If Santa brings any new devices down the chimney this year, keep these online safety tips in mind! Click the attached PDF below:
 Angelas device set up | [Angelas device set up] | 68 kB |
Thanks to all who supported our Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save the Children. A total of £175.50 was raised.
Thanks also to Jean and the Kitchen staff who make us dinner all year and an extra special tasty one at Christmas!
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The siblings all enjoyed their night snow tubing. Everyone was going so fast that the photos don’t show all the fun that was had. Here’s a few photos of our visit. See you all in January 2019.
Please click the attachment below to view a PDF about the Mindfulness Parent Programme.
| Mindfulness parent programme | [Mindfulness parent programme] | 282 kB |
Junior school pupils joined for some messy, squishy, splatty, yummy, crunchy learning at the Christmas themed Sensory Sensations day this week. It’s easy to tell from the photos that they are certainly getting into the Christmas spirit!
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The Eco Team have been very busy doing a big Autumn tidy up around the school grounds. Plant pots have been cleared of leaf litter, new fruit shrubs have been placed into our fruit and vegetable planters and lots of bulbs have planted in pots with the prospect of colourful flowers due to make an appearance at Spring time. We haven’t forgotten our wildlife and the Eco Team have been making bird food to feed the hungry birds during the Winter season.
The Eco Team paid Mrs Lavery a visit to discuss the school’s huge consumption of paper and ink and the costs involved. To help reduce our paper usage, it has been decided to go ‘paper free’ with our newsletter.
From January 2019, the newsletter will no longer be printed. Instead it will be available to read on our school website and text alerts and Facebook posts will let everyone know when the latest update is available to read.
Donard School Eco Team attended an award ceremony on Friday 23rd November for ‘Grassroots Challenge’ organised by Ulster Wildlife. The Eco Team were shortlisted for their great work including making new planters from scratch, growing plants from seed and creating a BBC School Report about the Grassroots Challenge.
Congratulations to Simon who won an ‘Eco Leader Award’ for his contributions to nature. In the Grassroots Challenge, He learned about local garden birds and how to make a bird box. He enjoyed the task so much that he decided to make a bird box for his own garden. A blue tit family soon made it their home and raised a family inside. The ‘Eco Leader’ took photos as a record of the chicks growing right until the moment when they fledged from the nest. He shared his photos and findings with the other members of the Eco Team. This young man has been an enthusiastic member of the Eco Team and an inspiration to others. The photo was taken at the award ceremony. Well done to the Eco Team and good luck as we start our new ventures this year.
It’s that time of year again! Each year future teachers who study at stranmillis come to learn from the experts! Our sensory pupils show them the best way to teach pupils with similar needs to themselves. The tutors in Stranmillis say it’s the best day in their acadmic calendar – The photos below will give you an idea of what goes on to make it so much fun!
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Just a little snapshot of the fun our pupils had when the panto came to get us all in the Christmas spirit!
Pupils from our Senior School attended the annual Friendship Four Ice Hockey Tournament. We watched Union College and Yale University, showing our support for Yale. Union College scored after just 6 minutes and it was a long wait before we could celebrate a goal from Yale - but it was worth the wait.
We look forward to attending next year's game - it really is a great night's entertainment and a highlight for our Senior pupils.
| Wednesday December 11 Junior School Nativity |
| Friday December 13 Senior School Christmas Service |
| Tuesday December 17 Senior School Disco- Belmont Hotel |
| Thursday December 19 Christmas Party |
| Monday December 23 Christmas Holiday - 23 Dec - 3 Jan |
| Wednesday January 22, 4:30 PM, 6:30 PM Siblings Group - 4.30 – 6.30pm at Donard School |
