St. Mary’s Primary School, Derrytrasna

A super day was had by all of Key Stage 2 on our end of year school trip to Emerald Park 🎢💚
We even got to meet local hero Aidan Forker. All the boys and girls wished him the best of luck for Sunday’s big game 🧡🤍

🙌 🏆 Well done to our football teams who both picked up silverware in our final tournament of the year at the Sarsfields today. Well done to Harry McAlinden who received most improved player of the year and well done to James Armstrong who received player of the year.

A big thank you to everyone who helped with the teas, coffees and sandwiches at the Sarsfields. And a special thank you to Francis Reynolds who has volunteered his free time and annual leave on many occasions this year to help with our school team. We really appreciate all your help! 🏆

🌸Thank you to everyone who gave up their time to help and support our Summer Garden Party. A special word of thanks to Mr Alan McDowell from Empower Garden and Wellness Centre for his continued support, time, and contributions to St Mary's.
Your donations are greatly appreciated and will go towards meeting one of the requests from our Pupil Council! 🪴

Well done to our Primary Seven cricket team! They played their hearts out today at Po***ck Park and they made a real impression on all of the other teams. 🤩🏏🏏👏🏼

🏆Sports Day 🏆
We are planning to hold our annual Sports Day on Monday 17th June, weather permitting. Everyone welcome 😊

🎻A huge well done to our Primary 5, 6 and 7s for putting on a wonderful musical performance on Friday afternoon. Thank you to Miss Foy who has helped the children to prepare throughout the year, they were fabulous 🎶

🌟 Well done to all of our Pupils’ of the Month for May 🌟

It was a big thumbs up for Foxberry Fruit Farm strawberries from our P2/3 class today🍓

A huge thank you to Philip and the Fox family from Foxberry Farm in Derrytrasna who very generously sponsored our Primary 7 leavers hoodies. Thanks also for the delicious strawberries the children and staff enjoyed today 🍓

🏆 What a result today for our footballers who picked up the Danske Bank Trophy at St Ronan’s this afternoon! The boys and girls were amazing throughout and produced a heroic comeback in their final to take home the trophy! 🏆 👏

Well done to Niamh and Una on their Ulster title win with St. Ronan’s. 🏆

🤍 Congratulations to all of our Primary 4 boys and girls who made their First Holy Communion today. Don’t they all look beautiful 🤍

🧡🤍 Orange day in support of Armagh reaching the Ulster Final ☀️

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🌻Primary 2 & 3 enjoyed planting their sunflowers today in the sunshine ☀️

👩🏻‍🍳We would like to thank Wendy Donaldson from the Livestock Meat Commission for a fabulous cookery demonstration in St. Mary’s. The children learnt about the Northern Ireland Beef and Lamb Industry, the importance of healthy eating, food safety and hygiene.
We had the opportunity to sample the dish prepared and everyone agreed it was delicious!
Our own P7’s made one of the recipes from the LMC cookery book provided and it went down a treat! 🍴

👏 Well done to our boys and girls who played in the Aghagallon tournament yesterday! Lots of great football played by everyone. Thank you to Shane Gallagher and Francis Reynolds who gave up their free time and helped out with both of our teams. 👏 ⚽️

🌟Well done to all our Pupils of the Month for April🌟

Amazing work by our PTA once again! We appreciate your support so much 👏

Today Friends of St Mary's FOSM Treasurer Michelle McDaid & Chair Allison Murphy presented St. Mary’s Primary School, Derrytrasna with a cheque for £830 towards new maths books & maths resources thanks to monies raised in our Tesco bag packing fundraiser over the weekend. FOSM would like to again thank everyone who made this possible. 🌟 🌈

Primary five made their own chocolate bars using a chocolate moulds. Each chocolate bar had to include either chilli flakes or fresh ginger pieces. The children worked very hard to create a recipe choosing from a variety of ingredients. They measured out the quantity of each ingredient with precision and loved sampling the finished products.

Many thanks to Cillian’s mum for her kindness and generosity in providing a special treat from the chip shop for all of the P7s who celebrated the sacrament of Confirmation last night. A big thank you from us all! 😊

A big thank you to our PTA for providing the P7 children with their confirmation treats 👏

The Confirmation celebrations continue 🎉 ..the Primary 7s are back in St. Mary’s Primary School, Derrytrasna today & will enjoy some cake & party treats with their classmates 🥳 🍰 💙 💛 🤍

Congratulations to our P7 pupils who received the Sacrament of Confirmation tonight. 🙏🏻🙏🏻😊

A big thank you to Archbishop Eamon Martin, Fr Brian Fitzpatrick and Fr Colum Murphy for a lovely service. 🎶🙏🏻

Thank you to St. Patrick’s who provided the children with some well deserved treats and helped with the setting up and serving of our refreshments after Confirmation! 🎉 🍰

Primary 1, 2 and 3 had great fun today on their school trip to Oxford Island 🐞🕷️🎣

As part of their WAU topic ‘Let’s get growing’. Primary 2 and 3 have been working very hard in groups to plan and build a beanstalk for Jack using junk material. Don’t they look fabulous!🌱

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

Congratulations to Erin Toal who achieved 2 PBs at the Irish National School Championships on Sunday! This was Erin’s first time swimming at the amazing National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. Well done, Erin 🏊‍♀️⭐️

Well done Bridgina and her Lismore teammates! 👏