Despite showery conditions, our sports day was most exciting between sunshine and showers. Sports Day commenced with our pre-school children running a race on our astro-turf. Pupils participated in sprints, long races, relays, sack races, three-legged races, obstacle courses, egg and spoon race, high jump and long jump entertaining the large number of parents in [...]
Today was a very busy morning in Barefield N.S. when we welcomed parents of new infants, new pupils enrolling in higher classes and pupils enrolling in our ASD class. School Principal John Burns outlined school routines, practices and policies. They were entertained by our current Junior infants singing a song, schoolchoir and céilí band. Rang [...]
Our Playschool children had a very exciting morning when their pet Harry went missing. They searched the whole school, the computer room, the Library, our Secretary's Office, classrooms, and eventually they found him chatting with Mr.Burns. They were so delighted. Mr. Burns gave them a little treat for all their hard work.
Looking forward to meeting all our new pupils with their Mammies and Daddies next Tuesday morning, June 18th @9.30a.m.
It was a most delightful and memorable day in our school when Bishop Fintan Monahan came to visit us.
The Board of Management of Barefield N.S. wishes to inform parents that the annual review of the school's Anti-Bullying Policy and its implementation was completed at the Board meeting, dated 21-05-2019. This review was conduct in accordance with the checklist set out in Appendix 4 of the Department's Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools.
We welcomed Jack, Emer, Elise, Gavin and Eoin, students from St. Flannan's College, who visited our pupils to explain about their project, called Terra Star. With this project, they won third prize in the International NASA Ames space settlement design contest (most senior category). TerraStar features a plan to 3D print a settlement in-situ in [...]
Today, our Rang II pupils received their First Holy Communion by Fr. Jerry Carey in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Barefield. It was a most meaningful and beautiful ceremony. Congratulations to their teachers Ms. Baker and Mr. Chambers who had the pupils excellently prepared. Our pupils read their prayers and enhanced the ceremony with [...]
Our best wishes to all our First Holy Communion pupils and their families for Saturday, May 18th. The Sacrament of First Holy Communion will be celebrated in Barefield Church at 11.00a.m. Refreshments served afterwards in our school halla. All families welcome.
As part of our efforts to obtain our 7th Green Flag, our Rang VI pupils, fully equipped, ventured to Quilty Beach, where we cleaned the beach, collecting all types of rubbish and plastics. The renowned environmentalist, Carmel Madigan, taught our pupils about our marine eco-systems and the work being done to save them. It was [...]
