Ms Tyrrell’s and Ms Murphy’s 3rd class had a great school trip surfing in Trámore, despite the awful weather conditions! The staff at Oceanics could not have been more helpful. Our instructors showed us how to surf on dry land before we hit the sea. Some of us even managed to ‘catch some waves!’. Not only did we learn the basics of surfing but we
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The 2016 Cake Sale was a big hit. There were so many fun things to do. Out on the field you could soak Ellie with wet sponges for a small fee. There were hurling and handball targets, shoot at a target, an obstacle course and pony rides. There were go-karts to race around the roundabout, games such as ‘Guess the Teacher’, ‘Pin the Nose
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Ms Murphy’s and Ms Tyrrell’s 3rd class participated in GAA Go Games at the pitch in Dunmore on June 2nd. Children from schools in Mullinavat and Ballyhale also attended on the day. Go Games are small-sided versions of Hurling and Gaelic Football which have been devised for children up to and including 11 years of age. The event was extremely well organised and all
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The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has developed a new Primary Language Curriculum for English and Irish. The NCCA has developed two information leaflets for parents. The leaflets are available in English and Irish at www.curriculumonline.ie The leaflets explain why there is a new language curriculum and how different it is to our current curriculum for English and Irish, and they inform
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(Written by Anna Cass) The Junior Liffey Decent is a huge race for kayakers. We started the race at the Salmon Leap Canoe Club in Co. Kildare. We kayaked 11.5 Km, over 4 weirs and 1 portage to finish over an hour later at Chapelizod in Dublin. I was the first home in the Under 15’s girls’ category.
Ms O’ Connor’s 4th class put on a fantastic fashion show exhibiting fashion down through the ages. The children wore clothing from the Roman era, the medieval period, the 1920’s, the 1950’s, the hippy 60’s and the colourful 80’s. Check out the photos below. Can you guess who is dressed from what era??? [Show as slideshow]
As part of the Ireland 2016 commemorative programme, the Department of Education and Skills provided time for schools to commemorate and reflect upon the events of 100 years ago. Some of our events on Proclamation Day included song singing and musical instrumentals. We finished the celebrations with our flag raising ceremony, done by Tadhg Flynn and Bell Keane, and we sang the National
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The Easter Bunny visited our school again this year. He,and his kind helpers, brought lots of cheer and delicious chocolate treats for all the children! Míle Buíochas Easter Bunny!! [Show as slideshow]
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Congratulations to all our children who were confirmed in Church of the Assumption, Thomastown last Sunday. The children put in a lot of work and preparation into their very special day and great credit must be given to them and their teachers Mr. Delahunty and Mr. Roberts. Thank you to all involved. It was a fantastic occasion. Click link below to view Dylan Vaughan’s
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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]
(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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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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