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Christmas Extravaganza report
Today we had our highly anticipated Christmas Extravaganza. The weather was perfect and the school hall was packed with parents, relatives, neighbours and children. There was a great variety of stalls and activities and a fabulous festive buzz in the school. Santa Claus met lots of children in his delightful grotto. We would like to […]
Read more »Christmas Extravaganza on Thursday 6th
There will be a Christmas Extravaganza in the school on Thurs 6th from 1pm to 2.30pm. Lots of activities are planned including Santa’s Grotto (€4 per child) a cake sale, a jumble sale, face painting, a candy corner, a silent auction, teas and coffee. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Read more »Climate Change information sessions
Lisa O’Grady from An Taisce, Green Schools, came today and every class had a really informative and interesting session with her. The girls learned all about climate change, the build up of CO2 in the atmosphere and the effect it is having on the planet. Lisa encouraged us all to do out best even with […]
Read more »Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal
This is our first year taking part in the Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal and it has been a great success. Quite a number of children got involved. Some brought full boxes ready to go and others made contributions to boxes. These Christmas gifts mean so much to the children in Africa and Eastern Europe who […]
Read more »Visits to UCC
From third to sixth classes have had the opprortunuty to visit UCC this week and have a guided tour. In spite of the somewhat inclement weather these trips were very educational, interesting and worthwhile. The guide was excellent giving lots of interesting information. The girls got to see the ‘bothán’ which the Irish would have […]
Read more »Lions Club Peace Poster Competition
The girls in 6th class put a lot of thought and work into their posters for the competition. Ashton’s and Saoirse’s posters were chosen as the winners. Well done to them and the rest of the girls. The posters will be displayed in the City Hall on Sunday Dec 2nd for everyone to see. We […]
Read more »Halloween Fun
Halloween is a great time for some light hearted fun and a lot of dress up too. Each class put on a little performance which included poetry, dance and singing. After the show the girls got a treat and had a disco complete with lights.
Read more »Maths Week
Maths Week proved to be a lot of fun with lots of activities including Maths trails, parents in the classrooms doing Maths games, older classes doing games with younger children and lots if puzzles and extra Maths activities in classrooms. The senior infants got a great thrill out of digging the potatoes and sixth class […]
Read more »3rd and 4th class library visit
3rd and 4th class had a really interesting visit to the library. The theme was the Vikings and they learned all about their clothes, weapons, household goods and their way of life. The best part of the trip was being able to dress up in the costumes and handle the other instruments.
Read more »Lord Mayor’s Visit
The Lord Mayor Cllr Mick Finn visited the school. He allowed much more time than Lord Mayors usually do and this allowed him the time to really have a conversation with the girls. He touched on a lot of topics and one of the topics was making sure that they have someone to talk to […]
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