On Monday, our pupils listened to an extremely thought provoking presentation from ‘Classrooms for Malawi’- one of the many charities we donated to through our fundraising during Lent last session. During the whole school assembly, Room 9a also delivered an interesting presentation on St. Vincent de Paul. Throughout the year, each class will choose a religious focus to research and deliver at whole school assemblies.
I was extremely proud to attend the Holy Cross Senior Award Ceremony on Wednesday night. During the evening we were entertained by Holy Cross’ choir and skilled musicians, listened to Professor Anthony Finn and watched as many pupils from S4, S5 and S6 received awards for their varied accomplishments. We have a fabulous transition programme with Holy Cross and it was very rewarding to see so many ex-St. Mary’s pupils receive awards for their hard work and effort.
On Thursday we had our first Primary 2 multi sports lunch time club ran by our P7 play leaders, assisted by Laura Somerville, our Active Schools Co-ordinator. The Primary 7 pupils were excellent at interacting and leading the p2s in various games, developing co-ordination and co-operation skills.
I can’t believe that the September weekend is here already, however I am sure that all of our pupils are very excited to be on holiday from school for a few days – enjoy!
Mrs. Elaine Fitzpatrick