Drumadonnell Primary School and Nursery Unit

🎉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.

EA Connect opens for online applications for Nursery and Primary 1 on Friday 10 January at 12noon (www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions). If you missed our Open Evening and would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact school.

That's a wrap!! Our Christmas shows are over for another year. Our Nursery children performed 'Shine Star, Shine', our Primary 3 children formed the cast of 'The Fleece Force' and our Primary 7 children staged 'The Quizzer of Oz' - each show was fantastic!! It is wonderful to see the boys and girls so full of confidence on the stage and we are extremely proud of each and every one of them. Well done, also, to our amazing choirs who made our shows so special. Thank you to everyone who came to watch the children, your support means so much to us!

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Our choir will be singing at Rathfriland Co-Op tonight - choir members should meet at 7.10pm and wear white t-shirt, school jumper, navy skirt/pinafore or grey trousers and a coat - festive hairbands and hats can also be worn. Everyone is very welcome at this special event! 🎄✝️❄️🤩

Santa's Winter Wonderland PART 2 🎅🏻❄️📸🎄😉

Check out the beautiful photos taken in Santa's Winter Wonderland! Part one ❄️🎄🎁🎅🏻 📸

What a night we had at our Christmas Fair at the end of November - thank you to everyone who supported us and made the night such a special one for our whole community 🥰 !!

We would also like to thank the following people and organisations for their help and support:

⭐ Lucky Lapland Reindeer - Louise McElroy

⭐ Tables for the hall - Stephen Hanna & Closkelt LOL 415

⭐ Lorry for Santa's spectacular arrival - Billy Kennedy Bannside Pallets and Haulage, driven by Ivan Elliot, navigated by Robert McCready & decorated by Lisa and Linda 🎄

⭐ Battery Pack for the lorry supplied by Turleys

⭐ Lorry steps provided by Roly Wilson

⭐ Car Parking at the Corner - Drumadonnell LOL 147 (special thanks to Alex Lyons for organising flood lighting & marshalling and to Brian Groves and Billy Davis for marshalling on the night)

⭐ Car Parking at School - Jonny Sterritt, John and Jack McGaffin & Noel Callaghan

⭐ Mince Pies and Shortbread - DPS Catering Team

⭐ Parents who helped set up during the week and on the night - Linda, Lorraine, Louise, Noelene, Nadine, Claire, Neema and Dawn.

⭐ Former pupils who dressed up and organised games - Eden, Emma, Anna, Grace, Poppy, Emilee, Anna-May, Ellise, Rebecca, Heidi and Chloe.

⭐ Parents and grandparents who donated baked goods, crafts, bric-a-brac, items for Elfridges & money envelopes

⭐ Donations - Nigel Spiers (potatoes), Andrew Singer (decor) & Margaret Davenport (knitted crafts)

⭐ Photography - Ashley for providing the equipment and editing all the Winter Wonderland photographs

⭐ SANTA, ELSA, ANNA & THE GRINCH (you know who you are 😉)

⭐ The DPS staff for the tremendous effort they put in to every detail of the Christmas Fair to make it such a special event for our whole school community.

We are looking forward to next year already! Winter Wonderland photographs on the way! 📸

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our wonderful catering team - Mrs. McDowell, Mrs. Strain and Mrs. Bell for the delicious Christmas dinner we enjoyed today. Cooking meals for over 170 children and staff is no easy task but these ladies make it look effortless! Thanks, also, to the rest of the staff for serving the children and for washing up 😀! It was no surprise to see so many empty plates, look at all those happy faces! 😋🥕🫛🥔🍗🥰

Congratulations to our wonderful November Pupils of the Month! These children were recognised for giving their best effort, being kind, caring and respectful and demonstrating confidence and resilience! We had plenty of giggles during Afternoon Tea and they were full of excitement about Christmas. Well done, boys and girls. We are very proud of each and every one of you! 🥰🎄⭐🧁🍩🍪🍬

We are delighted to be part of this special event! Hope to see you there! 🎶🚜🎄❄️

📅 Save the Date - Carols at the Co-op
🌟 Friday 13th December
⏰ 7.30pm (soup served from 7pm)
📍 Rathfriland Co-op livestock market
Rathfriland Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd

🚜 With the Rural Chaplaincy team
🐄 Farmers taking part

🎵Christmas Carols - sing along, or just listen
✝️ The Christmas story explained in a clear, understandable way

🎶 Drumadonnell Primary School and Nursery Unit will be singing

🎄Christmas snacks afterwards

👍 Everyone welcome
🤝 Please share, invite others, spread the word
🙏 Above all, please pray

📞 More information from Kenny - 07938 488372

God bless 🙂

Our Key Stage Two children had a fantastic afternoon at the Friendship Four Ice Hockey match between Boston University and Merrimack College. They cheered, chanted, sang, met some mascots and one lucky boy even brought home an ice hockey puck! 🤩There was an amazing atmosphere and great hockey on show at this high-profile match. We are looking forward to next year already! 🏒😀🇺🇸

SHARE SHARE SHARE!! We are looking forward to welcoming all prospective Nursery and P1 parents and their children to our school and nursery unit on Wednesday 4 December! 🎄⭐😁

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We look forward to welcoming you to our Christmas Fair this evening! 🎅🏻🎄❄️🎁🧸

Our Christmas Fair is TOMORROW and the excitement is definitely building in Drumadonnell🎄⭐🥰! We are delighted to introduce our final group of stallholders:

⭐ Adeline Benson Jams and Chutneys - a delicious range of homemade preserves and festive chutneys 🍯

⭐ Ann Smyth Crafts - a charming selection of Christmas crafts and floral displays 🎄

⭐ Adela Broome - a wonderful range of handcrafted textile items - teddy bears, cushions, draft excluders, door stops and felt decorations🧸

⭐ Enchante - a beautiful selection of table arrangements, the perfect addition to your Christmas decor 🌹

🍴 W and C Event Catering - fast food will be available at the front of school for those who are rushing out and don't have time for dinner or those who have worked up an appetite after visiting all our stalls and games 🍔🍟

Please check out the photographs below 🥰👍🏻. We can't wait to see what these stallholders have on offer tomorrow evening!

It's Tuesday which means our Christmas Fair is just 2 days away 🎄⭐🥰! We are delighted to introduce some more of our amazing stallholders:

⭐ Warburtons Jewellery - a beautiful selection of jewellery that will add a little sparkle to your Christmas 💍.

⭐ Ivor Johnston - a wonderful range of plants, flowers, wreaths and colourful festive arrangements 🎄!

⭐ Bracelets by Clara and Isabella - we are thrilled to have a stall organised by one of our own pupils, Clara, and her sister, Isabella, who make beautiful handcrafted bracelets 🎨.

Please check out the photographs below 🥰👍🏻. We can't wait to see what these stallholders have on offer on Thursday evening!

Happy Monday!! With just 3 sleeps to go, we are delighted to introduce you to more of our Christmas Fair stallholders:

⭐ Vera & Ernie Coffee & Gifts - a mouth-watering selection of their delicious best-selling products, along with a range of gifts from Molly and Tess.

⭐ Tropic Skincare by Leanne Moore - a delightful range of organic skincare and lots of expert advice on which products would best suit your skin type.

⭐ Hill Bargains - a variety of Christmas gifts and a great selection of their best selling products.

⭐ Cancer Focus - we are delighted that our local Cancer Focus group will be joining us to raise money for this very worthy cause.

⭐ Jenna Cantley Glitter Tattoos- Jenna will be joining us again with her fantastic range of glitter tattoos along with other quirky gifts for children.
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Please check out the photographs below and give our stallholders a follow and a like 🥰👍🏻. We can't wait to see what they have on offer on Thursday evening!

With just 4 sleeps left until our Christmas Fair, we'll be introducing our amazing stallholders over the next few days:

⭐ Crafts at 108 by Julie McNeilly - a wonderful range of expertly hand-painted concrete and wooden home and garden ornaments 🏠🍄.

⭐ Hold Steady Neddy - another fabulous craft business that makes a variety of products by hand, such as, beautiful cushions, bunting and towels 🚜🎄.

⭐ A G Jewellery Boutique - Alison will have a fantastic selection of handbags, jewellery, scarves and accessories 👛🧣.

⭐ Bear Necessities - a very special new stall this year! This is where teddy bears come to life and children can create a new friend to love forever 🧸♥️.

Please check out the photographs below and give our stallholders a follow and a like 🥰👍🏻. We can't wait to see what they have on offer on Thursday evening!