Mullaghbawn
Well done to the St Mary’s representative who took part in the 2019 Newry Mourne and Down Environmental Youth Speak Final. There was a lot of hard work put in by the P7 pupil before getting up on the stage in Downpatrick and she certainly did her school, family and community proud. Well done!
Well done to the 21 pupils from P6 and P7 who entered into the Environmental Youth Speak competition for 2019. The theme was, “A Day in the Life of an Eco-Warrior.”
All of the pupils and staff in attendance were blown away by the stage presence, standard of delivery and the content of the speeches. The children demonstrated great courage by getting up on stage in front of a packed assembly hall.
The winning entrant will be the pupil who has the highest combined score for their content and presentation, which are marked in equal measure. Their name will be revealed in school tomorrow and we wish them luck ahead of the Newry, Mourne & Down DC Final in Downpatrick next Tuesday.
Friday, March 15th will be a non-uniform day. Pupils are invited to wear something green as we celebrate our patron saint and hopefully raise some funds for the St Mary’s Eco Schools programme. A voluntary contribution of £1 per child or £2 per family would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks to Ann Garvey for coming in to school today to facilitate some public speaking workshops for Primary 7 and Primary 6 pupils, who are busy preparing their entries for the 2019 St Mary’s Environmental Youth Speak competition. The children were delighted to receive some tips in the art of public speaking from Ann Garvey, who is an expert in her field.
Pupils have been enhancing their literacy skills through this Eco Schools activity. This project will also incorporate ICT, as the children will submit their work through their Google Classroom.
There is great excitement building now with just one week to go to the big event. The winner will then go forward to represent St Mary’s at the Newry, Mourne & Down DC Final later in the month.
Primary 7 have been working on a Christmas craft with a difference this year, as they created St Mary’s first ever igloo! This STEM task enabled pupils to enhance their mathematical, technological and thinking skills. The idea came from our Eco Committee and the finished product has been given as a gift to the new Accelerated Reading library. The children invited the kitchen staff down to see the finished article today as many of the milk cartons came from the canteen. Bernie liked it that much she wanted to try it out for herself!
Pupils worked through the following stages in this project:
P7 certainly used a lot “i-glue” in this project, pardon the pun, but can anyone guess how many cartons were used? Pupils can submit their guesses tomorrow to win a special Eco Schools prize!
Congratulations to the new members of the St Mary’s Eco Committee. They were presented with their badges by Mr McDonnell at assembly recently. Some pupils who were absent are missing from the photo. Well done to everyone who put themselves forward at the election stage. There were some fantastic ICT presentations, songs, raps, poems and much more.
A reminder that elections for the school Eco Committee will take place this Friday afternoon for KS2 pupils (P5,P6,P7). Presentations can take the form of a written speech, poem, rap, song or digital presentation. Pupils have been informed that if they intend to stand in the election, they must register with their class teacher. If they are using a supporting digital presentation, it must be brought in on a pen or uploaded to their Google Drive by Thursday. A promotional poster can also be displayed in the assembly hall. Good luck to all of the entrants!
Could we ask everyone please to give a vote to the Ring of Gullion, Partnership scheme at the link below, they are nominated for funding through the Big Lottery but success is dependent on getting as many votes as possible.
Over the past years, St. Mary’s pupils have benefited greatly from the many different projects which they have run e.g. The Townlands’ Project, The Archaeological Dig at Glassdrummond and not least this year our Wednesday afternoon Gardening Club with Alison.
As they have currently no funding and as we would like the opportunity to work with them in the future, please vote. You can vote once using any email address and you can vote again using a different address. Likewise if you retweet your vote it counts as another vote! Every vote counts and we are into the last week for voting. So please spread the post and encourage others to vote, to help keep this great resource for our children up and running.
http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/project/ring-gullion-landscape-partnership-scheme
Following a tremendous amount of hard work in both practical and theory lessons this term, P7 pupils have been awarded their certificates for completing the Cycling Proficiency Scheme. Although there has been a great improvement over the course of the scheme, the children fully understand that this has not made them experts or ensure that they will be exempt from danger. They must take great care every time they get on their bikes.
Congratulations to all of the children on their success. Cycling is a fun way to stay fit and healthy!