North Down Rotary Club Primary School Musician of the Year 2023

Huge congratulations to Abi P6 and Yan Bo P7 who took part in the Rotary Club Primary Musician of the Year competition last week. The heats were held on Wednesday 31^st May and both Abi and Yan Bo qualified for the finals which were held on Friday 2nd June.

Abi performed two beautiful renditions on piano and Yan Bo performed two wonderful pieces on violin. Altogether 14 primary pupils took part in the finals in Towerview Primary School, Bangor. The competition provided an opportunity for young people to experience performing in front of an appreciative audience and to develop their self confidence in the process.

Abi and Yan Bo are exceptionally gifted musicians, and this was such a beautiful evening of music. Congratulations to you both on your wonderful talent! We wish you many happy years of music making.

Daniel from P7 has been showcasing his new found photography talents recently. On trips to the Lagan towpath and Newcastle, Co. Down, Daniel took his camera to snap some photos of the local wildlife. The results were impressive. Well done Daniel, you clearly have an eye for finding beauty in nature. We are all very proud of you. Keep it up!

Here are some of Daniel's favourites.

St Ita's Pupils, Amelia, Isla and Holly are members of the Rosario Under 12 Girls' Soccer team who played in the Final of The S.B.Y.L Cup.

Up against a very strong Barn United team last Sunday at The Danny Blanchflower Stadium, Rosario rang out 2-0 winners of the final! Congratulations girls, along with your Rosario team mates on lifting the S.B.Y.L Cup.

Children in Primary 4 to Primary 7 were asked to give a short 1-minute presentation or written piece on the character that they chose for World Book Day. The children were amazing and really showed their passion for reading. Winners from each class were selected. Congratulations to all the children. We have loved hearing your enthusiasm for reading, well done!

Hydebank Wood College kindly donated a variety of plants to our school . These included beautiful sunflowers and vegetables such as broccoli and tomatoes. We plan to earmark a sunflower for each class and hold a competition for the tallest sunflower! Our Eco Committee will help Ms Sheila Smart, our school gardener, plant these around the school grounds on Tuesday 23^rd May. We would like to thank Hydebank Wood College for kindly donating the plants. The girls and boys will get a lot of fun planting them and watching the sunflowers grow!

Mrs Allen's P1 class presented us with such an amazing assembly this morning. Click here to see this fabulous assembly!

A big congratulations to P1 teacher, Mrs Cunningham  who completed her 2nd Belfast marathon. She is pictured here with her P1 class

Children in P6  and P7 have attained YCT Level 1 in Mandarin. Thank you to Miss Chen, our wonderful Mandarin teacher.

St Ita's  P6 & P7 gaelic footballers made the short trip to Carryduff GAC on Wednesday 19^th April to compete in the Carryduff Primary School Blitz. Over 80 St. Ita's pupils took part with 3 boys' teams and 3 girls' teams representing our school. Every player did superbly well and after some tough battles against other local schools, St. Ita's ended up coming away with 3 trophies. 

The skill and talent on show was excellent and a great day was had by everyone. Thank you to Carryduff GAC for hosting such a brilliant tournament and a massive thank you to Orla Napier for her tremendous work in organising such an occasion. Well done to all the boys and girls that took part.