Sixth class took part in a beach clean-up of Bishop's Quarter in Ballyvaughan last week. Many bags of rubbish were collected. We found plastic bottles, netting and even a few shoes! When our hard work was complete we got a few minutes to play in the sand dunes! Afterwards we enjoyed a delicious lunch in [...]
The classes have really enjoyed the rugby coaching by Ben from Munster Rugby.
On January 29th 2019, Peter Duggan, Clare hurler, paid a visit to Barefield National School. He was invited to mark the occasion of our school achieving an Active School flag. Peter is a 25 year old hurler and he plays his club hurling with Clooney Quin. His position on the field is wing or full [...]
We made delicious chocolate biscuit cake puddings in class. We decorated them with icing and other treats.
We completed group and individual Christmas art projects in Ms O'Connor's room.
Yesterday we were visited by Jiu Jitsu coaches John and two of his experienced students from Clare Jiu Jitsu Academy. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a martial art and combat sport that teaches a person how to defend himself by using leverage and proper technique. They did a workshop with a number of classes and the children [...]
Take a look at this magnificent video of Ireland's biggest children's cycle which too place in Ennis on Wednesday! We were one of the six schools that took part in the event. See how many familiar faces you can spot! https://youtu.be/mjDCZxHF5tE https://youtu.be/mjDCZxHF5tE
Later today will be taking part in the Green Schools' National COW day (Cycle on Wednesday) as part of National Bike Week 2018. Over 120 children from 4th, 5th and 6th classes will be taking part. We will be cycling from Barefield to Ennis. In Ennis we will meet children from other schools and take [...]
We had another eventful day today. We wore our favourite team's colours for Jersey Day. We had tennis, cycling, surfing, fitness and movement skills, athletics and rugby. The visiting coaches were excellent and taught us many of the basic skills and rules of each sport. Thanks to Danny from Ennis Tennis Club, Róisín Garvey from [...]
Today was a very busy day. We has lots of coaches showing new and exciting skills and sports. Tom and a team of members from Ennis Golf Club came and showed us the basic skills of golf. We practiced some putting and chipping. Mark continued with skipping workshops and finished the day with a demonstration [...]
