Our 6th classes have started their cycling course with instructors from CycleRight.
All students, no matter their ability, will learn the rules of the road and how to cycle safely. We have some beginners, who already are cycling after lesson 1. And of course, more experienced riders will improve their skills and knowledge.
By week 6 of the lessons, all our cyclists will take to the road to test out their skills and road rules awareness. What a wonderful opportunity and a great skill to learn in our P.E. lessons this term.
At St Mary’s N.S., we are committed to creating a positive, inclusive, and supportive learning environment where every child can thrive.
As part of our ongoing School Self-Evaluation (SSE) process, we regularly review our teaching and learning practices with input from staff, students, and parents.
Our current focus is on Wellbeing — Relationships and Partnerships, with an emphasis on developing a relational, regulation-first approach through the NCSE Relate framework and continued engagement with Restorative Practice.
This report outlines what we are doing well, what we are working on, and how our whole school community is contributing to strengthening wellbeing and relationships across the school.
It’s always an exciting and fun morning on the day of our Halloween holidays when streams of chidlren enter the school gates, dressed as ghouls. witches, and the latest crazes, like K-Pop’s Rumi or the 6/7 meme. Thursday 23rd October was no different and these are just a selection of the wonderful costumes on show throughout our school on the day.
Well done to all, and have a nice break and safe Halloween.
On Thursday 25th September, our whole school completed a relay marathon for our Parents’ Association fundraising event.
Together the pupils of St. Mary’s ran 42.2km in a great time of 2 hours and 48 minutes, narrowly missing out on our record time of 2 hours 46 minutes last year.
However, there was no doubt, all children had a great time running and cheering on their classmates as they ran a great time.
Our 6th class pupil, Oisín Lynch, graced Croke Park on All-Ireland Final day on Sunday 27th July.
Oisín had been selected as Cavan Cumann na mBunscol’s reperesentative, after impressing the selectors at trials held at Kingspan Breffni Park earlier in the year.
Oisín laced up his boots and donned the Donegal colours for the day, putting on a great exhibition of football during the half-time games on the day. He lined out with other children from all over the country and it was a terrific experience for Oisín and his family.
Well done to Oisín and hopefully he, or other St. Mary’s pupils, will grace Croke Park again in the not to distant future.
During our last week of school, children from across the school were presented with certificates to recognise their terrific attendance records for this academic year.
We regularly host attendance recognition assemblies throughout the year, as part of our HERO attendance initiative. But the end of year recognition is particulalry special.
Well done to all thos who received certificates and are pictured below.
6th Class held their annual persuasive debates last week.
All children in Room 15 were split into 6 teams and 3 debates took place on very current and hot topics. These included Social Media Use for Under-18s, Veganism and Youth Participation in Organised Sport.
The 6 teams were given a topic and side weeks in advance. They worked tirelessly using the persuasive techniques they had learned in class – particularly the AFOREST method – in writing their arguments. They learned the structure of an organised debate and also how to respectfully rebuttal.
It was a great day where chidlren even took the opportunity to formally dress, while having lots of fun with arguing in a constructive and positive way. Well done 6th Class!
3rd class learned all about Ancient Egypt this month. We researched lots of interesting facts about Ancient Egypt and made some wonderful projects which were presented so well in class.
To finish off the topic we made Egyptian pyramids in groups from spaghetti and marshmallows. We had great fun making them and we are very proud of our finished pyramids.
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Admission-notice-2025.26The boys and girls from First Classes Room 7 and Room 8A visited Viriginia Town Library to attend a wonderful talk from author Shane Hegarty. They listened to the author read his wonderful book ‘Dexter Lost His Boo-Woo’ and then together created their own monster character! The boys and girls got a chance to ask the author lots of interesting questions about writing, coming up with ideas and how to write a book. We have many aspired authors after this fantastic day out!
