St. Brigid's Primary School, Downpatrick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Welcome

 

As the Principal of St Brigid’s Primary School, I extend to you a very warm welcome to our website.  Through this we aim to give you a flavour of some of the school events, visitors and experiences offered to our children.

St Brigid’s is a Catholic maintained, co-educational primary school, where the children are at the heart of every decision we make and everything we do. We value the great relationships that we have formed with our parents and acknowledge the dedicated work and commitment of the Staff, Governors and Parents Association.

We enjoy a warm, welcoming, inclusive atmosphere and it is this distinctive ethos which enables the children to flourish and succeed giving them the skills, attitudes and desire to achieve their full potential. 

I hope that you find our website informative and interesting and gain some insight into how we fulfil our school motto: 'Learning and Growing Together'.  If you would like to see our school and experience our ethos I would be delighted to meet with you.

Thank you for visiting our website.

Kind regards

Dolores Miller

Principal

Mission Statement

St Brigid’s Primary School seeks to provide a safe, caring, inclusive and stimulating environment in where every child can reach their full their potential. Guided by our Catholic values of love, respect, honesty, kindness, empathy and responsibility we learn and grow together. We aim to provide high quality learning experiences for all our children, in partnership with parents, the parish and wider community.
 
 

Life in St Brigid's

 
 
 

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๐ŸŒŸ P5 Weekly Update! ๐ŸŒŸ This week in P5, we have been incredibly busy and learning lots across all our subjects! ๐Ÿงฎ Maths We explored area, investigated factor pairs, and used our skills in some tricky problem-solving activities. Everyone worked brilliantly! โœ๏ธ Literacy The class took part in some fun contraction surgery to help us learn about contractions. We also explored conjunctions and began planning our non-chronological reports on our chosen planets. Exciting writing ahead! ๐ŸŒ World Around Us We continued our topic on space and learned all about satellites. โœจ Did you knowโ€ฆ we only ever see the same side of the Moon because it rotates at the same speed it orbits the Earth? โœจ ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Languages We practised saying different animals in Spanish โ€” ยกmuy bien, P5! ๐Ÿ™ Grow in Love We have been learning about the Advent wreath and its special meaning as we prepare for Christmas. ๐ŸŽ„ Classroom Fun Buddy the Elf arrived in our class this week and has been causing lots of cheeky mischief โ€” the children loved spotting his antics! ๐ŸŠ PE The children have really enjoyed their swimming sessions this term โ€” and we have just one more left! Well done, P5, for another fantastic week of learning! ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿš€
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โœจโœจ Catch up with P7M โœจโœจ ๐Ÿ’ป The children got to grips with new coding concepts and used them light up their Micro:bits. ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Primary 7 have been learning about Ancient Greek temples and architecture. They experimented with different textures and colours to create vivid representations. ๐ŸซŸ ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ The children enthusiastically participated in a fun, practical phonics session, highlighting how hands-on learning significantly boosts engagement as well as boosting understanding and retention. ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿงฎ They also had a brilliant session using Izak9, collaborating in teams to tackle challenging problems involving fractions, decimals, and percentages. ๐Ÿ’ฅโœ๏ธ The children had a brilliantly noisy time exploring onomatopoeia, using fun activities like charades, poetry writing, and an alphabet challenge to make language come to life! ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐ŸŒฒ P7 engaged in a thoughtful discussion about the deeper significance of the Advent Wreath and the entire Advent season this week. They explored how the wreath's candles and circular shape symbolises hope, peace, joy, and love, preparing their hearts for the Christmas celebration. ๐ŸŽ… ๐Ÿคถ๐Ÿป The children showed amazing community spirit and kindness partnering with their P1 buddies for a festive and fun-filled Santa Run! This was the highlight of the week!

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Our school hours are:
8:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday
Phone: 028 4461 2253