Members of the Green-Schools Committee are starting work on the school’s ninth theme- Global Citizenship: Travel. The ultimate aim of this theme is to continue our collaborative work with the Active School Committee on encouraging pupils to walk or cycle to school where possible. This theme will also allow us to discover how our work [...]
The boys and girls in 5th class had great fun dressing up for Halloween. We also enjoyed participating in some Halloween games, dressing up as mummies, Maltesers Mouths and playing Ghostly Goals. The children really enjoyed their day and a huge effort was made by all.
There was great excitement on Friday when the children arrived to school dressed in their Halloween costumes. They are looked fantastic and a little bit scary!! The children had a great day and really enjoyed all the Halloween fun. Thanks to the parents for all their efforts!! It was definitely worth it. The children looked so [...]
During the first few weeks of October the pupils have been working very hard on their history projects. The theme was THE STONE AGE. The pupils worked very hard on their projects and were able to present them to the class via the interactive white board. All the pupils participated and did their best.
Art inspired from our history lesson. The children enjoyed painting in orange, red, brown and black paint.
Junior Infants have been learning a lot about autumn this month. Last Wednesday we went on an ‘Autumn Walk’ looking for signs of autumn. We found lots of red, yellow, orange and brown leaves. We found berries growing and took note of the autumn weather. The children really enjoyed the walk, it was great to [...]
The children in our Blossom and Bloom class have been very busy getting ready for Halloween this week. We had a pumpkin hunt in our school garden on Wednesday. Lots of fun was had carving our pumpkins in class.
Bishop Fintan recently visited our local Templemaley, a site near our school, that is rich in History, Cultural and Religious traditions. Please click on title heading 'Local History Templemaley' to view his visit on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFTPXulBF2A&feature=youtu.be
Happy World Ocean Day! Today is usually a special day at our school. Last year, pupils and staff dressed in blue. Carmel Madigan (Explorers Education Marine Institute), Róisín Garvey (An Taisce), Hugh O' Malley (Achill Oysters) and Joe Queally (RNLI) visited the school and worked with the children. There was a fabulous exhibition, all pupils [...]
