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150th Anniversary Mass For St Mary's

150th Anniversary Mass  We were delighted to receive some fantastic photos captured by James School Pix of our 150th Anniversary Mass. Some great photos to add to our archives.🎞️ We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to making our Anniversary Mass such a special and memorable occasion. Our gratitude goes to all the staff of the s...

Saffron Óg Fanzine

Saffron Óg Fanzine We were delighted to be able to gift all of our families from P1-7 a first edition of the relaunched Saffron Og Fanzine. a dedicated GAA activity book, created especially for primary school children in County Antrim to celebrate everything brilliant about GAA in our schools, clubs and county. We are delighted to feature as the SW Antrim school in issue 1.  ...

Trocaire

Trocaire: Thank you for your generosity! We are so delighted to share with you that the School Council’s Lenten Fundraising Campaign for Trocaire raised an incredible £1940.80!!! As a Take 5 school, giving to and supporting others is so important for our pupils to learn.We welcomed Roisin from Trocaire to St. Mary’s this week to speak to all our pupils about how our fund...

Primary Six Cycle Skills

Primary 6 Cycle Skills - Walk Wheel and Cycle Trust We were delighted to welcome Johnny back from Walk Wheel Cycle Trust to take a cycling skills session with our Primary 6 pupils yesterday. Not only did he show us how to take care of our bicycles but we further developed our balance and coordination skills through a range of fun games and activities. What a great morning was had!...

Eco Committee's Special Delivery

ECO Committee receive a special delivery from Bulrush Thank you to Bryan Lennox from Bulrush who very kindly came to school and donated compost, flowers and some gardening tools to our ECO Committee through the week. We are very grateful for your support to the school. Bulrush Horticulture Ltd...

SW Antrim Cumman na mBunscol Camogie

SW Antrim Cumman na mBunscol Camogie Today we hosted the annual SW camogie outdoor tournament with the help of the wonderful Geraldines Camogie Club, Portglenone. The sun shone and the quality of camogie was very good. A huge well done to our P6 and P7 girls who represented our school with pride. They both made it through to the semi finals of the cup competition.  Thank you t...

Principals Award: SCHOOL VALUE -Collaboration

Principals Award: SCHOOL VALUE -Collaboration Well done to our Principal Award winners for the school value of Collaboration. These pupils consistently demonstrate teamwork, kindness and a willingness to support others, showing how working together helps everyone succeed. We are very proud of the positive example they set for everyone....

Confirmation 2026

Confirmation 2026 Some beautiful photos from our Confirmation which took place on 23rd April. It was such a special day for our primary 7 children and their families. We were very fortunate to have Bishop McGuckian there to administer the sacrament. Thank you to Fr Rooney, Mrs Fleming and everyone who helped them prepare for this important faith milestone....

Girls Football and Netball

Girls Football and Netball Congratulations to our Primary 6 girls who represented the school at the SW Antrim girls gaelic football competition on Thursday. The primary 7 girls were unavailable due to Confirmation so it was a great chance for the very capable P6 girls to put themselves against P7s from other schools. They qualified for the cup competition and were knocked out at the quart...

Wee Critters Visits St Mary's

Wee Critters Visit St Mary's  Wee Critters- There was great excitement on Tuesday this week as we had a visit from Alan from Wee Critters. He brought some cool creatures including a snake, tarantula, armadillo and a giant toad. The children had a fantastic time and learned lots of facts about the creatures....