Academic Calendar 2024-2025

SCHOOL STARTS

Thursday 29th August.

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY

Friday 18th October

MID-TERM BREAK

School closes on Friday 25th October 14:15.

School Re-opens Monday 4th November

PARENT-TEACHER MEETINGS

25th November-29th November. Teachers will be in touch nearer the time to organise meetings.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

School closes at 12.00 noon Friday 20th December School Re-opens Monday 6th January

SAINT BRIGID'S DAY

Monday 3rd February. School Closed.

MID-TERM BREAK

School closes Friday 14th February at 14:15.

School Re-opens Monday 24th February

ST PATRICK’S DAY

Monday 17th March. School Closed.

EASTER HOLIDAYS

School closes at 12.00 noon on Friday 11th April  

School Re-opens Monday 28th April

MAY BANK HOLIDAY

Monday 5th MAY. School Closed.

STANDARDISED TESTING

Thursday 1st May-Friday 23rd May.

JUNE BANK HOLIDAY

School closed Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd June 

School Re-opens Wednesday 4th June

ACTIVE WEEK/ MULTI-CULTURAL DAY

Active Week will be from Monday, June 16th-Friday June 20th.

Junior Sports Day Monday 16th Booterstown Park 8:50-09:40.

Senior Sports Day Tuesday 17th Booterstown Park 08:50-10:00

Multicultural Day Friday 21st June 12:45-14:00. School Yard.

GRADUATION CEREMONY

Wednesday, June 25th at 10:00.

SUMMER HOLIDAYS

School closes at 12.00 noon on Friday 27th June

Details regarding Staff Training Days, First Holy Communion, Confirmation & 6th Class Graduation will be shared when we have dates.

  Academic Calendar

 School Calendar

Grotto Place, Booterstown, Co. Dublin A94 AC97
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Sunday, November 03, 2024
01-2886830
8:35 - 14:15
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  • Brat Beo

    Active Flag Brat Beo

  • Circuit Makers and Breakers

    Circuit Makers and Breakers

  • Electronic engineers in the making

    Electronic engineers in the making

  • Balloon Balance

    Balloon Balance Experiments

  • Squid Dissection

    Squid Dissection

  • Seashore Safari

    Seashore Safari

  • Plant Propagation

    Plant Propagation

  • Marine Life

    Classification of Marine Life

  • Croke Park Stadium Tour

    Croke Park Stadium Tour

  • Visit to Casement Aerodome in Baldonnel

    Visit to Casement Aerodome in Baldonnel

  • Senior Gaelic Football Team 2022

    Senior Gaelic Football Team 2022

  • Junior Infants build up their self-assessment portfolios

    Junior Infants build up their self-assessment portfolios by picking and talking about their favourite piece of work.

  • 6th Class Digitial Literacy

    6th Class Digitial Literacy

  • 4th class Engineers propose new Dublin North-South link bridge 

    4th class Engineers propose new Dublin North-South link bridge 

  • James Rizzi City Landscapes

    James Rizzi City Landscapes

  • Kayaking on the River Liffey

    Kayaking on the River Liffey

  • Sports week

    Sports week and gymnastics for all. Great fun outdoors

Principal's News

Weekly Update October 21st-November 8th 2024.

Weekly Update October 21st-November 8th 2024.

MIDTERM BREAK SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Saint Mary's BNS will close on Friday 25th October at 14:15 and will re-open on Monday 4th November at 08:35. May we take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and relaxing Halloween Break. 

PARENTS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:The Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Parents’ Association  will take place in the school on Thursday 7th November 2024 at 7.30pm.  At the AGM the PA will present the financial accounts and outline the many activities that were  undertaken over the past year with the funds that they raised. They have a schedule of events and  planned initiatives which they are hoping will raise, at a minimum, the same level of funds as last year.  They would invite you to share your suggestions on worthy projects in the school which would benefit  from future funding.  At the AGM the Parents’ Association Committee for the 2024/2025 academic year will be nominated  and elected. New appointees will assume their roles following the AGM. The Parents’ Association is  open to all parents and guardians of children enrolled in

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Latest News, Events and Stories

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  • October 31, 2024
  • Junior Infants 1
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Spooktacular Halloween fun in 1st Class.

  • October 30, 2024
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Hallowe'en Junk Art

  • October 25, 2024
  • Sixth Class 1
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Artful Autumn

  • October 24, 2024
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Storytelling at the Lexicon

  • October 24, 2024
  • Sixth Class 1
6th class were delighted to be invited along to storytelling at the...

Let's Talk Maths

  • October 23, 2024
  • Fourth Class 1
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Student News

Student Halloween Newsletter

Student Halloween Newsletter

Congratulations to our 6th class who have  done a great job collating , editing and publishing their Halloween Newsletter. It covers GAA & football, Grandparents' Day, clubs & committees, school news , class news and where our old school uniforms are heading to.  Please see link . Student Halloween Newsletter

110kg of our old school jumpers, shirts and trousers have left Booterstown and are on their way to Zambia (to Antwerp on MV Elbfeeder and to Durban on MV Santa Isabel) with an estimated arrival date of 16 December.This has been a community initiative involving Sr Samba Sakungo of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary and Greg Fields of Transport Matters whose son, Guy Fields, is a past pupil of St Mary's.   Sr Samba continues to liaise with Bishop Mweempwa in Monze, and as a former teacher in the diocese, she knows that the clothing is not only needed by families but will be greatly appreciated too.Sincere thanks to  Eamonn, Lorraine and Laura who literally did the heaving lifting of boxes and pallets.The Student Council played a big role in collecting all the old school uniforms and organising them. It was lovely to meet Sr Samba and hear all about her teaching in Zambia. We hope she will visit the school again. We look forward to updating you once the shipment arrives, clears customs and is distributed!

Congratulations to our Senior Gaelic Football team on reaching their quarter final against Castleknock Educate Together School. We did not win our match, but we thank all the boys for representing our school so well. We congratulate the victors and wish them all the best in the rest of the tournament.  Again a big thank you to  all our teachers who volunteer their time for training and matches and for all our parents who provide lifts and look after our football kit. 

We had Teacher Appreciation Day on October 4th. There were lots of treats in the staffroom for all our wonderful teachers. 

The Green School Committee carried out a survey on how many students and teachers walk to school. We look forward to seeing their results.

The Student  Council held its first meeting and elected a chairperson, a secretary, a treasurer and a PRO (Public relations Officer).  The Council have applied for the Amber Flag and are looking at how to promote Wellbeing Wednesdays.

2nd to 6th class continue to be creative in maths as we work together to create word problems from "Headlines" given. A particular favourite headline was, " A fence is 20 m long." This gave us lots of opportunites to use trundle wheels, measuring tapes and explore how to work out the perimeter and area of real regular quadrilateral shapes e.g. a baskeball court, a window, a goal etc. 

Congratulations to all the boys who won " Nice Ones" and Principal's Awards" during our two assemblies.

 1st to 6th classes will start a new Irish Graded Reading Series called Léigh Liom.