News 2025

Antrim v Dublin Friendly Friendship Games

Well done and congratulations to our superstars Bella and Clodagh who represented our school at the Antrim v Dublin Friendly Friendship games in Corrigan Park today. Two great ambassadors for our school, we are very proud of the two girls....

Farm Safety Talk

This morning our children had a Farm Safety talk about the dos and don'ts on a farm. They were shown what to look out for and the dangers of slurry tanks and tractors. They also watched a video. Thank you to the School Nursing team for coming and speaking to the children.....

Meet Bluebell, the new St Mary's Nursery Bear!

For quite a while now our Nursery logo has needed a revamp. We needed a high resolution version of our nursery logo and so we took the opportunity to give the bear a little bit of an upgrade. Once again our pupils have been heavily involved. Our school council took suggestions of names and narrowed in down to Dudley, Alvin or Bluebell.  After a school wide vote, the pupils decided that Blueb...

P1 Assembly

Congratulations to our little stars from primary 1 who performed a lovely Summer themed assembly for their parents and family members on Thursday morning. We are very proud of how they have all developed and progressed throughout their time in primary 1. Well done boys and girls. ...

Our New St Mary's Vision Mural

We are very proud of our brand new School Vision mural which we hope to have displayed around our school by the start of term in September. A lot of thought and consideration has gone into the details of the mural with input from parent, pupil and staff. Our school council have been pivotal to its creation and we feel that it encapsulates many of the things we hold dear in school. We hope you like...

We are a Take 5 School!

We are a Take 5 School! We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have received our Level 2 accreditation as a Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing School.  At St. Mary’s Primary School, the emotional health and wellbeing of all our school community is of the utmost importance to us; it is embedded into our school ethos. We have done so much this year to promote the Take 5 Steps ...

All County Success for St Mary's Girls

ALL COUNTY SUCCESS FOR ST MARY’S GIRLS  Our Primary 7 girls today became Antrim Champions in ladies Gaelic football and narrowly missed out on becoming county champions in camogie. Before they even left school this morning this group of primary 7 girls had made history as the first team to represent St Mary’s at County Finals day in the codes of ladies football and...

PTA Colour Run

🌈St Mary’s PTA Colour Run🌈 Saturday 7th June was our much anticipated PTA colour run. Despite a little bit of rain, the sunshine appeared at just the right time and it was another brilliant PTA event. Once again, so well supported and thoroughly enjoyed by all the boys and girls, adults and friends of our school who took part! A massive thank you to: ㉣...

Inspirational Woman in Education Award

🏆Inspirational Woman in Education Award🏆 Tonight our staff attended the Families First Education Awards to celebrate a wonderful teacher, a wonderful Vice Principal and a wonderful person!  Mrs Goldring was recognised for her hugely positive contribution to all aspects of school life in St Mary’s Portglenone. As she approaches the end of her final term this ...

P5 Trip to Bushmills

✨P5 Shared Education Trip - Salmon Hatchery Bushmills✨    This week our P5 pupils travelled to Bushmills, alongside P5 pupils from Portglenone Primary School, to visit ‘The Salmon Hatchery.’ The children spent time learning about the life cycle of salmon and had the opportunity to see them first-hand! Everyone had an enjoyable day out. ...