March Newsletter 2019

Trócaire

The P5 Bring and Buy Sale for Trócaire, will take place on Thursday 4^th April and our P6 Cake and Bun Sale will take place on Tuesday 9^th April. All year groups will organise a fund raising activity for Trócaire during Lent.

Additional information about the Trócaire campaign can be found at the Trócaire website at www.trocaire.org. Thank you for your continuing support.

Girls’ Football Team Victory

Congratulations to our Girls' Football team on their joint victory with Edenderry Primary School at the EVO Girls' Football tournament. Despite hitting the bar and dominating the final against Edenderry, the girls were delighted with their shared victory in their first tournament of the year.

All the girls did extremely well but especially well done to Maddison Smith who received the Golden Glove award and Rosie Copeland who had an outstanding tournament. Thank you to Julie Comiskey and Mr Devlin for coaching the girls and to Paul Evans for organising the tournament. Girls football will continue form Monday 25^th March.

Our thanks to the PTA for the grant application which enabled the girls to purchase footballs, gloves and training equipment. Thank you to Shoe Fayre for sponsoring the girls’ new football kit. The girls are delighted with it. Please see the school website for photographs.

Good luck to our Boys’ A and B teams in the final round of the EVO league which takes place at Cheney Park on Thursday 28^th March.

School Music Concert

A school Spring Music Concert will take place in the school hall on Wednesday 17^th April from 7.30pm. Our Choir, school instrumentalists, African drummers, guitarists and our P3 Ukulele players will all perform on the evening. This should be a fantastic evening’s entertainment and an opportunity for our children to showcase their many talents. We hope as many parents will be able to attend as possible. The children will also perform to the school during the day.

School PTA

The next meeting of our PTA will take place on Tuesday 9^th April at 7.30pm. All support is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for the tremendous support for our Coin Drive. £1,285.62 was raised and Mrs Kane’s P5 raised the heaviest amount. Thank you to all the parents who gave up their time to help count the huge amount of coins donated.

St Mary's PTA 10K,5K and Fun Run will take place on Sunday 14th April 2019 at 11.00am from Clann na Banna clubhouse. There will be medals and refreshments for everyone. St Mary’s car park will be open for parking. Online applications are available at the link below or print the application form and return it, with payment, to the school office.

https://athleticsni.org/Fixtures/Seapatrick-5K--10K

Time 4 Me

The Barnardo’s Time 4 Me Counselling Service remains in place thanks to the service being funded by our PTA. Referral forms are available to download for the school website. Alternatively, Jane McGeary, our counsellor, may be contacted on Tuesday after 11.30am by telephoning the school office.

Table Tennis

Congratulations to our P5, P6 and P7 Table Tennis Players who took part in the Ulster Primary School Table Tennis Individual Event which was hosted at St Mary’s last week. Well done to all the boys and girls who took part, especially to Danny Burns who won the P6 competition, James McGivern and especially Josh Peniero who won through to the Ulster Finals in Lisburn on the 10^th April were an Ulster Primary schools' champion will be crowned for the first time. Thank you to Mrs McClements for supervising and helping with our Table Tennis Club and to Norman McBride and Arnold Morgan for coaching our children and organising the competitions. Please see the school website for photographs.

Newry Feis

Congratulations to Sally Convery, Chloe Ellis and Fiona Norrby on achieving second place at Newry Music Feis. Well done girls! We look forward to the school's Music evening in April. Well done girls!!

Netball

Well done to St Mary's Netball team who successfully won all of their qualifying matches for the ABC league.  Congratulations to Aoife Gartland, Sally Convery, Chloe Ellis, Sophie Quinn, Clíodhna McGrath, Fiona Norrby, Mychaela McEvoy and Blanaid Conlon.  We look forward to competing in the ABC netball finals competition in late March. Thank you to Mrs Moore for taking the girls and organising the Netball Club.

Gymnastics

Many thanks to Nadia Mc Aleavey (British Gymnastics) for supplying our school with a vault box, springboard and safety mat. This will greatly enhance our gymnastics lessons and provide the pupils with new opportunities to develop their skills in a fun and challenging way for many years.  A great addition to our school and is already getting great use!  

Action Cancer’s Big Bus

The Action Cancer's mobile unit, the BIG BUS, was a great success with all appointments being fully booked. Thank you to our PTA for supporting the initiative.

Easter Holiday & Dates

School will be close on Thursday 18^th April at 11.15am to Friday 26^th April 2019 (inclusive) for the Easter holiday. School will open as normal on Monday 29^th April. School is open on Thursday 2^nd May. Please note school is closed on Monday 6^th and Monday 26^th May for the Bank holidays and Tuesday 27^th May for staff training.

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

Confirmation for Primary 7 pupils will take place in St Therese on Sunday 12^th May at 3pm.

Astronomy Club

A huge thank you to our PTA for funding the purchase of telescopes for our Astronomy Club. This is fantastic news as the school could not afford to make such purchase in the present financial climate within education. Please see the school website for photographs.

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 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 to classrooms before 8.50am. Thank you for adhering to the above arrangements.

Mindfulness Classes

Mindfulness classes for P3 and P7 will continue until Easter. This will be extended to those children in the next academic year who have not had

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.

School Certificates

Congratulations to Lexi McPolin, Orla Fullerton, Tristin Berry, Maddison Smith, Gianna Scappaticci, Tiara Gartland, Ronan Sweeney, Jude Irvine, George Forshaw, Sophie Bernes, Darragh Wood, Aaron Duffy, Mateo Guerrero, Adam Stevenson and Aoife McGrath on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 8^th March. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Caoimhe Moore, Adam Quinn, Lucy McParland, Emmy Tucker, Aoibhe Quinn, Aoife McCreedy, Rhyss Walker, Anna Leah Grimes, Alfie Robinson and Thomas Forshaw on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 8^th March. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Chloe Doyle, Conal Hill, Eabha Parfitt, Leo Cochrane, Mia McKinley, Matthew Hillen, Ethan Monaghan, Conor Copeland and Katie Hutchinson on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 1^st March. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Danni Liu, Chloe Ellis, Fynn Young-Brady, Meagan Kearney, Jacek Graczyk, Ryan Creaney, Ethan Mone, Caellum Casey, Cassey Smyth, James McGivern, Caelon Fitzpatrick, Grace Rea, Eoghan McAdam, Shayne Fitzpatrick, Zara Martin, Cliodhna McGrath and Evelina Karane on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 1^st March. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Ava McAleavey, Stephen Lynn, Dillon McGrath, Kailab Lee, Eoin Malone, Tara Hill, Sarah McKevitt, Kara Casey, Alice Udo and Abbie Cochrane on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 15^th February. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to Niamh Jordan, Jay O’Neill, Joseph Corkery, Fynn Young Brady, Mark Faxton, Ashton Winters, Grace Udo, Darragh Moles, James McAleavey, Sean Dunne, Maks Hoppe, Liam Gribben, Patryycja Ziaja, Joseph Gribben, Amy Fullerton, Riley Devlin, Samatha Burns Atkin, Isabella Groves on being awarded a class certificate for good work and excellent behaviour during the week ending Friday 15^th February. Well done everyone!

Please see the school website for photographs.

School Menu

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