Last week all of our pupils engaged in our Annual Science Week.  This year, the theme was “St. Mary’s P.S. Celebrating Science and Investigations.” 
Our pupils enjoyed a fun filled week where they developed their scientific investigational skills.  Our pupils participated in Mini-Beast hunts, tested materials properties, explored electricity, investigated senses, looked at the characteristics of living things, investigated the properties of light and sound and measured and mixed solutions. 
Our Primary 6 pupils took part in a six-week project, where they planned, designed and created models or scenes based around their topic of WWII. 
Outdoor learning has played a massive role in our pupils learning in the Junior Site and as you can see all of our pupils have enjoyed learning in this manner.  The World Around Us is a big part of our curriculum here in St. Mary’s and we look forward to exploring and investigating even more in the future years. 
More photos of Science week can be found on the class pages.

Congratulations to Megan, Easkey and Nicole who been selected to participate on the Verbal Arts Youth Panel. Well done girls!

Some of our Senior School students took part in their Mandarin Chinese listening test yesterday. Well done to all the boys and girls and thank you to our Mandarin Chinese Tutors.

Some of our Primary 4 children participated in a Thai culture and arts workshop facilitated by Derry City and Strabane District Council. The children learned a lot about Thai culture and festivals, they completed Thai sand paintings and Thai fan painting. Thanks so much to Martin and Nadia for facilitating the workshop today, the children really enjoyed the activities. More photos can be viewed on the Primary 4 page on the website.

Mrs O'Donnells P3B class recorded their class assembly yesterday on the topic of friendship. Well done to all the boys and girls. The assembly is now available to view on the Primary 3 page.

The Children in the Junior School got to see some cool creatures up close this week when they had a visit from Allan and his Wee Critters. The children held a snake, cockroach, tarantulas, owls, parrots, armadillos and more. Photos are available to view on the class pages.   

Well done to all our students in Mr McLaughlin's P7A class who have recorded an assembly for their peers on the subject of St Mary, the patron saint of our school. You can watch the assembly on the Primary 7 page on the website. 

Mrs Haughey's P3C class have recorded an assembly on the subject of "Summer". The assembly can be viewed on the Primary 3 page. Well done boys and girls!

Congratulations to the St Mary's Athletics Team on representing their school at the Finn Valley Athletics event on Wednesday. The children performed brilliantly picking up 8 medals. Well done!

The children have all been having fun in our new sandpit during 'Outdoor Learning'. The girls and boys are learning to work together, building walls, making mud pies and adding all the natural resources to our play. We are so happy the sunshine is here!
More photos of the children enjoying outdoor learning can be viewed in the school gallery.