June 24 2025

Active School Week 2025

Thanks to everyone involved in making Active School Week 2025 such a wonderful week of sport and wellness – a particular word of appreciation to Mr. Eoghan Ryan (Assistant Principal who leads Physical Education in our school) for organising all of the activities that our pupils experienced throughout the week.
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June 13 2025

EoY Shows

Well done to everyone involved in the musical ‘Matilda’ – what fabulous performances from all our pupils from 3rd to 6th Classes – they were sensational! There were also so many staff members & Catherine, our dance teacher,  that gave so willingly of their time and talents. We would like to pay a particular tribute to our 6th Class teachers, our SNAs, and our Assistant Principal – Ms. Michelle McQuiston, who is responsible for Creative Arts in our school. We hope those present in the audiences enjoyed it as much as we did! 

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May 23 2025

Heritage Workshops

Frankie, an archaeologist, heritage-educator and ancient craft specialist was in our school for three days this week and the experience for the children was amazing. She showed immense preparation and patience, her knowledge was incredible and the workshops were loved by all involved-teachers and students alike. Such a positive experience that allowed History to come to life for all our 2nd 3rds and 4th classes. She showed us many artefacts from the Norman times that she herself had unearthed around London and Dublin. She showed us chainmail that had a hole from where the arrow head went in – they could tell the exact type of arrowhead from this hole. She showed us playing cards that she had found in the walls of a Norman castle – dated 700 years ago. She had a posy which was used by people to ward off getting the plague. We saw many arrows, spears, horns, teeth, clothes and games from the middle ages. Frankie answered numerous questions from the children and we learned so much about what life was like in Norman times for girls and boys and grown ups. Life was very different back then. Norman boys had to start training with a bow and arrow from the age of 7 – and you had to be very strong to do this. Before then they had target practice by trying to get a ball into a cup with one hand. The classes had a competition and some of the children were brilliant at doing it! The workshops ended with a quiz.
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May 2 2025

Cross-Country Athletics Event

The Scoil Mhuire cross country invitational took place yesterday in Stonebridge, with over 200 boys and girls from 4th, 5th, and 6th classes representing 8 different schools taking part. The standard of racing was fantastic, with every race being very closely contested. Each race covered a distance of nearly 1 mile, making it a great challenge for all competitors. St Anne’s fielded a team of nearly 50 children, who produced some outstanding runs to win 4 medals. Ella Hanly claimed silver in the 4th class girls’ race. Jack Dwyer produced an exceptional run to win silver in the 6th class boys event, while in the 4th class boys race, Daniel Baynes and Daniel Crosbie produced outstanding runs to take the gold and silver medals respectively. This was also enough to help the 4th class boys win the team event. Sincere thanks to all involved in organising such a great event.

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February 10 2025

Book Week

Book Week and Dress-Up as a Character from a Book 

As we get ready to celebrate Book Week this week, we are appealing for donations of books that your child may have outgrown. Spring is an ideal time to sort through and donate any used books to us, and on Friday, we hope that every child will be able to receive new books. We have collection boxes in each classroom, ready and waiting for your donations.

Across the school, we have planned a number of activities for all our pupils. Each child will be encouraged to bring in their favourite book, and also to share a photo of their favourite place to read. The highlight of our Book Week will be on Friday, when everyone is encouraged to dress up as a character from their favourite book. 

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January 30 2025

EOY Show – Update

We are delighted to announce that this year’s EOY Show will be ‘Matilda’. Children from 3rd to 6th classes will perform on the 11th and 12th of June (as previously communicated – see below for ease of reference). Preparations have already started …. exciting times ahead, especially for pupils in our 6th classes who will lead the show! Tickets for the shows will be released closer to the time.

 

*EOY Show 1: Wednesday, the 11th of June, 2025 at 12 noon  *EOY Show 2: Thursday, the 12th of June, 2025 at 12 noon 
6th Class – Mr. Hackett 6th Class – Ms. Maguire
5th Class – Ms. Kelly  5th Class – Mr. Allen
4th Class – Mr. Higgins 4th Class – Ms. Elmes
3rd Class – Ms. O’Hare 3rd Class – Ms. Dawson
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