St Mary'S High School Newry

St Mary’s Art students attended The National Art Gallery in Dublin alongside St Mark’s High School, Warrenpoint today. The students took part in a contextual art tour of the ‘Bauhaus’ and ‘Picasso’ exhibit.

We are delighted to announce that St Mary’s came 4th in the Cash For Kids School Challenge and have been awarded £1,000 to go towards the purchase of laptops for the pupils. We would like to thank our pupils, parents, staff and friends of St Mary’s for their contributions to the overall total. Finally, we would like to thank Ashleigh and her team from Downtown Radio and @CashforKidsNI for their guidance and support throughout the fundraising campaign.

Cash For Kids Schools Campaign 2019 - St Mary's Reveal
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Netball practice will take place tomorrow, second lunch (12.50pm - 1.30pm) for Year 11 and Year 12 playersNetball practice will take place tomorrow, second lunch (12.50pm - 1.30pm) for Year 11 and Year 12 players

Retweeted Music Department @smhsnewrymusic Peace Proms tickets for Belfast 1pm concert go on sale tomorrow

Leagh Blair in Year 11 was awarded the Special Recognition Award for the month of October. She was nominated by a classmate. Well done Leagh.

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) will open its doors this coming Friday and Saturday to prospective students, their parents, teachers and Guidance Counsellors as it hosts its annual open days. - Friday 8th November 2019 (10.00am – 3.00pm) - Saturday 9th November 2019 (10.00am – 1.00pm)
Throughout the Open Days, they will be holding an extensive range of activities, including a series of information sessions, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions of student work and laboratory visits.

All Art students who are attending the trip to Dublin tomorrow must have their permission letter and any outstanding money in tomorrow morning to give to Mrs Finnegan.

Our English Department are proud to introduce our Book Club members for 2019 - 2020. Members are Leah Connell 0815, Niamh Cranny 0815, Emma Jo O’Hagan 0823, Martha McKernan 0823, Chelsea Holmes 0823, Aleksandra Kowalkowska 0824, Stacey Finnegan 0824 and Nicole Stepniewska 0837.
The St. Mary’s Book Club is made up of a selection of avid Year 8 readers. Each member receives their own Amazon Kindle to borrow for the school year. The novel that they are reading this year is ‘Escape from Mr Lemoncello’s Library’ by Chris Grabstein. During Book Club, they read exciting extracts from the novel, play games and have debates on a range of literary topics.

The Year 11 Double Award Science class had a very enjoyable trip to a careers fair hosted by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust in Newry Leisure Centre yesterday. It gave the girls hands on experiences into all the jobs on offer within the trust and provided a great insight into specific careers such as different branches of nursing, dentistry, microbiology, biomedical engineering as well as accountancy, estates management and even how they could volunteer within the trust.

Miss School. Miss Out.
This new advertising campaign currently run by the Department of Education seeks to highlight the fact that school attendance is not just essential, it’s also beneficial and that in missing school, pupils are also missing out on a range of other positive life experiences.
It also highlights two other key points:... 1. Each year, 40,000 children in Northern Ireland have an attendance level of 90% or lower. 2. There is a misunderstanding amongst some parents that achieving a 90% attendance record is a good result. On the contrary, this level of attendance equates to 19 days absence / one month out of school.
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Year 10 RE classes were busy in term one working on their ‘I Am Valuable’ projects. These girls from Mrs Hughes’ class put extra special effort into their projects. Well done Michelle, Jenna, Emer, Sophie and Roksana.

Reminder: School Bank will be open tomorrow morning (8.45am - 9.10am) outside the assembly hall. All new members welcome.
Also bank prize - this Friday the draw will take place for all newcomers and regular savers.

U20 Gaelic Football Training
Pupils will travel to St Mark’s tomorrow for a challenge match in preparation for the Ulster Semi Final. Pupils should report to the PE Changing Rooms at 2.00pm and the bus will leave school at 2:20pm. Please ensure you have black shorts, football boots, gum shield and warm clothing. The bus will leave St Mark’s at approx 3:55pm and will return to St Mary’s. Any pupil that wishes to be collected from St Mark’s should bring a note from a parent.

Peace Proms tickets will go on sale this Friday 8th November. Our school choir will be performing in the 1.00pm Concert in the SSE Arena Belfast on 1st March 2020. The choir will be in the North Tier so parents may wish to purchase tickets in this area of the venue.
The choir will be attending a Peace Proms Workshop on Tuesday 26th November in Queen's University Belfast. Mrs Tennyson has given out consent forms for this today. If your daughter has not received one please see Mrs Tennyson in the morning.

U20 Gaelic Football Training
Unfortunately due to the weather last night and this morning the Shamrocks pitches are not playable for this afternoon’s training session. Training will therefore be cancelled and it is hoped that they will reopen later in the week. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause to parents, pupils will be notified.

Congratulations to our Year 8 Pupil of the Month Winners for October 2019
0815 - Bevin Kelly 0823 - Sionainn McArdle 0824 - Stacey Finnegan... 0837 - Amy Lennon
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