Last week we sent two teams to Blackrock to compete in the u11 and u13 Credit Union Regional Quiz. Both teams performed very well but just came up short on the night.
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Maths Stations
We had plenty of help today in class, so we had a great time with our Maths Stations. We’re currently covering percentages so the highlighted station was our fractions – percentages station on the IWB. Thanks to Niamh and Mr. Greene...
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It was Internet Safety Day this past Tuesday. We were lucky to have a specialist on the subject of Internet Safety come to our school to talk to us about our online presence and how we should behave online. It was a very interesting and we...
MorePeace Proms 2019
The pupils of both 4th classes had an early start as they boarded a bus from the school to take them, along with Ms Starkie, Mr Coleman, Mrs Farran and Mrs Bell, to the RDS. Here they joined hundreds of other pupils from schools around the...
MoreJanuary Assembly
Today we held our first assembly of the calendar year. The pupils of 5th class celebrated Grandparents Day yesterday and three pupils from the class were invited to open today’s assembly with their grandparents prayer and poem. Master then...
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This week is Catholic Schools Week. All of us in St Mary’s NS celebrate this special week in various ways, but one of our most cherished traditions is the hosting of Grandparents Day by one of the classes. This year, Mr. McClean’s 5th...
MoreClass Debates
We have been doing persuasive writing in English class since the start of the year. We have been creating blurbs, making advertisements and writing speeches. Last Friday we split up into 8 teams to debate the motion “Cars should be done...
MoreVex IQ Next Level Challenge
Today we attended DkIT to take part in the Vex Robotics challenge. We’ve been building, programming and driving “Robbie” for the past 5 months and today we, along with 10 other schools, faced driving skills challenges. We were...
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