News 2026

Fantastic Fundraising for Macmillan Unit at Antrim Area Hospital

Fantastic Fundraising for Macmillan Unit at Antrim Area Hospital  We have been delighted with the generosity of all our fundraising efforts this year especially for the events we planned for Macmillan. This charity has been chosen by our school council given the amazing work it was able to do in support of the Magee family in their time of need last year. The special break day...

Gaelic Football Lunchtime League Winners

Gaelic Football Lunchtime League Winners Congratulations to Derry who were the winners of our lunchtime league. After many lunchtimes and many hard fought games between counties, the boys and girls in P5-7 who were part of the Derry team emerged victorious beating Kerry in the final!...

2025-2026 Accelerated Reader Millionaires

2025-2026 Accelerated Reading Millionaires Well done to all the boys and girls in P4 - P6 who reached millionaire status in AR throughout the year....

Mathletics Legend's

Mathletics Legends Well done to the children who have managed to reach the final accolade in Mathletics which can be achieved in one year - Legend Status!...

Celebrating Annie McKillop

Celebrating Annie McKillop This week, we gathered as a school community for a very special assembly to celebrate and say a fond farewell to someone who has been at the very heart of St Mary’s Primary School for over three decades—our much-loved Primary 1 classroom assistant, Annie McKillop. Annie brings to a close an incredible 31 years of dedicated service to our school. R...

Leavers 2026

Leavers 2026 Today we said farewell to our wonderful primary 7 class. We enjoyed a beautiful leavers mass this morning celebrated by Father Rooney. We are grateful for his unwavering support of the children and the school.  He kindly presented many of the children with their pioneer pins at the end of Mass. we are very proud of the boys and girls for bravely taking on this com...

ECO Schools Celebration

ECO Schools Celebration Event Mrs McGurk and four members of our ECO Committee were invited to a special celebration event at Ballymena Showgrounds on Thursday, where they proudly received our 8th Green Flag. A huge well done to Mrs McGurk and the ECO team for their continued hard work and dedication. It was a wonderful occasion, and we were delighted to have our achievements recognised i...

All Ireland Champions Visit to Assembly

All Ireland Champions Visit to Assembly We were joined by past pupils Clodagh McTaggart and Aine McErlain in assembly this morning. Alongside Maria O'Boyle they were all part of the Antrim U14 All Ireland Winning LGFA panel. They won the Bronze All Ireland Final a few weeks ago, beating Cavan after extra time. It is fantastic to see the girls competing at such a high level and setting a wo...

Saffron Cup Champions 2026

Saffron Cup Champions 2026 A huge congratulations to our primary 6 and 7 boys who were victorious in the SW Antrim Cumann na mBunscol Saffron Cup competition. The A and B teams both excelled getting better as the competition progressed. The format was the aggregate score from both halves.  They boys played well in the group beating St Patrick’s Rasharkin, St Comgalls Antrim and S...

Castle Cup Tournament

Well done to our P6 and P7 boys who represented our school at the Castle Cup Tournament today hosted by St Patrick's Maghera....