Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment. You can also find live updates on our school Twitter @StItasPS

• Congratulations to Dearbhla

  Sun 22 Oct 2017

  Congratulations to Dearbhla McCormick in P5 who won a prize in a recent ‘Animals and You’ competition. She had to design her own ‘Minion'. Click on the link below to see her winning entry.

   

  http://www.stitas.co.uk/gallery/

   

• 'Maths in the City' - Belfast

  Fri 20 Oct 2017

  ‘Maths in the City’ – Belfast

  As part of the celebrations for ‘Maths Week Ireland’, an event is being held this Saturday 21^stOctober from 11.00am-4.30pm at the Ulster Museum, Botanic, Belfast.

  This event will feature local and internationally renowned mathematicians entertaining the public with mazes, maths magic, puzzles and card tricks both inside and outside the Ulster Museum.

  The event is free and all the family are welcome from tiny tots to mums, dads and grandparents. It is our experience that adults often get as much enjoyment out of these puzzles as their children.

  Please remember you can view additional maths resources on our school website at the following location:

  Children / Curriculum / Numeracy Support.

  Mrs Geraldine Hanna

  Mathematics & Numeracy Coordinator

• St. Ita's Celebrates EU Code Week

  Wed 18 Oct 2017

  Over the last seven weeks Mrs Fogarty’s P6 class have participated in PWC's ‘Hive Hackers’ programme which enables the pupils to Code in a fun and structured environment. The pupils explored the concept of programming, developed ‘sequential algorithms’, practised converting sets of actions into a ‘single loop’, and were introduced to the concept of ‘debugging’, an essential element of learning to program. Through a series of activities, the pupils also explored and developed their understanding of binary and explored the ‘conditional statement’, a code that functions differently depending on the conditions it encounters. In the final session today the pupils had the opportunity to apply all of the coding skills they’ve learned to create an animated story. The pupils really enjoyed their coding sessions and would like to thank PWC and Wesley from ‘Hive Hackers’ for the opportunity to take part in this program.

  

• Dinner Menu for Wednesday 18th October

  Tue 17 Oct 2017

  The Dinner Menu for tomorrow, Wednesday 18th October, is listed below. It has been amended due to school closures.

   

  MENU for Wednesday 18th October

   

  Chicken Gougons

  Chicken/Broccoli Bake

  Mixed vegetables

  Mashed Potatoes

   

  Dessert

• eSafety Information Evening

  Sun 08 Oct 2017

  eSafety Information Evening

  Mr Wayne Denner, who promotes online safety in schools for children and adults, will visit St. Ita’s on Tuesday 17th October during EU Code Week. He will speak to P4 – P7 pupils about the importance of eSafety. He will then speak to parents/guardians at 7pm in the school hall. Wayne comes highly recommended and will provide important guidelines on how pupils and adults can keep themselves safe using the internet. Everyone is welcome.