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Post Primary Placement
The Education Authority will issue letters advising parents of their child’s post primary school allocation on Friday 27 May 2016.
Education Authority staff will be available between 3pm and 5pm on Saturday 28 May 2016 to confirm school placement for any parent who has not received their child’s placement letter in the post (Telephone 028 3751 25200). Any other queries can be made when offices open on Tuesday 31 May 2016.
Gaelic League
Congratulations to the Ballyvalley team who are the Gaelic League Champions for 2016.
In what proved to be a very entertaining final both teams had opportunities to win the game but Ballyvalley proved too strong. In the end, with fine individual performances from Denis Kerr, Jay McDowell and Carter and Tyler Gorman helped Ballyvalley to victory.
Thank you to Mr McGrane for organising our annual Gaelic League. Well done to all the children who took part. Congratulations to the school Gaelic Team on their fine wins over St Mary’s, Newcastle and Our Lady and St Patrick’s, Downpatrick in the South Down League.
Induction Meetings
The Playgroup Induction Meeting for parents will take place on Thursday 2 June 2016 in the Playgroup from 6.30pm.
The Nursery Induction Meeting for parents will take place on Thursday 2 June 2016 in the Nursery from 6.30pm.
The Primary 1 Induction Meeting for parents will take place in the school hall on Thursday 9 June 2016 at 7.30pm.
Dates
First Communion for Primary 4 pupils will take place in St Therese on Saturday 21 May at 11.00am.
School will be closed on Monday 30 May for the May Bank holiday.
Our annual school netball tournament will take place in the leisure centre on Thursday 2 June from 11.00am to 2.30pm.
Sports Day is planned for Friday 3 June at Cheney Park from 10am to 2pm. A letter detailing arrangements will be issued during the week beginning Monday 30 May.
Town Sports will take place at Cheney Park on Wednesday 22 June.
The P7 Leavers’ Awards Assembly will take place on Thursday 23 June from 1pm (tbc). P7 parents are invited to attend.
School PTA
A Summer Fun Day will take place on Sunday 12 June from 2.00pm to 5.00pm. There will be lots of different activities, stalls and events; including bouncy castles, football and Gaelic mini tournaments, penalty and netball shoots, music, and lots more from 2.00pm onwards.
Please send in any pre-loved books and toys to the office for the pre-loved stall.
The PTA Leavers’ Disco will take place on Friday 17 June 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.
A Night under the Stars will take place in the school grounds on Saturday 25 June. Details are available at
www.stmarysptabanbridge.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/a-night-under-the-stars
St Colman’s Cross Country
Congratulations to all the boys and girls who participated in the St Colman’s, Newry, Cross Country race last week. Taylor Hill was the first P7 boy home from all the participating schools. Cliodhna Wolfe and Wiktoria Juchno were the first girls over the line for St Mary’s. Well done to the P6 boys’ team who came first in their category with fantastic displays from Cathair Ruddy, Jay McDowell, Jonathan McGrath and Tyler Gorman. Well done to Eimear Ferris, Molly McAteer and Cara Henning who were the other top finishers for St Mary’s.
Online registration for the Bann Fun Run and 10K at Havelock Park on Wednesday 25 May is open. Details are available from the school website.
Confirmation
Congratulations to all our P7 children who received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the weekend. We are very proud of all our P7 children. A special thank you to all the members of the choir, the musicians and the staff involved.
Water
Children are encouraged to bring a bottle of water to school in particular with the warm weather. Juices and flavoured water are not permitted.
Summer Scheme
Summer Scheme registration forms are available to collect from the After School Club and school office. Summer Scheme will open from 8.00am to 6.00pm daily from Monday 4 July to Friday 11 July and Monday 18 July to Friday 19 August.
School Certificates
Congratulations to Lucia Olarte-Wade, Rory Comer, Noah Lennon, Jack Conlon, Tammy-Lee Devlin, Lennan Bell, Dan McEvoy, Ellie McKay, Lee-Thomas Smyth, Daragh McDowell Callum Clement, Cara Henning, Conor McKee and Sara Hussey on being awarded a class certificate for good work during the week ending Friday 13 May. Well done to all the boys and girls who have been working extremely hard.
Friday Clubs
Please note the last day of Friday Clubs will be Friday 27 May.
Gardening Club will continue until the summer break.
Enrolment Service
The P3 Enrolment Service will take place in at St Thérèse on Thursday 7 June at 10.00am Mass. Parents are encouraged to attend.
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. Please contact the Police, Banbridge Council or Traffic Management on 03002007892 to report any concerns regarding traffic and parking on the Scarva Road.
