Work in the Garden

Frank and Jason made us some new timber surrounds for the beds in the garden. So on Friday with the help of Frank and some strong lads from 6th class we placed in the surrounds and the lads filled up the wheelbarrows with compost and topsoil and filled up 3 beds. These beds are now […]

School Garden

On Tuesday last Ms Harrington’s class came to the garden and started the job of taking up the daffodil bulbs to store them for next spring. They did a great job and nearly cleared all the beds. Well done!

Spring Clean 2011

On Monday last April 11th a lot of children from our school, along with some parents, special needs assistants, teachers and Fr Joe took part in a very successful spring clean of Bawnogue in preparation for the Confirmation on Wednesday. The children were fantastic and some of them filled 2 bags full of litter. When […]

Mrs Whittle Retiring

Mrs Whittle retired from our school on Monday last and it was a sad and emotional day for all of us. Monday was the feast of St John Bosco and it was a fitting day for her to retire as she had lived the ideals of Don Bosco all her teaching life in Talbot. At […]

Best Procedures

All the School took part in our Procedure competition. There were some wonderful Procedures and it was very difficult to judge which were the best ones but finally we picked one from each class group.3rd Class – from Mr Stuart’s class – Abbie Lambert wrote a Procedure on How to annoy your brothers.4th Class – […]

Mass on the 8th

Because of the terrible weather conditions this week we couldn’t go to the church on Tuesday to celebrate the Immaculate Conception, so Father Joe came to us. Our whole school community was in the hall and Fr Joe celebrated a lovely Mass with us. Thank you to everybody and especially Fr Joe. 

Feeding the Birds

Since the cold weather started we have been feeding the birds. Mr Byrne’s class made a great bird feeder out of an empty plastic bottle and we hung it up on our bird feeding station, along with our other feeders. Sean is in charge of feeding the birds and he never forgets. Every day he […]

The Garden in the snow

When we came back to school on Monday last every place was covered in snow. Here are some pictures of the garden under a blanket of snow – not a weed in sight!!