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

• School's Out for Summer!

  Wed 30 Jun 2021

  As we have now reached the end of the school year I would like to thank our whole school community for your continued support and dedication throughout what has been a very challenging year for everybody. 

   

  On behalf of the school staff and governors I would like to wish everyone an enjoyable summer and stay safe in the weeks ahead.

   

  Many thanks for your continued support

   

  R Fitzpatrick

  Principal

  

• Mrs Mullan's Retirement Events

  Wed 30 Jun 2021

  We had a number of retirement events for Mrs Mullan for the past week.

   

  Mrs Mullan has been an ever present in St Mary's for the past 25 years educating the children of the Parish of Dunsford & Ardglass and her influence and expertise will be missed by all. 

   

  She has led major developments and innovations in ICT and SEN provision as well as delivering high quality teaching and learning to many children in her role. 

   

  We are especially indebted to her for the great contribution she has made to our excellent school choir which continues to flourish. 

   

  She will be deeply missed by our whole school community and whilst deeply sorry to see her leave, we wish her every success and happiness in the years ahead and would like to thank her for the lasting contribution she has made to our school. 

   

  Happy retirement Mrs Mullan! 

  

• School Fun Day

  Wed 30 Jun 2021

  Our amazing PTA - Friends of St Mary's organised an end of year Fun Day for the school. 

   

  It was the perfect way to mark the end of what was a very challenging year for all our children.

   

  The sun shone and the children had the best time ever!

   

  Many thanks to all the people & businesses that donated and/or supplied some nice treats for the day, including; 

  • Fiona Addis EUROSPAR NI
  • Margaret's Cottage B & B 
  • The Heights Bar Ardglass
  • Ardglass Post Office Supershop
  • Mrs Lisa Magee
  • Mrs Jacqueline McConville
  • Mabel's Ice Cream Parlour
  • Watersedge Gift/Coffee SHOP
  • SP Bouncy Castles

  

• New School Gaelic Kit

  Wed 30 Jun 2021

  A huge thank you to Ardglass GAC who have very kindly supported our school as part of their 50th year Anniversary Celebrations by donating a new school Gaelic kit.

   

  The new kit looks absolutely fantastic and and we look forward to wearing it in the years to come. 

  

• Pupil of the Year

  Mon 28 Jun 2021

  Today we celebrated our Pupil of the Year awards.

   

  Staff discussed which Primary 1-Primary 4 pupil and which Primary 5-Primary 7 pupil had worked above and beyond expectations in our school this year. We looked at everything each child in St. Mary’s gave to our school throughout the year. 

   

  In a very difficult decision our Foundation/ Key Stage 1 award was presented to Grace and our Key Stage 2 award was presented to Zara. Both girls worked extremely hard in their school work, applying themselves to each and every task both academic and non-academic which were presented to them as well as displaying great manners and behaviour at all times and being an excellent friend to all their peers. 

   

  Congratulations to both worthy recipients of these awards.  

  

• ♻️ Eco-Schools Green Flag Renewal Award ♻️

  Mon 28 Jun 2021

  There was great excitement in school today when we were officially awarded our second Eco-Schools Green Flag award!

   

  The Eco-Schools Programme is the world’s largest Environmental Education programme and aims to make environmental awareness and action an intrinsic part of the life and ethos of a school.

   

  The internationally recognised Green Flag is the highest award given to Eco-Schools and symbolises excellence in the field of environmental activity.
  
  We have worked up to obtaining our second Green Flag by achieving Bronze and Silver awards in previous years and our first Green Flag was awarded in June 2019. 

   

  Well done to all the boys and girls. A special thanks to our Eco-Committee this year: Esmêe (P1), Harry (P2), Aoibh (P3), Ella (P4), Finlay (P4), Ciara (P5), Archie (P6), AJ (P6), Ellie-Rose (P7) and Clodagh (P7).

  

• A Final Farewell to the Leavers of 2021!

  Fri 25 Jun 2021

  What a fantastic last day in school for our P7 Leavers! The children were treated to cupcakes, doughnuts and other treats from our PTA and had a guard of honour as they left St Mary's for the final time this afternoon.

   

  It was an emotional day for our Leavers who have been an absolute credit to our school over the last seven years. They will be missed so much by everyone. We wish them every success going forward in their new schools and know they will continue to make us all proud in the years ahead.

   

  Many thanks to our wonderful PTA for organising all the events today, their continued support is really appreciated by the whole St Mary's community. 

  

• Delightful Doughnuts!

  Fri 25 Jun 2021

  Many thanks to Lisa Magee, mother of Eva in Primary 2 for providing doughnuts for the whole school today as an end of year treat. The children (and adults) loved them!!

  

• Leavers 2021

  Thu 24 Jun 2021

  Primary 7 have enjoyed their small leavers assembly in school. We are proud of each and everyone of our pupils for all the hard work and dedication they have put into their time here in St Mary's Dunsford. We have shared the Leavers iMovie and assembly on the class page for all those family and friends who would like to see them. Although socially distanced we know everyone will enjoy looking back and celebrating with our pupils. 

   

  https://www.stmaryspsdunsford.co.uk/p7/

  

• ASDA Donation

  Mon 14 Jun 2021 Digital Leaders

  Many thanks to ASDA for providing us all with some much needed snacks for our sponsored walk & Teddy Bears' Picnic last week. 

   

  The support we receive from ASDA for our school events is really appreciated!