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.

Miss Murray's P5 Class performed their assembly on the importance of being the 'i' in kind. P5 remember the message,

In a world where you can be anything, be kind!

I play football for the Carryduff Colts. My team were invited to play during half-time of the Northern Ireland V Hungary Ladies International on Halloween night. I was so excited and I didn't mind missing 'trick or treating'. I went to the game with my Dad.

Dora Zeller from the Hungary team scored and I was a bit disappointed. Then, at half-time, my team went on the field. My team scored and so did the other team. It was great fun. We left the field and the second half started. In the 79th minute, Danielle Maxwell ran up, took a shot and scored a beautiful goal. The crowd went wild. At the end the game finished one all. I loved playing because it was my first match in front of a big crowd!

Emma P5

Just before the Halloween break pupils elected their class representatives in 3 areas - Student Council, Eco Committee and Digital Leaders. Congratulations to all those elected!

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.