Congratulations to our boys team on winning the semi-final of the competition on Wednesday 23rd October. We luck forward to the final after Halloween!!
Cumann na mBunscol 2024
Move to Improve 2024
All classes in our school engaged in the MOVE TO IMPROVE PROGRAMME, over six weeks from September to October.
Move to Improve is a fun based, active program that focuses on the development of kids vital motor and social skills. Move to Improve also promotes kids involvement in multi sports, many of which are not given enough exposure. This will help to increase the ratio of kids who continue an active, healthy lifestyle into their teens. A massive thank-you to Ryan Burns and his colleagues, who provided fantastic P.E. lessons for all our pupils!
autumn in 3rd and 4th Class
Everyone settled back to school well and teacher is extremely proud of all of the work and participation that has taken place in her classroom since our return.
In English, we have spent lots of time working on our comprehension skills, looking at recount and instructional writing and focusing on the use of full-stops, commas and apostrophes. We wrote our own adventure stories, wrote instructions for our favourite sandwiches and composed instructions for a board game of our choice.
In Gaeilge, we focused on the themes of Mé Fein and Sa Bhaile and have learned lots of vocabulary around these themes. We loved taking part in the rap song ‘Is Mise Seán’. We have some future rappers in our midst.
Maths involved lots of practical challenges around the topics of addition and subtractions and we used lots of different strategies to work out math’s problems. We got plenty of use out of our Six Bricks in our challenges. We partipated in math’s week and completed lots of practical challenges, including a school math’s trail, math’s eyes activities and we also loved playing games on the Toolkit4maths and Topmarks websites.
In S.E.S.E, we learned about various homes and houses and changes in houses over time. We completed an interview with a family member to discover changes in their home over time. We learned about people who help us locally and in school. We also learned about our county and its natural features and compared our drumlin county to County Clare and the Burren. We spent the last week of autumn learning about Halloween Traditions, listened to Halloween riddles and jokes and we played some Halloween games.
In S.P.H.E. we learned about ways to deal with feelings that we don’t like to experience. We also learned about balanced diets and how to achieve this with the use of the food pyramid.
In Music we learned several autumn themed songs and started to learn the first notes on the tin whistle. We have also commenced practising for our Christmas play.
In Art we experimenting with printing using autumn colours, drew our ideal homes and completed several pieces of Halloween themed art.
In P.E., we practised ball handling skills and also participated in the Move to Improve Programme.
We also had a visit from a famous author, a magician and engaged in our monthly assemblies. All round a busy and productive term. We are ready to engage in the M.S. Readathon on our return in November. Well Done Everyone!!
First term in 5th & 6th Class
A spectacular first term has been had in 5th & 6th class. The pupils have settled in really well and have been exceptionally busy! We hit the ground running with a hectic but exciting first week partaking in the MS Readathon advertising campaign.
The pupils have worked so hard engaging in individual & group projects in SESE. They completed a study of various counties of Ireland, helping us to learn collectively about our wonderful nation. They also powerfully illustrated and dramatized the story of Setanta.
In Science the pupils engaged in a variety of light and shadow experiments. They learned about the reflection of light and demonstrated its purpose and function through making periscopes.
In Gaeilge the pupils learned about the topics of ‘Mé Féin’ and ‘Bia’. Entertaining drama scenes were created to illustrate ‘Míshásamh sa Bhialann’. In Maths the pupils did a lot of valuable work in Number and Data. In English we enjoyed engaging in a thrilling creative writing workshop with author Anthony Garvey.
Music, drama and a wealth of talents have merged in the senior classroom as we prepare to showcase our Christmas Show, ‘No One Wraps Like an Elf’. We are so excited for this! The pupils also enjoyed 6 fun-filled, active lessons with Move to Improve.
Of course, one of the highlights of this term was supporting our boys as they won the semi-final of their Cumann na mBunscol School football league. Well done on your wonderful achievement boys. I have no doubt these boys have a promising future ahead in the field of sport and we look forward to the final after Hallowe’en!!
Hope you all have a fun Halloween break and looking forward to the adventures that the next term brings!
Community Games Final 2024
Congratulations to Katie and Lauren in Fourth Class who both got medals for their
fantastic dance performances in Carlow.
MS Readathon Launch
We were very lucky today to have the opportunity to dress up for the MS Ireland Readathon Launch. We had a visit from Derek Kielty who gave us a taste of his writing from his collection of books. He even did some magic tricks for us. Liepa and Luke were chosen from our classroom to be interviewed about their love for reading and they did a fantastic job. Well done boys and girls on your efforts!!
Talent Show 2024
On Thursday 13th June we enjoyed a whole-school talent show. Another fantastic suggestion by our student council. There was a wonderful array of talent on show – from comedians to break dancers, inventors to singers, there is no doubt that this is one talented bunch!
Sports Day 2024
On Wednesday 5th June we travelled to Donaghmoyne Fontenoys GAA club for our annual Sports Day. The children 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!
School Disco 2024
On Thursday 6th June the children were delighted to attend our annual 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!!
The Final Terms in 5th & 6th Class
Lot of amazing work going on in the senior classroom as the pupils worked co-operatively in their buddy groups to plan, research, display and present outstanding projects on Greece and Homes Around the World in SESE. Peer assessment was used to assess progress which was interesting and a learning opportunity for all. Well done everyone!
The Irish language was authentically used with the superb fashion shows that were planned and showcased in groups. We were all very impressed with ‘An Seó Faisin’!
In English we engaged in our Literacy Circle activities for the Novel ‘The Climbing Boys’ by Irish author Ann Murtagh who visited the class on World Book Day. It was wonderful to meet Ann, listen to her inspiration for the story and to hear her top tips for aspiring authors.
William Shakespeare had a profound effect on the senior classes as we discussed and learned some of his poetry. After Easter we took to debating over a four week period which everyone enjoyed. Some very persuasive arguments were heard from the proposing and opposing teams and as for the judges, well needless to say there was no mercy!
We learned about weather and climate in Geography culminating in building some anemometers. There were lots of valuable facts learned about our solar system culminating in superb 3D planets being created.
Length in Maths was fun as we took to some measuring outdoors. Investigating the length of the circumference of the circle led to interesting discoveries. Most recently the properties of 2D & 3D shapes were explored in addition to some exciting probability experiments!
Life skills were attained with a 6 week programme delivered by Bike Green on cycle safety, following which 5th & 6th class pupils took to the roads to put all their safety training into practise. A very successful programme enjoyed by all and will hopefully be very valuable in keeping our pupils safe on our roads for many years to come.
We have had an exciting and adventurous year together which comes to an end as we say goodbye to our 6th class students. Thank you for the memories and the very best of luck to you all in Secondary School!
Have a wonderful summer everyone!!