Our 6th Class Graduation takes place on Wednesday 30th of June at 9.45.
Lauren Sutcliffe wrote this lovely poem about leaving school. Leaving Poem
Summer Reading
http://www.southdublinlibraries.ie/childrens-zone/whats/event-news
This is the link to ‘Space Hop’ the summer reading programme in our local library. Don’t forget Mr Stuart’s ‘My Summer Reading Achievements’ pages. Remember he didn’t practise his soccer and he was reminding you to practise your reading?
Enjoy reading – have a safe and happy summer.
Best wishes,
Mrs. Whittle
Salad Parties!
On Thursday Ms Killeen’s and Ms Nallen’s 6th classes picked and ate their salads which they had sown in the garden. They picked lettuce, salad onions and radishes.They washed and chopped them and added some cheese and tomatoes. The finished salad was put into 2 bowls and mayonaise was added to one of them. The salad was served on slices of brown bread and all of it was eaten and enjoyed. Even some people who said they didn’t want any came back and asked for more!
Campa Samhraidh
Beidh campa samhraidh ar siúil i Scoil Talbóid idir 12ú- 16ú Iúil, más maith leat bheith páirteach sa champa beidh foirm iarratais ar fáil ar an Aoine 25/6/10.
An Irish Language Camp will run 12th- 16th July in Talbot Senior N.S. Application forms will be available from Friday 25th June. This is a great opportunity to improve your spoken Irish through fun activities such as art, P.E. dance and song. Numbers will be limited so closing date for return of application form is 28/6/10
Bonn na Gaeilge
Bíonn bonn na gaeilge ar fáil do pháiste amhain i ngach rang ag an an dtionól deireannach gach bhliain. Bronnaimid bonn na gaeilge ar an bpáiste a rinne an iarracht i leith labhairt na gaeilge an bhliain sin. Na buaiteoirí don bhliain 2009-2010 mar seo a leanas. (An Irish medal is awarded to one child from each class at the final assembly each year. It goes to the child who has made huge effort with spoken Irish. The winners for this year are as follows:)
Mr Stuart’s 3rd Lauren Hennessy
Mr Carty’s 3rd Jessica Fitzgerald and Jamie Belmont
Ms Walsh’s 3rd Abbie Mulligan
Ms Cunnane’s 4th Emeraude Maya
Ms O’Flaherty’s 4th Surprise Hammed
Mr Gilmartin’s 4th Tomisin Alhaussen
Ms Cahill’s 5th Adam Herd
Ms Doherty’s 5th Samanta Dedelyte
Ms Harrington’s 5th Ayo Obafemi and Sorcha Lord
Ms Nallen’s 6th Kevin Hyland
Ms Killeen’s 6th Joshua Maya
The Bookworm Club 2010
Bookworm Club 2010 finished up this Thursday after a busy term for a very enthusiastic group of readers. The children enjoyed paired reading with their adult tutors. Listening and reading to books online was a new addition to this year’s club and it proved successful.
Bookworm club was facilitated by CYS and funded by Xilinx. See our lovely computer room in photos, also grant aided by Xilinx. Thanks to tutors and participants for making Bookworm 2010 a great club!
Raising the Green Flag
We had a wonderful day on Friday, June 11th when we raised our third Green Flag. All the school assembled on the top yard around the flag pole. Therese Ridge and Derek Keating from the County Council were there and they spoke about how important it is to protect our environment. Then Bn Ui Chadhain raised the flag to a big cheer and she spoke about Bawnogue and her first days here and she also talked about her experiences in her ‘new’ Bawnogue in Malawi in Africa.
Fr Marino sang ‘You raise me up” which was beautiful and moving and all the children joined in.
Then the visitors, parents and the Green Team went to the hall where there was tea and sandwiches and a beautiful cake made by Sean Hanson’s dad.
Ms Cahill’s class and Ms Doherty’s class performed their songs about conserving water. They got a huge applause.
So now we have 3 Green Flags and we have to remember what they stand for.
Mr Gilmartin’s 4th class in the garden
Mr Gilmartin’s 4th class planted runner bean seeds in their classroom. They looked after them very well and they grew really quickly. So then it was time for them to plant them out in the garden,
Jason put in some canes for them to grow up.
The class did a great job in planting them. I think they are natural gardeners – coached by Mr G of course!
Getting the Green Flag
On Thurdsday May 27th we went to Croke Park, where we were presented with our Third Green Flag by the chairman of An Taisce. Two members of our Green Team, Lauren Hennessy in Mr Stuart’s 3rd class and Teigan Walsh in Ms Cunnane’s 4th class came with me. They were wonderful representatives of our school and I was very proud of them. We had a lovely day and a lovely lunch!! The girls even got to stand on the pitch in Croke Park. We hope to raise our flag on June 11th and we have asked Bn Ui Chadhain to do the honours. Everyone will be welcome.
Code of Behaviour
Parents/Guardians please read our proposed Code of Behaviour. All families received a copy of the Code of Behaviour and a ballot paper. Please vote either YES or No and return the ballot paper to the school. Your opinion is highly valued by Talbot SNS. Thank you!