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Welcome to our school website. This website has been prepared in the hope that it will become a valuable source of school news and timely information for parents, pupils, and visitors to the site.
St. Mary’s National School, Drumlea is a co-educational Roman Catholic school under the patronage of the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore. We have two mainstream class teachers, one special education teacher and two Special Needs Assistants. There are 45 children on our roll.
We are very proud of the school with its rich tradition of teaching and learning, together with sport and music. Along with the Board of Management, we take great pride in providing a safe and secure learning environment for all children of varying abilities and needs.
Our staff is committed to establishing and maintaining a school environment that allows our pupils to grow spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and socially.
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Child Safeguarding
The Board of Management’s annual review of the school’s Child Safeguarding Statement took place on September 28th 2023. Our Child Safeguarding Statement can be found here.
The Designated Liaison Person (DLP) is Amy Quirke and Deputy Designated Liaison Person (DDLP) is Michael McCormack.
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Enrolment 2024/25
The 2024/25 enrolment form, admissions policy and admissions notice can be found in the policies and documents section on the website or by clicking Enrolment-Form-2024-25 St. Mary’s NS
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Latest News
Science Fair Winners 2024
A huge congratulations to all the boys and girls in our Senior Room who won best overall school at this years North West Science Fair! With over 30 different schools represented on the day this was a brilliant achievement and well deserved. In total the school entered 6 different projects which are on display currently in school along with our award. A special shot out to our 3rd class boys who came 2nd in the intermediate category with their project on Bees!
The children have won the prize of a trip to the University of Limerick for their hard work where they will get the chance to carry out some cool science experiments!
Haunted Houses
27th October 2023
Take a look at some of the spooky haunted houses we made in school!
European Schools Sports Day
Friday 29th October 2023
We had great fun during this years European Schools Sports Day. Have a look at some of the races, games and activities the children took part in!
Drumming Workshop
22nd October 2023
Thanks to everyone at Music Generation for coming in and setting up a great drumming workshop in school. All the children had great fun taking part in the workshop and even got to perform covers of some of popular songs!
FAI Soccer Competition 2023
Well done to our Senior Boys Soccer Team who took part in the Mini FAI soccer competition in Ballinamore last week. The boys were fantastic and played their hearts out. This is the first time the boys have taken part in this competition and we look forward to it again next year. Absent from the photos is Finnain. Thanks to Aisling and Louise for lifts to and from the competition.
Sensory Items
Thanks to the Parents’ Association for purchasing these wonderful new items for our sensory space in our school.
World Book Day
Have a look at our wonderful book characters! We really enjoyed World Book Week with a visit from our local Librarian, Karen and having the Scholastic Book Fair at our school. Thanks to Ms. Kilkenny for organising a lovely week.
Congratulations to Conor McGirl, our 3rd class pupil, who won an All Ireland Community Games Gold medal over the weekend. Conor represented the Drumreilly team. We here in St. Mary’s National school are very proud of him and his team mates on their success.