April Newsletter

Trócaire

This year our Trócaire Lenten campaign raised the amazing total of £2,893.86. Thank you to all our parents and children for the fantastic support. A cheque will be presented to the Parish next week.

Admissions

Please return reply slips for the P1 and Nursery admission to school office as soon as possible. All slips must be returned by Friday 11^th May 2018.

Shannaghmore Visit

Well done to all our P7 children who attended Shannaghmore Outdoor Education. Shannaghmore Centre staff commented on how polite, well-mannered and well-behaved all the children were. The boys and girls had a terrific time. Well done everyone! Thank you to Mr Mackle, Miss Mackin, Mr McCreery, Mrs Murphy and Mrs Florek for attending with the children. Without staff support these activities would not be possible. Photographs of the visits are available to view on the school website.

Netball

Congratulations to our school netball team who came second in the ABC Council Netball League on Friday 20th April, at Lisburn Racquets Club.  This event was attended by 15 schools and it was such a great achievement for our netball team to reach the final. Well done to the following girls who played with such great skill and determination; Meghan Mc Givern, Clara Cunningham, Lydia Newbert, Lucia Orlate, Nicole Lavery, Kate Smith, Eimear Simpson and Niamh Lynch.  St Mary's Primary School are delighted and so proud of your wonderful achievement. Thank you to Mrs Moore, Miss Duffy for taking the girls.

Time 4 Me

Referral forms for the Barnardo’s Time 4 Me service are available from the school website. Completed forms should be returned to the office marked for the attention of Mrs Flanagan or Mr O’Hagan.

Banbridge High School Football

Congratulations to St Mary's A team who won the Search & Rescue Dog Association Charity Football tournament at Banbridge High School. St Mary’s was represented by five teams, including the first outing for our P5 team. All did very well with the A and B teams reaching the semifinals.  In a very enjoyable match the A team defeated the B team 3-0. In an entertaining, end to end, final against Abercorn A team, St Mary’s went on to win 3-1 on penalties after extra time. Well done to all the boys, in particular to Conor Hutchinson, Robert Lorencs, Mark McCann and Oran Devlin who all had an excellent tournament for the A team. Well done to Eoin Eakins, Sean McCreedy, Fergus McSherry, Brodie McCart, James McAleavey, Jack Davis and Aaron Keenan who all had an outstanding tournament. Thank you to Mr Devlin, Mr McCreery and Mr Kearney for accompanying the boys.

Afterschool Club

Children attending the Afterschool Club must be booked in advance via the school office or directly through Afterschool Club on 07549097163. A space cannot be guaranteed for children not booked to attend. All payments should be made to Julie in the office.  

African Drummers

Congratulations to our African Drummers who came first at Newry Feis last week. Well done Fiona Norby, Sally Convery and Chloe Ellis. Thank you to Mrs O’Hare for accompanying the children and to Jimmy Hagan our African Drums teacher.

Dates

First Communion for Primary 4 pupils will take place in St Therese on Saturday 13^th May at 11.00am.

School closed on Monday 7^th and 28^th May- Bank Holidays.

P7 Donard Sponsored Walk- Friday 18^th May.

Sports Day - Friday 2^nd June at Cheney Park, from 10am.

Town Sports- Tuesday 19^th June

P7 End of Year Trips- Monday 25^th & Tuesday 26^th June.

School closes on Friday 29^th June for the summer holiday.

School will reopen on Monday 3^rd September.

Summer Scheme will run from Monday 16^th July to Friday 17^th August. Registration letters will be issued in May.

School App

To keep up to date with school news please download and install the school app. This is free of charge.

PTA

Congratulations to all who took part in the Seapatrick 10k, 5k, Fun Run on Sunday. With over 500 runners and walkers this was a fabulous turnout. Thank you to our amazing PTA and volunteers who assisted with setting out the route and organising the event. Thank you to all the Marshalls and everyone who donated food for the day. A special thank you to all our sponsors. Well done everyone! What a day!

Thank you to our PTA who donated £1000 towards the establishment of the new gate at the Reilly Park entrance to the school.

Thank you to our PTA for sponsoring the P7 First Aid training. The children had the opportunity to develop an awareness of First Aid techniques and what to do in an emergency situation.  The workshop trained the children on how to handle someone choking, bleeding, fractures, recovery position and CPR.  It was a great experience and a very valuable workshop!  Photographs are available to view on the website.

Leavers’ Disco will take place on Friday 15^th June (tbc) from 6.30pm to 7.30pm for children up to P3 and from 7.45pm to 9.00pm for children from P4 to P7 in the school hall, admission £3.00.

Music Exams

Well done to Dan McEvoy, Nathan Barlow, Caolan McGinley and Joseph McCreesh in Year 6 who recently passed their London College of Music exams. Congratulations to Rafael Costa who achieved 2nd place playing piano at Portadown Festival.

Book Fair

The school Book Fair will be open from 2.00pm to 3.30pm each day this week.

Children will have an opportunity to visit the Book Fair during class time next week.

Spelling Bee Champion

Congratulations to Aimee Glendinning from Mrs Morrow's class who successfully qualified for the Spelling Bee Co. Down final.  Well done to all of our primary seven pupils for participating. We would like to wish Aimee all the very best in the final.

P7 Hoodies

Order slips for P7 Hoodies must be returned Friday 4^th May. Late orders cannot be processed.

Girls Football

Congratulations to St Mary’s Girls Football Team who were joint winners of the EVO 7 aside football tournament league 2 following a score draw with Tandragee Primary school in the final at Cheney Park. The girls played extremely well. A special mention to Eimear Simpson who scored 6 goals in two games and to Emer Symth who had a great tournament.

A special mention for who had an excellent tournament. Thank you to Mrs Comiskey, Mr Kearney and Mr Devlin for coaching and accompanying the girls.

Parking

Please continue to use St Therese’s car park to avoid congestion in Reilly Park.

Please use the drop off bays in the school.

Please do not drop off at the gate or zebra crossings or the entrance gate at this blocks access and is potentially dangerous.

Children can access both playgrounds from the bays. Supervision is in place from 8.45a.m. There is a set of steps next to the nursery which lead directly into the bottom playground. Children do not need to cross any roads or walk through the car park when using these steps.

On wet or icy days, children may enter their classrooms directly from 8.50am. P3 and P4 children may use the main entrance, there normal entrance, at this time. There will be no access before 8.50am.

Please note the school carpark is for staff parking only. There is no parking or waiting permitted at any time.

Please take extra car when crossing the Scarva Road. Please only cross when the lights indicate that it is safe to as children tend to follow adults at the crossing and at times do not check the lights.

School Certificates

Congratulations to Liam Lynch, Eoghan Fitzpatrick, Nicole Lavery, Adam McCann, Eoin Eakins, Lennon Bell, Pierce White, Katherine Jordan, Josh Peniero, Lauren Burns-Atkin, Caolan McGinley, Jack Graczyk, Naoimi Reilly, Torin O’Hara, Adrianna Kramarz, Peter McCreesh, Lily McConnell, Mateo Guero, Annie McEvoy, Riley Devlin, Robert Lewinski, Jude Irvine, Rian Masterson, Latoya Kelly, Zara Cummings, Samantha Burns-Atkin, Jordan McNamara, Grace Udo, Abigail McConville, Cliodhna McAlinden, James Kearney, Eoin Malone, Emmy Tucker, Cody McClay, Abbie Cochrane, Kornelia Bielinska, Cassie McAreavey and Harry Eakins on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 13^th April.

Congratulations to Olivia Fitzpatrick, Eoin Malone, Sarah Conway, Aoibhe Quinn and Noah Savage on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 20^th April

Congratulations to Grace Udo, Jordan McNamara, Nicole Moore, Sean McCreedy, Oran Doherty, Aoife Monaghan, Rhys McConville, Adam McCracken, Ruaire Kennedy, Sophie Quinn, Leroy Reilly, Adrianna Kramarz, Domina Toth, Aaron McIlwaine, George Forshaw, Precious Dolan, Ciarrai Simpson, Mya Cochrane, Tyler Kerr, Amy Fullerton, Danny Burns, Cora Malone, Blanaid Conlon and Katie Devlin being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 20^th April.

Congratulations to Darragh Wood, Cerys McGrath, Isabella Groves, Summer Kerr, Eoin Hesketh, Kaie Hutchinson, Emily Gribben and Vanessa Reilly on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 27^th April.

Congratulations to Joanne O’Hare, Adam Devlin, Niamh Jordan, Darragh Moles, Oran Doherty, Mark Faxton, Adam McCann, Ruairi Kennedy, Cathal Hill, Fionnan Cunningham, Ronan Sweeney, Melissa Ross, Caelon Fitzpatrick, Nathan Barlow, Nikolas Skartsolia, Faye McAlorum, William Mayne, Tiara Gartland, Patrick Kennedy, Luca Scappaticci, Rory Comer, Oisin Quinn, Ryan Creaney, Kasey Hamilton, Cara Burns, Ellie McKay,Robert Lorencs and Aoibheann White on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 27^th April.

School Menu

Please check the school website for the monthly menu.

Please note school meals now cost £2.55 for P1 to P7 children and £2.45 for nursery children.