Our Special Saints
Our School Motto
Amor Dei, Aliorum, Literarumque’
‘Loving God, Loving Others, Loving learning’.
Our School Code
Thought for The Week
“May is the month of expectation,
the month of wishes,
the month of hope."
— Emily Brontë
Latest News
Principal's Update 8/5/26
Dear Parents & Guardians,
We were blessed with good weather this week which enabled our gardening club to get started! We thank those parents and grandparents who were able to attend. If you feel you could spare some time each Wednesday afternoon we urge you to come along! Our pupils love to join their family members each week to spend some time improving our school environment and filling it with colour and bloom!
We had two very special assemblies today:
Our P1-P4 pupils were entertained by the children who participated in Newry and Warrenpoint Feiseanna. The hall was filled with poetry. We have such talented pupils in St. Clare's Abbey and their confidence brings us such joy! Please keep an eye on local newspapers over the next few weeks as our 'feis' participants will feature!
Our P5-P7 pupils, led by Miss Jones and the Eco Council, heard wonderful facts about Sir David Attenborough who celebrates his 100th birthday today!! As a school with deep faith in St. Francis (the patron saint of ecology), we are very much in tune with Sir David's desire to protect the natural world. Thank you to our eco council for giving us an insight into his amazing work.
We had a very enriched week filled with prayer:
We celebrated the Feast Day of Blessed Edmund Rice on Tuesday - his vision for education guides us each day in our devotion to caring and praying for those less fortunate.
Canon Brown, Fr. Alphonsus and Fr. Moffett joined us to lead our P4 and P7 pupils through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This prepares them beautifully for the sacraments which they will receive in the coming days.
Our May altars are in place in classrooms and around our school - thank you to the pupils who have brought in flowers for these. Our pupils have been praying the rosary and remembering Mary, our heavenly mother, during this time of reflection.
I know you will join me as a school community in wishing our Primary 4 pupils a wonderful day tomorrow as they celebrate their First Holy Communion. We feel honoured to have shared their faith journey thus far and will watch on with pride tomorrow as they receive another Sacrament. Let us pray for continued good weather.
Thank you for your unwavering support,
Mrs Donnelly
Pupil Holidays 2026 - 2027
Upcoming Events
| Sat, 9 May 2026 |
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| First Holy Communion (Cathedral @ 11.30am) |
| Sun, 10 May 2026 |
| St Mary’s Cemetery Service (7pm) |
| Thu, 14 May 2026 |
| Confirmation (Cathedral @ 6pm) |
| Mon, 18 May 2026 |
| School May Procession (P4 & P7 families only (weather permitting)) |
| Tue, 19 May 2026 |
| P2 Trip to Slieve Gullion |
| Fri, 22 May 2026 |
| P4 Trip to Streamvale Farm |
| Sun, 24 May 2026 |
| Pentecost Sunday |
| Mon, 25 May 2026 |
| No School |
| Tue, 26 May 2026 |
| No School |
| Wed, 27 May 2026 |
| No School |
| Thu, 28 May 2026 |
| No School |
| Fri, 29 May 2026 |
| No School |
| Mon, 1 Jun 2026 |
| P6 Trip to Portaferry Aquarium |
| Tue, 2 Jun 2026 |
| P7 Trip to Muckno Castleblaney |
| Wed, 3 Jun 2026 |
| P3 & ECPD Trip to Belfast Zoo |
| Thu, 4 Jun 2026 |
| P4 - P7 Sports Day (Provisional Date ) |
| Fri, 5 Jun 2026 |
| P1 Trip to Fort Evergreen |
| Sun, 7 Jun 2026 |
| Corpus Christi Procession (3pm) |
| Mon, 8 Jun 2026 |
| P7 GIRLS Transferring to St Mary’s HS (Attend St Mary’s all day ) |
| Tue, 9 Jun 2026 |
| P5 Trip to W5 |
| Wed, 10 Jun 2026 |
| Sponsored Walk P1 - P7 (To be confirmed ) |
| Thu, 11 Jun 2026 |
| Nursery AM & PM Classes & P3 Sports Day (Provisional Date) |
| Fri, 12 Jun 2026 |
| P1 & P2 Sports Day (Provisional Date ) |
| Crazy Hair / Pyjama Day |
| Sun, 21 Jun 2026 |
| Mass Rock Sunday (3pm) |
| Tue, 23 Jun 2026 |
| Nursery AM Class Graduation 9.15am |
| P7 Leavers Mass 10am |
| Nursery PM Class Graduation Day 12.45pm |
| Thu, 25 Jun 2026 |
| Nursery Induction for September 2026 (Please check letters sent home for individual times) |
| Primary 1 Induction Meetings for September 2026 @ 1.15pm |
| Tue, 30 Jun 2026 |
| School Closes @ 12 noon for the Summer |
EA Help For Parents
Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance applications remain open on the portal EA Connect.
Please use the link below to view a short video on using the Portal.
You will also find lots of helpful information on how to apply on the website
Important
NUT ALLERGIES
Please do not send any types of foods containing any type of nuts into school for lunches as we have children with severe nut allergies. These items include biscuits and bars with a nutella type filling or croissants, pan au chocolate and brioche rolls. We ask parents to read the ingredients on these items before putting them in packed lunches.
We cannot allow products in school if the label states; "may contain traces of nuts."
If pupils bring products containing nuts to school, we will hold on to them and send them home uneaten at the end of the day.
We have been advised by the Allergy Nurse not to accept Horse Chestnuts / Conkers.
Please help keep children safe while in St Clare's Abbey.
St Clare's Abbey Primary School, Nursery, ECPD, 12 Courtenay Hill, Newry, BT34 2EA | T: 028 3026 2175
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