My Rang III pupils are naturally curious. We had a most enjoyable class making egg-timers using re-cycled plastic bottles and free flowing solid materials. The timer had to take 1 minute for all the sand to travel from one end of the timer to the other. Our pupils had great fun ensuring the egg timer was [...]
Chuamar ar cuairt go dtí rang Ms. Daly Dé hAoine. D'éisteamar leis na dánta a rinne na dáltaí do Fhéile na hÍnse. Bhí siad ar fheabhas! Comhghairdeas do na daltaí go léir a ghlac páirt sna gcomórtaisí Féile na hÍnse 2020.
We have been celebrating our wonderful grandparents this week. Each child interviewed their grandparent or an older person in their lives. Their findings were presented to the class. The children are currently gathering photos of their grandparents and drawing pictures to share with their classmates. Grandparents are the best!
Rang III pupils had a wonderful time designing and constructing various structures using Imagination Playground equipment. It was a great experiences for problem solving skills and team work. the children really enjoyed the new equipment.
Our Scholastic Book Fair is a celebration of reading that puts the very best books directly into our pupils’ hands. Over 200 of the newest and best books from over sixty publishers are available to our pupils to help them develop a life-long love of reading. Our Book Fair will last about a week and [...]
Our Department of Education and Skills has issued advice as regards the Coronavirus or Covid-19. Please access this advice on: https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Announcements/information-for-schools-preschools-and-third-level-institutions-on-the-coronavirus.html Another informative site containing important information is: https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/
Congratulations to our wonderful school Choir who sang so majestically yesterday at the Limerick Choral Festival. Their performance was outstanding coming third in a very competitive Choral Category with choirs from all over Ireland participating. A huge 'well done' to our Choir teacher, Ms. Kate Corrigan and her talented charges, ably assisted by Claire Kelly [...]
There was a lot of fun in our school this morning. Co. Clare CYPSC and Healthy Ireland brought the wonderful Imagination Playground equipment to our school. The mission of Imagination Playground is to encourage child-directed, unstructured and creative "free play". This is the kind of play that experts say is critical to a young child's [...]
Today, we welcomed Patrick Naughton to our school. He introduced us all to African drumming on 33 African drums that he brought with him. The rhythm was outstanding and he encouraged everyone from Junior Infants up to Rang VI to play some fantastic African rhythms. Pat told us that he has helped many pupils in [...]
Today is Máirt na hInide/Shrove Tuesday, also known as Lá na bPancóg/Pancake Tuesday, as it is the day on which we traditionally make pancakes to mark the last day before the beginning of Lent. Making pancakes is a great way to use up eggs, butter, milk, and sweet things like sugar and fruit, especially before [...]
