Sports Day 2026
Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin
June 16, 2026
Well done to all of the children on a wonderful Sports Day. It’s lovely to see team work and community spirit in action.
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Mount Hanover NS has a Healthy Eating Policy in place. Children need a good breakfast to start each day. Children are asked to bring a healthy lunch – (sandwiches, fruit, yoghurts and drinks). Children should not bring sweets, chocolate, fizzy drinks or crisps. Glass bottles, cans and chewing gum are also forbidden.
The Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum is taught through a range of programmes in Mount Hanover NS from Junior Infants to Sixth Class. These include: The Stay Safe Programme, Relationships and Sexuality and the Walk Tall programme. The Stay Safe programme is a compulsory aspect of the SPHE curriculum and covers topics based on Feeling Safe/Unsafe, Bullying, Touches, Secrets and Telling and Strangers. SPHE provides a range of opportunities to foster the personal development and well-being of all pupils in Mount Hanover and help him/her create and maintain supportive relationships, as well as become an active and responsible citizen in society.
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Active School Flag
Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin
June 14, 2026
🏅 Active School Flag Success at Mount Hanover NS! 🏅
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Mount Hanover National School has been awarded the Active School Flag!
This fantastic achievement reflects the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of our entire school community. The Active School Flag is awarded to schools that strive to provide a physically educated and physically active school environment, and we are incredibly proud to have achieved this recognition.
A special word of thanks must go to our outstanding Active School Committee, who led this initiative throughout the year:
Leo Brodigan, Archie King, Anna McGuinness, James Toner, Emilee Rose Crosby, Adam McEnteggart, Emma Moore, Kayleigh Stacey and Tom Kelly.
The committee met once every month to discuss and organise a wide range of initiatives aimed at increasing physical activity and promoting a positive attitude towards health and wellbeing across the school. Their ideas, leadership and dedication helped make many successful projects possible, including:
⭐ Skip Around the World
⭐ Active Break Every Day
⭐ Active School Week
⭐ Music on the Yard
⭐ Playground Activities and Leadership Opportunities
⭐ Development and Promotion of our New Active School Walkway
This award was truly a whole-school effort, with pupils, staff, parents and the wider school community all playing an important role in helping us achieve our goal.
We are extremely proud of all our pupils, whose enthusiasm and participation were at the heart of every initiative. Their willingness to get involved, stay active and encourage one another helped create a positive and energetic school environment for everyone.
This is a huge achievement for Mount Hanover NS and one that we are very proud of. The Active School Flag will remain with our school for the next three years, after which it will be renewed. While we are delighted to celebrate this success, we are equally excited to continue building on the excellent work already completed.
Going forward, we will continue to provide opportunities for all pupils to be active, healthy and engaged, ensuring that Mount Hanover NS remains as active as possible for years to come.
Well done to everyone involved!
“An active school is a happy school!
Futsal with Drogheda United
Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin
February 6, 2026
5th & 6th have been participating in a Futsal programme over the past 4 weeks ran by Drogheda United.
GAA with Duleek/Bellewstown Club
Ms. Lorraine O’Loughlin
October 13, 2025
Thank you to Duleek/Bellewstown GAA club for the block of training with Paul Codd.
It is great to have a working partnership with our local GAA club.
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Please continue to pack a healthy lunch for your child. Fizzy drinks are not allowed in school. A copy of our “Healthy Eating Policy” can be found under the policies tab.
Extra Information
Mount Hanover NS participates in the School Milk Scheme as run by the National Dairy Council. The School Milk Scheme is subsidised and provides a daily fresh portion of milk to school-going children at a very affordable price. The National Dairy Council provided the school with a fridge to ensure that the milk is kept chilled.
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