St Ita's Wellbeing Champions worked hard last week to design a ‘Super Support Staff’ acrostic poem and jigsaw puzzle. This is to acknowledge all of the hard work from the support staff in our school.

Miss Basketfield's P4 Class told the story of 'The Smartest Giant in Town' by Julia Donaldson to highlight the importance of showing kindness and empathy. To view this wonderful assembly please click here 

St Ita's have a new County Down Scór Champion,

Selma from Mrs Duffy's P6 Class was part of the Carryduff GAC team that won the Down Scór na nÓg novelty act final! They are now going on to compete in the Ulster Semi-Final this coming Sunday. Good luck to Selma and all of her drama group.

Eimear from Mrs Duffy's P6 class and Kate from Ms Flanagan's P6 class performed in the final of the Instrumental Competition and were super, and although they didn't win, their performance, along with the novelty act resulted in Carryduff GAC being awarded the Moya McCormack Spirit of Scór cup, which is awarded to the club which best exemplifies the values and traditions of the Scór na nÓg competition.

On World Kindness Day, Mrs Taggart's P5 Class Assembly had the theme of kindness with a focus on being kind to yourself. To see the video please click here

We welcomed Paula Devenney from Cahill's/Truly Fare into St. Ita’s on Wednesday 6th November to present our pupils with a brand-new set of basketball jerseys and shorts. These were very kindly donated by Truly Fare and will be proudly worn at our P5, P6 & P7 basketball blitzes throughout the year. Their generous gift is very much appreciated.

A massive congratulations to Eilís from P5. Eilís has been growing her hair for quite a while now. She decided to get it cut and donate it to the ‘Little Princess Trust’ for those children who have lost their hair through cancer treatment and for the families affected by this illness. She raised a fantastic £730 in doing so. One of the most important things we can do in life is to do something to help others and put a smile on their faces; Eilís has certainly done that with this selfless deed. We are all very proud of Eilís and her wonderful act of generosity.

Mrs Duffy's P6 Class Assembly spoke about the importance of laughter every day. To see the assembly video click here

Our Gaelic football teams have had a busy few months. Our Autumn League Squads competed in the league semi-finals this week with the girls qualifying for the final in two weeks. 

We also had almost 50 P6 and P7s travel up to @Carryduff GAC to play our neighbours, St. Joseph's in two friendly matches to mark the opening of their new pitch.

Well done to all our players. Having almost 80 players represent the school in Term 1 is quite the achievement!