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Fit To Dance
Thank you for the amazing support for to our sponsored “Fit to Dance” event, organised by Mr McGrane, to help raise much needed, school funds. The raffle will be held for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 on Friday 20th November. Please return sponsor cards and any outstanding money to the office by Thursday. All returned sponsor cards will be entered into the raffles.
St Mary’s Open Night
St Mary’s Open Night, for prospective parents of Playgroup, Nursery and Primary 1 children, will take place on Thursday 10th December 2015 from 6.30pm to 8.00pm. Our Autism Specific Class and Junior Learning Support Class will also be open on the evening.
Cheque Presentation
A cheque for £400 was presented to Banbridge Action Cancer following our Pink/non uniform day prior to the Halloween break. Thank you for the fantastic support.
School PTA
The next meeting of our PTA will take place on Tuesday 24th November from 7.30pm in the school. All are welcome to attend.
Our PTA will be holding a children’s Craft Fayre on Sunday 6th December. Donations of kitchen roll/towel roll tubes, egg boxes (all sizes), Pine/Fir cones and empty plastic bottles (e.g. water, soft drinks) are requested for use by the children at the Craft Fair on Sunday 6th December.
Christmas Dates
The P1 and P3 Christmas Assembly will take place on Thursday 17th December at 10.00am and at 1.00pm. Children may go home after the 1.00pm show.
The P2 Nativity Performance will take place on Thursday 17th December at 10.00am and separately at 7.00pm.
Performances will take place in St Patrick’s assembly hall. Please use the main entrance to St Patrick’s College. There will be a small charge on the door. Our thanks to St Patrick’s for helping to facilitate our Christmas performance.
Banbridge Arts Festival
Well done to all our children who entered the Banbridge Arts Festival last week. Over 110 children from St Mary’s participated in the festival this year with over 70 children receiving a certificate, medal or trophy. Thank you to Mrs. Quigley and to Karen Turner, from our PTA, for helping to prepare and to rehearse with our children. Please see the school website for photographs.
New School Update
I am delighted to confirm that legal issues concerning the purchase of Housing Executive land have been resolved.
Following a meeting with ‘Glassgiven Contracts’ last week, it is anticipated that work will commence shortly. April 2017 has been confirmed as the completion date.
Astronomy Club
St Mary’s Astronomy Club continues each Tuesday after school. Please note all places in the Club are now full.
Workshops
Thank you to all our parents who were able to attend our recent workshops. The ParentingNi programme, ‘Dealing with Children’s Challenging Behaviour’ continues each Thursday from 3.00pm to 5.00pm.
Parents may still join the course.
The next Maths Workshop will take place on Wednesday 18th November from 7.30pm in the school.
Shoe Box Appeal
Thank you for the fantastic response to our ‘Road to Hope’ Shoe Box Appeal. Over 230 shoeboxes were returned to the school from St Mary’s and St Patrick’s children. The boxes have been collected and are on their way to help the disadvantaged people in Eastern Europe. Our thanks to Teresa Mulvaney for organising the Shoebox Appeal.
School Parking
Thank you for adhering to our parking arrangements. The drop-off measures 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.
P6 Parents’ Post-Primary Meeting
A meeting for P6 parents regarding the post primary transfer procedure will take place on Thursday 19th November at 7.30pm in the school.
School Clubs
The last day of P5 to P7 Friday Clubs will be Friday 27th November. Clubs will recommence in January.
School Certificates
Congratulations to Chloe Stokes, Nikolas Skartsolia, Aleyah Peniero, Sorcha White, Mateusz Rak, Niamh Lynch, Madison Cairns, Patryk Bebenkowski, Nicolas Guerrero, Jude Robinson, Padraig Murphy, Ciarrai Simpson, Mark McCann, Ryan Henry, Rosie Copeland, Oisin Quinn, Joanne O’Hare, Amy Glendinning, Callum Clement, Adam Molek,Makx Hoppe, Ala Trebunia, Patrick Kennedy, Eireann Wolfe, Jay McDowell, Dylan Thompson and Halszha Brodacka on being awarded a class certificate for good work during November. Well done to all the boys and girls who have been working extremely hard.
Children in Need
Well done to both our P7 classes who raised over £1,700 for the Children in Need Appeal last Friday.
