Whole School news
Harvest Assembly 2024
Colour Fun 2024
Inter School's Formal 2024
Colour Fun 2024
Inter School's Formal 2024
Senior School Football Tournament
A huge well done to those in Senior School that played in the Inter-Schools Football tournament. Thank you to the organisers in Rathore School for a great morning, everyone had a ball! We can't wait until the next one! #Teamdonard
Sacraments 2024
Congratulations to our pupils who made their First Holy Communion and Confirmation a few weeks ago. Each and everyone of them were stunning and had such a special day. Thank you to Fr McMahon who celebrated the ceremony with us.
As you can see there were lots of happy faces. Every pupil did themselves and their families proud. Thank you to all our parents who helped bring their children to this special point in their faith journey. We hope you enjoyed the celebrations.
Thank you to every member of staff who helped in any way to prepare and support our pupils in their preparation for the sacraments.
Valentines Young Enterprise stall
Christmas Jumper Day 2023
Santa Daily Mile
Staff Experience the Soundbeam
Wright Friendship Cup
Today, in conjucntion with our Hi 5 Friday activities, we re-introduced the Wright Friendship Cup. This cup was donated to our school by Emily Wright, who had been our school secretary for some time, and her late husband John. Recipients of this cup are chosen for their kind acts in school. We, as a staff, notice the smallest acts of kindness and feel that our pupils need to be acknowledged for them. Each month we will share the winners of the Wright Friendship Cup from each of our schools (Junior, Middle and Senior). Remember - it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice.
Our Junior winner was chosen for cheering his friend up in the Sensory Garden.
Our Middle School winner was chosen because she independently soothed a friend in class who was upset.
And in Senior School - team work makes the dream work. These pupils showed such kindness when they held open the doors all the way up the corridor for one of our wheelchair users - brilliant work boys!
Donard School's Christmas Letter to Santa
A message from our Parent Teacher Association
Donard School's Rainbow Harvest
On Friday 13th October we celebrated Harvest in Donard School. Junior, Middle and Senior School had lovely assemblies celebrating the colours of the rainbow through Harvest fruit and vegetables. We are very thankful to all those families who contributed to the food bank collection. Some classes also enjoyed making Harvest crowns and using their fruit and vegetables in Art.
PageTiger Launch at Donard School
Colour Run 2023
We had an absolute ball at out first ever Colour Run. Check out the video below.
Credit Union Sponsorship
Our pupils were delighted to be given school jerseys which were sponsored by the Banbridge branch of the Credit Union. These tops, modelled by some of our senior pupils, will be worn at shared sporting events, eg the Inter Schools Boccia Tournament, giving a real sense of team spirit. Thank you to all in the Credit Union for their continued support.
A Starry Starry Night - Inter Schools Formal 2023
Donard School hosted the Inter Schools Formal this year. The Leavers Department had been preparing for many weeks and all their hard work pulled off. See for yourself the fantastic night that was had by all those that attended. Thank you to everyone who supported us and made it happen.
High Five Fridays - May
On Friday 19th May we had a High Five Friday to support our wellbeing. The pupils had a lovely day getting active to music with Dancerise sessions. Some classes enjoyed face painting and others a woodland walk. Take a look at some photos of what we got up to.
Sponsored Walk Fundraiser
On the 9th and 10th of May some pupils helped to raise funds to support our Summer Scheme Activity Programme by partaking in a sponsored walk. A massive thank you for all your support and well done to all the pupils involved. The total raised was £1472. Enjoy some pictures from the walks.
SIBS May Meeting
In May the siblings group met up to explore our school grounds and luckily we had good weather. We had a great evening with activities including go-karting, exploring the sensory garden, enjoying the park and going on a colour nature scavenger hunt. We enjoyed a supper of Pizza and the evening was finsihed off with a few games in the hall. We look forward to seeing everyone in June for our last session of the year.
Coronation Celebration
On Friday 5th May an email came through that Donard School have been chosen for two VERY special visitors in advance of The Coronation. We loved our visit from King Chris and Queen Doreen! Some classes have shared photos of the fun activities they experienced and enjoyed.
SIBS Trip
In February the Siblings group enjoyed a trip out together. We had great fun snowtubing with the siblings flying down the slopes! We also enjoyed having our tea at McDonalds.
Holy Communion and Confirmation
Congratulations to our pupils who made their First Holy Communion or Confirmation on Saturday. Each and everyone of them were stunning and had such a special day.
Siblings Group News
Dear Parents,
please find an amended copy of the Siblings dates 2023.
Times and Dates for your diary
Wednesday 18th January 2023: 4:30pm - 6:30pm The Great Siblings Bake off!
Thursday 2nd February 2023: 4:45pm - 8pm Snowtubing Trip with tea at McDonalds
Wednesday 15th March 2023: 4:30pm - 6:30pm Art Attack and Wellbeing
Christmas 2022
What a wonderful evening at our Junior Christmas Winter Wonderland. Emergency services, snow, reindeers, Christmas crafts, the Grinch and a special visit from Santa. A fun time had by all!
Siblings Group Christmas Party
How to access the Annual Review Portal
Please see instuctions below on how to access your child's annual review meeting
Siblings Group
Numeracy week
October 2022
Last week Donard School celebrated a Food theme Numeracy Week. Each class took part in a range of activities using tasty treats to help them complete their work. We are very proud of all the Mathematicians in Donard School!
Hi Five Fridays
Last week in school we had our first High Five Friday to support our wellbeing. The pupils had a lovely day full of activities that allowed us to connect with one another, get active, take time to relax and do something good for someone else. The staff got to celebrate the launch of their brand new staff room with lots of treats at break and lunch and plenty of opportunity to connect. Check out the photos for more info.
Prize Giving 2022
Check out some of our Donard stars from our Prize Giving events last week We are so proud of all of the achievements and hard work from all our pupils in Donard School.
Donard Disney Fun Day 2022
Donard’s Disney Fun Days
Last Thursday and Friday saw the annual Donard Fun Days.
The theme was Disney and the games did not disappoint, even if the weather did. Among the games we had a Frozen themed target throw, Brave themed archery and a Pixar character relay race. Some of the younger pupils enjoyed an Aladdin themed carpet ride and we all finished off with a game of ‘pin the nose on Mickey Mouse’.
Special thanks go to our sponsors for our refreshments - Tayto for the crisps, Rosehip for the finger rolls, George Rice for the sausages and Tesco for the finger rolls and drinks. A special mention goes to Damien Lennon from Archery4U for lending us the archery equipment as this really enhanced the games for the pupils.
School Formal, 9th June 2022
Top Hats and Tiara Jubilee Party
What a great day we all had celebrating our Top Hats and Tiara Jubilee event. Pupils and staff all enjoyed an outdoor picnic, and danced the afternoon away in the beautiful sunshine. The ice cream van was a special treat, with party games and photo opportunities throughout the day.
Senior School Residential to The Share Centre, May 2022 - A wee bit of sun and a whole lot of fun!!
Brighter Beginnings PE Programme
April/May 2022
Some classes in school have availed of a bespoke PE programme with Brighter Beginnings. Pupils have been able to experience a range of new sports and games such as boxing, target practice, fun parachute games and much much more. This has been a great boost for physical activity and well being for our pupils.
Mount Ida Pottery Workshops
March/April 2022
Mount Ida Pottery Workshops
From wellbeing funding school were able to provide two workshops for pupils with Mount Ida Pottery. Pupils had an amazing time creating and painting flowers for our 'Garden of Hope'. Keep an eye out for the finished product coming soon.....
Great British Bake Off - Donard Style - Showstopper Challenge
8.4.22
World Book Day 3.3.22
Some children from Middle and Senior school showing off their cool costumes during our World Book Day parade!
Christmas Craic-er 16.12.21
There's nothing quite like spending time together at Christmas!
We are so pleased to let everyone know that our Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day 2021 raised £281.20. Thank you to all the pupils and staff in Donard School for supporting this event
Mayor's Christmas Card
This year Donard School had the privilege of designing the Lord Mayor's Christmas Card. Artwork created by these young ladies was chosen for this project. The Lord Mayor made a visit to Donard to thank them and to present them with their cards. Their beautifully designed cards have been distributed all over the borough - What an achievement!!! Thank you so much Alderman Glenn Barr for this opportunity and many thanks to all our pupils who contributed.
Everyone had a wonderful time outside taking part in the “Daily Mile Santa Run” on Friday 3rd December. We had lots of fresh air and exercise. There were loads of smiles and plenty of giggles along the way
Anti Bullying Odd Socks Day
Monday 15th November
Donard pupils had great fun wearing wacky odd socks to suport Anti-Bullying wweek.
Whilst focusing on the theme 'One Kind word' all classes designed a kind word poster. The Junior classes completed many activities about socks and the Senior classes enjoyed circle time activities about bullying.
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