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Announcement on School ClosureThe Department has announced the closure of schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings, for a period from 6.00 pm on March 12th until 29 March 2020. 12 March, 2020 – Statement from the Department of Education and Skills The DES has provided information to schools on the recent outbreak of Coronavirus…
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This year, during EU Code Week we tackled a few different projects. We started by building our Vex IQ arena and robots. The new game looks good and we were eager to get started on developing our robot control skills. While the fifth and sixth classes built the robots, the third and fourth started work…
We had our Sports Day today and we were very lucky with the weather. It was our Active School Week and had been wet most of the week so we were expecting a few showers on Friday but the sun shone all day and we spent most of it outside having a great time. Here…
We played in the final of our Cumann na mBunscol competition today against Tullamore Educate Together. We had played them earlier in the season and they were a very strong team so we knew it would be a tough match. Miss Keenan had been working with us in the lead up to the final, taking…
We had a great time building and programming robots today. Third and Fourth classes worked with the Junior Classes helping them use our Bee-Bots to trace out the numbers from 0 to 9. They helped them by using code to build a set of instructions the robot could follow, one step at a time. They…
On the 30th of November we had our school bazaar. It took place in the hall. The bazaar was to raise money for the school. For the past three weeks the kids were to bring in 2nd hand toys, books,shoes, clothing and handbags etc. 6th and 5th class packed the sweets and setup the hall…
Our new outdoor classroom was installed today. The classroom is eight benches, arranged in a circle. We will now be able to go outside for some of our classes when the weather is good. It is also a place where we can sit and chat during break time or listen to stories read by the…
This year we held our Active School Week just after the June Bank Holiday. The weather forecast wasn’t too promising but we were very lucky and the only day we couldnt spend a lot of time outside was Thursday. On Tuesday we started with the Cha Cha Slide which was led by 5th & 6th…
The Department of Education and Skills has introduced a new Language Curriculum for children in junior and senior infants and in first and second class. The curriculum for junior and senior infants is aligned with the principles and methodologies of Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework. The Department through the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)…
We raised our flag on Proclamation Day. Sixth Class read the 1916 Proclamation and raised our new Irish Flag. The weather was lovely and the flag flew proudly in the strong breeze. After raising the flag we sang Amhrán na bhFiann and listed the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation. Back inside, Fourth, Fifth and…