News Category: Awards
Success for St. Mary’s!
Posted on 12th February 2018
On Saturday 3 February 2018, Year 13 student, Cate Bateson, was placed 2nd in the Northern Ireland Final of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland’s Public Speaking competition.
Read MoreSt. Mary’s Triumph at TIMONS!
Posted on 01st February 2018
Two gifted Year 13 pupils from St. Mary’s and their friend impressed judges in the TIMON Open Data Hackathon at Queen’s Computer Science Building last weekend.
Read MoreCELEBRATING EXCELLENCE St. Mary’s Students Top of the Class
Posted on 20th December 2017
It was with immense pride and joy that we learned that St. Mary’s students were among the highest performing candidates in Northern Ireland in various subjects in the 2017 GCSE and A Level examinations.
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SPEAKING OUT
Posted on 16th November 2017
On 16 November 2017, six pupils represented St. Mary’s in the regional heat of the Soroptimist International Public Speaking Competition in Ballymoney.
Read MoreCongratulations Blanche!
Posted on 03rd October 2017
The Children’s Texaco Art Competition has an annual entry of up to 50,000+ entries throughout Ireland each year.
Blanche Cases, Year 9, has been awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ Certificate which means she has been placed in the top 18 in each category for her artistic entry. The judges of the competition commented on the exceptional standard of this year’s entries in each age category and we are so proud of Blanche for rising to the top as one of the best entries. For this we would warmly congratulate her on this truly superb achievement. Well done, Blanche.
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MID-ULSTER COUNCIL Civic Reception
Posted on 19th September 2017
On 18 September 2017, Mid-Ulster Council recognised the sporting achievements of St. Mary’s pupils at a Civic Reception in the Seamus Heaney Home Place in Bellaghy
Read More2017 Awards Ceremony
Posted on 14th September 2017
Celebrating the successes and achievements of the academic year 2016-17, the annual awards took place in the school on Tuesday 12 September. As well as celebrating the outstanding attainment of pupils in recent GCSE and A Level examinations, the evening also provided an opportunity to recognise the accomplishments of pupils in a range of extra-curricular activities, ranging from sport to public speaking.
Read MoreGCSE Success at St. Mary’s
Posted on 25th August 2017
Principal Ms Gillespie has described the 2017 GCSE examination results as “simply superb”. Ms Gillespie reported that a remarkable 100% of students achieved 7 grades at A*-C, including English and Mathematics. Impressively, 63% of all grades were A*/A
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A LEVEL EXAMINATION SUCCESS IN ST. MARY’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Posted on 18th August 2017
A Level students in St Mary’s Grammar School had cause for celebration following the publication of this year’s examination results.
Ms Gillespie reported that an outstanding 95.2% of all examinations taken by students resulted in A* to C grades. 43% of all results were an A or A*.
Read MoreOisin McGurk wins the prestigious Sky Sports Living ‘Sport Student of the Year for Northern Ireland’
Posted on 03rd July 2017
On Friday 9th June more than 100 inspirational students, teachers and Athlete Mentors attended the Sky Sports Living for Sport Awards at Twickenham.
The day was held at the home of rugby, where Sky Sports Pundit and World Champion boxer, Johnny Nelson kicked off the day’s events and led a full day of activities and celebrations alongside twenty amazing Athlete Mentors.
Catriona McCoy picks up second place in National Essay Writing Competition
Posted on 03rd July 2017
Year 12 student Catriona McCoy, has been awarded second place in a national essay-writing competition for senior cycle students.
The Life Advocate Awards were set up to encourage research and critical-thinking on human rights and right to life issues.
Students were asked to discuss the words of Martin Luther King who said: ‘Our lives begin to end, the moment we become silent about the things which matter’.
Read MoreSt. Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt, flying the flag for the Irish language!
Posted on 03rd July 2017
The Gaelbhratach has finally arrived in St. Mary’s!
St. Mary’s Grammar students received the prestigious Purple Flag award at a ceremony held in Leopardstown recently. The Gaelbhratach is awarded to schools who not only incorporate the Irish Language into the school community in a planned, structured and fun way but also those who carry this through outside of the classroom.
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ECO Schools Green Flag awarded to St. Mary’s Grammar school, Magherafelt.
Posted on 03rd July 2017
St. Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt, has been awarded a prestigious Eco-Schools Green Flag by the environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful.
Read MoreSixth Form pupil Hugh McKenna wins the Concern Worldwide Fundraising Newcomer Award.
Posted on 03rd July 2017
A Sixth Form pupil from St. Mary’s Grammar School has won the Concern Worldwide Fundraising Newcomer Award.
Read MoreSuccess for St. Mary’s students at the Salters’ festival of Chemistry
Posted on 03rd July 2017
St. Mary’s students enjoyed great success at the Salters’ Festival of Chemistry held at Queen’s School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Read MoreSt. Mary’s Grammar School enjoy success at the British Physics Olympiad competitions
Posted on 03rd July 2017
Congratulations to fourteen of our Year 12 pupils and eight of our Year 13 pupils who recently took part in the British Physics Olympiad competitions. Year 12 pupils completed the GCSE Physics Challenge while the Year 13 pupils completed the AS Physics Challenge.
Read More10C win Children in Crossfire Maths Challenge
Posted on 03rd July 2017
Year 10 pupils from St. Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt have won first prize in Quiz 5 of the Children in Crossfire Maths Challenge which was held recently.
Read MoreOur Leading Lady
Posted on 03rd July 2017
A Year 13 student from St. Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt has attended the CCEA Celebrating Excellence ceremony at Titanic Belfast.
Read MoreSpeech and Drama Success For St. Mary’s Pupil
Posted on 25th June 2017
SPEECH AND DRAMA SUCCESS FOR ST. MARY’S PUPIL
Congratulations to Year 9 pupil, Roma Boyle, who enjoyed huge success at the Ballymena, Coleraine and Portstewart Festivals in recent months.
Read MoreSt. Mary’s Achieves the Fair Aware Award!
Posted on 28th April 2017
St. Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt has recently become a Fairtrade School and has been awarded ‘FairAware’ status from theFairtrade Foundation. The ‘FairAware’ award represents the first of three tiers; the School aims to work towards the highest of these and win ‘FairAchiever’ status as part of its ongoing commitment to the charity.
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MacRory Glory for St. Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt
Posted on 27th March 2017
St Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt has become the 2017 Danske Bank MacRory Cup.
Making its third appearance in a MacRory Cup final on St. Patrick’s Day, the school made history when it collected the trophy for the first time following a 0-19 to 0-13 victory over St. Colman’s College, Newry.
Read MoreICT EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR ST. MARY’S
Posted on 09th December 2016
St. Mary’s has been announced as a 2016 Capita and C2K ICT Excellence Award winner. Having been shortlisted in the category for ‘Transforming Teaching and Learning through Technology’, the school was named as the overall category winner at an awards ceremony in The Merchant Hotel, Belfast on 8 December 2016 which was attended by Miss Hagan, Director of e-Learning, and Mrs Gillespie, Principal.
Read MoreST MARY’S CELEBRATES SUCCESS!
Posted on 01st December 2015
St Mary’s is the first school in the NEELB to be accredited with the Investors in Pupils Award. The Investors in Pupils programme is an established national quality mark to recognise develop and extend pupil/student voice and participation strategies in schools and educational settings thus building young people’s life skills, character and resilience. Supporting personalised learning, the programme fosters healthy relations, pupil to pupil and pupil to adults, leading to greater pupil responsibility over their own learning and behaviour and providing a powerful tool for developing a positive whole-school team ethos.
Miss McAllister led the whole school initiative for Investors in Pupils during the academic year 2014-15. It was fully supported by Mrs Gillespie, who stated, “It ties in with our drive to maintain and improve standards.”
Read MoreSTAR STRUCK
Posted on 01st December 2015
Massive congratulations to Year 12 students Caoimhe Meeke and Orlaith Prenter who recently achieved Ulster Colleges’ All-star awards for Ladies’ Football. They will represent Ulster in the All-Ireland Interprovincial competition on Saturday 30 January. And their awards presentation night will be on Friday 15 January.
Read MoreRISING TO THE CHALLENGE
Posted on 01st December 2015
Huge congratulations to our Year 14 students who were very successful in the recent Senior Challenge achieving 12 Silver and 36 Bronze Awards. The UKMT Individual Maths Challenges are lively, intriguing multiple choice question papers, which are designed to stimulate interest in maths. Well done to Anna Coogan, Paul McCarron, Orla Mallon, Marc Friel, Gerard O‘Brien, Megan Monaghan, Emma Quinn, David McGuigan, Siobhan Comer, Una McCoy and Emma Robinson who each received the Silver Award; and to the recipients of the Bronze award- Bronagh McFarlane, Dermot Donnelly, James Tennyson, Hannah McGurk, David McErlain, Connor Devlin, Cormac Mackle, Bernadette Henry, Sheila Campbell, Conor McCann, Niamh Hughes, Kyle Johnston, Jack McLean, Hugh-Roe O’Donnell, Hannah Doherty, Niamh Kelly, Jamie Duffin, Shannon McGillian, Conor Burns, Eamon Conway, Ciara McAuley, Mark Rushe, Tonicha Donnelly, Ellen Groom, Conor Shaw, Megan Kearns, Cathal Craig, Bronagh Harkin, Michael McElhone, Gabriela Kacprzyk, Alana Quinn, John Joe O’Hagan, Eamonn Devlin, Claire O’Neill, Maria McVey and Cathal Mullan.
Read MoreDIA DAOIBH
Posted on 13th November 2015
The Irish department is delighted to have recently received a BASLA award (British Academy School’s Language Award) to fund a yearlong project. 150 schools entered the competition and we were the lucky winners in the NI region. The project will involve AS/A2 students and our Irish medium students and will see us continue our collaboration with Gaelscoil an tSeanchaí.
You can read all about it here:
http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/news.cfm/newsid/1334
Read MoreSCIENCE MATTERS!
Posted on 16th May 2014
Year 14 students took part in the British Chemistry Olympiad Competition 2014. Congratulations to Fintan Devine, Aaron Leung, Bronagh McGuckin, Katie McKee and Patrick Kielt who achieved Silver awards and to Conor McPeake who achieved a Bronze award. Other pupils participated at a very pleasing standard: Eimer McGuckian, Frances Carmichael, James Carey, Kay McAlary, Andrew Sweeney, Claire Totten, Emma Glenn and Kerri Burke.
Read MoreGOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!
Posted on 08th May 2014
Congratulations to Year 14 student Fintan Devine who has been selected to represent Ireland at the International Chemistry Olympiad in Hanoi, Vietnam in July. Head of Chemistry, Mrs A McGuckin, offered her sincere congratulations to Fintan on his exemplary achievement and paid tribute to his teacher Ms T Mullan, who gave expert guidance in preparing Fintan for such a demanding but prestigious competition.
Read MoreSKY SPORTS STARS!
Posted on 06th May 2014
Congratulations to Year 9 students Joe O’Hagan and Katie Walker who have been successful in the Sky Sports Living for Sports Awards. They will be presented with their awards by David Beckham and Jessica Ennis at Sky Studios, London on Tuesday 20th May 2014.
Read MoreST. MARY’S STUDENTS TOP OF THE CLASS
Posted on 16th January 2014
Following the publication of examination results in August, we were pleased to learn that a number of St. Mary’s pupils achieved top places in Northern Ireland in this year’s GCSE and A Level examinations. At GCSE, Niamh McGarry achieved First Place in PE, Hannah Lydon achieved Second Place in PE, Maria Lagan achieved Second Place in Chemistry, Orlaith McAteer achieved Third Place (joint) in Irish and Emma McKay achieved full marks in GCSE Art and Design. At A Level, Conor McGurk achieved Second Place in Technology and Design. Huge congratulations to each of them. We wish them continued success in their future studies.
Read MoreST. MARY’S STUDENT SCOOPS FIRST PRIZE IN ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION
Posted on 16th April 2013
A Year 14 English Literature student from St. Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt has been awarded first place in the prestigious Northern Ireland Schools Essay Writing Competition.
Read MoreULSTER COLLEGES ALL STAR AWARDS AMONG ST MARY’S SPORTING SUCCESSES
Posted on 16th April 2013
The PE Department of St. Mary’s Grammar School has had much to celebrate recently, following a string of notable sporting successes.
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