JUNE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND: Please note that Saint Mary’s will be closed on Monday the 2nd and Tuesday 3rd June 2025. Saint Mary's will reopen on Wednesday June 4th at the normal time of 08:35.
SPORTS DAY: We would like to invite all parents/ guardians to St Mary's BNS Sports Day which will take place in Booterstown Park on Tuesday 17th June, (weather permitting). It will be for the whole school from Junior Infants to 6th class. We will begin at 9am in the park and it will go on until approximately 10:30am. We hope you can all make it.
INCOMING JUNIOR INFANTS OPEN DAY: We will host an open day for our new Junior Infants on Tuesday 10th June from 09:15 until 10:15. We ask that the boys wear their new school unform tracksuit. This is a available to purchase from this link Uniformity. We also ask that the boys bring a drink and a snack with them to school that morning. The class teacher will spend this special time with the children in room 5 familiarising them with their new classmates, their classroom and the school yard. We will also organise some fun table top activities. When the boys are in class we will have refreshments for parents hosted by the Parents' Association and there will be an introductory presentation for incoming parents by the class teacher and school principal in room 13. We look forward to meeting you all.
CONFIRMATION REUNION MASS: As mentioned at their very first meeting and at their last preparation session with parents, the Parish wishes to invite all the boys and girls who were recently confirmed to join them this Saturday, the 7th of June, for the 6 p.m. Vigil Mass and afterwards in the Parish Centre for some light refreshments. The parish is also looking forward to meeting all of you again and joining the boys and girls in celebrating their Confirmation with the Parish Community.Regards,Fiona Henry and Coo Ballance .Parish Catechists.
CASTLE CUP GOLF TOURNAMENT: Big congratulations to our golf team who finished as runners up today in the Castle Cup Golf Tournament. They represented the school so well and enjoyed their day. A big thank you to Mr O Keeffe for leading the team.
HOT LUNCHES: We have been approved for hot lunches. We are in the process of setting up a focus group and getting in companies and sampling their food. We have six students for the Hot Lunches Focus Group; three from the Student Council and three from 4th class. We have three nominees of the Board of Management. We have 3 teachers. We have parents/guardians. We are in the process of contacting companies. We are also establishing an agreed criterion to assess each company and their food e.g. Where is the food made? Are all ingredients listed? Are there any additives? What is done in the case of Allergies? What happens to food that is not eaten? What menus choices are available and when should orders be placed? Are there vegetarian options? We hope to have the hot lunches scheme up and running for our return in August. The Hot Lunches Focus Group will feedback to you over the coming weeks on their findings and agreed selection.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: We congratulate all the candidates who made their First Holy Communion last Saturday in the Church of the Assumption, Booterstown. It was a lovely school community occasion. We thank all the candidates who read and sang so well. We thank our class parents reps and parents for their lovely gifts. They were very unexpected, but are very much appreciated. We thank our parish catechists Catherine Ballance and Fiona Henry and class teacher Tommy O Keeffe for the huge amount of work they put in preparing the candidates for this special day. Special thanks also to Aoife Cartwright & Pilar Foradellas for conducting and helping the choir who sang so beautifully throughout the ceremony. We thank Dominic, the church sacristan for all his help and Msgr. Ciarán O Carroll and Fr Gerard Tyrrell who led the mass. We hope everyone had a wonderful celebration afterwards.
FRÁSAÍ NA MÍOSA/ GAEILGE/ CONTENT LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING: Más féidir libh cabhrú le bhúr bpáiste frásaí na míosa a chleachtadh sa bhaile. / If you can please help your child practise Irish these phrases of the month? 1. Lá breá atá ann-It's a lovely day. / 2. Uachtar gréine-suncream 3. Tá an ghrian ag scoilteadh na gcloch-The sun is splitting the stones. 4. Tá na laethanta saoire ag teacht.-The holidays are coming.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FOR 2025-2026: An email has been forwarded to the whole school community outlining next year's holidays. Please see this link also for School Holidays 2025-2026.
Kind regards, Noel Scully. Principal.