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Swim Ireland Schools Championship

Swim Ireland Schools Championship Huge congratulations to Kaya, who represented our school with pride today at the Irish Minor Schools Championships in Dublin 🇮🇪 Kaya delivered an outstanding performance in the pool, achieving a fantastic personal best in the 50m Freestyle—dropping her time from 39.68s to an incredible 37.84s! 🏊‍♀️&#...

P3 Easter Assembly

Primary 3 Easter Assembly Well done to our primary three class who delivered a lovely Easter Assembly this morning for their parents and family members. They retold the Easter story through a stations of the cross tableau. Well done boys and girls....

Nursery Visit to Turner Opticians

St Mary's Nursery children Visit Turner Opticians Our Nursery children were very lucky to have the chance to visit Turner opticians on Thursday to learn all about the work that they do. Our sincere thanks to Eileen for making time for the children to tell them all about her role and allowing them to explore and try out some of the equipment....

Seven Towers Swimming Gala

Seven Towers Swimming Gala Success Congratulations to Kaya in P7 as she claimed first in the front crawl at the Seven Towers Swimming Gala earlier today. Well done to the other members of the team who competed valiantly in each of their strokes. The team also took part in the relay and made it to the final. Well done boys and girls!...

Scrament of First Confession

Sacrament of First Confession Congratulations to all of our primary three children and one primary four child who received the sacrament of First Confession on Thursday. They sang and performed their roles so well and we are very proud of them. It was a lovely occasion for the children and we thank Father Rooney for making each of them feel special and at ease as they received the sacrament....

Credit Union Quiz

Well done to our Credit Union Quiz Team who represented Bannvale Credit Union at the Chapter Level Quiz held in Glenavon on Sunday 8th March. They came very close to qualifying missing out by only two marks. We are really proud of their efforts in representing our school and our area....

Adobe Express World Book Day Winner

St Mary's have a NI Winner - Adobe Express World Book Day Competition! We were delighted to find out that Cara in P7 was one of only three winners from across the whole of Northern Ireland in the Adobe Express World Book Day Competition. Classes from over 60 schools created novel character mood boards using Adobe Express. It was one of the most difficult competitions to judge because the wo...

World Book Day

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Netball

Well done to Mrs Maginess and our netballers who participated in the Ballymena Primary Schools Netball competition on Wednesday this week. The girls showed that their practice at afterschools club has been paying off. They displayed some great skills and teamwork and we are very proud of their efforts. Well done girls, we are proud of you for representing St Mary's PS....

Staff Appreciation

School Council Staff Appreciation  Following on from Children's Mental Health Week last week, our school council launched a staff appreciation 'GOLDEN ENVELOPE'  initiative. The school council members hid lots of Golden envelopes around our school for staff to try and find. For each envelope found, a ticket was entered into the raffle for lovely prizes.  The school c...