News 2018

Eimear set for Newsdesk

As world book day is upon us all, each year the costumes are fantastic as the children dress up as their favourite book characters from many different genres. This year Newsdesk contacted St Mary's and asked for one very lucky pupil to be featured on the World Book Day Special which is viewed by many schools across Northern Ireland. Primary seven pupils had the chance to show their act...

Netball

St Marys v Camphill PS Match SCORE St Mary's - 8 Camphill- 4 ...

Pupil of the Week

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Trocaire

Congratulations to our winners of the first Easter Egg Raffle of 2018. We hope you manage to wait until Easter before you eat them! Thank you to our Y7 pupils who hosted their Bun Sale today, in order to raise money for Trocaire. All the pupils (and adults) really enjoyed eating the many delicious buns. In our first week of Lent the school raised an amazing £171.56 for Trocaire. Than...

Cumann na mBunscol Quiz

On the 22nd of February, our school sent two teams to take part in the Cumman na mBunscol quiz in St. Brigid`s School, Ballymena. Cumman na mBunscol means Irish Primary Schools’ Association (there are over 2,800  Bunscoils in Ireland). Unfortunately, despite putting in a good performance and giving it their all (it’s the taking part that counts not the winning), neither of ...

Netball

St Marys v Ballymena PS Match SCORE St Mary's - 6 Ballymena PS- 9...

Cycle Proficiency

Primary 7 pupils are taking part in cycle proficiency for 10 weeks. This will be on a Tuesday from 3pm to 4pm. Primary 7 have had their first lesson already which taught them the basics about riding their bikes around the local area, what dangers they might face and also bicycle care and how to maintain their equipment. ...

Netball

St Marys v Portglenone PS Match SCORE St Mary's - 8 Portglenone PS- 9...

Eco News

Our Eco committee has been working very hard with Barry Tapster the past few week and months. First our marvellous Greenhouse and now we are creating some shelter for all the insects that roam our eco garden. ...

Salmon Project

Mark Patterson from the Salmon Project came to school today to install Salmon  Hatchery into the primary 5 classroom. This is a great experience for the children to get close to nature and also care for the salmon and watch the eggs grow each day. The children are excited to see what will happen within the upcoming months ...