I want to say well done and thanks to the: 76 children from 3rd class (wow!) 84 children from 4th class (my God!) 81 children from 5th class, (amazing!) and 74 children from 6th class (fair play to ya!) who chose to sign a letter to all the leaders of all the political parties. You […]
Friendship Fortnight Poetry Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following poets on their creative and original poems. Friendship: Friendship is being nice, Friendship is helping others, Friendship is caring, Friendship is about inviting kids to play when they are all alone, Friendship is about helping kids when they are in a situation like bullying, Friendship is about letting people use your […]
Healthy Lifestyle Poster Competition Winning Entries
Well done to all who particpated in our whole school art competition. As you can see from the winning entries the stardard of artwork was very high, with both creative use of materials and really good healthy lifestyle ideas. Congratulations to these TALENTED ARTISTS.
Author Alan Nolan Visits 5th Classes
Alan Nolan who is an Irish children’s author from The O’Brien Press visited the three 5th classes as part of a Writing Workshop organised by Mr Carty. Alan spoke to the children about becoming a writer, illustration, ideas for new books and spoke and read to the class from his new book “Conor’s Caveman”.
Attendance Awards 2014 / 2015
Congratulations to all the pupils who received Attendance Awards for last year at September’s Assembly. Eamonn Regan, Educational Welfare Officer, was present to present some of the awards. Eamonn spoke about how important it is to attend school as often as possible. School attendance has a direct effect on results in tests, and on pupils […]
Cheerio’s Childline Morning
Well done to all who supported our Cheerio’s Childline morning last Friday, October 16th. We raised over €520 for a great cause. A big THANK YOU to our Parent’s Association, who ran the morning so efficiently. You can find more information at http://www.ispcc.ie/ or at https://www.childline.ie/
Follow Your Dream
Well done to everybody on your fundraising efforts for Follow Your Dream. All of the money collected from the All Ireland Forecast competition went to Follow Your Dream, which is a fantastic group that help YOU achieve the best that you can be. A cheque for €2200 was presented to Ruth Murphy, member of the […]
Parents: Please Click Here & “Stand Up for Primary Education”
Parents and Guardians, with the Budget coming up and the election sometime soon, the INTO (Teachers’ Union) has asked that we ask you to contact the local TDs to ask them to place a greater priority on primary schools. And so I am asking you to click on this link (www.standupprimary.ie). There you can easily […]