Today in class we decided to draw some small leprechauns. We had lots of fun following the instructions and trying to come up with some imaginative names for our cartoon leprechauns. During art we were able to discuss the different types of lines that were required and had lots of fun comparing how our leprechauns [...]
Ireland Reads Day on Thursday, the 25th of February is almost here! The aim is to get everyone to pledge to ‘squeeze in a read’ on the 25th of February, Ireland Reads Day – whether that’s reading a book, a newspaper, a comic – whatever works. Please visit www.irelandreads.ie, or watch the video at: (English) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrdqudzgQds (Irish) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soodm9jWmD8 [...]
Fourth class enjoyed a little bit of art over the last few weeks. They have been busy painting windows, posters and snow owls. Within their bubbles they have been able to participate fully in the art projects. With the help of some Christmas songs, carols and instrumental music there has been a festive atmosphere created. [...]
Barefield NS is fortunate to be hosting a Zoom call with the author Ronan Moore this week. The senior classes will be getting the opportunity to hear Ronan Moore over Zoom in their classes. We'd like to thank the Ennis Bookshop in helping to coordinate this wonderful opportunity for the pupils in the school. Barefield [...]
During the first few weeks of October the pupils have been working very hard on their history projects. The theme was THE STONE AGE. The pupils worked very hard on their projects and were able to present them to the class via the interactive white board. All the pupils participated and did their best.
Art inspired from our history lesson. The children enjoyed painting in orange, red, brown and black paint.
We are very grateful once more to all the parents that have supported this initiative this year. It allows the school to gain rewards from Scholastic. These rewards are then used to purchase accelerated reader books for the school library. I would also like to thank the parents' association who help with the three days [...]
As it was Maths Week this week we had a game of Battle Ship on Friday. It was very engaging and there was lots of excitement and fun had. The pupils had to input their three ships on a grid. There were 16 places available on the grid. The horizontal axis was ABCD while the [...]
