This June the Junior Infants had an amazing time on their first school tour to Denis Den. They had a great time playing and having fun! When we arrived back at school, the boys and girls played with their bubbles outside. It was a very enjoyable day for all. 🙌🏼😁 Junior Infants had a fun filled [...]
Last week we had lots of fun in Junior Infants. We made Easter bunny wreaths and Easter baskets which were filled with yummy Easter eggs going home. We received a surprise letter from the Easter Bunny on Friday morning to tell us that he had hidden eggs for us to find around the school yard! [...]
Creepy, Crawly, Halloween! The boys and girls in Junior Infants really enjoyed their 'dress up' day and Halloween Party. A great day was had by all. Enjoy little snippets of the fun we had together :)
Save Electricity, the Smarter Choice! The children enjoyed Science Week. We took part in a Science Electricity Hunt. The children walked around the school looking for different things that supplied electricity. We also discussed the dangers and safety measures when using electricity. The children really enjoyed these lessons. The children also took part in a [...]
Junior Infants: Drum Beats Watch Them Dance! The last two weeks the children have been taking part in Dance Lessons in the PE Hall on Friday's. The children are really enjoying these lessons. They are really working hard on their dance moves and 'shining' like little stars already. Well done to the boys and girls [...]
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away! The boys and girls are enjoying their first experience of Aistear in Big School. The children are role-playing the Dr. Surgery in their different stations. The children will spend time playing at the five different stations over a two week cycle i.e. Small World, Home Corner (Drama), [...]
The Last 'Green' Hurdle!!! On Tuesday January 21st we were delighted to welcome our Green School Inspector Ms Róisín Garvey to our school. Róisín assessed our knowledge of the Global Citizenship: Marine Environment topic which we completed over a two year period, examined our work and shared her own insights into Marine conservation. Róisín informed [...]
Last week, Senior Infants took part in the Christmas Shoebox Appeal. The Christmas Shoebox Appeal sends thousands of gift-filled shoeboxes to children in Africa and Eastern Europe. The children who will receive these shoeboxes are affected by poverty in different ways. Many come from families with very little income, others live on the margins of [...]
Meet our new Green School Committee for the School Year 2019-2020. We are working extremely hard behind the scenes planning our school year ahead. The new Green Team presented a presentation at whole school Assembly, November 25th on the theme of the Marine Environment. The committee spoke about their hopes of obtaining their final Green [...]
This has been a very successful year for Barefield National School and our Marine Environment Initiatives. All the students and staff have put in lots of effort and we are all now much more aware of the Marine Environment and the damage that is being caused. Summer Holidays and the good weather are here so [...]
