Infant Christmas Play, December 2015
A new production this year for the Junior Infant classes called ‘The Tiptoe Nativity’ proved to be a huge success. Well done to all the children involved. They were fantastic! Many thanks to their teachers, Ms S Stapleton, Ms Power and Ms A Stapleton for their hard work. [Show as slideshow]
Christmas Carol Service, December 2015
(Written by Sarah Aylward and Matthew Cullen) Last Thursday, 17th of December, we had a carol service in our school. There were lots of poems, songs and instrumentals performed by various classes. Ms Dowling’s class performed a Christmas version of ‘Uptown Funk’. It was really cool. Ms Hogan’s class recited a lovely poem about Mary and Joseph on their journey to Bethlehem. Other classes
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Irish Army Delivers Tricolour to St Mary’s, Dec 2015
In order to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising and to celebrate 100 years since the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, Óglaigh na hÉireann delivered a National Flag to our school today, December 14th, 2015. This is a key part of the Ireland 2016 commemorative programme and will see members of Óglaigh na hÉireann, in uniform, visiting schoolchildren, teachers and parents in over
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Ho! Ho! Ho!
The atmosphere was electric in St Mary’s on Tuesday when Santa arrived on his sleigh being pulled by the one and only Rudolph! We were very lucky that he took time out of his busy preparations to pay our school a visit. He chatted to all the children in the school and gave each child a chocolate treat. Thank-you for coming to visit us
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Audrey 2, from Little Shop of Horrors, Visits St Mary’s!
The Kilkenny Musical Society presents their 2015 fundraiser, Little Shop Of Horrors from 12th -14th of November (including a matinee performance.) The show stars our very own 2nd class teacher, Kevin Reade, as Seymour. The cast also includes Clíodhna Ryan from 5th class and Audrey 2 (a very big talking plant!!!!). The show is directed by Declan Taylor, choreographed by Sandra Kavanagh with Michael
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Happy Howl-a-ween!!!! 2015
St Mary’s was overrun by horrid, nasty witches, zombies and vampires last Friday all in the spirit of the Halloween festivities!!! The costumes were amazing!!! Enjoy the break and HAPPY HOWL-A-WEEN everyone!……………….. [Show as slideshow] 12►
Liam Drops By…… October 2015
Last Friday, October 16th, our school yard was a sea of black n’ amber. There was a great buzz around the school as all the children at St. Mary’s gathered excitedly to welcome the Liam McCarthy cup, which was proudly brought by Michael Fennelly, Kieran Joyce and our own local hero Jojo Farrell. The three champs showed great patience signing autographs and posing for
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New Classroom for St Mary’s, Oct 2015
Please find email and contact information for local TD’s below. Please insert your name at the end of the message, copy and paste the message, and click on email addresses you wish to send the message to. _____________________________________________________ Dear Public Representative, St. Mary’s National School Thomastown is due an extra classroom in September 2016. As a parent in the school I urge the Minister
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Kyle Jordan….World Handball Champion!!
(written by Kyle Jordan) I won two gold and two silver medals in the world handball championships in Canada. I played in both 40×20 and one wall competitions in the 11 and unders. I beat Mickey Kelly from Galway in the 40×20 finals.
Oscar and Cumhall (Coole) Visit Our School, Sept 2015
The Gardaí brought two Garda horses from the Mounted Support Unit to visit our school last week. The horses and their riders, Graham Greene and Maria Kenny, came to our junior yard where all of the children were allowed to pet the horses, class by class. The horses’ names were Oscar and Cumhall (Coole). These beautiful, majestic creatures were so gentle and placid around
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Sarah Barcoe Plays at Croke Park! August 2015
Sarah Barcoe was picked to represent the school and play at half time of the All Ireland Semi-Final between Kerry and Tyrone on August 23rd. The team was made up of other girls from all over Ireland representing their schools along with the President of GAA Aogán Ó Fearghaoil, President of Cumman na mBunschoil Mairead O’Callaghan, President of INTO Emma Dineen and President of
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Stand up for Primary Education
The INTO has launched “Stand up for primary education” — a campaign to highlight primary education in Budget 2016 next month and to get primary education on to the agenda for the general election. Full details of the campaign are on www.standupprimary. ie and in the September edition of InTouch. We ask that you bring this campaign to the attention of all INTO members
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