Welcome

On behalf of the children, staff and governors of St Mary’s Primary School and Nursery Unit, I am delighted to welcome you to our school website.

St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School was established in 1964 and is situated in the middle of the town of Bellaghy. County Derry. Our Nursery Unit was opened in 2002, expanding our provision for the children of Bellaghy.

We believe that all children are life time learners. We know that children learn best when they feel happy, secure and well cared for. Therefore our first priority is the provision of strong pastoral care in a nurturing environment of catholic faith. We aim to develop in our children a passion and love of learning by providing an enriched, broad and balanced curriculum; that delivers a high quality, inclusive education for all, so that each may reach their full potential.

I sincerely hope that you will find our website to be an extremely useful resource, helping you to engage with your child’s educational journey through St Mary’s. Should you require any further information on admissions or would like to visit the school at any stage, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Mrs Mary McCann

Principal

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P.1/2 Mother’s Day Assembly

10th Mar 2026

The P.1/2 class were very excited to have their families in on Friday to watch their...

A Plumber comes to P.3!

10th Mar 2026

As part of our World Around Us topic “Build It”, P3 were delighted to...

World Book Day in P.3

6th Mar 2026

P.3 celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as their favourite character. They...

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Primary 5 – Green Day Fun! Primary 5 had a great time celebrating Green Day for St Patrick’s Day. We learned about St Patrick’s symbols and traditions during an Outdoor Classroom Hunt and finished with a pot of chocolate gold coins! The children used cotton wool to dab paint around shamrock outlines, creating lovely artwork. In the afternoon, we enjoyed a STEM activity using Skittles and warm water to make colourful rainbows!

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P.1/2 Mother’s Day Assembly The P.1/2 class were very excited to have their families in on Friday to watch their assembly all about Mother’s Day. The pupils were all so confident coming to the microphone to say their lines and sing. They displayed excellent dance moves and provided lots of giggles for the audience. There were lots of happy Mums watching along. Thank you for all you do for us!

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A Plumber comes to P.3! As part of our World Around Us topic “Build It”, P3 were delighted to welcome a very special visitor, Shea McErlean, a daddy who is a plumber! He told us all about his job, showed us lots of interesting tools, answered the children’s thoughtful questions, and even gave us a look inside his van, which was packed full of equipment.The children thoroughly enjoyed the visit and loved learning how plumbers help to build and fix things in our everyday world. Conor was particularly excited to have his daddy visiting the class, making the experience extra special for everyone! Thank you to Shea for all the lovely treats for the class.

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World Book Day in P.3 P.3 celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as their favourite character. They designed bookmarks and wrote all about their favourite character. Mrs Fegan and Mrs McWilliams swapped classes for a little while and Mrs Fegan read to the class which they thoroughly enjoyed. Well Done to our book marks winners!

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World Book Day in P6 P6 got into the spirit of World Book Day with their super costumes. They took part in a live lesson over Zoom from Dream Space, Dublin and W5, Belfast. Building on their skills taught in a previous by Sentinus, the children created games based on story characters by coding in Microsoft makecode. Fantastic work! After the annual costume parade in the school hall, P6 let their creativity flow again by making imaginative bookmark characters. They even had a visit from Gangsta Granny!

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Primary 4 Love World Book Day World Book Day is a special day where we can celebrate the joy of reading! Our P4’s love sharing stories, laughing at funny characters and going on adventures through books. Thank you so much for all the amazing costumes, we had a great day!

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World Book Day in Primary 7 Primary 7 had great fun today as they celebrated World Book Day. We had our annual parade where we showed off our fantastic costumes, read with our buddies and created looks of World Book Day arts and crafts. Have a look at our superb costumes. Well done everyone, you all looking amazing!

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World Book Day in Primary 1 Children in Primary 1 looked amazing dressed up as their favourite book characters. This week they enjoyed lots of activities to celebrate World Book Day - including a teacher swap for story time, an art competition, themed workouts and of course the school parade!

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Upcoming Events...

Monday, 16th March 2026
St Patrick's Day Break (School Closed)
Tuesday, 17th March 2026
St Patrick's Day Break (School Closed)
Wednesday, 18th March 2026
Additional School Closure
Sunday, 22nd March 2026
P4 'Do this in Memory' mass (11am at St Mary's Church, Bellaghy)

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