Dear Parents & Guardians,
We are nearing the end of the academic year but school life is still as busy as ever with lots of fun events happening. There is the most wonderful 'buzz' in school!
On Monday some of our Primary 7 girls spent the day in Our Lady's Grammar School as part of their transition to Post Primary - we missed them but they are excited for the move!
Our AM Nursery pupils had their Sports Day. They were brilliant and received stickers from Mrs McKeown and Mr McCreesh for their excellent sporting attitude.
We held our mammoth Teddy Bear Picnic in our Canon Brown Playing Field on Monday - we were so lucky with dry weather. It was a gorgeous event because our older pupils got to spend time with our younger pupils while they ate and played.
On Tuesday our P4-P7 pupils took part in a very successful Sports Day! The weather held and everyone had great fun mixed with a little bit of competitiveness! Thank you sincerely to Newry Shamrocks for the use of their fantastic facilities and to Wards, Rockmount for their very generous donation of refreshments and treats!
Our P4-P7 pupils attended a special assembly to celebrate those pupils who have worked tirelessly to meet their Accelerated Reader Target - well done everyone! We are delighted to see that reading is still a focus right to the end of the year. Lots of our pupils have already signed up to Library NI's Big Summer Read - we are delighted!
Our School Council and some worthy Primary 4 pupils had an exciting trip to 'Pets At Home' at Damolly on Thursday. The council received a very generous gift in the form of a voucher from Mrs Monaghan for all their hard work this year. They decided to use their voucher to purchase a fish tank and some fish for our Nursery. We are looking forward to it being fully installed in August.
Our final pizza party took place today for Primary 6 & Primary 7 Choir, Drama and Choral Speaking pupils. Another St. Clare's Abbey thank you to FlyBoy Pizza for sponsoring this treat - such generosity!
Our Primary 7s have spent lots of time this week working on our 'Giving a little bit back' project - they have been weeding, painting, gardening, filling sand and clay and generally being wonderful St. Clare's Abbey ambassadors. They are learning about giving back after being so well looked after for many years. Thank you Primary 7s - the school looks wonderful after all your hard work and TLC.
Thank you for your generous donations to Evora Hospice following our 'Crazy Hair Day'. Our school donation of £300 was part of Callum Magee's Fundraising campaign. Callum is a past pupil and is walking the Camino de Santiago to raise funds for Evora Hospice in memory of Fergal Quinn, brother of Mrs Byrne. An amazing commitment by Callum. We wish him lots of luck.
Our Sponsored Walk amount is still being counted - we will inform you of this as soon as possible but at the minute it is over £4000!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!
And finally...today saw the final of St. Clare's Abbey's Got Talent and oh my goodness we have SO much talent in our school. There were singers, dancers, soliloquists, musicians, magicians, jokesters and dramatists. We thoroughly enjoyed the array of acts. Thank you to the wonderful Miss O'Shea and pupils in our ECPD for organising such an entertaining day. Our pupils are amazing!
Wishing you a wonderful weekend,
Mrs Donnelly
