St Mary's Primary School & Nursery Unit, Portglenone
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News 2025

Principal Award Winners School Value: Self-Control Well done to our most recent Principal Award Winners. Self-Control is one of our values and also one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit that the primary seven children learn about in preparation for Confirmation. These children were chosen for their great temperament and gentle nature. Pupils who always think before they speak or act and put ...

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Swimming Success for Kaya! Congratulations to Kaya, one of our P7 girls, who travelled to the Bangor Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex today to compete in the Swim Ulster Primary Schools Cup & Championships 2025. In the 50 metre breast stroke, Kaya got a PB dropping her time by 4.21 seconds and she also got a PB in the 50 metre freestyle, dropping her time by 2.27 seconds! Her ...

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Primary 6 Boys in Football Action After having been disappointed by cancelled matches over the past few weeks due to the weather, finally the primary 6 boys had a chance to get a taste of soccer action. They played 5 different schools at Ahoghill Community pitches and displayed some great teamwork and skills. Everyone got lots of game time and considering they were playing against ...

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Cumman na mBunscol Girls 5-a-side Football at Antrim Forum Well done to some of our primary 6 and 7 girls who took part in our first Cumman na mBunscol event of the year, the girls indoor football. They played really well, showing great skills, teamwork and a 'never give up' attitude! Well done girls and don't they look fantastic in our new kits on their first run out!...

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Radio Cracker

28 Nov 2025

Radio Cracker Performance  Our brilliant choir travelled to Ballymena this morning to make their annual performance for Radio Cracker. The children were brilliant as always and we are delighted to be able to support the chosen charities.  Thank you to Mrs Brookman for accompanying the children and to our parents for coming to support the boys and girls!  We are well and...

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Service of Light

27 Nov 2025

Primary 7 Service of Light  Our primary 7 children, alongside their peers from St Paul’s Ahoghill, attended a beautiful Service of Light this evening to officially mark the beginning of their spiritual preparation for receiving the sacrament of Confirmation.  Parents used the childrens’ baptismal candles as a symbol of handing on the light of faith to the boys and...

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Christmas Light Switch On 2025  Well done to all the children who brought the Christmas cheer by singing at the Christmas light switch on this evening. Thank you to Shauna Brookman for preparing and leading the children. A special mention to Rosa who had the privelege of doing the big switch on.  Thank you to everyone who came to support our school stall at the craft fair. It...

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Dairy Council Visit

21 Nov 2025

Dairy Council Visit Thank you to Kerry and Hannah from the Dairy Council for delivering a very engaging and informative session to our Primary 5 and Primary 6 pupils today on the importance of Food and Fitness. As well as learning about the different food groups and the importance of eating a balanced diet, we learned that our exercise each day should total 1 hour. In particular, we loved...

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Get Ready To Learn

21 Nov 2025

Get Ready to Learn Thank you to all of our Nursery parents who joined us for the first of our Get Ready to Learn sessions. The children loved coming to Nursery in their pyjamas. It was lovely to see so many parents reading with the children.  The focus of this session was about the importance of reading with your child. We hope you find the information booklet provided useful and inf...

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Principal Award Winners Well done to our Principal Award Winners who have stood out for showing GENEROSITY towards others. What a lovely quality to have been recognised for. Well done!...

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