Some memories of our pupil Séan Doyle, who unfortunately passed away recently. We remember him fondly and he will be sorely missed by all at Scoil Talbot.
Round Towers GAA Club / Easter Camp
A big THANK YOU to James Glancy, the Games Promotions Officer in Round Towers GAA Club for training our 3rd classes in term 1 & 2. He has done great work with the children. Round Towers have great facilities and cater for boys and girls of all ages, in football, hurling and camogie. Being part of a team is a great way to develop your skills and make new friends – you don’t need to be brilliant at it, as long as you are willing to try hard, you can achieve anything!
The club are holding an Easter Camp over the holidays. All the information is on the leaflet.
Handy Handwriters!
Yes, congratulations to so many of you for entering the handwriting competition. And a special congratulations to the following five children, all with gorgeous handwriting. They were selected from the hundreds of entries for the An Post/INTO handwriting competition. Soon their handwriting will be judged in the All-Ireland national competition!
Please congratulate:
- Katelyn Byrne of Ms Ní Dhuill’s 4th class
- Roisin Daly O’Neill of Mr Bannon’s 6th class
- Coleen Imperial of Ms Shaw’s 3rd class
- Aaliyah Yusuf of Ms Ward’s 5th class, and
- Rebecca O’Neill of Mr Coleman’s 5th class.
Why handwrite? People who write words using handwriting instead of “one-letter-at-a-time” writing normally do really well in school — and so schoolwork is easier for them! So, when possible, choose to handwrite — that way, once you get good at it, your schoolwork will be easier and easier and easier and…
Orientations
This term, our class (Ms. Byrne’s 3rd class) have been learning all about how to write good narrative stories! Last week, we had a competition to see who could write the best Orientation (setting) for a narrative. The title given was “Mr Ruddy’s Scary Day”.
The winners were Taha, Ryan and Eva! You can read their orientations here:
February 2016 Assembly
Well done to all our award winners at February Assembly. We had lots of awards for Pupil of the Month, Gaeilgeoir na Míosa, Class of the Month and Super Recyclers. Keep up the good work with the good behaviour and recycling, and remember that Walk on Wednesday has returned…. agus déan iarracht a bheith ag caint as gaeilge anois is arís!!!
Caroline Foundation
At our recent assembly, Helen from the Caroline Foundation gave a presentation about the work the foundation does with cancer research. We recently fundraised for the foundation, by buying and wearing ribbons that Orla and Rosie made. We raised €400 for the foundation. Well done to all – a great effort, for a great cause.
Thank You, Jackie!
We recently had a presentation to Jackie Keane, who has left her role in Follow Your Dream, to work with the local School Completion Programme. Some children from FYD read out some messages for Jackie and we had a little presentation on behalf of the school and Follow Your Dream. We would like to thank Jackie for all her hard work with Follow Your Dream, and wish Sr. Gemma continued success with the project. It is a great way for pupils in 5th and 6th class to achieve success in a dream of theirs.
School Book Fair – Write a book review, win prizes!!!
Our School Book Fair will be here on March 2nd. Parents and children will have a chance to view the books first and then buy them.
This ties in with World Book Day, which takes place on 3rd March 2016. Each child will receive a book token worth €1.50, which can be used against any book purchase at the fair.
For your chance to win a free book from the Book Fair (to the value of €10), all you have to do is write a short review of book that you have read recently. You can write the review in the comments below. Remember to include the 5 main points – Who? When? Where? What? Why? Closing date for entries is Monday, 29th February.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all our students and staff.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
To celebrate Christmas in Talbot Senior National School we had some festive fun. On Friday 18th our school choir visited Xilinx to sing carols. On Monday 21st Ms Ní Dhuill’s class performed a Nativity Play and all classes took part in Christmas Carol singing. Wishing all our students and their families a very Happy Christmas.
