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Chrismas Newsletter, December 2017

Please Download a copy of the Christmas newsletter here.


Santa Makes a Surprise Visit to St Mary’s, Dec 12th 2017

Santa visited our school today, taking time out of his busy schedule to drop in a little chocolate treat to all of the very good boys and girls that have worked really hard throughout the year. See can you spot anyone you know in the pictures below? [Show as slideshow]


Ghoul School!!!! October 2017

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David Coleman, Child Psychologist, Talk in Grennan, Thurs 28th Sept


Ms Kelly’s Class – A Year in Photos

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3rd Class School Trip to Oceanic’s Surf Club, June 2017

(written by Julia Popielarska) On June 23rd we went on our school trip to Waterford. We went to Trámór to Oceanic’s Surf Club. We went surfing on body boards and on surf boards. We surfed in the sea for one hour. After the surfing we went to explore the rockpools with an ecologist called Glen. He told us about different creatures, habitats and sand
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6th Class Cake Sale, June 2017

(written by Róisín Collins) Today we had our school cake sale. It was a lot of fun!. There were lots of activities and lots of yummy treats to eat. We got to throw water balloons at Hannah Lanigan and we got to ride go-carts around the school roundabout. Sadly, there was no horse-riding this year but there was plenty of good things to make
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Class Booklists, 2017-2018

Download a copy of your child’s class book list below. 2nd-class-Mr-Reade junior-infants–Ms-Behan 3rd-class-Ms-Murphy 4th-class-Ms-Hogan 5th-class-Ms-Egan 5th-class-Ms-Stapleton 6th-class-Mr-Delahunty 2nd-class-Ms-Moore 3rd-class-Ms-Tyrrell 4th-class-ms-O Connor first-class- Ms-Power junior-inf-3-Ms-a-Stapleton first-class-ms-o-shea senior-inf-Ms-Lanigan senior-inf-Ms-Kelly junior-infants-Ms-Stapleton-Rm 1


Cumann a mBunscoil under 11 Roinn A winners

The St. Mary’s under 11 team beat Clara in the final of the Roinn A hurling league on Wednesday, June 14th at Larchfield. After a long season in which the boys went undefeated, they took home the cup in style with a strong win over a very fine Clara team.  Congratulations to all the boys and a huge thank you to all the parents
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Dylan Vaughan’s Communion Photos, May 2017

Well done to all the boys and girls in Mr Reade’s and Ms Moore’s 2nd Class who made their First Holy Communion last weekend. We were all very proud of how well you prepared for this special day. Well Done! Check out Dylan Vaughan’s  “St Marys Communion 2017″ images using the following link: http://dylanvaughan.photoshelter.com/gallery/St-Marys-Communion


A Surprise Visit from the Easter Bunny, April 2017

Today we had a great surprise, the Easter Bunny visited our school.  The Easter Bunny and his friends hopped from classroom to classroom baring a chocolate gift for everyone! It was very exciting.  Thank you so much for visiting us. [Show as slideshow]


Girl’s Soccer Blitz, March 30th 2017

Here are the 6th class girls who represented the school at the Girls Soccer Blitz in United Park, Thomastown, on March 30th 2017.


Under 13 Cumann na mBunscoil Handball

Well done to Kyle Jordan, winner of the under 13 singles and Conor Holden and Sean O’Keefe, runners up under 13 doubles.  


Under 11 Cumann na mBunscoil A Handball Champions!!!

Well done to our Under 11 Cumann na mBunscoil A champions Aoibhe Ryan, Katie Jordan, Eanna O’Keefe and Alex Begley who played at O’ Loughlin’s GAA today, January 23rd. They did our school proud.


Christmas at St Mary’s 2016

December was an incredibly busy month at St Mary’s with children and teachers doing Christmas art, practicing and performing poems, plays and Christmas carols for other classes and families. The children also had their annual visit to St Columba’s to sing and play Christmas carols for the residents. We even had a surprise visit from Santa, as he heard our pupils had been so well
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