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Parish of Termonmaguirc: Covid-19 update
Fri 13 Mar 2020Parish of Termonmaguirc
Dear Parishioners
Following the latest update from Archbishop Eamon Martin,
the following arrangements are now in place;
There will be no public Masses in the parish until after 29th March.
Mass will be broadcast from St Colmcille’s on Webcam & Facebook;
Sunday 11.30am, Monday 8.00pm, Tuesday to Friday 9.30am, Saturday 6.30pm
Mass will be broadcast from St Mary's on Webcam & Facebook;
Sunday 10am, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 10am,
Wednesday & Friday 7.00pm
All three Churches in the Parish will be open for private prayer as follows;
St Colmcille’s: Sunday 12.30pm to 7pm, Monday to Friday 10.30am to 7pm,
Saturday 10.30am to 6pm.
St Mary’s: Sunday 11am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 7pm
St Oliver Plunkett’s: Sunday to Saturday 10.30am to 7pm
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Information for schools re COVID-19
Sun 01 Mar 2020Please see advice below regarding COVID-19
At this point, parents, staff and pupils should follow the guidance, in particular, the need to practise good hand hygiene among staff and pupils.
As referred to in the PHA guidance, like seasonal flu, if you cough or sneeze, use a tissue to cover your mouth and nose, throw it away carefully after use, and wash your hands.
More specific information can be found in our Parents / Useful Information section of this website or use this link.
https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/news/covid-19-coronavirus
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MARTIN FAMILY'S MENINGITIS & STARLIGHT FUNDRAISER
Fri 14 Feb 2020Congratulations to the Martin family for the excellent fundraiser which raised almost £4,000 for two important charities. We had a non-uniform Day on 14th February to help raise funds for the Meningitis Research Foundation and for SWAH Children’s Ward by donating to the Starlight Foundation.
Rian and Matthew Martin who lead this fundraiser as their younger brother had HIF bacterial meningitis Oct 2018, presented a powerful speech to the children about how they became aware of their brother's illness and how we all should be vigilant. He had been seriously ill but thankfully has made a full recovery. Children in the school donated almost £400.00 to support this fundraiser.
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Eco Council promotes better environment
Thu 06 Feb 2020Congratulations to our Eco Council members who gave a brilliant assembly this morning on how we can all help look after our environment.
They talked about the importance of looking after the local environment as well as being mindful of the choices which we all can make to ensure that we hand on a better world for our children. They used inspiration from Pope Francis to encourage everyone to make a special effort to recycle, reuse and reduce.
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Boys’ book a place in the Tyrone Indoor Football 5-a-side final
Fri 31 Jan 2020ALLIANZ Cumann na mBunscol
BOYS’ INDOOR FOOTBALL HEAT 4: OMAGH
Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Thír Eoghain held the fourth Heat of its annual Boys’ Indoor Football 5-a-side competition in Omagh’s Station Centre. A total of eight schools competed in another action-packed day of tremendous football providing thrills and skills to a high degree.
Teachers helped draw the teams into two groups of 4. Section ‘A’ featured St. Colmcille’s P.S. Carrickmore; St. Catherine’s P.S. Strabane; St. Mary’s P.S. Strabane and St. Dympna’s P.S. Dromore. The lads from Strabane played tremendously throughout but they just missed out on progression despite their worthy efforts. Instead, Carrickmore topped the section with 3 wins from 3 followed by runners-up Dromore picking up a brace of wins. Both of these schools, therefore, secured a semi-final place.
Section ‘B’ comprised St. Conor’s P.S. Omagh; St. Patrick’s P.S. Castlederg; St. Patrick’s P.S. Newtownstewart and Holy Family P.S. Omagh. St. Conor’s topped the section with a couple of wins, and they were joined in the semi-finals by group runners-up Holy Family P.S. (after a tense 2-1 play-off win over a classy Newtownstewart). Castlederg played some great stuff but just came up short on progressing by a single point.
We were now ready for the semi-finals. A talented Holy Family P.S. Omagh took on Carrickmore in an excellent game. Carmen, however, prevailed 3-1 to earn their place in the heat final whilst maintaining their 100% record.
A battling St. Conor’s pushed St. Dympna’s all the way before the Omagh lads fell to a 3-1 reverse. Holy Family and St. Conor’s both deserve enormous credit.
Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Thír Eoghain held the fourth Heat of its annual Boys’ Indoor Football 5-a-side competition in Omagh’s Station Centre. They now proudly advance to the Tyrone Co. Finals to be held in March.
We wish them well. Ádh mór oraibh!
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Keeva's fantastic poster for GUNG XI FA CHI (HAPPY NEW YEAR): Chinese Year of the Rat!
Fri 24 Jan 2020As Mrs Hendry, Mr O’Neill’s and Miss Owens children are currently participating in Mandarin classes, we are celebrating the Chinese New Year which commences on Saturday 25th January (the year of the rat).
The children took part in a poster competition to celebrate this event and Keeva McCullagh’s (P3) poster was highly commended from 4,000 entries and she was invited with her family to a Chinese New Year Celebration at the Waterfront Hall and was also invited to a special award ceremony in Omagh South West College. Well done Keeva.
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Cumann na mBunscol Sporting Successes
Thu 23 Jan 2020Indoor Hurling & Camogie: Our Camogie team Eimear Hurson, Saorla Loughran, Éilis Loughran, Clodagh McKenna, Katie Marley, Róise McCallan, Aoibhe Kerr and Tatiana Tracey were beaten in the Tyrone semi-final; likewise, our boys’ team; Sean Donnelly, Oisin Conlon, Conall Bennett, Fionnan Magill, Connla Coney, Ruairi Daly, Vincent Gormley and Joseph Hughes played heroically throughout the event and came third in the Tyrone hurling finals.
Handball: Our boys’ & girls’ teams recently competed in the Tyrone finals. The girls; Eimear Hurson took the U13 championship medal while Tatiana Tracey and Aoibh Kerr were crowned Tyrone U11 Doubles’ champions. Ruairi McElduff and Niall Morris picked up runners’ up medals in the U11 competition. Ava Mullin, Sean Donnelly and Phelim McCrory also played with pride and energy but on this occasion didn’t bring back any medals.
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Open Day at White Hare Day Care Creggan
Thu 09 Jan 2020
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INCREASE IN OUR ADMISSIONS & ENROLMENT NOS.
Thu 09 Jan 2020As you are aware, the school has been over-subscribed in recent years and the school trustees and governors had requested that the Department of education increase admissions and enrolment numbers in our school.
Following lengthy deliberations as part of the Development Proposal consultation process, we are delighted that the Department has approved the proposal to increase our P1/R1 admission number to 55 and our enrolment number to 385 from 1st September 2020. This is excellent news as the approval recognises that the school is popular and growing and that an additional classroom will be required.
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Breakfast Club Pilot
Wed 18 Dec 2019Following positive feedback in our recent survey, we will be piloting our Breakfast Club each morning from 7.45 am until 8.45 am from Tuesday 7 to Friday 17 January for children Year 1-7. At 8.45 am, the children will go to the assembly hall.
The arrangements for this pilot are as follows:
- There is no need to book places in advance. Children should be brought to the school reception each morning.
- There will be no charge during this pilot.
- Breakfast will be available to children arriving before 8.30am and include cereal, toast with milk or water.
- We will record the names of children present each day and their arrival time.
We will monitor the demand for the service over this period and if viable will offer the service from Monday 20th January at a cost of £2.00 per session.
