Snow arrived this week and gave us an unexpected day off. On our return to school, there was still lots of snow lying around and we enjoyed our extended break building snowmen and of course, throwing snowballs! We got cold and a little wet but we generally don’t complain about snow.
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Dec
Dec
This month, after lots of practice we performed our Christmas plays. The children in the Junior Room told the story of the Nativity (with a little twist) while the children in the Senior Room presented “Sleeping Beauty”. We all performed excellently and our audience was very appreciative indeed.
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Nov
Nov
This week, “West Midland Children’s Theatre” visited our school to perform “Arabian Adventure”. The story, inspired by “Tales from the Arabian Nights”, is set in Kazabazoo where the beautiful Princess Samaris, daughter to the Sultan, outwits the marriage plans of the evil sorcerer Lord Ben Abu, who then declares war on the peaceful kingdom of…
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Oct
Oct
On the last day of term, we were all really excited to dress up for Halloween. We had witches, ghosts, skeletons, TV characters and all sorts of superheroes. It’s a lot of fun choosing and dressing up in our costume for Dress-up Day and then seeing all of our friends dressed up in their chosen…
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Oct
Oct
This year, Maths Week was celebrated in style in our school. The children in 5th/6th Class designed a very challenging and interesting Maths Trail for the junior children while our principal composed a similarly challenging Maths Trail for the children in 3rd/4th Class and a separate Maths Trail for the 5th/6th Class children. Our trails incorporated…
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Oct
Oct
On a recent swimming trip, we took in a visit to Enniscrone Library. We really enjoyed browsing through all of the books and as our parents had previously completed Library Membership Forms, we were able to take home some books using our new library cards. While at the library and on the bus journey home,…
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Jun
Jun
On a warm sunny day in June, we had our school sports. We had an amazing day doing all sorts of different races, namely sprint races, long distance race, sack race, three-legged race, spider race, piggy back race, wheelbarrow race, teddy bear race, spoon & potato race, obstacle race and many more. We also had…
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Jun
Jun
Our Music Generation Programme finished this week. This has been a most enjoyable programme and we have learned so much about singing, musical literacy, composing, musical instruments, etc. To mark our final day, we had a little concert. For the concert, the juniors sang three songs namely “Doe a Deer“, “My Big Brother” and “Ging…
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Apr
Apr
For Easter this year, our teachers surprised us with their version of a McFlurry – a cup filled with mouth-watering vanilla ice-cream with added chocolate and honeycomb. It was just delicious and a great way to start the Easter holidays.
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Mar
Mar
Bhí “Lá Glas” againn ar scoil chun Lá ‘le Pádraig a cheiliúradh. Chomhoibrigh gach duine le chéile agus ghléas na páistí is na múinteoirí in éadaí glasa. Ba bhreá an radharc é ar fad! Míle buíochas.