Teddy Bears Picnic
Senior Infants had a fantastic trip to the village peace garden and the Church of The Immaculate Conception. When they returned they had a teddy bears picnic in the shade!
Uganda Volunteer Project
At the request of Ms Power John Conroy of the 'Uganda Volunteer Project' came on a visit to Senior Infant Classes on Monday June 25th 2018. The children were very taken by his talk and by all the photographs portraying the lives of the Uganda children. They were very happy to share some of their [...]
Frank Burns Memorial League 2018
At Assembly today, the Frank Burns Memorial trophy was presented to Francis Meaney, Captain of the winning hurling team by Seán Burns. The Final was tightly contested in blistering heat between Francis Meaney's team and Daire Connolly's team on our school pitch. At the final whistle one point separated the teams with Francis Meaney's team [...]
Visit of Fiona McHale
Active School Flag (ASF) is a Department of Education and Skills initiative supported by Healthy Ireland. The award recognises schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community. On Friday, June 25th Fiona McHale, Evaluator, for the Active Schools Programme visited our school. She met with school Principal, John Burns and Active Schools Committee, Mary O'Connor, [...]
Traditional Concert
In association with Mr. Liddy's Trad Music classes and to celebrate World Music Day parents are invited to attend a school concert tomorrow, Friday 22nd @ 11.00 am in our Halla.
Gaelic Games Hurling and Camogie
Enjoy reading our pupils' participation in hurling and camogie from January to June 2018:
Jiu Jitsu
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 [...]
Active Ennis Clare National Schools Swimming Gala 2018
Congratulations to our swimmers who secured 1st. place in Co. Clare in the recent Co. Clare National Schools' Swimming Gala Competition. It was a wonderful occasion for all our swimmers and their teachers, Ms. Daly and Ms. McMahon who co-ordinated this event. During the year, classes from Rang I to Rang VI inclusive enjoyed a [...]
Cycle to Ennis
In all, 128 very happy Barefield N.S. pupils from Rang IV to Rang VI inclusive participated in the National Cycle to School Day today as part of Bike Week in conjunction with An Taisce’s Green-Schools Travel Education Programme. They safely cycled from our school into Ennis Fire Station with 20 supervising teachers and adults accompanying [...]
COW Day has arrived!
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 [...]