February Newletter

Post Primary Transfer

Thank you for the punctual return of the P7 Post Primary Transfer forms.  Any unreturned forms must be sent to the school office by Wednesday 5^th February 2020. Forms cannot be processed by the school after this date and should be forwarded directly to the Education Authority.

Vice Principal Appointment

Congratulations to Miss Joan Kelly who was appointed Vice Principal to our school.

Football Team Victory

Congratulations to our football team who won the South Down 5-a-side competition at Kilkeel. This is the fourth victory for St Mary’s in the past five years.  All the boys played fantastically well. Well done to Tyler Kerr and Joseph McCorry, both boys had an outstanding tournament. Our appreciation to Mr. Devlin for taking the boys to the tournament.

Congratulations to our school A team on reaching the semi-final of the EVO League 2019/20. The boys played exceptionally well to comfortably win all their league games to reach the semi-final against Bronte Primary School. Unfortunately, fate played a part in their defeat with the wind catching a high ball into the keeper’s area sweeping the ball over the goalkeeper’s head. Well done to Joseph McCorry, Jason Sands and Riley Hesketh who all had an excellent tournament for the A Team.

Our B team had mixed fortunes only being defeated in one of their league games and narrowly missed out on a semi-final spot due to goal difference.  Well done to Jamie Watson, Darragh Woods, Jarlath McGinley and Leon Brodacki who all had an excellent tournament for the B Team.

Thank you to Sean Devlin for helping with the football and our appreciation to Paul Evans and EVO Skills for organising the tournament.

Time 4 Me

The Barnardo’s Time 4 Me Counselling Service remains in place. Referral forms are available to download for the school website.  Alternatively, she may be contacted on Tuesday mornings after 11.30am by telephoning the school office.

Table Tennis

Congratulations to our P5, P6 and P7 Table Tennis Teams who took part in the Ulster Primary School Table Tennis Team Event (Banbridge Region) which was hosted at St Mary’s last week. The under 12 team came in joint first places with Edenderry Primary School. Well done to James McGivern, Peter McCreesh, Owen Ward and Joseph Corkery. Our Under 10 teams finished in first and second places with great performances from Conor Quinn, Ryan Cairns, Danny Burns and Cameron Richardson who won gold and Aaron Duffy, Jayden Turland, Vartan Kolulaian and Sean Convery who received silver medals in the Ulster Primary School Table Tennis Team Event (Banbridge Region). Well done to all the girls and boys who took part. Please see the school website for photographs.

Athletics Success

Congratulations to Annie McEvoy and Isabelle Rea who represented our school in the Northern Ireland Cross Country Championship finals last week. The girls were up against the best runners from each area throughout Northern Ireland. Both girls did extremely well with Annie finishing in a very impressive 19^th place and Isabelle in 75^th position from 214 competitors. This is a fantastic accomplishment for both girls. We are extremely proud of the them. What an achievement! Well done!!

Well done to Cathal Hill, Matthew McKevitt, Joseph McCorry, Jarlath McGinley, Tyler Kerr and Darragh Sullivan who represented the school in the Boys Team Final. The boys finished a very respectable fourth overall in the Southern Area and 21^st in Northern Ireland. Congratulations boys! A fantastic achievement!

Thank you to Mrs Murphy, Mrs Rea and Mr Devlin for taking the children and to all the supporters who were able to attend. 

Credit Union Quiz

Well done to the St Mary’s P6 Quiz Team who won the Credit Union Quiz at Ballydown Primary School today. Congratulations to Jarlath McGinley, Lachra Hill, Joseph Gribben and Liam McAleenan who now go onto the County final. Good luck boys!

Catholic Schools Week

Thank you to Geraldine McClory and Yvonne Carlin who lead our P1 - P4 and our P5 - P7 Catholic Schools’ Week Assembly on Friday 31^st January. Thank you Geraldine and Yvonne.

Children from P7 also attended Mass as part of the Diocesan Catholic Schools’ Week which was hosted at St Therese Church. The children's excellent behaviour and wonderful manners was commented upon by members of the congregation and the Bishop.  

Science and Technology Week

Our first Science and Technology Week was a great success.  All our pupils were very engaged, had lots of fun and challenging science, technology and ICT experiences.  During the week.

We also extend our gratitude to our amazing PTA, whose contribution enabled this event to take place.

Thank you for your continued support.

Half Term

School will be closed from Monday 17^th February to Friday 21^st February 2020 (inclusive) for the half term holiday. School will open as normal on Monday 24^th February.

Please note there will be NO P5 to P7 Friday Clubs on Friday 14^th February. Friday 14^th February will be Valentine’s Red Day / non-uniform day. £1 per child for School Fund please.  

School PTA

The next meeting of our PTA will take place on Tuesday 11^th February at 7.30pm. All support is greatly appreciated.

Valentine’s Day Disco will take place on Friday 14^th February 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. £3.00 admission.

Our annual Coin Drive will take place on Tuesday 25^th February in the school hall. Please collect any spare change for the day.

The annual Seapatrick 10k/5k will take place on Sunday 22^nd March. Application forms will be released soon.

Afterschool Club

Please note children attending the Afterschool Club must be booked in advance via the school office or directly through Afterschool Club. A space cannot be guaranteed for children not booked to attend.

Parking 

The school car park is for staff parking only. Parents should park in the Parish Centre if they wish to escort their child to the playground.

If dropping off at the school, please use the drop off bays. These are drop off bays not parking bays. Children can access both playgrounds from the bays. Supervision is in place from 8.50am. There is a set of steps next to the nursery which leads directly into the bottom playground. Children do not need to cross any roads or walk through the car park when using these steps.

Please do not park in the disabled bays, these are for 'disabled badge holders' only. There is no reason why anyone else would need to use these parking bays.

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

Thank you for adhering to the above arrangements.

School Certificates

Congratulations to Erin Fitzpatrick, Leon Jablonski, Enda Quinn, Orlaith Campbell, Caoimhe Moore, Ellen McConnell, Eimear Barry, Gillian McCool, Libby-Rose Sullivan, Sagie Groves, Maria Slawinski, Caolan Douglas, Jonah Matthews, Catherine Convery, Darragh Moran, Enna McManus, Josh Burke, Ella-May Jardine on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 31^st January. Well done everyone! 

Congratulations to Samantha Finnegan, Jack Dyer, Emily Gribben, Chloe Doyle, Ben McAteer - Lavelle, Jayden Turland, Adam Henry, Owen Mols, Oran O'Gormley, Stephen Kelly and Darragh Sullivan on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 31^st January. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Noah Savage, Izzy Groves, Grace Rea, Lily McConnell, Harry McCrumlish, Naomi Murtean, Cerys McGrath, Aimee Keeley-McDowell, Karie Scannell, Grace Udo, Chloe Doyle, Fergus McSherry, Evelina Karane, Mark Faxton, Caellum Casey, Gracie-Anne Grimes, Calvin Shead, Riley Devlin, Joseph Corkery, Kate Finnegan, Lean Brodacki, Ellie Henning, Riley Hesketh and Emma Skillen on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 24^th January. Well done everyone! 

Congratulations to Anna McAleenan, Conor Gribben, Skye McCreedy, Jonah Matthews, Charlie Mulligan, Rose Smylie, Harrison Smith, Sophia Wood, Lucy Watson, Davis Lewinski, Sienna Cranney, Ciara Stokes, Conor Scannell, Mikolaj Dutka, Cara Toman, Annabel Mulligan and Lucy Devlin on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 24^th January. Well done everyone! 

Congratulations to Matthew Greer, James Morrow, Joe Wilson, Enda Quinn, Anna McCrumlish, Shea Fullerton, Ciara Stokes, Jonah Matthews, Victor Fratescu, Marielena Guerrero, Finn Kearney, Zara Cochrane, Maria Slawinska, Clodagh Conlon, Matthew Hillen, Oisin McGrath, David Duffy and Sophia Noble on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 17^th January. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Rochelle McEvoy, Lilyella Harte, Melissa Ross, Talia Tamati, Mateo Guerro, Jordan McNamara, Ronan Sweeney, Eryk Slawinski, Zoe McNicoll, James McGivern, Sean Dunne, Ava Grimes, Eimear Gribben, Katie Porter, Megan Hickey, Meagan Kearney and Alan Motyka on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 17^th January. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Bignall, Summer Kerr, Aoibhe Quinn, Aoibh McManus, Blanaid Conlon, Lexi McPolin, Ava McAleavey, Darragh Wood, Charlotte McConnell, Jarlath McGinley, Ryan Cairns, Eoin Hesketh, Ciaran Connolly, Charlotte McKerr, Sean Convery, Maddie McDowell, Leon Gracey, Shane Reilly, Joseph McCorry and Marc-Havier Lam being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 10^th January. Well done everyone! 

Congratulations to Ellie-Rose Davis, Freya Hesketh, Ryan McGivern, Ronan Connolly, Odhran Savage, Kylen Glesson, Zara Young, Riley Diamond, Sarah Cowgill, Adam Scott, Adam Quinn, Pearse Dunne and Isabelle Moorhead on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 10^th January. Well done everyone! 

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