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Enrolment 2020-2021

Barefield N.S. is now accepting Applications of new pupils for September 2020.  Please contact the school Office (065-6820303) if you require an Application Form. Also, for your information, Application Forms and Admission Policy can be downloaded from our website. Closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Friday, February 7th., 2020.  Please click here.

By |2020-01-06T16:27:36+00:00January 6th, 2020|News|Comments Off on Enrolment 2020-2021

Nollaig Shona Agus Bliain Úr Fé Mhaise

May I  take this opportunity to wish all our school community a very Happy Christmas. Enjoy the well-earned break and  may we all have a really good 2020. School re-opens Monday 6th January 2020 @ 9.20a.m. Guim Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh agus Siocháin san Ath Bhliain. Seán Ó Broin (Príomh-Oide)

By |2019-12-20T17:12:56+00:00December 20th, 2019|Celebrations, News|Comments Off on Nollaig Shona Agus Bliain Úr Fé Mhaise

Our First Nativity by our Senior Infant Pupils

Today we had  our end of term Christmas Mass. Our Senior Infants performed The Nativity Play under the excellent direction of  Ms. Power, Mr. Murray, Ms. Daly and Ms. Quinn. Well done to Ms. Moore for co-ordinating the occasion, to Ms. Corrigan for the superb Christmas performance by  our choir and to Fr. Ger Fitzgerald for [...]

By |2019-12-20T17:14:02+00:00December 20th, 2019|Celebrations, Drama, News, Religion, SI Mr. Murray 2019/20, SI Mrs. Power 2019/20, Visual Arts|Comments Off on Our First Nativity by our Senior Infant Pupils

Santa’s Surprise Visit from the North Pole

Santa paid us a surprise visit today with his elves. It was such an exciting morning  He visited all our pupils  from Junior Infants to Rang VI. Our pupils were so excited welcoming Santa to their classrooms, singing their favourite Christmas carols and reciting their poetry. Santa was so impressed that he gave each class [...]

Christmas Newsletter 2019

Tá súil agam go mbainfidh tú sár-taitneamh as na scéalta difriúla a leanas a léamh agus eolas a fháil faoi roinnt de na h-imeachtaí scoile a bhí ar siúl inár scoil an téarma seo. Enjoy reading the various stories in our Christmas Newsletter.

By |2019-12-17T17:04:48+00:00December 17th, 2019|Celebrations, News|Comments Off on Christmas Newsletter 2019

Christmas Assembly 2019

What a wonderful and colourful Christmas Assembly morning we had in school today. Our pupils were dressed in green, red, white and blue as they learned about the Christmas Story. Afterwards, we were treated to a Christmas Concert of  festive carols and songs. During our Assembly, special prayers were said for the poor and homeless [...]

Christmas Chocolate Hamper

Congratulations to Tahaa Aamer on winning the Christmas Chocolate Hamper during our Christmas Assembly raffle. The beautiful hamper was kindly donated by Ciarán Burns, Patrick McInerney, Dean Ryan and Frank Melody, who recently ran the New York City Marathon to raise funds for Temple Street Children's Hospital. Tahaa has two brothers in our school, Abdullah [...]

By |2019-12-16T22:23:06+00:00December 16th, 2019|Celebrations, News|Comments Off on Christmas Chocolate Hamper

Visit of His Excellency, Mitsuru Kitano, Japanese Ambassador to Ireland

It was an exciting and historical school day  on  Friday 13th December for the  pupils of Barefield N.S. Japanese  Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano was especially invited to launch our Art Exhibition on Great Masters of the Ocean completed by our sixth class pupils under the tuition of our renowned local artist Carmel Madigan. The walls of [...]

By |2019-12-15T10:18:05+00:00December 14th, 2019|6th Mrs. Corrigan/Mrs. Daffy 2019/20, 6th Mrs. O'Connor 2019/20, Artists in School, Board of Management, Celebrations, Geography, Green School Flag, Irish Traditional Music, Modern Languages, Music, News, Parents' Association, SPHE, Visual Arts|Comments Off on Visit of His Excellency, Mitsuru Kitano, Japanese Ambassador to Ireland

Annual Christmas Visit to Clarecastle Daycare Centre

Barefield N.S. musicians, singers and dancers went on our annual trip to Clarecastle Day-Care Centre. Our pupils entertained the elderly for an hour and even enjoyed some lovely singing by our hosts. It is a timely reminder for us all that we need to look out for our older neighbours over the upcoming Christmas period. [...]

By |2019-12-09T16:37:40+00:00December 9th, 2019|Celebrations, Music, News|Comments Off on Annual Christmas Visit to Clarecastle Daycare Centre

Looking forward to the visit of His Excellency, Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano, Japan’s Ambassador to Ireland

We are delighted and honoured to welcome Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano, Japan’s Ambassador to Ireland, to our school Friday, December 13th to open our Rang VI pupils’ Japanese Art Exhibition. The theme of our Exhibition is: ‘Great Modern Painters of the Ocean’. Our Exhibition is based on the impressive work of the great Japanese Art Masters [...]

By |2019-12-14T17:03:00+00:00December 8th, 2019|6th Mrs. Corrigan/Mrs. Daffy 2019/20, 6th Mrs. O'Connor 2019/20, Geography, History, News, Visual Arts|Comments Off on Looking forward to the visit of His Excellency, Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano, Japan’s Ambassador to Ireland
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