News 2026

Children's Mental Health Week

Children's Mental Health Week This week, our school proudly celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week, focusing on this year’s theme which is 'This is My Place' focusing on 'belonging'. We talked about all the different groups that we belong to: our family, our school, our football, camogie and sports clubs, our local community, and our World. As a recognised Take 5 School, ...

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust

Active School Journeys Pilot Project Primary 7 Consultation  We were delighted to welcome Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly known as Sustrans) and AECOM to our school on Tuesday 17th February for our first engagement session as part of the Department for Infrastructure’s Active School Journeys Pilot Project. They consulted with our Primary 7 class who gave really great feedback a...

150th Celebrations

 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Thank you to everyone who made our 150th celebration a fantastic success last night! It was a reminder of just how special our school community is.  It was lovely to be able to pay tribute to our school’s rich history, offer people the chance to reconnect with friends and colleagues and hear from lots of past pupils and staff. #livelovele...

Credit Union Quiz

Bannvale Credit Union Quiz Success On Friday morning eight of our primary seven children took part in the annual Bannvale Credit Union Quiz. We had an under 11 team and an under 13 team with both teams achieving success. Our under 11 team came first winning the shield and individual plaques and will go on to represent our area at the next stage of the Credit Union Quiz. Our under 13 te...

Nursery Post Valentines Cards

Nursery Walk to Post Valentines Cards The children all did amazing on their first trip out of nursery yesterday! They walked to Fullans to get some stamps before posting our Valentines cards in the postbox. The children all did so well walking on the footpath, crossing the road safely and listening to instructions, even with the wind and rain! A big well done to all the boys and girls ԅ...

Portglenone Libary Visits

Portglenone Library Visits We are very lucky to have Portglenone Library just a short walk away from school. Mrs McLaughlin plans visits for all of our classes to visit the library throughout the year. We can get free access to so many beautiful books which helps to foster a love of reading. We thank Deirdre and the library staff for their warm welcome to all of our classes. We encoura...

Cumman na mBunscol Indoor Hurling

Cumman na mBunscol Indoor Hurling Well done to the boys who represented our school today at the SW Antrim Indoor Hurling at Antrim Forum. The boys played well as a team and showed some great skills and determination despite only three of the boys playing hurling for a club.  We made it through to the Cup Competition and were beaten 1-0 in the quarter final. 👏🏻...

P4 Class Assembly

Primary 4 St Brigid Assembly We were treated to a lovely assembly this morning all about St Brigid. The primary four children did a fantastic job of telling the story of St Brigid through prayer and song.Thank you to Mrs McLaughlin, Grainne and Lisa for helping to prepare the children and to the parents and grandparents for coming along to see the children....

Catholic Schools Week 2026

Catholic Schools Week 2026 This week, we have celebrated Catholic Schools Week. The theme this year has been 'Called to Holiness'. There have been lots of activities going on in classes to explore the ways that we can answer our call to holiness including creating a beautiful whole school display.  We are very proud of our vision, values and ethos where every child is valued a...

Cumman na mBunscol Indoor Gaelic Football

Cumman na mBunscol Indoor Gaelic Football Well done to some of our primary 7 boys who were chosen to represent school at the Cumman na mBunscol indoor 5-a-side competition at the Antrim Forum on Thursday. They played really well with some wins, one loss and one draw in the group stages. They were very narrowly beaten in the quarter finals. The boys can look forward to lots more outdoor event...