We greatly appreciate all our SNA, Geraldine, does in our school so we were delighted to surprise her with a little treat for SNA Appreciation Day. Thank you, Geraldine from all of us!
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Aug
Aug
With another school year upon us, we were delighted to welcome everyone back to school. Here’s to another great year of learning, socialising and fun!
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Jun
Jun
Today, we bid a fond farewell to our 6th Class pupils. To say we will miss them is an understatement as they were truly a magnificent bunch always showing so much leadership, diligence, creativity, independence, responsibility and maturity. We were really blessed to have had them with us for 8 wonderful years. We hope that…
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Jun
Jun
As winners in the 2-Teacher Cumann na mBunscol Competition, we were invited to Markievicz Park for the Tailtean Cup quarter-final between Sligo and Limerick. After an enjoyable first-half with our home county playing very well, we gathered with children from other winning schools and then paraded down the pitch in front of the watching crowd….
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Jun
Jun
This year, we were delighted again to see our boys’ team progress to the final of the Cumann na mBunscol 2-Teacher Competition. We headed out in great numbers to support our boys in Markievicz Park and after an exciting match against Castlerock N.S., we were thrilled that our boys came out on top. After receiving…
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May
May
Developing fundamental movement skills is very important so we were very happy to return to school on Monday morning and see a lovely, brightly-coloured playground trail on the driveway of our school. At break time, despite the rainy weather, we quickly set to work following the trail and we loved completing the various movement skills,…
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May
May
Last week, we attended a Cumann na mBunscol blitz in a very sunny Scarden. Our girls’ team played 4 matches and despite, battling hard, were unlucky to lose by a single point in the Shield semi-final. Meanwhile, our boys’ team played and won 3 matches, thereby securing a place in the 2-Teacher School County Final…
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May
May
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) learning is very important in this technological age and, therefore, we were really grateful when our principal surprised us with the purchase of outdoor STEM toys. Luckily, the weather was sunny and children in both junior and senior classrooms got a chance to try out the toys straightaway. Hopefully,…
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Apr
Apr
Three years ago, we wrote a letter to our favourite author and this young man was very surprised to only recently receive a reply to his letter. Yes, despite the passage of time, Jeff Kinney, author of The Wimpy Kid series, did not forget about his young fan and we were all delighted to listen…
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Apr
Apr
This year, we participated in Safer Internet Day 2024 Awards and we were thrilled to be contacted by the Webwise team informing us that we had been given a Highly Commended Award in the Best Overall Campaign (Primary) category. The judges reported being very impressed with our ‘excellent promotion of Safer Internet Day‘ and our ‘pupil-led initiatives‘,…