Welcome!

Welcome to the website for St. Martin's Primary School, Garrison. I hope you will take the time to browse this site and become familiar with some of the work and activities which take place in our school. Whether you are a pupil, parent or past pupil or indeed someone visiting us for the first time, I hope you get a feel for the place which has served the parish of Inis Muighe Samh for the last 50 years. If you would like to visit the school to see at first hand the work which takes place, please feel free to contact me.

Mairéad Gormley

Principal

Latest News

Mathletic Wizards

At assembly this morning, we celebrated the achievements of our students.

A child from each class was selected by their teacher for excellent effort and participation in Mathletics in Term 1A.

The children received a certificate and a prize to recognise their efforts from Miss Gormley - Well done everyone!!

The winners are:

P2 - Erris Johnston

P3 Odhran Mc Guinness

P4 Cora Mc Nulty

P5 SN - James Sweeney

P5 LB- Rosie O'Brien

P6 - Lochlainn Halliday

P7 - Bella Keaney

Halloween 2025

Congratulations to all the boys and girls (and mums and dads) who all looked fabulous in their Halloween costumes, it was evident that a lot of effort has went into the costumes.

The children had a parade in school with their peers clapping and supporting them as they paraded around the school hall. It was very enjoyable for everyone.

We hope everyone has a lovely mid- term break and we look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 3rd November.

MATHS WEEK IRELAND

St Martin's participated in Math Week Ireland.

The teachers planned a range of different activities for the children. The learning was brought outside in some classrooms and all activities helped foster a positive attitude towards numeracy.

Congratulations to Devenish Ladies

Devenish ladies won the Fermanagh championship!!!

We were delighted when the winning team took time out of the celebrations to visit us in school with the trophy.

It was great to see many of our past pupils on the team and their presence in school will inspire another generation of Devenish footballers in the future.

U12 Champions!!!

Congratulations to Caolan, Austin, Logan and Fionn who were part of the Devenish team that won the Division 3 league final in Brewster Park yesterday.

Student Council

Meet our newly appointed student council for 2025/2026.

Congratulations to Austin, Holly, Ciara, Florie, Maggie, Saoirse, Lily and Fionn.

School Holiday List 2025/26

Please see below for the holiday list for the 2025/2026 academic year.

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Attendance Award

At our end of year assembly, we celebrated the achievements of Holly (P6), Ava (P7) and Megan (P7) who achieved 100% attendance.

The girls received a certificate and a present from Miss Gormley for their attendance record. Well done girls!

Term 3 Attendance Awards

Congratulations to all the children who received certificates at assembly for 100% attendance in term 3 - well done everyone.

Term 3 Mathletics Wizards

The children have all worked so hard completing Mathletics tasks in Term 3. The teachers selected children for the Mathletic Wizard awards based on effort and endeavor in Mathletics during term 3 and Miss Gormley presented the awards at the end of term assembly.

Term 3 Mathletic Winners are:

P1: Isla Keaney

P2: Katie Mulrone

P3: Kayla Mc Cabe

P4: Rose Keown

P5 SN: Callum Melly

P5 LB: Dan Keown

P6: Austin Keown

P7: Emmet Lavelle

Accelerated Reader Term 3 Winners

Well done to all the children in P4 to P7 who participated in the Accelerated Reader programme in Term 3.

They read so many books and enjoyed them all immensely.

The teachers had the unenviable task of selecting individual children who excelled in Accelerated Reading in Term 3 and the children were presented with certificates at assembly.

The winners are:

P4: Adam Tiffoney

P5 SN: Aodhan Mc Manus

P5 LB: Rosie Mallett

P6: Fionn Gallagher

P7: Edward Carty

Term 3 Accelerated Reader Awards

Congratulations to the children who achieved their Accelerated Reading target in Term 3. The children were awarded certificates at assembly to acknowledge all their hard work and effort in term 3.

P1/2 End of year school trip!

The P1/2 children had a fabulous day in Mad Hatters in Donegal town. They had so much fun with their friends and teachers. They also went to the park to round off a wonderful day.

P4/5 End of year school trip!

All roads led to Pettigo for our end of year school trip.

We had a wonderful day in Pettigo, we got to go on a bouncy castle, have ice-cream and go to the park. It was an amazing trip and the boys and girls were really well behaved - well done everyone.

P5/6/7 End of year trip

The children in P5/6/7 had a fantastic end of year trip to Enniskillen. They spent the day exploring Lough Erne on water. They canoed and paddle boarded and they all really enjoyed the day on the water. Memories were made to last a lifetime.

Cross Country 2025

Congratulations to the all the children who participated in the Fermanagh/Tyrone Cross Country Championships.

The children practiced really hard in school in the lead up to the competition and performed brilliantly on the day.

Special congratulations to Eabha Keown (P4) and Lorcan O'Flanagan (P4) who both came third in their races. Well done Eabha and Lorcan!!

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Sports Day 2025

The sun was shining in Garrison today as we had our annual sports day.

Throughout the morning, the children participated in a running race, three-legged race, sack race and egg and spoon race. The whole school was then split into teams for a whole school obstacle course. Miss Gormley then treated us all to a lovely ice-cream - thank you Miss Gormley.

Well done boys and girls for your excellent participation.

Term 2 Attendance Awards

Well done to all the children who achieved 100% attendance in Term 2. The children were presented with certificates at assembly.

Term 2 Accelerated Reader Winners

Congratulations to the following children who received certificates and an Easter treat for super participation in Accelerated Reading during Term 2.

The winners were:

P4: Daire McManus

P5: Aodhan Flanagan (SN) and Dan Keown (MG)

P6: Bella Keaney

P7: Saorlaith Flanagan

Also a big well done to all the children who met their AR targets for this term.

World Book Day Story in a Jar winners 2025

Miss Ward had a very difficult job of picking winners in each class for the story in a jar competition as the standards were so high - such creative children we have!!! Well done everyone!!!

P1:Tiarna Keown

P2: Tadgh O'Hara

P3: Mairead Latten

P4: James Sweeney

P5: Lochlainn Halliday

P6:Holly Mc Goldrick

P7: Saorlaith Flanagan

World Book Day 2025

The children and staff had the opportunity to dress up as their favourite characters for World Book Day. The costumes were excellent.

The children also designed a story in a jar and the P6/7 children did some buddy reading with their buddies. Super effort everyone - well done!!!

Mathletics Wizards

Well done to all our term two Mathletics Wizards! Here they are with their well-deserved Easter treats!

PSNI Visit

We had some special visitors in school today, the PSNI came to visit us and shared with us some information on how to stay safe. Thank you for visiting us.

Catholic Schools Week 2025

We celebrated Catholic Schools Week in school this week. We had a very special mass, were we invited our grandparents and family to Mass. It was a beautiful mass, were the school choir sang beautifully and children read and brought up gifts .

We invited our grandparents to come back to school to join us for tea and scones .

Christmas Show December 2024

Christmas festivities have started in school, the children starred in the Christmas show. The children were amazing and performed their roles brilliantly. There was a few Oscar worthy performances on the night and definitely some future Hollywood stars.

Well done everyone, we are an immensely proud of you all!!

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, may it be a healthy, happy 2025.

Shoe Box Appeal 2024

Thank you for your generosity for this years Shoe Box appeal. The donations were amazing and wias greatly appreciated.

Miss Ward's P3 pupils enjoyed making outdoor clocks using chalk in the playground to mark Maths Week.

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Goodbye Mrs Mc Hugh

We said a very sad goodbye today to Mrs Mc Hugh, our treasured P1 classroom assistant, who has been a member of staff in St Martin's for the past 26 years.

We had a special assembly for Mrs Mc Hugh today, the children sang songs and presented Mrs Mc Hugh with gifts from the school.

We will miss her greatly and want to thank her for all her hard work over the years.

We hope you have a happy, healthy retirement.

Double Winners!!

Congratulations to the P6/7 boys and girls who won the Cumann na mBuscol titles in Brewster Park today.

The teams performed brilliantly and we are so proud of them.

Thank you to Mrs O'Connor for all the effort she has put into promoting gaelic games in St Martin's.

Sports Day Presentation

Congratulations to all the children in St Martin's who participated in sports day and to all those children who won medals at sports day.

The sun was shining in Garrison and the children had a fantastic time.

Thank you to Mrs O'Connor for organising another memorable sports day.

Green Flag Success

Congratulations to the ECO Council and Miss Ward for achieving the green flag for a further two years.

The ECO team and Miss Ward have made a wonderful effort at helping our school become ECO friendly and we hope to continue with the good work they have achieved in September.

Accelerated Reading Success!

Congratulations to the children who achieved their Accelerated Reading Target in Term 2.

The children worked really hard and should be commended for their efforts.

Well done everyone!!!

Accelerated Reading Winners Term 2

Congratulations to the following children who received certificates for super progress in Accelerated Reading during Term 2.

The winners were:

P4: Charlie Mc Manus

P5: Leah Keaney

P6 (AOC) Edward Carty P6 (LB) Emmet Lavelle

P7 Mason Kelly

Missing from the photo is Edward Carty

Mathletics Winners Term 2

Congratulations to the following children who received certificates at assembly for fantastic effort and participation in Mathletics during Term 2.

The winners were:

P1: Katie Mulrone

P2 Mairead Latten

P3 (SW) Rose Keown P3(SN): Calvin Flanagan

P4: Lochlainn Halliday

P5: Fionn Gallagher

P6 (AOC) Oisin Mc Gee P6 (LB) Eoghan O'Flanagan

P7: Eadaoin Murphy

Thank you

Huge thanks to Devenish GFC for the amazing gesture of sponsoring a brand new set of football jerseys to St Martin's and a special thank you to Brendan who liaised with the school and organised this gesture.

We had two excellent models and Devenish stars of the future to show the other children the beautiful jerseys - thank you Fionn and Maggie.

Special Visitor

Today we had a special visitor to our school....Mr Nathan Carter. He popped in to say hello to the children and even sang a rendition of his famous song "Wagon Wheel". The children really enjoyed it and provided them with a special memory from St Martin's P.S.