The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment has launched a new Primary Language Curriculum. This curriculum applies in all school contexts—English-medium schools, Gaeltacht schools, Irish-medium schools and special schools.
015, a training framework has been designed to help teachers implement the new curriculum.
As part of this training framework, the school will be closed on Friday 28th October 2016 to facilitate Staff Training.
Last Thursday morning the whole school celebrated our two new flags: Active School and Digital School of Distinction, in a flag raising ceremony.
Healthy Lifestyle fortnight in Talbot Senior was great fun. The children enjoyed healthy fruit kebabs and healthy fruit smoothies. Ms Skelly’s class made soup for a whole class for 2.31 euro, have a look at their shopping list. They also did an interesting project on actual sugar content of common foods. The poster competition winners “What a Healthy Lifestyle Means to Me” will be announced at our November assembly. Have a sneak preview of one of our creative entries. Our new running track and improved field surface are well on their way to completion.
Our 5th class were recently brought for a tour along the Grand Canal by Sandra Scully as part of the canal awareness programme. We learnt about the history of the canal, Omer’s lock house, the canal’s importance as a mode of transport in the past and the animals, birds and fish found near and in the Grand Canal.
Dublin 1-15 to Mayo 1-14
Dublin retain the Sam Maguire for the first time since 1977 with a 1-15 to 1-14 replay win over Mayo.
Well done to the Dublin team and their manager Jim Gavin and of course hard luck to Mayo. Thanks to both teams for the amazing entertainment.
In Talbot Senior we think it’s very important to be healthy, so during Healthy Lifestyle Fortnight we encourage everyone to do something to make their lives healthier — so keep active and eat healthily.
Talbot’s Healthy Lifestyle Poster Competition: Create a poster showing what a healthy lifestyle means to you.
Closing date is Friday 21st October. Winners will receive prizes at our November assembly. 
Apologies to all who having tried to enter the poetry competition and have not been able to. An error occurred with our website during September and a number of posts and beautiful poems were lost. Therefore I am extending the poetry competition closing date until October 10th.
So, Talbot’s Friendship Fortnight began this Monday 26th September. During this fortnight, we encourage you all to make an extra effort to be a good friend, by including someone, by sharing, by caring, by being kind, by lending a hand and by looking out for others.
In class you will discuss how Talbot is an Anti-bullying School and you will learn about our Ten Shield Statements.
To celebrate friendship, Talbot Senior is running a Poetry Competition, closing date October 10th. All you need to do to enter is compose a short poem and send the handwritten version to Ms Wynne on Monday 10th October.
The title of your poem is “Showing Kindness”
If you are one of the winners, we will announce your name at our November assembly and present you with your prize!
Lately Mr Byrne’s class have been learning all about the Sam Maguire cup. The cup is given to the winners of the All Ireland Senior Football competition. Dublin are playing Mayo in the replay after they drew 0-15 each recently, and the winner keeps Sam Maguire for a year!
Sam Maguire was born in 1879 in Dunmanway, Co. Cork. At 20 years of age, he took a position with the postal service in London. There, he was involved in GAA affairs, he played for the Hibernians club and was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Sam even played with London in the All-lreland football finals of 1900, 1901 and 1902! In 1925, he came back to west Cork to live. He then developed TB and died in 1927 aged 49.
After his death, his friends collected money and had a cup made in his memory. It is based on the famous Ardagh Chalice, which can be viewed in the National Museum. Here are some Sam Maguires we made in art out of clay!
Talbot Senior National School re-opens for all students on Wednesday 31st August at 9am. School Closures for 2016- 2017 will be posted on the school website over the coming week.
Talbot Senior was recently awarded an Active School Award and to celebrate this achievement we will soon raise this beautiful Active School Flag. Well done Mr Gordon on all your hard work coordinating this project.