Our Green Schools Committee held a ceremony in the halla today to celebrate Barefield N.S. being awarded our ninth Green Flag for the Global Citizenship: Travel Theme. Senator Róisín Garvey was a special guest at the event. After Committee members said a few words, Senator Garvey congratulated our pupils and staff on the wonderful achievement. [...]
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 :)
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 Green Schools Committee is inviting you all to take part in the Big Travel Challenge 2022. Walking, cycling, or scooting to school is an opportunity to increase physical activity. The aim of the challenge is to promote a sustainable mode of transport for 10 days during the month of February. In order to promote [...]
We are very lucky to have so many beautiful trees right on our doorstep in Barefield N.S. During the week, 5th class set about the task of identifying all of these trees. On the path just outside our school we identified birch, maple, elder and ash trees. Further down the path near the crossroad we [...]
Today 5th class enjoyed 'Wednesday Walk and Talk'. Everyone paired up with a partner and completed a few laps of the school grounds while having a chat. The class decided on some possible conversation-starters before the walk such as Halloween costumes, favourite books and television programmes. The fresh air, exercise and conversation helped everyone to [...]
This week is Ireland's fifth Climate Action Week (October 11th to 17th). As part of Climate Action Week, the Green Schools Committee constructed a bug hotel so that we can play our part in increasing biodiversity in the area. The Green Schools Committee is calling on all pupils to become more aware of air pollution [...]
Ms. Buckley is currently on placement in our school. She visited our classroom today and taught two lovely lessons. The children listened to a beautiful story called "Cloudette" by Tom Lichtenheld. They read some of the story, discussed it and answered questions based on the story. Afterwards, pupils were treated to a fabulous autumn collage [...]
On Friday Junior Infants put on a performance of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children have been working very hard over the last couple of weeks learning their lines and songs. They did a fantastic job. They all looked great! Mr. Ruane was our audience and he thought the children were super! Well done [...]
Today pupils from Rang I and Rang II went on their school tour to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. First the children explored the castle, including The Main Guard, the Earl's Bedroom and the Great Hall where the Earl gave his judgements while sitting in his Chair of Estate. They particularly enjoyed hearing about the [...]
