Principal's News
Weekly Update May 5th-8th 2026
RETIREMENT OF MRS. BALLANCE: It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Mrs. Ballance will be retiring at the end of this academic school year.Mrs. Ballance has worked as a teacher for 40 years in Ireland and England.We have been extremely fortunate in Saint Mary's that Mrs. Ballance worked here for 24 years.She has been a caring, kind, creative, highly dedicated, hard working, knowledgeable and outstanding teacher throughout mainstream classes and SET.She has been a wonderful Deputy Principal for 10 years, sharing her wisdom and giving steadfast professional and personal support to both Robert O' Connor and Noel Scully,Mrs. Ballance has been a highly supportive, experienced, pragmatic and considered mentor to new teachers.Durning her tenure in Saint Mary's, she has been an extremely warm, supportive and good humoured colleague to all our teachers, SNAs,
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Our Easter Newsletter has seen emailed out to all our school community. It is wonderful to see the activities and all the active, learning and teaching that is going on in our school. We wish all our sports teams the best in the coming final months of our 2025-2026 school year. We thank all our teachers, SNAs and coaches who help guide and support us. Please see a link to our Easter 2026 newsletter. Easter Newsletter 2026 We hope you enjoy reading all about what we do in Saint Mary's BNS.