This year, a hurling skills competition was introduced as part of GAAmigos. Our three great hurlers worked really hard and we were delighted when they were announced as county winners in the non-hurling schools’ competition. They received lovely trophies and we look forward to hearing great news about this trio as they continue to work…
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Mar
Mar
Earlier this year, Conor, from Sligo GAA Coaching & Games, visited our school to choose our representatives for the GAAmigos regional competition. After working through the various skills which involved soloing, passing, shooting and catching, our boys’ and girls’ teams were chosen. Last week, these teams attended the regional final competition and though, we worked…
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Dec
Dec
Recently, members of our local hurling club, Easkey/St. Farnan’s visited our school to show us some of the cups they’ve won this year. Among the visitors was Gavin, one of our past pupils, who spoke to us about his continued commitment to both hurling and Gaelic football. Being involved in sport or some physical activity…
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Dec
Dec
Earlier this month, we participated in the carepark.ie programme. Through this programme, residents in nursing homes are connected with volunteers who will send them a little gift to brighten up their Christmas. A separate programme is run for schools and young people who send a letter/card/drawing instead of a gift. We created lovely cards as…
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Sep
Sep
We returned to school in late August to commence a new school year. We love the ‘newness’ of this time of the year with new books, uniform, class, etc. and we promise to work as hard as we possibly can to make 2023/2024 the best possible year!
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Jun
Jun
We are all very proud of Ireland Women’s National Team having made it to the Women’s World Cup Final. To show our support, we had a ‘Green Day’ with all of us sporting a bit of green. We really hope our women do well in Australia. Either way, we’ll savour the chance of watching them play…
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Jun
Jun
This week, we decked out in a ‘bit o red’ for the visit of Conor from Sligo Rovers Academy and Helen, Keela, and past pupil, Leah, from Sligo Rovers Women’s Team. After a training session, during which we practised our ball-handling skills, we played a match. Then, we got a few autographs and the girls…
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Jun
Jun
Last week, we welcomed beekeepers, Brian and Joseph, to our school. Brian and Joseph told us lots about bees and beekeeping and we were delighted to get a chance to view lots of bees, including the queen bee, in the observation hive. We learned all about the role of the different bees in the beehive…
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Jun
Jun
Last week, our boys headed to Markievics Park to play the 2-teacher Cumann na mBunscol final. We were excited but nervous for the match but once the whistle blew, we got stuck in. Throughout both halves, we worked hard playing good passing football and taking our scores and when the referee signalled the end of…
07
Jun
Jun
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