St. Mary’s Primary School, Derrytrasna

💚🤍Don’t forget our Community Fun Day takes place this Saturday 5th August 2pm-5pm. It’s sure to be a great day out!🤩

Thanks to Armagh Banbridge Craigavon Council for part funding this event 👏🏼👏🏼

Méabh and Clíodhna Collins enjoyed the half time game in the Athletic Grounds during the Armagh v Cork game. Benefit of having dual County citizenship is that they get to support Derry tomorrow in Croke Park. ❤️🤍

⭐️ A special mention to Eoin Toal who won the coveted Adele Madden trophy. A fantastic student who has been a great role model to all the children in our school. Well done Eoin and all the best in St. Ronan’s. ⭐️

⭐️All the best to our Primary 7 leavers. A great bunch of children who will be missed by all the staff and pupils in our school ⭐️

⭐️ Well done to our Stars of the Month for June ⭐️

🏅Well done to all our children for performing so well during our Sports Day! A big thank you to Mags from Healthy Kidz for coordinating 🙌🏅

🏅🏅Well done to our P6/7 class who have recently completed their Cycling Proficiency test. 🚴‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️

🏅 A massive thank you to Dwyer and Sinead Campbell from CPC Plastering for sponsoring our Sports Day medals. It is much appreciated by our pupils and staff 🙌🏅

Reminder that tomorrow is our School Sports Day held at the Sarsfields Club 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️ please see the information below about class times. 🏅

Good afternoon Everyone, please see below the arrangements for Sports Day. 🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️
Parents are welcome to come and support the pupils.

Primary 1-3 will be competing first from 9.30 - 10.30am.

Primary 4-7 will be competing from 10.30 - 11.30am.

We hope to see you there 🏅

Well done to the boys and girls who sang at the Voices of Hope Concert at St Peter’s Church. They all sang beautifully accompanied by Ms Hanna. 🎶

The concert raised £1035 for charity in aid of Ukraine and the St Peter’s Restoration Fund. 🎶

🙌 A massive thank you to MD Contracts, Plant hire and Groundworks for sponsoring our P7 leavers hoodies. Their generosity is greatly appreciated 👏

Well done Cassie!

Year 8 News

Congratulations to the wonderful Cassie Murray 8MR who won 3rd and 4th place at the recent Balmoral Show. Cassie led her beautiful Hereford Cattle in a range of showcases at the event. We are so proud of Young Handler Cassie! 🐄 💛💚♥️

Good afternoon Everyone, please see below the arrangements for Sports Day. 🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️
Parents are welcome to come and support the pupils.

Primary 1-3 will be competing first from 9.30 - 10.30am.

Primary 4-7 will be competing from 10.30 - 11.30am.

We hope to see you there 🏅

🎶 Voices of Hope 🎶

We are absolutely delighted that our school has been invited to take part in the ‘Voices of Hope’ in St Peter’s Church, Lurgan on Sunday 18th June.

This is a very exciting collaborative project involving choirs from 6 other local primary schools and St Ronan’s College.

Our children have been working very hard every day in school with their Music Tutor, Ms Hanna to prepare and perfect their songs in advance and we would ask you to give them every encouragement to please attend an event which promises to be fabulous and memorable and is in aid of Ukraine and the St Peter’s restoration fund.

The children will sing two songs to represent our school and will then perform as part of a 150+ strong collaborative choir
We will need the children to be available from 4:30pm on Sunday 18th June. Staff from our school will be there to greet the children when they arrive. A snack will also be provided before the concert begins at 6.00pm.

Thank you to everyone who came to our Community Summer Garden Party, we appreciate the support of our school families and the people who helped make the event special. It was an amazing day to celebrate our pupils achievement! 💙💛

The children have been at the centre of this project from their trip to Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, planning and designing the space themselves and the hard work our Eco Team and all the pupils have put in to make Our School Garden an inviting space. We look forward to spending more time in this area from now on ! 🌈 🌻

⭐️⭐️Congratulations to Erin, Caoimhe, Eoin, James and Joseph who were part of the winning Aquasprint team for Lurgan Swimming Club tonight 👏 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♂️

Primary 5, 6 and 7 helping to prepare for our Community Summer Garden Party tomorrow from 10am - 12. ☀️

Today we planted Lettuce, Kale and Radish’s in our vegetable patches and prepared our herb garden and planter. 🌱

The pupils have done an amazing amount of work from start to finish on our School Garden ready to show everyone tomorrow.

We forward to seeing our school families and friends to celebrate with a barbecue, refreshments and live music. 💙💛

Our pupils have been working hard in our garden this week again ahead of our Community Barbecue on Saturday 10th June. The children have planted some beautiful flowers and today they are planting lettuce and herbs for a sensory aspect. 🌺🌻

There has also been a lot of work in the background happening to bring the garden together.

We would like to extend our thanks to Mr McDowell from Portadown Health & Wellness and Empower Garden Centre for the support in this project as without him this would not have been possible. 💙💛

We hope to see the support of our school community on Saturday 10th June 2023 to celebrate our children’s work ! ☀️

St. Mary’s Primary School is working in partnership with a number of people including Portadown Empower Garden Centre, Emersons, Mr B & S McGeown to create a new garden space as part of our “Developing Outdoor Learning” initiative.

To celebrate this hard work a Take 500+ Community Celebration Barbeque will be held on Saturday 10th June 2023 from 10:00am -12:00pm
We would like to invite you and your family to join us at this event.

Good Afternoon Everyone. We have continued to work in the garden this week with Mr McDowell from Portadown Health & Wellness and Empower Garden Centre.

The children have been preparing the ground and soil ahead of planting next week and learning about organising plants effectively.

Another group of pupils assisted with the painting of our Garden Tool Shed.

We look forward to showing you very soon - watch this space! 🌷🌻🌷

We’re getting ready to launch applications for Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance for the School Year 2023/2024! Here’s what you need to do to make sure you’re ready to submit your application.

If you are in receipt of one of the following:
➡️ Income Support
➡️ Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance
➡️ Income Related Employment and Support Allowance
➡️ Guarantee Element of State Pension Credit

You should request a Proof of Benefits letter now, by clicking here: https://secure.dwp.gov.uk/get-a-proof-of-benefit-letter/

It will take at least five days to be sent to you. Once you receive the letter keep it securely and then upload a copy of the letter when you apply for Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance.

Please note, if you are in receipt of Tax Credits or Universal Credit, you do not require the above letter.

More information will follow in the coming weeks on the 2023/24 Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance applications.

⭐️ Well done to our Stars of the Month for May ⭐️

Everyone is loving Healthy Kidz in the sun with coach Mags ☀️😎

https://www.northernirelandworld.com/education/children-from-st-marys-primary-school-plan-their-own-school-garden-with-help-from-portadown-wellness-centre-4165316
Well done to our amazing pupils and thank you to Portadown Wellness Centre for all their support!!

Alan McDowell helps primary school children to create their very own school garden Children from St Mary’s Primary School in Derrytrasna have been learning to create their very own garden with the help of Portadown Wellness Centre.

Our pupils continue to develop our new school garden. 🦋🌼

On Thursday the boys and girls in KS2 helped to tidy the outdoor space, gardening and removing any old soil, weeds and dry grass. The children did a super job! 👩🏼‍🌾🧑🏽‍🌾

On Friday, continuing our partnership with Portadown Health & Wellness and Empower Garden Centre, Mr McDowell came to start the planting process. He spoke with the children from KS1, KS2 and our Eco Team explaining how we are bringing their garden plans to life. The children showed great enthusiasm and we look forward to spending more time outdoors developing this space. 🌻🍃

Well done to Rosa McAllister & Leah Hamilton and Elle McGarrell representing Armagh at the half time games in Owenbeg as part of Ladies Ulster Finals. 🧡🏐.

🏆🏆What an amazing performance by our footballers as they won the North Armagh League today. It was an extra special win for the school as they are the first winners of the Terry McCullaugh Cup! Named after our friend and former teacher in St. Mary’s.

The boys and girls played their hearts out in an amazing game of football against an extremely strong St. Teresa’s team.

The trophy was presented by Master McCullaugh’s family! We are sure he is looking down with pride today! Well done boys and girls, we are so proud of you! 🏆🏆

⭐️⭐️Well done to Aodhan, Joseph, Eoin and Caoimhin who won the Mid Ulster League Cup this morning 🏆 ⚽️

🟠⚪️Big excitement for this weekend’s Ulster Final! 🟠⚪️

😀The lovely Collins sisters have come into school very confused this morning! Who will they be supporting on Sunday??? 🟠⚪️

⭐️Well done to our P6/7 footballers who performed brilliantly at the Aghagallon tournament today. ⭐️