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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...

Digital Leader Day

📱DIGITAL LEADER DAY📱 On Wednesday, our Digital leaders spent the day learning new skills at St. Mary’s Primary School, Glenview. It was a brilliant experience! The boys and girls used Keynote in the outdoors, created Viking longships using Minecraft, developed coding skills with Spheros and explored Growth Mindset in action.  It was a wonderful opportunity fo...

St Mary’s 150th Anniversary

St Mary’s 150th Anniversary Before Christmas, some of our school council members hand delivered invitations they had prepared, to some local businesses asking them to support our 150th anniversary celebrations.  Thank you to those we were able to visit for being so kind to the pupils. We are taking bookings and payment for our anniversary night on 14th February and tic...

Principal Award Winners- Confidence

Principal Award Winners School Value: Confidence Well done to our most recent Principal Award Winners. Confidence was the school value we talked about today. The children gave some brilliant explanations of what confidence is. Being determined and willing to give new things a try, showing a willingness to meet new people and make new friends, being able to speak to a group of people an...

Christmas PTA Raffle

St Mary’s PTA Christmas Raffle We would like to offer a huge thank you to everyone for supporting our PTA raffle. It truly is amazing to have such great support from our parents and school community and it is not taken for granted. Our children are very lucky to have your support.  The hamper raffle initiative was also able to bring great benefit to local charities too. We were a...

Christmas Assembly 2025

Christmas Assembly  Choir and Music Performance We had a lovely Christmas Assembly with a special performance from our choir and our amazing violinist and cellists. Thank you to Shauna Brookman for leading the choir over the past few weeks....