News 2023

Past pupil success

Congratulations to our past pupil, Eunan Boylan, gaining an All-Ireland medal in the U20B Hurling Final in Croke Park. We are extremely proud of you! 👏👏🌟🎉🎉🔴⚪️...

Rugby stars of the future

Congratulations to Fiachra and Peadar in P6 and Fergal in P5 who were very lucky to be chosen to play rugby in the Aviva stadium in Dublin as part of the Aviva Mini Rugby National Festival which was held on Sunday 23rd April. 🏉🏟 A fantastic experience for the boys and judging by the tries they scored, I’ve no doubt they’ll be back playing in Aviva in the future! ...

Irish dancing success

⭐️ IRISH DANCING SUCCESS ⭐️ Well done to two of our P.7 pupils who recently had Irish dancing success in Killarney at An Chomhdáil World Championships, over Easter. Oisín Mullan and Aoibhín Close both came 1st place in their team dances and also placed in 2nd and 3rd place in various other dances. Aoibhín represented the Allen school and Oisí...

Football stars of the future

⭐️FOOTBALL STARS OF THE FUTURE⭐️ Well done to John Joe McIlvar, Finian Bradley and Senan O’Kane who represented our school and club at the weekend. The boys played at half time during the Derry championship game versus Fermanagh. Brewster Park was packed and the boys played so well! This follows on from Rory Sheehan’s success when he played at half time d...

North Derry Principal Appeal

North Derry Primary School Principals 30 March 2023 Dear Parent/Carer North Derry Primary Principals joint letter to parents/carers The North Derry Primary School Principals Group met recently. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the proposed ending of funding initiatives in their schools, the impact this will have on the children and their families and the total lack of clarity ...

Cumann na Bunscoil North Derry

⭐️CUMANN NA BUNSCOIL NORTH DERRY INDOOR COMPETITION⭐️ A massive well done to our P7 football and Camogie teams who both topped their group in today’s competition in Meadowbank, Magherafelt. Both teams will now go through to the final 8, which is an all county competition held in March. The boys won 4 out of 4 games and the girls won 3 out of 4. Thank you to ...

Coding Week

💻CODING WEEK 2023💻 As part of our school Coding Week, our P7 class visited the Tirkeeran site on Monday morning to help the pupils use various coding apps. We looked at Daisy the Dinosaur, Tynker and Bee Bot. Everyone had a great morning learning new skills with our iPads and increasing our digital literacy 🙌🏻 We also got to spend time with our brothers, siste...

Credit Union Quiz

🏦CREDIT UNION QUIZ🏦 Well done to our two teams of P7 pupils who competed in the Carnglen Credit Union Quiz today. The questions were very tricky and tested many of the adults never mind the children! Our U11 team came 2nd in their section and our U13 team came 4th. 👏🏻 replica rolex for sale fake watches uk...

Catholic Schools Week

The whole school celebrated Catholic Schools Week in class by learning how to ‘walk together in faith and love’. Each day we had a focus. We discussed the daily theme, completed a task and ended with a prayer. On Thursday we drew a picture of God after reading the book ‘Drawing God’. We had some lovely ideas about what God looked and felt like to each of us. We ...

Indoor Ladies' Gaelic

⚽️GAELIC⚽️ Well done to the P6 and P7 pupils who represented our school in our first ladies’ Gaelic team in several years. The girls travelled to Meadowbank on Wednesday and competed in the Cumann na mBunscoil North Derry indoor tournament...