The St. Ita's cross-country teams travelled to Newtownards on Monday 23^rd October for the first round of the Flahavan's league. Despite the wet weather last week, the 1000m course was in very good condition and both the boys and girls' races were ran at a very fast pace.

Chloe from Mrs Fogarty's P7 class ran a very smart race and finished strongly to come in second and collect the silver medal. All our other runners, including the boys and girls, finished with great times. We now await the full results to see where we have scored in relation to the 'team' events.

Well done boys and girls! Our next outing for the cross-country league will be in December.

Molly is an absolute Star!

Molly from Miss Harney's P2 class is such a wonderful girl! She decided that she wanted to do something for those children who are suffering from cancer. So what do you think she decided to do?

Well, she actually decided to get her hair cut! 

Twelve inches, approximately thirty centimetres, of Molly's hair was cut off! This will go to 'The Little Princesses Trust'.  A financial donation will also be made to cover the actual making and fitting of a hairpiece.

Molly actually raised an amazing £3500 doing this wonderful deed!  This money will be divided between 'Solving Kids Cancer' and 'The Children's cancer Unit Charity'.

Everybody in St. Ita's is so proud of Molly and what she has done to support those children suffering from cancer.

It makes us all realise that every day we should do at least one good deed to put a smile on someone's face. 

Well done Molly, you are an absolute star!

James from Mrs Fogarty's P7 class completed a swim challenge for charity 'Young Lives vs Cancer'. He swam a whopping 210 25m lengths - over 5 kilometres! The final total raised was £615.

Well done James!

These brave St Ita's camogs who play for Bredagh are pictured after winning the Ita O'Connor Tournament on Saturday 30^th September at Cherryvale playing fields.

They played fiercely, bravely and the team spirit was incredible to witness.

The girls promise to bring the cup into St Ita’s so everyone can celebrate their wonderful success. Well done girls!

Miss Rock's P7 class used the front cover of the book, 'Wonder' as inspiration for their self portraits. 'Wonder' was illustrated by Ted Carpenter.

Pupils thought of adjectives and descriptive phrases to describe themselves to include with their stunning art.

St Ita's past pupil, Mary Kate McSorley is competing this weekend in the Junior Eurovision. Mary Kate is hoping to represent Ireland in France in November. Everyone one in St Ita's will be cheering her on. To read the whole story click here

St Ita's pupils, Lucy, Cora, Conor, Leo and Oliver are appearing this week in the musical Evita at Belfast's Grand Opera House.

They surprised parents by singing for them at the P2 Curriculum Morning. Broadway and the West End beckons!

The amazing total of £941.50 was raised for the Little Miss Niamhie B Foundation before school broke up for the summer holidays. Thanks everyone!

In March 2023, a ceramic artist, Shauna McCann, visited St. Ita’s and every class from P4-P7 participated in a workshop using clay. Each child from P4 to P7 created a tile based on the theme of Spring and Easter. All the individual tiles have been put together to make larger ceramic pieces. P4 and P5 tiles created a cross, P6 tiles created the sun and P7 tiles created the dove.