April in our school garden

    April has been a busy time in our school garden. The daffodils are still blooming and giving a lovely show of colour to a corner of the garden. Just before the Easter holidays some classes including Mr Gilmartin’s planted potatoes. These potatoes will be ready for harvesting in September. Children from Ms Ní […]

Spring work in the school garden

Work has started in our garden. Children in the 6th classes have planted early crop potatoes. The seed potatoes were first left to sprout in the classroom and then planted in the raised bed in the garden. They will be ready for harvesting in June. Also the plants in the butterfly patch are beginning to […]

Grow Your Own!

Lately we have been growing and planting water cress, spinach, peas, lettuce, chives, rosemary and scallions in our class. We grew them from seed using pots and compost. We also recently planted (with Ms Considine’s assistance) early potato seeds which we hope to harvest and eat in June. We learned that growing your own vegetables and herbs […]

Upcoming Events April 2016

Confirmation this year is on the 26th April. In preparation for this, our choir is working hard practicing every day. The Ceremony of Light takes place this Tuesday 19th April at 7:30 in the church. Talbot is organising a “Clean-Up Day” around Bawnogue. Weather permitting this will take place on Thursday 21st April. Gaeilge: There […]

Talbot’s Kids Demand Action!

I want to say well done and thanks to the: 76 children from 3rd class (wow!) 84 children from 4th class (my God!) 81 children from 5th class, (amazing!) and 74 children from 6th class (fair play to ya!) who chose to sign a letter to all the leaders of all the political parties. You […]

Celebrating Earning Our FIFTH Green Flag!

Thanks to you, today Mrs Donlon was able to come back to our school today and raise yet another Green Flag for Talbot. Mrs Donlon is the much-loved teacher who began the Green Schools program in Talbot way back in 2005–and she helped the children at Talbot get four Green Flags! This one, our fifth, […]

Thank You!

A big THANK YOU! to you! To ALL the classes! Because you cleaned up so well on our Bawnogue Clean-Up Day last Tuesday, Bawnogue looked GREAT for everyone’s friends and families on our Confirmation Day last Thursday! Look how much rubbish you cleaned up! The photos show Ms Cunnane’s/Nallen’s class. They had the big job […]