St Mary's Convent Primary School

The BIG HEART CYCLE will take place next weekend on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May. Trim Cycling Club will host this event in honour and memory of their dear friend, and much loved local businessman, Stephen Leonard. The Cycle will support the Irish Heart Foundation as well as other local charities, in Stephen’s memory.

We are delighted at St Mary’s to be able to promote this event by dedicating our first Spring COW (Cycle on Wednesday) to Stephen’s memory. We will meet at Steeple Manor at 8:30am and begin our cycle up through the Porchfields. Our Green Flag fund will sponsor healthy treats for all who participate. All are welcome to join us, however we would ask that any pupils under 4th class be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Helmets and hi-viz jackets are a must! If that route doesn’t suit your journey to school, feel free to cycle your own route and join us at the school.

Bígí linn.

The children in Room 9 signed up for the Picker Pal Programme this year. They chose April as their Clean up Month as it is National Clean Up month. They began with a big Yard Clean up. They gathered lots of bags of rubbish which had blown in from outside the school. This is a shame as Trim is trying to maintain its Gold Medal Status and even progress to the next level. Let’s all be Picker Pals and tidy up after ourselves. Ní neart go cur le chéile. (Strength in togetherness…..We’re all in this together!)

A huge thank you and congratulations to our Green Flag Committee who acquitted  themselves so well at the renewal inspection via zoom last week. Each of the delegates from Rang a 1 – Rang a 6 spoke up about the various green initiatives at St Mary’s and expressed their frustration at how Covid has challenged our school in our fight against Climate change. Energy conservation and waste management were the areas most affected by the measures imposed on our school. We hope to reinstate COW and WOW after Easter. The pupils explained how we studied the theme of Marine in the school and described the various workshops and action days. In a recent survey of classes in our school, we discovered that there has been a huge increase in the awareness of marine matters and the threats to marine biodiversity.

Congrats to all who participated in the song for Ukraine. The audio recording at Knightsbrook was a great occasion for all the musical groups and choirs in the town. There was a beautiful sense of cooperation and solidarity in the room that night.Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Ukraine whose lives have been ripped asunder over the past few weeks.

The pupils from St Mary’s were a credit to their families at the recording. A special mention goes to Holly in Room 15 for her solo part and to the young musicians from Comhaltas who formed part of the band.

Daffodil Day Fundraiser – Friday 25th March 2022

Crazy Hat Day!

We were overwhelmed yet again by the generous outpouring of financial support for our Daffodil Day 2022. So far we have raised € 2441.00 and we’re still counting! Amazing! Thank you all so much!

What a spectacle last Friday was here in St Mary’s. The yard was a sea of yellow and the hats were incredible all parading around in the sun! Check out our photo display!!