Each Child Unique. Each Child Talented. All Children Cherished.
St Ita's has just been announced as winning first prize in the Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council 42nd Annual Schools' Art Competition. Congratulations to all our pupils who participated!
Last week Mrs Fanning's P6 class heard about the ‘Madleen’ a Peace Flotilla heading to Gaza with 12 humanitarians on board. One of whom was Greta Thumberg.
They were bringing aid to Gaza. The class were struck by the bravery of the crew and then were shocked and saddened to hear that they were unable to drop off their food, medicine, water and baby formula as they were kidnapped by the Israeli army at sea! Although all of the humanitarians were later released, the class were saddened to hear that their supplies were not allowed into Gaza.
The children wanted to do something to help! They got together in the playground and came up with a plan. They gathered their pocket money, pestered parents, sold pencils and made bracelets to sell and raised a whopping £375 within the week!
Joe Scott and his dad sent the money raised to the charity UNICEF’s Gaza Appeal for Children in Crisis. For context £100 helps pay for school supplies to help at least 30 children continue their education in an emergency.
P6 FF want everyone to keep their eyes on Gaza and wished to share their class motto with the world… “Kids can do more, demolishing war!”
Current and future television presenters were very much a part of Mrs Browne's Early Retirement Assembly yesterday!
We finally caught up with a very busy Nikolas, just long enough to get his photo with Miss Harney and his winning poster. Nickolas is off next week to the Award Ceremony. Well done Nikolas!
St Ita's last Class Assembly of the school year was well worth waiting for. Miss Sloan's P1 class told us the story of The Lion Who Took a Chance with the theme of trying new things. To see this amazing assembly and a farewell from P1 to Mrs Browne, click here
St Ita's 20th Anniversary Mass was a truly wonderful celebration of our whole school community. Thank you to everyone who contributed to making the Mass such a memorable event.
Nikolas in Mrs Dolan’s P7 class won the ‘Science of Clean Water’ NI Water poster competition. He has been invited to an award ceremony on the 17th June. He has also won a cash prize for the school. What a brilliant achievement. You can see a copy of his amazing winning entry- it is very impressive. Nickolas is currently very busy enjoying himself in Carlingford but we will get a photo of him on his return!
Friendship was the theme of Mrs Cunningham's P1 Class Assembly as told by the story of the zebras who lost their stripes. To see this wonderful assembly, click here
It was an enjoyable day at the Moneyreagh tournament today. Both squads performed very well and did their school proud. On another day and with a bit more luck, we could have been contesting for the cup.
Well done boys!
Thank you to all the parents who were available to transport the boys to and from Moneyreagh and to the dads who helped out coaching as well throughout the day. We genuinely wouldn't be able to take part in days like this without your help.
Primary 7 were very fortunate to have a visit from the Translink Safety Bus. They taught the children how to behave on the bus and how to keep safe. The children now feel confident to travel to their Post-Primary schools safely in September. Thank you Kevin and Paul.