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Lord Mayor’s Visit
The Lord Mayor, Cllr Des Cahill visited the school on Tuesday. He had a really important message for the girls all about positivity. In an age where there seems to be so much doom and gloom it is important not to get dragged into a negative way of thinking and seeing the world. The Lord […]
Read more »Maths Week
Last week was a very interesting week in the area of Maths. It was national Maths Week and all the children and their parents were involved in various activities from games, puzzles and problem solving.
Read more »We’re all going batty.
Today we had a visit from a Mammologist, Ger Stanton who specialises in studying bats. He gave a fascinating presentation with slides of loads of different breeds of bats and came with a lunchbox of (dead) bats. The girls had lots of questions and got to hold the bats if they wanted to. They will […]
Read more »3rd Class Visit to the Library
Third class visited Blackpool Library last week to meet children’s author Debbie Thomas who was great fun and really interesting. She told us how to create stories from our imaginations , inventing interesting characters( always with a problem or two) and then coming up with solutions to these problems which always make a story more […]
Read more »Dogs Trust
Yesterday the senior classes visited the library in Blackpool to hear a lady from Dogs Trust speaking about caring for dogs. She had a fabulous dog with her who entertained the girls as he was trying to get his treats out of a special dog toy. The girls learned about the importance of feeding, grooming […]
Read more »Brendan Martin All Ireland Cup
Orla Farmer, an outstanding member of the victorious Cork Senior ladies football team visited the school with the Brendan Martin Cup. Orla was part of the team that won six in a row and it was their eleventh victory in twelve years which is incredible. It was a very inspiring visit for all the girls […]
Read more »Budding Scientists
The First and Second class girls had a great Science session with the help of the ‘tutors’ from fifth and sixth class. The theme was Forces and they girls took part in a number of experiments including making gliders, learning about velocity and resistance, predicting what would happen when nightlights are covered with various size […]
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