St Patrick's Primary School, Castlewellan, Newcastle, Bryansford and Burrenreagh's rural School

Welcome to Burrenreagh: A Unique School Offering an Exceptional Educational Experience.

Welcome to the website of St. Patrick’s Primary School, Burrenreagh, Bryansford. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty close to Tollymore Forest Park, we are a vibrant, caring, thriving rural school that serves the Newcastle and Castlewellan area and beyond.

At St. Patrick's, staff work together to ensure that all children reach their full potential and receive an education in an intimate setting which inspires lifelong learning. Ours is a friendly school with a true family atmosphere where we offer an exceptional educational experience. We are proud to have small class sizes (an average of less than 20 per teacher) which bring enormous benefits for pupils with extremely high standards of achievement. The pastoral care of each pupil is of the utmost importance for us. We work hard each and every day to ensure that each child is happy and enjoying all aspects of life and learning at Burrenreagh.

You are most welcome to visit us and see our happy, purposeful school environment, with highly professional, dedicated staff who strive for the very best for every child in their care. Please telephone us here at the school office on 028 43778593 to arrange a time to visit us and you will enjoy a warm welcome. Alternatively, you may send an e- mail to jhunt307@c2kni.net .

We look forward to meeting you,

With every best wish,
Mr James Hunt
Principal

Latest News

Enrolment at St. Patrick's

18th Jan 2021

The application process for enrolment to Nursery School andPrimary One has started....

Primary 4 First Confession

25th Nov 2020

We have been preparing for First Confession. In the lead up to this beautiful...

Primary 5 Celebrate First Holy Communion

24th Oct 2020

On Saturday 24th October 2020 Primary 5 celebrated their long awaited First Holy...

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Burrenreagh Lockdown Chronicles

Shea is growing his own vegetables in Leitrim.

Sarah was going for a walk in her field with her family in Ballyward when her beautiful horse came to say hello.

Here is Siobhan with her pet lamb Danny

Caoimhe, Leah and Eoin are working so hard every day in Liatroim.

Aodhan with his pet lamb Rory

Keira is an amazing Irish Dancer. Here she is, waiting to begin her Zoom class with her school of Irish Dance.

Isabella is such a happy pupil all the time. She loves her online learning. Just look at her beautiful dog!

Anabelle just loves to look after her hens when she is not on Google Classroom or video conferencing with her class.

Leo with his dog

Aoife and Leo with their fairy tree

Aoife and Leo at Castlewellan Lake

Leo celebrated his 6th birthday in lockdown

Eoin has been helping his Dad lay topsoil in the garden

The google classroom is working really well. The children can keep in touch with each other and he can talk to his teacher and ask questions if he is stuck. Today they had a conference call and Jake was so excited to see all his friends and his teacher.

Kara has been baking at home a lot. She baked her Nanny a birthday cake and we had a zoom video call with Nanny. We sang happy birthday and Kara blew the candle out for her Nanny to make a wish.

Kara has been very busy doing her school work and she loves all the tasks her teacher has sent. Kara has been enjoying learning to read. She loves books and loves to read us all stories at home.

Aoife and Leo did not let the lockdown prevent them ahving a school sports day. Here they are having their own egg and spoon race!

Charlise, Emerson and Fallyn have been making rainbow posters for their windows to show support for frontline staff.

Erin practising her skills on the chicaine.

Sophie has been learning to grow plants during lockdown.

Fallyn's Home Study Time

Burrenreagh Half Zips Now Available to Order

Burrenreagh Summer School A Tremendous Success

We welcomed our Primary 5, 6 and 7 pupils back to Burrenreagh for our Summer School 2020 in July 2020. Summer School commenced on Monday 13 July and ran for a fortnight.

Our lunch menu was supplied by Villa Vinci in Newcastle. It was taken from their children's menu. There was no charge for food and no charge for any aspect of summer school. Our summer school was even featured on Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete an evaluation form. The responses were so positive and so full of praise for the programme. Thank you. The results of these responses have now been forwarded to the Department of Education.