Model School Primary School, Northland Rd, County Londonderry
 
 

Welcome

Welcome to St. Mary's Primary School Website.

I am delighted to introduce you to our new informative website and to invite you to discover more about life in St. Mary's Primary School.

St Mary's is situated in the townland of Derrytrasna, on the southern shore of Lough Neagh.

In our school we are committed to providing an excellent all round education for every child entrusted to our care. We aim to provide a caring school environment where each individual child is encouraged to respect themselves, others in the school community and the wider community.

I hope you enjoy visiting the different pages of our website and seeing the opportunities available to our children.

Una Mc Alinden

Principal

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Happy St Patrick’s Day☘️💚 Our children had great fun celebrating Green Day. They all even had a go at some Irish dancing- lots of smiles, laughter and impressive footwork! 🎶
We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Sarsfields Community Hall for their very kind donation to our school’s Eco Council following their recent Night of Reflection on Lough Neagh. Their generosity will help support our pupils as they continue their important work caring for our environment and promoting sustainability within our school environment. We are truly grateful for the continued support shown to our school 💚
📚 World Book Day 📚 Our school was bursting with colour, creativity and excitement last week as the children dressed up as their favourite book characters! The boys and girls loved sharing their stories, showing off their costumes and celebrating the joy of reading together. A huge well done to our pupils and parents for making the day so special! 📘
🥼🧪🔭 STEM Week 2026 🧬🔬 This week our pupils had an amazing time exploring the engineering and technology side of STEM. We were delighted to welcome Mrs Mc Cann from Almac and Mr Scullion from Solmatrix. They shared brilliant insights into their work and inspired our children by showing them the wide range of exciting job roles available in STEM. A huge thank you to our visitors for making STEM week so engaging, inspiring and memorable for our children! 🤩
🔥 1️⃣ DAY TO GO GET SIGNED UP - LIMITED PLACES 🔥 💥 ARMAGH COACHING DAY IS BACK 💥 Come along and join our County players for a coaching day, kindly sponsored by Murphy's Gaelic Gloves 🙌🧡🤍🧤 📆Saturday 7th March ⌚️10.00am - 1.00pm Limited numbers at each camp, sign up now to book your spot 🏐 Below link will take you to all 3 camps, please make sure and pick your camp ⤵️⤵️ https://www.universe.com/users/armagh-lgfa-095XVS South Armagh Venue ⬇️ Mc Keever Park Killean Mid Armagh Venue ⬇️ Abbey Park Armagh Harps GFC North Armagh Venue ⬇️ High Moss Sarsfields GFC #WeAreArmagh #development #coachingday #LGFA
Our P1 and P2 children had a fantastic trip to Armagh Museum last week as part of their WAU topic 🧸 They learned about toys from the past- how they were made, what material were used and how different they are from the toys we enjoy today. The children loved getting hands on and creating their own wooden toys! A brilliant day of learning, exploring and having fun 🤩
Well done to our Stars of the month for February 🥳🤩✏️
Our Primary 7 class had a wonderful visit to Brownlow House last week 🏛️ The children enjoyed exploring the historic building and learning about its important role in local history. They also took part in a fantastic creative writing session, using the setting and stories to inspire their own imaginative work. We are so proud of how well the pupils represented our school showing great enthusiasm, curiosity and excellent behaviour throughout. A brilliant and memorable day for Primary 7! 👏📚
A huge thank you to LS Plastering for their very kind donation of Gaelic footballs to our school. Your generosity will make a real difference in helping our children prepare for their upcoming training sessions and tournaments. We are incredibly grateful for your support of our pupils! 🏐
 
 
 
 

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Upcoming Events...

Tuesday, 17th March 2026
St Patrick's Holiday (School Closed)
Wednesday, 18th March 2026
School Development Day (School Closed)
Thursday, 19th March 2026
Big Walk & Wheel 2026 (Walk or Cycle to school )
Friday, 20th March 2026
P3 & P4 Trip to Belfast Museum
Wednesday, 25th March 2026
Swimming P5-P7
Thursday, 26th March 2026
Magheralin GAA Tournament
Monday, 30th March 2026
GAA Malachy McGeeney Tournament
 
 

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