News 2022

Credit Union Art Competition

Congratulations to all our winners of the Credit Union Art Competition. Maureen and Alex from the Credit Union joined us at assembly this morning to present the prizes. Well done to all our pupils who took part. We have lots of very talented artists in our school!...

Football Success

CONGRATULATIONS to our boys' Gaelic football team on winning the Cumann na mBunscol Indoor 5 a-side tournament today at the Antrim Forum!...

Halloween Parade 2022

On the 28th of October, the whole school dressed up as their favourite characters for Halloween. There were zombies, witches, wizards and lots more. We all had a big party in the hall after a contest where the teachers picked their favourite costumes and the winners got a prize of sweets and decorations from Mrs Milner, our principal. ...

European Day of Languages

What is the European Day of Languages? The European Day of Languages is a celebration of the amazing number and variety of languages spoken across Europe. Schools and organisations mark the event every year with a European languages day to promote language learning and to celebrate the linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe. Each class in our school did something different to celebrate th...

A Friday Treat at Ben's Ice Cream

On Friday 24th June to celebrate the children working so hard for Graduation, we went on a walk for a very special treat - ice cream! We visited Ben’s Ice Cream Studio in Portglenone and it was delicious! The children all got to choose what flavour of ice cream they wanted and whether or not they wanted sprinkles. Lots of the children enjoyed telling each other about their previous trips ...

Green Flag Status for St. Mary's

Mrs Milner, accompanied by Siobhan McGrogan and three of our Eco Committee members, attended a very special event at Ballymena Showgrounds today to receive our Green Flag award. We are very proud of the work that we do in school to achieve this award, one that we have held now for over 10 years....

Biodiversity Garden Project

This term, P.6. have been taking part in the Biodiversity Garden Project in partnership with Apex Housing and Eco Schools. We have planted apple trees, plum trees and pear trees. We also planted blueberry and raspberry  bushes. In the wildflower garden, we weeded the flower bed and then we planted wildflowers. The stems of the flowers have sprouted but no bulbs have shown yet. Hopefully some ...

P7 Prize-giving 2022

We celebrated the Achievements of our Year 7 pupils on Thursday 23rd June in the Annual Prize-giving Assembly. Everyone received their Records of Achievement and the Perpetual Cups were presented to this year's winners. We would like to wish all of our leavers every success in their new schools and in their future. ...

P7 Trip to Tayto Park

The pupils of P7 enjoyed their final class trip today to Tayto Park in Co. Meath. They had so much fun, going on the rides, enjoying snacks and walking around the park. ...

Sport Changes Life Programme

Every Friday this term for a period of 8 weeks, the P7s were greeted by Mac and Jack, two men from the Sport Changes Life Honour Role programme. Sport Changes Life is a sports foundation built on inspiration, hope and victory. They are working in communities to help young people find a path to a brighter future with the help of international sports scholars. Each week was based on a different t...