(Written by Peter McDonald) On Thursday 2nd of May, St Mary’s boy’s badminton teams, A and B, took part in the schools badminton competition. The A team consisted of Peter McDonald, Cian McCormack, Jack Kerins and Peter Connellan. They won all their group matches, beating Kilkenny Project School 6 – 0, Muckalee 5 – 1, and Carrigeen B 6 – 0. This brought them
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Congratulations to all our children who were confirmed in Church of the Assumption, Thomastown. The children put in a lot of work and preparation into their very special day and great credit must be given to them and their teachers Mr. Delahunty and Mr. Roberts. Thank you to all involved. It was a fantastic occasion. Click link below to view the Confirmation Photos http://dylanvaughan.photoshelter.com/gallery/St-Marys-Confirmation-2013/G0000wPJI3vioPvQ/C0000pOiWHKX5x1s
The Easter Bunny paid a very special visit to all the boys and girls in St Mary’s last Friday. There was great excitement as he hopped from class to class delivering delicious Easter eggs to all the children in the school (and teachers too!!!) Thank you Easter Bunny for brightening up our day. Happy Easter to all!
It was blue & white day in St Mary’s as students got into the spirit of things to cheer on the ‘Boy’s in Blue’ for the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Final this Sunday, where they will be meeting Fullen Gaels of Manchester in Croke Park. The very best of luck on Sunday from all at St Mary’s.
(Written by Tony Collins and Aaron McGowan) We will always remember our day in the snow. We made snowmen and had snowball fights! It was so much fun! There was so much snow. It was a very cold day but none of us felt it because we were running around.
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Girl’s Football Final November 28th 2012, St Canice’s V Thomastown (Written by Ciara Prendergast and Sinéad O’ Keeffe) On Wednesday Thomastown and St Canice’s went to O’ Loughlins to play each other in the school final. The team was lined out with Jodie Lancashire on goal, Ava Kavanagh on one corner and Dearbhaile O’ Keeffe was full-back. Lizzie Buckley was in the other corner
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(Written by Shane Kearney and Ben Carrol) The Heineken Cup arrived at St. Mary’s National School on Thursday the 8th of November. Leo the Lion came too!! All the classes gathered in the hall. There was great excitement. Leo entertained us all and gave out lots of Leinster hats to pupils who could answer questions about rugby correctly. After that we got our picture
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(Written by Diarmuid Galway and Eddie Donnelly) On Monday the 5th of November, the Thomastown hurling team arrived with the cup having beaten Bennettsbridge in the county final in Nowlan Park the previous day. They have now been promoted from a junior team to an intermediate team. Lots of players of players arrived with the cup and took the time to visit every class
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(Written by Peter Connellan and Robbie Cody) The first final was Kerry V Mayo. Mayo won the match on the score 5-4 to 0-0. The girls’ final followed. Ciara Mason’s team against Ruth Ryan’s team. Ruth’s team won by 4 points. The Boy’s final was the last to be played. Kildare V The Nice Boys. Colm Whelan against Jack Barcoe’s team. Jack’s team won
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(Written by Kerri Whelan and Hannah Bay) On Friday 26th of October a new creation arrived at our school. The new creation was a beautiful stone sculpture. It is a magnificent addition to our magnificent school. A gigantic crane arrived on Friday morning to lift the amazing piece of art from the back of a lorry. The whole school gathered to watch. Although we
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The Green Schools Committee is up and running again. We’re full steam ahead with our eyes on our second Green Flag. All the children in the school are working really hard on the Energy theme. We’ve noticed lots of children turning off their classroom lights when they leave their rooms. Children are also reminding their teachers to close windows and doors and switch off
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On Friday October 12th , St Mary’s N.S. had a visit from 5 very special guests……. Henry, Micheal, T.J., Paul and of course ………. LIAM McCARTHY!!! Míle Buíochas to the lads who took the time to visit our school and bring such joy and excitement to everyone. The photographs below are proof of how delighted the children were to meet the players and hold
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