It was a brilliant, exciting day in Cusack Park, when Barefield N.S. hurlers won the Sean Harrington Cup by defeating Scariff N.S. in an enthralling and exciting Final. All the hurlers played their hearts out and left nothing on the pitch. At full time the teams were level and the match had to go to [...]
Our annual Sports Day took place Friday 8th June. The children took part in many disciplines; sprint, obstacle course, long race, relay, javelin, three legged race, egg and spoon and the sack race. When all events were completed the annual tug of war with páistí from Rang a Sé took place. A most exciting soccer [...]
The annual Barefield School fun run was held Thursday 8th of June. Pupils from the school along with their parents walked, ran and cycled on a glorious evening. We had assistance form the local gardaí and there was treats for everybody at the end. Congrats to all the pupils who ran, walked, jogged and cycled [...]
Today we had our annual School Sports Day. It was great to see so many parents and grandparents in attendance. Our Playschool children launched our Sports Day with the Teddy Bear Run. Numerous events took place concurrently, such as the Obstacle Race, Sack race, Sprinting, Javelin Throw, Three legged Race, Relay Racing, Long Races and [...]
We've had a very sunny start to our Active School Week. We had many organised today. We had aerobics, soccer, handball, hurling, fitness and movement skills, nutrition talk and skipping. Many thanks to today's visitors- Famous, Rumy, Ray, Gráinne, Andrew, Natasha, Rory, Mark , Conor and Declan. What a wonderfully active day! [...]
Some beaches across Ireland are left in dire conditions with discarded plastic items strewn in every direction. As part of raising civic responsibility and awareness in our pupils about the dangers and quantity of plastic waste on our beautiful beaches, our Rang VI pupils visited some Clare beaches, namely Ross Beach and Rhinevilla Beach, to [...]
Léamar scéal faoi lus gréine sa leabhar Gaeilge ar an Luan. Mar sin, shocraigh orainn síolta lus gréine a fhás sa ghairdín na scoile. Cheannaigh an múinteoir mála síolta agus chuireamar síolta lus gréine sa talamh inniu. Tá comórtas ar siúl sa rang anois - Cé leis an lus gréine is airde? Beimid ag féachaint [...]
On Tuesday members of the Green Schools Committee travelled to Galway to the 2018 Green Flag Awards Ceremony. We collected our seventh Green Flag for the school- Global Citizenship:Energy. In September we will be starting work on the eighth and final theme- Global Citizenship: Marine Environment. Well done to the Committee on all of their [...]
Congratulations to our victorious set dancing stars who won the coveted John Fennell Trophy in Doonbeg on Sunday, May 20th. They were presented with beautiful tropheys. Their rhythm, beat, style, precision, presentation and beaming smiles impressed not only the Adjudicators but also the audience. They received a huge round of applause at the end. Congratulations [...]
Today, in glorious sunshine, our Rang II pupils received their First Holy Communion by Fr. Jerry Carey assisted by Canon Caimin O'Carroll in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Barefield. It was a most meaningful and beautiful ceremony. Congratulations to their teachers Ms. Baker and Mr. Chambers who had the pupils excellently prepared. Our pupils [...]
