New State of the art gym

New State of the art gym

Unleashing potential with every rep! Our new state-of-the-art gym is officially open, empowering students to reach new heights in fitness and strength. A sincere thank you to all staff, parents, students and members of the community that make days like this possible,...
We are Winners!!

We are Winners!!

At St Mary’s, we are blessed with a fantastic school community and excelling in competitions like this reminds us all of what can we achieve when we come together. Students and community alike rallied and donated over 75,000 batteries. As a result of this...
Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools Week

We enjoyed a lot of celebrations and traditions the past two weeks in St Mary’s College. We started with Catholic schools week- TY students designed information on our Religious Education Notice about this special week in our school. They also spent Catholic Schools...
Geography Class Field Trip

Geography Class Field Trip

On Tuesday 15th October some of our 6th Year Geography students completed their fieldwork investigations on Rosses Point beach. Students have been studying coastal processes of deposition and...
TY Heritage Group Talk

TY Heritage Group Talk

Members of Ballisodare Heritage Group spoke with our TY class last week about the projects they are involved with and the work that they do. They also told us about what life was like in Ballisodare when they were younger. We also heard about the recent renovation...
Girls HER MOVES Programme

Girls HER MOVES Programme

Over the last number of weeks , girls from 1st year to TY have been afforded the opportunity to take part in surfing lessons. Making Waves is a HER MOVES programme delivered by Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership in partnership with Rebelle Surf School based in...
Cultural Day

Cultural Day

On Wednesday May 8th, we celebrated Cultural Day here in St Mary’s College. Pupils from fifteen different countries put on a  beautiful display in the Clarence Building.Each country was assigned a display table/area.Pupils arrived to school in their native...
Road Safety Education Program

Road Safety Education Program

The Sligo Road Policing Unit delivered The Life Saver Project workshop to the transition year students at St. Mary’s College in Ballisodare on Tuesday 18th March. The Life Saver Project is a Road Safety Education program, launched in October 2023 aimed at reducing the...
Ceist School Live Performances

Ceist School Live Performances

Musicians and Students from St. Marys College, Ballysadare streamed a live performance on Thursday March 21st. They performed to Chairpersons, Principal’s, Vice Principal’s in the Ceist Trust all over Ireland in all the Ceist Schools. They performed the beautiful...
St. Marys Talent Show

St. Marys Talent Show

On Thursday March 21st, we had great excitement in the school as our Talent Show took place. Auditions were held last month and from that twelve acts were selected to perform. Each act had a teacher as a mentor and under their watchful eye practices and rehearsals...