(Written by Ellen Molloy) Last Wednesday, November 13th, the girl’s school Gaelic football team played Gowran in a Gaelic final in Nowlan Park. In the first half Gowran were leading on a score of 1-1 to 0-0. In the second half we gained a few points back. We played our hearts out but sadly the whistle blew and Gowran had won the game. Hard
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St. Mary’s was a very spooky school today. The school, which is usually full of lovely, friendly children, was instead full of witches, vampires, zombies and ghosts. There were a few super heroes in the mix!!! Happy Halloween everyone. Enjoy the festivities…..
(Written by Aoife Coverdale) On Thursday 24th of October, team Kerry won the girl’s final in the league against team Cork. They were beaten by one goal and a point. Commiserations Cork. Well done Kerry.
The junior infants enjoyed an activity-packed, fun-filled day last Friday 21st. They participated in a sport’s day, they attended the 6th class cake sale and they had a a teddy bear’s picnic! Wow! What an exciting day!
(Written by Ben Tenneyson and James Millett) It was the day of the shield final. Everybody was excited. All the players were preparing for the match. The players walked onto the pitch and took their positions. It was Offaly V’s Wexford. Mr Reid blew the whistle and started the game. Naoise scored a lovely point. Jordan scored a great goal. In the last few
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(Written by Tony Collins and Aaron McGowan) It was a sunny day. 2nd, 3rd and 4th class had their cup final. Tipperary faced Galway. In the end Galway beat Tipp on the score of 2-13 to 1-2. Man of the Match was given to Luke Connellan. The Tipp team put up a good match. Unfortunately for Tipp Galway played a bit better on the
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(Written by Ciara Prendergast and Eva Hynes) It was Saturday the 15th of June when St Mary’s girl’s camogie team were playing St Canice’s in Nowlan Park. They were the last finalists of the day. The match started at 3 o’ clock. The starting line up were 1. Alicia Minogue, 2. Cara Gibbons , 3. Dearbhail O’ Keeffe, 4.Ciara Prendergast 5. Ava Kavanagh,
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A Memorable Day By Emily Cairns Wow!It has been a hectic week for St. Mary’s National School!Something truly amazing happened!President Higgins and his wife,Sybina came to their school! They arrived at 2 o ‘ clock on Wednesday the 29th of May 2013.the fifth class pupils held the Guard of Honour for their guests,and might I say,they did it wonderfully!President Higgins and Sybina came to
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57 junior infants boarded two buses on the 7th of June for a day trip to ‘Rancho Reilly’s’ Farm in Graiguecullen. The day was very sunny and the children had a super time! The playground, petting zoo, barrel ride and pony rides ensured there was something for everyone. (Junior Infants, Room 3 photos)
This year’s concert was the fourth in the series and has now completed the tour around the families of the orchestra. Last Thursday in St Mary’s Kevin O’ Carroll and the Waterford Concert Orchestra gave us a tour of the String section. Popular pieces such as Pachelbel’s Canon and Monti’s Czardas were played on the day. The children thoroughly enjoyed this musical experience.
Our Green School Day, May 27th (Written by Keri Whelan) On Monday the 27th of May, Kaia, Keri, Colin and Diarmuid went into town with their teacher Ms Hogan to collect the second Green School flag for St Mary’s. This years flag was for saving energy and next years flag is for saving water! As we entered Hotel Kilkenny we went straight onto the
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Well done to all the boys and girls in Ms Troy’s and Ms Moore’s 2nd Class who made their First Holy Communion last weekend. We were all very proud of how well you prepared for this special day. You behaved beautifully in the church. Everyone agreed you sang, and read very well, and brought up the gifts with great reverence. Well Done! We hope
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(Written by Shaun Waugh, Niall Skehan and Jack Kavanagh) Last Wednesday, Patsy Gibbons visited our school with a new pet fox. The little cub was only 6-8 weeks old. His name was Henry. Sadly, Henry had been attacked by a dog and was left with cuts, bruises and a broken jaw. His jaw is now crooked. He has to go to Cork for an
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