Count 4 Success!

Yesterday, Talbot SNS hosted our first “Count 4 Success” event. Junior Achievement organised the whole day. They trained volunteers from the company SAP who came to the school to deliver the Count 4 Success programme. 75 children from Talbot SNS, St. Ronan’s and Clonburris were invited to take part. Their parents were also invited to come and see what was going on. In groups, the children played Maths games and conducted forensic science experiments! It was a fantastic day!

Talbot SNS would like to thank Junior Achievement for organising the day, the volunteers from SAP for working with the children all day, Nano Nagle for allowing us to use their hall for the event and a special thank you to all the children who took part – their behaviour was impeccable all day!

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Book Fair 2012

Our annual Scholastic Bookfair will begin on Thursday the 8th of March – in just over 2 weeks time!

At the Bookfair, you will be able to buy the “We Are Writers” book written  by every child in Talbot SNS. It will cost only €8!

Don’t forget, Scholastic will be giving us back 60% of what we spend back in books!!!! So for example, if we spend €1000, we will get back €600 in vouchers to spend on…..BOOKS!!!

Keep saving! 

Parents’ Course

We have an Arts & Crafts course and a Jewellery-Making course for parents running at the moment! Some fabulous creations are being made! 


Team Theatre Drama Workshops in 3rd Classes

Mr Stuart's Class share their ideas on the Environment

Team Theatre visited Talbot Senior School on Thursday 19th January. All four of our 3rd classes took part in drama workshops based on the theme “Environmental Awareness”. All classes really enjoyed the experience.

Mathletics for Parents!

Today we invited the third class parents in to the computer room to learn all about Mathletics. Every child in the school has a Mathletic License. The parents learned all about how Mathletics works and how their children and themselves can benefit from using it! Our Maths Ambassador, Reece Bolger demonstrated how to play the LIVE games. Taylor Graham demonstrated how to play Data games. Ebony and Dion McDermott demonstrated how to play games on Shape and Space and Fractions. The third class children were then invited down to the room to use Mathletics with their parents. It was a great morning!


Paired-Reading!

Paired Reading is underway with the 3rd and 5th classes. Each child in 3rd class has a reading buddy from 5th class to read with them, Monday to Thursday for 15 minutes a day.  Some parents are coming in and they are their child’s reading buddy!

 

 

 

Grandparents Day 2012

Grandparents day was a huge success again this year.  A huge breakfast was cooked, and lots of children brought in their grandparents for a lovely fry-up! We had a short prayer service to celebrate Grandparents Day and St. Brigid’s Day. Five children read out the poems they had entered in the online poetry competition – they were Brittney Maughan, Rheanna Tallon, Christian Heath, Eireann Dunne and Lauren Roberston! Well Done everybody! 

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Jewellery- Making Course

Our Jewellery-Making course for parents started today. We had a great turnout. Parents and grandparents made bracelets and angels.