World Book Day 2024
St Mary's pupils really blew us all away this year with their creativity on March 7th when they dressed up as characters inspired by their favourite books. Our pupils also partook in Reading Buddies where they read with members of other classes and designed their own...
Green Schools Committee
Meet our fabulous Green Schools Committee who help keep our school a greener and more sustainable one!
Rain Garden Unveiling
New rain garden to purify rainwater run-off unveiled in Cobh The €2m four-year project is part of a national ‘nature-based solution’ pilot project looking at using urban trees and rain gardens to help manage rainwater run-off. This system is designed to capture and...
Incredible Edibles 2023
This year the girls from Miss Quinlan’s 3rd Class took part in AgriAware’s Incredible Edibles Initiative. For the groups amazing effort and for completing all five tasks to a high standard, the group received the GOLD award - the highest level of accreditation!...
SFI Curious Minds Award
Huge congratulations to all of the St Mary's school community, our school has achieved an SFI Curious Minds Award and have met the criteria for the PLATINUM AWARD! Our school has provided evidence of children's engagement with STEM in the following areas: Science...
Wellbeing Week
Wellbeing Week was celebrated from May 8th to 12th. Below are just some of the activities that went on in St Mary's! We kicked off the week with the Student Wellbeing Committee visiting the classes with the Inspirational Quote of the Day. The Merck Curiosity Labs...
Camogie
Cobh GAA have been coaching camogie in St Mary's NS. Our pupils really benefit from this coaching as it helps their motor skills, team work skills and confidence to grow. Sport and wellbeing are very important to us in St Mary's.
Merck Curiosity Lab
Merck visited St. Mary's on Tuesday 9th May and turned part of our school into a science laboratory. The Third and Fourth Class groups investigated DNA and got to do some really cool experiments. Our pupils really looked the part too in their lab coats, gloves and...
Seachtain na Gaeilge
We celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge this year with a variety of great activities. Every day each class chose a Gaelgóir an Lae - someone who made a huge effort to use their Irish. These lucky pupils received prizes from the Bosca Draíochta in Mrs Lane's office! We put...
World Book Day 2023
World Book Day was celebrated on March 2nd and was a huge success in St Mary's. Watch our highlight video to see the amazing book-inspired costumes! [video width="640" height="360"...
Picker Pals
Second Class in St Mary's are busy keeping Cobh clean as the partake in the Picker Pals initiative. The world faces a global crisis of waste in the environment. Every part of the natural world is affected. Neighbourhoods and beauty spots are despoiled. There’s an...