St. Mary's NS Ballygarrett Welcome
You are very welcome to our School Website. Céad Míle Fáilte go dtí Láithreán Scoil Naomh Mhuire, Baile Ghearóid, Guaire, Contae Loch Garman. Our website has general information on the school for all and we hope you enjoy our regular news items. Feature items will appear on our home page but be sure to visit our news page or follow us on twitter for further reports from all our classes. Ní neart go chur le… Read More
Jubilee 1970-2020
Discover Primary Science & Maths
Active school
Green Schools Award
Wildflower Walk by Matthew Wafer (Rang 4) On the 11th May 2023 3rd and 4th classes went on a wildflower walk in Cahore with a specialist named Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh. Our principal Mr. Madden and teachers Ms. O’ Meara, Ms. Rooney and Ms. Byrne accompanied us. We met at the car park at Cahore South beach at nine am. The first flower we looked at was the blackberry flower. Aedín told us that… Read More
Some photographs from our busy day today. Thank you to all who attended and made it such a memorable day for our school.
Take a peek at our WBD slideshow…
Super excitement this Friday morning as we held our very first #AnythingButABackpackDay in the school. Our pupils had to leave their school bags at home today and bring their belongings in a novel and creative way. It is safe to say that we were thrilled with the response from our pupils and families. All the excitement helped raise some much needed funds for our local Seal Sanctuary. Even Sammy the Seal paid… Read More
Every year our pupils create wonderful and amazing decorations from recyclable materials. This year is no different! Take a look at our video of all the entries this year. Thank you to Mrs Dwyer for organising the competition again this year. The standard is wonderful!!
As a school community, we were delighted to welcome and adore our first Christmas Wishing Tree to the school. The Parents’ Association have been working very hard to bring this idea to life. We now have a beautiful 16 ft Christmas Tree in our play area for all our pupils to admire. We were delighted to welcome Fr. Tom Cooper to bless our new tree today. Each of our 204 pupils received… Read More
Thank you to all who organised, supported and participated in our school fundraiser. The pupils, Parents Association and staff really enjoyed the party atmosphere. Click below to see a short slideshow.
As part of our Maths Week this year, our Rang 6 hosted our annual Maths Fair on the Friday of Maths Week. This is always a much loved experience for our hosts and visitors from all the classes. Well done to our pupils from Rang 6 who put on marvellous displays and energetic interaction with the younger classes. See the short slide show attached. Well done to Eoghan (Rang 5) and Aislinn… Read More
Our Active School Committee for this school year has been selected and are ready to take us on an active, fun adventure over the course of the year. Welcome to our committee members Penny, Patrick, Ella, Lachlann, Charlie, Meryl- Joy, Eve, Sarah, Dylan, Max, Sophie and Peter. We recently held a poster competition to refresh our memories on our Active School Slogan ‘If you want some fun, be an active one! See… Read More
We are delighted to announce the opening of our first special class ” Acorn Class” within our school. This is our first special class in the school and we were so excited to welcome all our new pupils on the first day of school. We hope that this class will settle into their lovely new refurbished surroundings and school over the coming weeks and months. The room has been equipped with lots… Read More
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