Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• School's Out for Summer!

  Sat 29 Jun 2019
  Many thanks to all the parents for their continued support and hard work throughout the year. It has been another wonderful year for our school and we hope everyone has a fantastic summer! See you all at the end of August.

  

• Reading Partnership Success

  Sat 29 Jun 2019

  Well done to all the children who this week completed their reading partnership programmes with Mrs Mullan and Mrs Wills. 

   

  Over the last number of weeks these pupils have read with such enthusiasm, fluency and enjoyment and their progress has been amazing. They were awarded with certificates to mark their achievements. Great work everyone! 

  

• 100% Attendance Certificates

  Fri 28 Jun 2019

  Well done to Joseph, Rosaleen, Clodagh, Stella, Ellie, Ruairi (missing from photo) and Niamh for achieving full attendance throughout the 2018-2019 school year. A brilliant achievement which you should all be very proud of! 

  

• Irish Dancer of the Month

  Fri 28 Jun 2019

  Well done to Eily in Primary 5 for being awarded Irish Dancer of the month from her local Irish Dancing school. Keep up the great work and we will maybe see you in Riverdance in years to come!

  

• Accelerated Reader Certificates

  Fri 28 Jun 2019

  Congratulations to all the children in P4-P7 who achieved their Accelerated Reader targets this term. They were presented with their certificates in Assembly earlier this week. Fantastic work!

  

• Swimming Success in St Mary’s

  Fri 28 Jun 2019

  Well done to all the children for their participation in swimming throughout the year. It is an integral part of the PE curriculum and something which all the children get great enjoyment from. 

   

  The pupils below all met met specific swimming targets, achieving a range of certificates. Well done everyone!

  

• Happy Harbours Gold Award

  Fri 28 Jun 2019

  This week our Primary 5 & Primary 6 pupils were awarded the Gold Award for their outstanding work in the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority (NIFHA) ‘Happy Harbours’ school programme. 

   

  This is a fantastic testament to all their hard work throughput the programme. The children were presented with their certificates by Kevin Quigley (Chief Executive of NIFHA) and Rosemary Scott the project coordinator. The programme helps the children learn about the fishing industry that many families in St Mary’s are involved in and the local harbour. 

   

  Three pupils were were awarded special prizes for artwork associated with the programme. 

  

• Primary 1 & Primary 7 Buddy Party

  Thu 20 Jun 2019

  Today our Primary 1 and Primary 7 pupils said goodbye to each other, celebrating with their 'Buddy Party'.

   

  The pupils exchanged gifts and the P7 pupils were awarded certificates for being fantastic buddies throughout the year by caring for and looking after our Primary 1 pupils during their first year in St Mary's.

   

  It has been amazing to witness the friendships established back in June 2018 grow throughout the year and the care, support and kindness displayed by all the children has been truly amazing. 

  

• Primary 7 Leavers Assembly

  Thu 20 Jun 2019

  There was a fantastic attendance at our Primary 7 Leavers Assembly this week. The children sang, recited poetry and shared their favourite memories of their time in St Mary's with everyone.

   

  It was a lovely afternoon with great stories and pictures shared through the the iMovie and although it was a sad day for many with more than a few tears shed it is important to remember these days as celebrations as well. Celebrations of spending seven wonderful years here in Dunsford and the forging of friendships that will last forever!

   

  Each one of you is a credit to yourselves, your family and your school and we are very proud to have witnessed you all grow into responsible, mature and caring young boys and girls.

   

  Your presence will be sorely missed around the school but as I said, remember that the door is always open here in St Mary's so please come back and visit us.

   

  Many thanks

   

  Mr Fitzpatrick 

  

• Accelerated Reader Success in Primary 7

  Wed 19 Jun 2019

  Huge congratulations to Primary 7 pupils Lucy and Aine who this week were awarded certificates for becoming 'Accelerated Reader Word Millionaires'.

   

  Amazingly, both these girls read over 1 million words through Accelerated Reader since starting the programme back in September. What a brilliant achievement!

   

  John was also awarded a certificate for having read the most books in all of Primary 7 - an amazing 58 since September!

   

  It is fantastic to see such love for reading amongst the children. Well done everyone.