Today marked the first full school assembly for the academic year ’23-’24. As always, we started assembly with a welcome and a prayer service in which each class was represented by a reader. Fr David then said some prayers and spoke to us about the importance of prayer in our lives. Below are some pictures…
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Congratulations to our handwriting winners for September ’23. These awards play a very important role in our progression towards cursive handwriting. There can only be two winners in each class, one for ‘Excellence’ and one for ‘Most Improved’ in handwriting and presentation. These boys were presented with a certificate and a special pencil or pen…
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On what was a perfect day for football, our U’13’s played their first round of the Corn Mac Ardail tournament. As the sun shone on the Friary field at 12 noon, the Friary boys took on a galant Realt na Mara. There was fantastic skill on show by both sides and the referee had little…
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Our rugby coaching kicked off last week, although the rain kept us indoors we enjoyed our first session of the year with Tiernan in the fantastic youth centre. Coaching will continue for the next 4 weeks to coincide with the Rugby World Cup across the water. The boys will learn skills such as passing, moving…
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A huge thanks to Colm Finnegan, national rugby development officer and Tiernan Gonnelly, local rugby development officer for paying a visit today with two very special pieces of silverware. The Friary Boys were ecstatic to see the visit of the 6 Nations Championship and Triple Crown trophies in their classes this afternoon. This marks a…
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Congratulations to our handwriting winners for September ’23. These boys received a special certificate and pencil or pen with StMalachy’s BNS printed on it alongside our crest. The handwriting awards both for ‘Best’ and ‘Most improved’ are a very important part of our journey towards cursive handwriting. Unfortunately there can only be 2 winners in…
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