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

• A Noisy Nativity

  Sat 09 Dec 2023

  Primary 3 gave us A Noisy Nativity on Wednesday. You can witness the fabulous performance on  the Videos tab of the Children section.

  

• Golden Goal St Ita's

  Fri 08 Dec 2023

  A great day of hurling finished with an extra time 'golden goal' winner for St Ita's!

   

  St. Ita's hurlers travelled to Corrigan Park, the home of St. John's GAC to take part in the Cumann na mBunscol ground hurling blitz last week. The boys were a credit to themselves and played excellently well throughout the day. They won 4 out of their 5 matches which qualified them for the final against the only team that had beaten them. The final was a tense affair, with nothing separating the sides when the whistle sounded to end the game so an extra two minutes was added on. There was stalemate again after this so the game went to 'golden goal' to determine the winner. A super strike from Peadar flew past the keeper and signalled the final whistle. There was elation following the whistle as the boys collected the trophy and their medals.

  

• Cross Country Success

  Thu 07 Dec 2023

  Despite the tough conditions in Newcastle on Monday, our cross-country runners did fantastically well and got some great results!

   

  Peadar ended up coming 2^nd and collected the silver medal in the Boys' race and the team overall came in first place in County Down for having the lowest combined points.

   

  Rebecca narrowly missed out on a medal in the girls race and the girls' team collectively had the lowest combined points so they finished in first place as well.

   

  A great achievement for the team and a real testament to the talent in our school!

   

  Below is a link to a copy of the results for anyone who hasn't seen it. Find the Co. Down tab and you'll see the results for our races!

   

  Results2023-FlahavansRound2v1.xlsx

  

• So Close at the Basketball Blitz

  Wed 06 Dec 2023

  The Primary 5 Basketball Teams competed in the annual schools basketball blitz hosted by Phoenix Basketball Club. Both the girls' and boys' teams played brilliantly, finishing second place in the cup. A massive thank you to Richard, our coach, who has been working with the Primary 5s throughout the first term. Well done everyone!

  

• A Christmas Story

  Fri 01 Dec 2023

   The Christmas Season kicked off this morning with the Primary 1 Nativity, A Christmas Story, written by our very own Mrs Allen.

  The video will be available soon on the website. You can watch the trailer by clicking here - enjoy!

  

• Busy Bees in P2 Getting Ready for Christmas

  Wed 29 Nov 2023

  The girls and boys in P2 were busy decorating their classroom Christmas Trees and having lots of fun at the same time.

  

• P6 Business Masterclass Winners

  Mon 27 Nov 2023

  A P6 Business Masterclass organised by Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council in conjuction with Young Enterprise took place at Lagan Valley Island Centre. Two girls from Mrs Dolan's P6 class were prize winners. Nicole won the prize for Best Presenter and Aoife won the Leadership prize. Well done girls on such fantastic achievements.

  

• Ryan is Ulster Under 9 Champion

  Fri 24 Nov 2023

  Ryan from Mrs Dolan's P6 class travelled to Letterkenny to compete in the Ulster Irish Dancing Championships. Ryan performed brilliantly and was placed 1st in the St Patrick's Day dance, 2nd in the Set dance, 3rd in the Reel and 4th in the Heavy Jig. Ryan was crowned the Ulster Under 9 Champion. Congratulations Ryan!

  

• Welly Wednesday in Nursery

  Wed 22 Nov 2023

  The girls and boys from Nursery had a great time searching for all sorts of leaves, twigs and seeds on Welly Wednesday

  

• PSNI e-safety Visit

  Mon 20 Nov 2023

  PSNI community link officers visited each of our P3 classes in preparation for our whole school, term 2 ICT focus on e-safety. We look forward to welcoming the officers back to other classes soon.