in DPS.
A huge thank you to our P5-P7 families on behalf of the charity for the generous £2500 raised in the "One Buy One" Pots.

Thankyou to everyone involved this morning 💚❤

Yesterday twenty p6 girls went to W5 for a Girls on Track event promoting careers for girls in motorsport. They designed a racing circuit, programmed a robot sphere, changed tyres in a pitstop and met William Creighton the 2023 Junior World Rally Champion. A great day out and very inspirational!

We are delighted to be welcoming the Khulula Choir to our P5-P7 assembly tomorrow. The Khulula choir have travelled from Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland. The choir are supported by Challenge Ministries who provide care and support for the vulnerable children in Eswatini.
If you are interested in seeing the choir they are currently touring Northern Ireland and the dates and venues are shown in the picture.
We look forward to updating you on their visit!

As today is World Mental Health Day, we want to highlight the importance we place on the mental health and well-being of all our pupils at Dundonald Primary School. We offer a wide range of supports to ensure that every child feels supported, including access to counselling, well-being programs as well as access to resources for both pupils and families. Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Burns via email [email protected] or by calling into the school office if you require support for your child’s mental health. Together, we can nurture a positive and caring environment for our children and our school community.

Congratulations to our footballers on an impressive display against Abbey Primary School.

A goal in each half combined with a solid defensive performance saw us come away with a 2-0 win.

Let’s go Dundonald! ⚽️⚽️⚽️

This morning we welcomed Rev Tim Anderson to our P1-P4 assembly for the final time. Having been a close friend of the school from St. Elizabeth's next door, we are very grateful for the longstanding support Rev Anderson has given to the school for many years. We hope he has a happy & relaxing retirement and we send him and his family our best wishes for this new chapter.

Rev Anderson was delighted to receive a farewell retirement gift, presented by Robyn and Jacob from everyone in DPS.

Thankyou

Well done to our boys and girls who participated in the Hockey Blitz on Tuesday morning. It was great to be back out representing our school at this event on a lovely sunny morning. Thank you to Ulster Hockey for organising the event and to Campbell College for hosting. Thanks also to all of our parents who helped with transport and to the boys and girls who represented the school hockey teams. 🏑🏑🏑🏑

If you shop at ADSA, you are now able to help our school, by scanning your ASDA Rewards app at the checkout.
Dundonald Primary School would love to receive a 0.5% donation from ASDA from your total shopping bill. Simply follow the link below if you haven't started already.

Thank you

Link: https://www.asda.com/cashpotforschools?sfnsn=scwspmo

This morning in the glorious sunshine, 240 Primary 6 and Primary 7 pupils competed in the interhouse cross-country race.
Please check your child's ClassDojo for lots of lovely photos and action shots.

Congratulations to the Lions who won the Girls' race and to the Jaguars who won the Boys' race.

Further congratulations to our individuals in both races:
Aurora 1st, Sophia 2nd & Katie 3rd.
Korie 1st, Oliver 2nd & Jacob 3rd.

Thankyou to everyone for their participation this morning 😀⭐🌞🌞🏃🏼‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️

Please see the attached information below if you would be interested in attending ‘English for Life’ - After School English Second Language Class for Primary School Children.

Places can be booked here: https://www.stelizabeths.church/englishforlife

PLEASE NOTE: An Adults English Language Class will be running in parallel to the children’s after school class in the same building.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: If the above dates/times do not suit you, or your family, and you would still like to be involved, please let us know your availability (using the contact email below) and we may still be able to help.

Any queries/questions, please contact [email protected]

Good morning,

Please take a moment to read the attached document to check your eligibility for Free School Meals.
If you have any difficulty completing the application, please come in and see us at reception and we can help you.

thank you.

Congratulations to our very own Pyper who upgraded her Dundonald colours to Northern Ireland colours for the British Gymnastics challenge cup final in Birmingham recently.
At a grand age of 9 years old, Pyper returned with a bronze medal for Northern Ireland.
Good girl Pyper, Well done from everyone in Dundonald Primary School 🥉👏🏼👏🏼

The Lions roar again!! 🦁
Congratulations to the Lions and their captains, Arsenii and Aimee, and vice captains Lucas and Aurora who accepted the overall Inter House Sports Shield and Inter House Cup on behalf of their team.
Well done 🏆🏆🏆

⭐⭐⭐⭐Eco School of the Year!!!!⭐⭐⭐⭐
Another fantastic day for Dundonald Primary School & Nursery Unit.

Today we attended the NI Eco Schools awards ceremony at Stranmillis College for schools from everywhere across Northern Ireland. We were in attendance to receive our 4th Eco Schools Green Flag Award.

To our surprise, we thought our part in the ceremony was completed.... later the final speeches of the ceremony were read out we were stunned to be announced as the Eco School of the Year.
What an incredible achievement!!!!

Thank you to Gabrielle P5, Farrah P6, and Anna P7 for representing our Eco Council at the ceremony. This fantastic award represents all of the hard work our Eco-Council and school community have dedicated to various Eco Projects during the past 2 years.

This is also a huge acknowledgement of the exceptional dedication and unwavering commitment of Mrs Julie McGonigle who has been instrumental in the coordination of Eco Schools. This prestigious recognition is a reward for her outstanding contribution and positive impact on our pupils and school community.

Congratulations everyone at DPS ❤💚🏆🏆💚❤

Today we brought two outstanding P6 teams to the Regent House School Rugby Club Tag Rugby Blitz! Both teams were very successful, with many tries being scored and 4 victories earned in total.🏉🏉🏉🏉🏉

We are very proud of our P6 boys and girls for their fantastic effort, teamwork and how well they represented our school. Well done everyone for such a memorable day!

Congratulations to our girls for coming runners up in the Ards District Primary 7-a-side football tournament this week. ⚽️

We got through to the semi finals with 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. The semi final finished 0-0 but we won on penalties. We were unfortunate to lose against Brooklands in the final. Super effort from all the girls.

Well done Heidi for being selected as player of the tournament. ⭐️

Congratulations to our footballers for winning their playoff section of the Galactico Soccer Tournament at Avoniel Leisure Centre. ⚽️

We finished third in our group, before going on to beat Ballywalter Primary in the semi-final and Finaghy Primary in the final.

The fifth trophy of the year for our Football Squad! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Our hockey boys took part in another blitz at Saintfield Hockey Club, hosted by Academy Primary School. 🏑🏑

They came home with huge smiles on their faces having come 1st overall 🥇🥇🥇

Brilliant boys - well deserved 🎉🏑🎉🏑🎉

Don't forget.... this Friday 7th June @ 6pm😀😀😀