This year Maths Week took place between 14th -22nd October 2023. We engaged in lots of fun activities to develop and practice our maths skills. We used our Six Bricks to follow instructions, answered questions on math’s posters, played games online and on our tablets, listened to a story in order to answer math’s questions and used our Math’s Eyes at home and at school to answer questions on our environment. Well done boys and girls for your active participation!!
Friendship week took place this year between 18th -22nd September. We took time to reflect on the importance of friendship in our school. We identified qualities of a good friend, learned a friendship song and made friendship bracelets.
It’s hard to believe that another school year has come to an end but we have certainly finished with a busy, fun and sunny term.
We had our school tour, sports day and a visit from the ice-cream truck which was definitely a hit!
We were very lucky to have a visit from the library to teach us all about ‘Homes and Houses in the past’.
We completed our final projects on a topic of our choice and these turned out amazing with lots of new and exciting information shared between the children.
Next it was time to dive deep, under the sea, when they children created some 3D scenes using shoe boxes.
We used toy bricks to create some master pieces inspired by the famous Paul Klee.
We wrote poems in literacy and explored problem solving and weight in maths.
In French, we completed our blogs and thoroughly enjoyed exploring this new language!
All the work made us hungry so we got busy blending and cooking and made smoothies and pizza which were simply delish!
Blessed with the sunshine, we had lots of fun outside playing rounders, no man’s land and dodgeball!
The children in 3rd and 4th have had an amazing year and their teacher is very proud of all their efforts and hard work.
Wishing everyone a very happy, funfilled summer!!!
Our infants have been very busy leading up to the Summer holidays! Junior and senior infants decided to arrange a few ‘fun days’ in celebration of all of their hard work this year. The children decided on the activities themselves and what a fun-filled week we have had as a result!
We had a ‘show and tell’ session, where the children brought in one special toy from home to show their friends.
We had a ‘pyjama and popcorn’ day where the children got to relax with a movie and some treats!
The children were delighted with a surprise visit from the ice cream van during our ‘ice cream day’.
We had a bubble party in the sunshine!
We made yummy pizzas for our lunch.
And finally, we went to Donaghmoyne Park for a teddy bears picnic! The children (and teddies) had great fun enjoying their lunch in the sunshine and playing with their friends in the park!
Well done infants on a fantastic year – we are so proud of how much you have achieved! Enjoy your Summer!
The senior classroom has been host to a huge variety of activities this term.
Learning to knit was very successful and a lot of students became quite inspired by this new opportunity culminating in some wonderful crafts being formed from scarves to creative animals.
The girls participated exceptionally well in the Cumann na mBunscol school league and we were all very proud of their outstanding efforts. Well done girls!
Lots of very persuasive arguments filled the senior rooms as 5th & 6th Class teamed up with 3rd & 4th class for a number of weeks in order to plan and deliver debates on a variety of contentious motions. In Maths we engaged in a number of probability experiments. In SESE the pupils learned a lot about Ethiopia from their research and superb projects together with investigating the properties of materials in Science.
French conversations filled the air in these last few weeks as past pupil Áine delivered some inspiring French classes throughout the school. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed their French lessons with lots of valuable phrases learned for future reference. Merci Áine!
Monaghan county museum facilitated a number of informative and beneficial workshops on the History of Photographs and Homes & Houses which were a huge hit in our classroom.
The highlights of this final term were undoubtedly our school tour to the Crystal Maze, our summer Disco, playing Tag Rugby, Sports Day and last but by no means least our end of year party. That’s a wrap for this year! Congratulations and the very best of luck to all 6th class students as they embark on their journey to Secondary School. Have a wonderful, fun filled summer everyone!
First and Second Class got creative, designing their own swimwear and sunhats.
On Friday 9th June the children were delighted to attend our first ever school disco arranged by our student council. The student council organised disco lighting, the playlist and of course some disco accessories for each student. The photobooth was a particular hit with the students – have a look at the photos below!!
On Thursday 8th June we travelled to Donaghmoyne Fontenoys GAA club for our annual Sports Day. The children (and teachers) had great fun taking part in various races and stations. A huge thank you to our past pupils who helped organise the day. Well done everyone!
Staff and pupils were full of excitement on Friday 19th May 2023 as we set off on our annual school tour. Our destination was the ‘Crystal Maze Outdoor Activity Venue’ in Kilmainhamwood. The children got involved in several physical, mental, skill and water-based challenges, based around Ireland’s largest hedge maze. We had a wonderful day!
