Dear Parents,
Registration for First Holy Communion and Confirmation for 2025
St. Mary’s Parish Centre recently opened registration for next year’s First Holy Communion and Confirmation. This applies to our current first class boys (First Holy Communion) and our current fifth class boys (Confirmation). Please check the parish website for more information.
St Mary’s Boys and Scoil Mhuire Girls National School’s Sports Day – Sunday 9th June at 2pm
The countdown to the School Sports Day continues and with just over a week we’ve opened the payment portal on Aladdin. If you have a daughter in the Girl’s School too then you only need to pay once. The payment window is open in both schools until midnight on Thursday 6th June. We’ll then compile a list and check off all families who have prepaid on the gate. Otherwise, it’s CASH ONLY AT THE GATE on the day.
If you’ve been before you’ll know it’s an action packed day with races and competitions for each class group. There will be egg & spoon, three-legged races, 60/80/100m dashes, sack races, the tiny tots race and the infamous parents races too. There’s also plenty of games, with penalty shoot outs, Poc Gearr, Hula Hoops and bouncy castles to keep everyone entertained.
And as the Sports Day has grown so has the need for volunteers. The organising committee is appealing for all families who are able to volunteer a parent to manage a station just for 30 minutes. Follow this link to choose your spot and sign up to volunteer today.
Santry Sports – Cumann na mBunscol Athletics
Our athletics team were very successful last Friday in the Morton Stadium in Santry. The boys won a total of 11 medals which is a fantastic result. A huge thanks to Ms. Joyce and Ms. Murray for their preparation of the team. A special mention too to Lucan Harriers and Cathy Abbott who added her expertise to our track sessions. See our Facebook page for team photos.
Lucan Harriers Athletic Club
Well done to David Abbott, Paul Bastable and Ethan Small who all won medals in the recent county championship races. David and Paul won gold medals in the u11 relay. David won gold in the u11 600m final and Paul won bronze. Paul also won bronze in the u11 60m. Ethan won bronze in the u10 500m. All boys will now compete in National Finals.
Golf Team
Well done to our golf team who were runners-up in the annual Castle Cup Primary School Competition. Our team included Ted McHugh, Will Keane, Donagh Stack and Adam O’Donnell. Thanks to Mr. Keegan and Mr. Lynch for organising this event.
School Table Quiz
Well done to all the successful quiz teams on Friday evening in our school hall. Thanks to Mr. Clandillon, Ms. Geraghty, Ms Brennan, Mr Walsh, Ms Killane and Ms Joyce for organising and supervising the event.
The overall winners were Jazim, Robbie, Hannan, and Ronan.
The sixth class winners were Adam, Jonathan, Aodh and Kengshen.
The fifth class winners were Luke, Fionn, Nathan and Leo.
The fourth class joint-winners were Senan, Harry, Marcus, Eli, and Finn, Darragh, Pearce and Finn.
Junior Hurling
Well done to our Junior A who won their game on Tuesday and to our Junior B team who drew. Best of luck to our Junior C team who play on our school pitch today. Thanks to Mr. Clandillon, Mr. Keegan, Ms. Ryan, Mr. Walsh and Mr. McHugh for all the time they volunteer to organise matches for all the boys involved.
School closed on Friday 31st May and Monday 3rd June
Please remember that school will be closed on Friday 31st May and Monday 3rd June for the June Bank Holiday. School will reopen again on Tuesday 4th June at 9am.
Le dea-ghuí,
Dara Burke, Principal.