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!
