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.
Some pupils from Class 1, Class 7 and Class 10 enjoyed an excellent multi-sensory morning on Tuesday 27th November when Replay Theatre came to School to put on a special performance called 'Closer'. The show told the story of a trip into outer space with the pupils joining in as the 'Earthlings'. If you look closely at the photographs you will see that the story started in the classroom and was then performed in a specially constructed dome. To add to the theme all the pupils travelled to outer space in their own rocket! It was amazing to see how engaged and interested the pupils were and we really appreciate the work put into involving every single pupil by the amazing cast. The pupils enjoyed lights, music, singing, movement, sounds and lots more. We hope that this will be the start of many more visits from Replay Theatre to our School.
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Still having fun!
A big thank you to Edenderry PTA who presented us with a cheque for £200 at our parent coffee morning on Tuesday. We greatly appreciate your generosity and support.
Our last Siblings group was great fun. Drumming with Joe from ‘the Gathering Drum’ was a big hit. Everyone was great at keeping to the beat! We also enjoyed lots of team games and activities which are helping us to get to know each other.
A massive thank you to Run for Autism (H.A.N.D) who funded our after school music therapy club on Wednesday 7th November. The pupils who attended greatly benefitted from this session and lots of fun was had by all!
A great first session for our brothers and sisters - They enjoyed games, arts and crafts and pizza!
Please see the attached PDF for a Community Wellbeing event to be held on 24th October at Armagh City Hotel.
 Final Community Well Being .pdf | [Community Wellbeing event] | 67 kB |
Donard staff were treated to a mystery team building day at the end of August. Almost 50 members of the team boarded the bus with no idea what was in store for the day! A mysterious text in the middle of August to suggest bringing some Euro’s should’ve given them a clue!
Sunny Carlingford was the destination where the school year started in style with coffee and a scone. The structure of the day followed the theme of a pub quiz with a difference – as well as the usual general knowledge and picture rounds this one had a ‘build a jigsaw round’ and a scavenger hunt round – only in Donard!
Competition was fierce and more than a little cheating was evident! Despite this everyone finished the day in high spirits with Lunch at The Four Seasons.
The whole staff team are refreshed and ready for another busy year at Donard School.
| Tuesday April 9, 10:00 AM Parent's Coffee Morning @ 10am |
| Wednesday April 10, 4:30 PM, 6:20 PM Siglings Group at Donard School 4.30pm-6.20pm Games, snacks and relaxation. |
| Thursday April 18 Easter Holidays - 18 - 26 April inclusive |
| Monday May 6 School Closure - 6 May |
| Tuesday May 14, 10:00 AM Parent's Coffee Morning @ 10am |
| Wednesday May 15, 4:30 PM, 6:20 PM Siblings Group at Donard School 4.30pm-6.20pm for Ready, Steady, Cook! |
