St Mary's Grammar School is a grammar school

Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...

 in Magherafelt

Magherafelt

Magherafelt is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,372 people recorded in the 2001 Census. It is the biggest town in the south of County Londonderry and is the social, economic and political hub of the area...

, County Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

. It was founded in 1927.

The school has many extracurricular societies, such as Club Mhuire

Club Mhuire

Club Mhuire is the Irish Language Society in St. Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt. Organised by 6th form pupils, it provides opportunities for students to interact, and partake in activities, through the medium of Irish....

, a Young Pioneer group, a politics

Politics

Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...

 society, girls and boys football teams, French clubs, geography club, science club and many more.

St. Mary's Grammar School achieved All-Ireland Camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

 success in 2007.

The current principal is Mr DA Lambon. It is a mixed school with excess of 1000 pupils.

F1 In Schools

F1 In Schools

F1 in Schools is an international competition for school children , in which groups of 3 - 6 children have to design and manufacture a miniature "car" out of balsa wood using CAD/CAM design tools. The cars are powered by CO2 cartridges and are attached to a track by a thin wire...

Team Hurricane from St Mary's Grammar School won the 11 - 14's National Finals in 2005. They then returned the following year and won the 11-14 age group and the overall winners trophy.

Two other separate teams, one being Team Blade, won the Northern Ireland championships in 2007, The other being Team F1 Falcon, won the national 16-18 age group in the same year.

People

Jim Eastwood, one of the final four contestants in the 7th UK series of The Apprentice
Natasha Sayee, BBC reporter, was former head girl at St. Marys.
John McElholm is Head of PE and Gaelic Football coach at the school.
Kevin McAuley is Head of Science.

External links

• St. Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt