The first round of this year's Cumann na mBunscol Table Quiz took place in the Hillgrove Hotel on Tuesday 7th February. Mrs Gallagher had prepared two teams for the competition and both performed very well on the night, with Team 2 making it through to the next round of the quiz. Well done to all concerned! 

Team 1:                                                        

Millie-Rose, Alannah,

Rhiain and Ava.

Team 2:                                                                        

Georgina, Aoife,

Teresa and Tammy.

Catholic Schools' Week ran from 30th January to 3rd February. Each day two girls from the various year groups read the thought for the day over the intercom and the classes engaged in various activities based on this year's theme: "Taking care of our common home." On Wednesday,1st February, Miss McNally's 3rd class prepared a beautiful assembly for the whole school which included a prayer service and a drama on the life of St. Brigid, while Mrs Treanor's class made St. Brigid's crosses.  Mrs Cunningham's class attended mass in St. Joseph's on Thursday and sang a hymn for the congregation. Finally, on Friday, the feast of St. Blaise, Fr. Stephen Duffy visited the school and blessed the throats of the teachers and pupils.

Our debating team had their second debate on Monday 30th January, when they travelled with Miss Deery to Tydavnet to propose the motion that "Primary school children do not need a mobile phone." In what proved to be a very close encounter, with a high standard of speaking on both teams,  St. Louis eventually emerged the winner. The girls are now through to the second round of the competition.

 Congratulations to debaters Eve, Kellie and Jessica,to the chairperson, Aoife  and to researchers, Rhiain  and Neeha.

Pictured below are the four teams, two U-13 and two U-11, who took part in the annual Credit Union Primary School Quiz on Friday 27th January in the Hillgrove Hotel.  Accompanied by their coach, Mrs Gallagher, the girls acquitted themselves very well on the occasion and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

U-13: Lauren, Laoise, Orla, Eve, Aoife Mc, Aoife D, Rose and Teresa

U-11: Georgina, Daisy, Millie-Rose, Tammy, Aimee, Alanna, Ava and Rhiain.

Congratulations to Juste, one of our 6th class pupils, who is the new Under 13 Singles Handball Champion in Co. Monaghan! In a reversal of last year's result, Juste emerged as the winner in a tightly-fought tie-breaker against her Harps' club mate, Karolina, in Truagh on 21st December. Juste's victory means that she will now represent her county in the Ulster Championships to be held at the end of January. Juste will also be taking part in a Gael Linn Mixed Competition in Truagh this weekend. We wish her the very best of luck in all her forthcoming matches!

The Student Council recently ran a Pottery Competition for all the classes and the winners were announced during the week of the Christmas holidays:

2nd :Sienna & Greta                                    

3rd:Gintare & Vilte 

4th: Anastasija & Greta 

5th :Zoe & Deimante

6th:Khushi & Paula 

The standard was extremely high and all the beautiful pieces can be seen on display in the school.