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Christmas Fair 2025
Drumadonnell's Annual Christmas Fair will be held on Thursday 27 November 2025.
"Quiet time" for local residence and grandparents will begin at 5.15 and doors will be opened to everyone else from 6pm onwards.
Can't wait to see you there!
Full-Time Nursery Hours - September 2025
We are delighted to be offering full-time Nursery hours, commencing September 2025. Our Nursery session will run from 9.00am to 1.30pm each day. This is wonderful news for our local community.
Giant Visit
DPS was visited by a Giant!
On Tuesday 26 November, Josh Roach, a senior player for the Belfast Giants, came to DPS to talk to P5, 6 and 7 about healthy lifestyles. Josh, who had trained as a teacher in Canada before moving to Belfast to play professional ice hockey, spoke to the children about:
-Healthy and balanced diet
-Exercise (60 minutes a day)
-Stress management
-The importance of sleep (9-11 hours a night)
He gave time for the children to ask any question they wanted and signed autographs for anyone who wanted... which was everyone.
Little Darlings
Little Darlings is due to begin on Monday 11 November 2024
Little Darlings is starting on Monday 11 November.
This is an opportunity for mums, dads, grandparents, childminders and their little tots to get together, play and connect.
We hope to see you there.
Football Glory!
The Boys' Football team has brought home some long overdue silverware.
They competed in St Mary's tournament at Iveagh Park, Rathfriland.
The boys' played Iveagh in the final and came out 1-0 winners thanks to a superb solo goal by Harris.
Harvest Celebration
On 25 October, we will be hosting our annual Harvest Celebration!
Each class will take part with their own song or rap.
If you are free, please come along and see our carved pumpkin display and all our Harvest performances.
Pancake Tuesday
Pancake Tuesday was, once more, a hit in DPS. Every child in school was able to enjoy some of Mrs McCready and Mrs Hanna's "World Famous Buttermilk Pancakes." Mrs Hanna even demonstrated how not to flip a pancake.
Football Team Reaches Semi Final.
The boys' football team visited Cheney Park on Thursday 25th January and did themselves proud. The squad that went was: Timothy Pickles, Will Bingham, Alfie Bingham, Riley Park, Bryson McCully, Thomas Porter, Ollie Malcomson, Charlie McCraken and Jack Weir.
In the group stages they won all their games, scored 14 goals and conceded 0.
Unfortunately, their first goal conceded was the one that sent them home when they were beaten 1-0 in the semi final.
All boys behaved brilliantly and represented the school with pride.
Well done boys!
HSENI Farm Safety Calendar Winners
Congratulations to Anna Burden, Alfie Henning and Sarah-Beth Porter on their fine achievement. Their beautiful art work will appear on the 2023 Farm Safety Calendar. This will be launched in Drumadonnell Primary School on Thursday 24 November 2022.
Congratulations to Daniel and Ellise
Congratulations to Daniel and Ellise who were prize winners in the NI100 Art Competition organised by the Department of Education. They were presented with their awards by the Education Minister at a reception held in Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Daniel won 1st prize in the Key Stage 1 category while Ellise was 2nd in the Key Stage 2 category. The school is very proud of their achievemnets. Well done!
