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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World Book Day P.1/2

5th Mar 2026

Check out the amazing characters in P.1/2 today! We had so much fun talking about...

World Book Day in Primary 7

5th Mar 2026

Primary 7 had great fun today as they celebrated World Book Day. We had our annual...

World Book Day in Primary 1

5th Mar 2026

Children in Primary 1 looked amazing dressed up as their favourite book characters....

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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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Primary 5 Celebrate World Book Day 2026! Primary 5 had a fantastic week celebrating World Book Day 2026! We kicked off our celebrations on Tuesday with a special Teacher Swap Story Time. Mrs Carey visited our classroom and read us a wonderful story. Thank you, Mrs Carey — we loved having you with us! On Wednesday, the class enjoyed designing their own creative bookmarks. Everyone worked so hard, and we were very impressed with the artistic ideas. Well done to Thea and Michael, who were our bookmark competition winners! Thursday was all about sharing our love of reading. We took part in a class discussion about our favourite books and explained why we enjoy them so much. Afterwards, we recreated the book covers and wrote about what makes each book special to us. We also had great fun taking part in a World Book Day Kahoot! quiz. Congratulations to Hannah and Anna, who came out on top as our quiz winners! To finish off the celebration we attended a fun and lively assembly hosted by Mrs Fegan. We had the chance to parade around the hall and show off our fantastic costumes. Thank you, Mrs Fegan, for such an enjoyable celebration! Happy World Book Day!

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World Book Day P.1/2 Check out the amazing characters in P.1/2 today! We had so much fun talking about our favourite characters and stories.

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World Book Day 2026 Nursery had great fun celebrating World Book Day. Lots of wonderful costumes and stories shared.

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Huff, Puff and Design! P.3 put their engineer skills to the test as they designed and built houses for a fourth little pig. Working in groups, the children planned, predicted and constructed their houses using a range of materials. They discussed ideas, compromised, solved problems and worked together throughout the challenge. To test the strength of their designs, the big bad wolf returned armed with his hair dryer! The children observed what worked well, what needed improvement and reflected how they could make their houses stronger next time. This was a fun engaging way to develop teamwork, problem solving and early STEM skills! Well Done everyone!

World Book Day is coming! Come to school in your favourite costume on Thursday 5th March to celebrate World Book Day! We’ll have different activities on throughout the week too!

Magic Show Primary 1 & 2 had a lovely treat yesterday. Magic Adam from Little Minds Matter came to perform his magic show with a very important message about road safety. It was so much fun.

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Monday, 16th March 2026
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