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Trócaire
The P5 Bring and Buy Sale, for Trócaire, will take place on Tuesday 15 March and our P6 Cake and Bun Sale will take place on Friday 11 March.
The non-uniform/Green day will take palce on Wednesday 16 March; a £1 donation is requested for Trócaire.
Additional information about the campaign can be found at the Trócaire website at www.trocaire.org. Thank you for your continuing support.
Fund Raising
World Book day was celebrated on Thursday 3 March 2016. This year the school decided to use this event to raise the profile of Seapatrick Lourdes Committee, Banbridge.
The annual Pilgrimage to Lourdes takes place in May, and offers hope and comfort to the sick in our parish.
St Mary's appealed to the generosity of its parents and a staggering £408 was collected, after each child wore a costume to represent a character from a book and donated £1 towards the Lourdes Fund.
Well done Mr Mackle who really was ‘Twinkle Toes’ at the weekend as he competed in the Clann na Banna does Strictly. Thank you for the fantastic support for our Red and Black Day which raised £414.36 for Clann na Banna.
Mass during Lent
Mass continues to take place in St Therese’s each Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8.15am during Lent. Please encourage your child/ren to attend before school.
Football Team Victory
Congratulations to St Mary's football team who won the South Down EVO 7 Competition at Annalong last week. All the boys played fantastically well. Well done to Callum Cull, Tyler Gorman and Taylor Hill who had an outstanding tournament in very difficult conditions.
The boys next play at Cheney Park on Thursday 21 April in the EVO league decider and again on Friday 22 April at Lagan Valley Leisureplex, Lisburn in the Northern Ireland Primary Schools 5 aside finals. Good luck boys.
Well done to the B team who narrowly missed out on a semifinal place by a single point in the group stage. Well done to Tom Jordan, Declan McCourt and Shea Malone who had an excellent tournament.
Good luck to our girls team who play on Thursday in the EVO schools competition at Cheney Park from 9.30am.
Easter Holiday
School will be closed from Thursday 17 March to Friday 1 April 2016 (inclusive) for the Easter holiday. Easter Camp opens from Friday 18 March to Friday 25 March (inclusive). Registration forms are available to collect form the school office and the Afterschool Club.
School Menu
Please check the school website for the monthly school menu which is updated at the beginning of each month.
Table Tennis
Good luck to our Table Tennis team who play in the Northern Ireland Table Tennis Competition on Thursday 10 April in the Kings Bowls Banbridge from 10.00am. Good luck boys and girls.
School PTA
The next meeting of our PTA will take place on Tuesday 23 April at 7.30pm. All support is greatly appreciated.
A huge thank-you to all our children and parents for the fantastic support for our Coin Drive. A total of £1,117.40 was raised for the PTA. Congratulations to Mrs Kane’s P5 class who won the prize for the heaviest amount collected. Well done everyone!
School Certificates
Congratulations to Cormac Topping, Kayleigh Winters, Chloe Stokes, Ciara McGrath, Calum Cull, Thai Berry, Sara Hussey, Thomas McGrath, Jack Graczyk, Tammy-Lee Devlin, Sarah Hamill, Stephen Cormican, Chad Magee, Oran Devlin, Anne Davis, Karol Trebunia, Jamie Trainor, Oran Doherty, Joanne O’Hare, Ellie Richardson, Clara Cunningham, Padraig Murphy, Sorcha White, Orlath Norrby, Amber Crompton and Amiee Gribben on being awarded a class certificate for good work during the week beginning 26 February . Well done to all the boys and girls who have been working extremely hard.
Congratulations to Connor Hussey, Kate Williamson McCabe, Ella Montague, Caolan Fearon, Leo McFadden, Ciaran Mone, Sean McCreedy, Evie Ward, Beth Johnston, Nathan Barlow, Liam Vaughan, Chloe Ellis, Patrick Kennedy, Orlaith Smyth, Shania Wolska, Patrycja Fabich, Shea Malone, Jane McQuaid, Halszka Brodacka, Nicole Lavery, Aaron Moan, Cathair Ruddy, Lorcan Cowgill, Gabriel Costa, Luke Smith, Ryan Mulgrew, Tyler Gorman, Carter Gorman, Nicolas Guerrero on being awarded a class certificate for good work during the week beginning 29 February. Well done to all the boys and girls who have been working extremely hard.
NSPCC Assemblies
The Speak Out Stay Safe Programme from NSPCC will be delivered in school assemblies this week and in class workshops for P6 and P7.
School Build
Please continue to check the school website for updated photographs of progress on the new school site.
Parking
Please continue to use St Therese’s car park to avoid congestion on the Scarva Road. There is limited parking available in St Patrick’s car park. The drop-off arrangements are working well and we would encourage parents to either park in St Therese’s car park, if you wish to escort your child to the school playground, or use the supervised drop- off points in St Patrick’s car park.
Please do not park in Clan na Banna car park. This is for staff parking only. Please avoid parking on the main road near our entrance and where our Traffic Patrol man operates. This is dangerous as it blocks his vision for crossing children.
Please be aware that Police and Traffic Wardens will be patrolling the Scarva Road area, in the mornings, to combat cars parking illegally or dangerously.
