We are back in School!
Everyone was delighted to be back at school today.Ā Our pictures here tell the story of the excitement!
Is It Monday Yet?
As you can see from some of our photographs, First Class had a busy and fun few weeks learning from home. We are really looking forward to seeing all of our friends on our return to school on Monday! Our class won Class of the Month in December so not only are we excited about [...]
Baking B&B Style
Baking fun on a Tuesday š§š§š§š§
‘Sneachta Watch’
Last Thursday the children in Junior Infants were on 'Sneachta Watch'. We have been learning lots about the weather in Irish and this week the children were practicing 'TĆ” sĆ© ag cur sneachta', 'Sin fear sneachta' and 'calĆ³ga sneachta'. So there was great excitement on Thursday when the children went outside agus bhĆ calĆ³ga sneachta [...]
Elfie
We had a special visitor in our classroom when we came to school today. An elf was sitting up on top of the whiteboard. The pupils have named him 'Elfie'. Elfie is a kind and well behaved elf. It will be great fun to have him in our room until the Christmas holidays. Ā
Poetry in the Making
This week pupils in Fifth and Sixth classes have been working hard on their entries for the Cleaner Air Poetry Competition. This year's theme is 'My Journey to School'. We are looking forward to hearing all of their fabulous poems!
No Idling Please!
As part of Clean Air Week, First Class pupils learned about the negative effects of 'idling'. 'Idling' is when the car's engine is running butĀ the car is not moving e.g. waiting outside the school. Idling is bad for the environment and bad for our health. It also wastes fuel and therefore wastes money. All [...]
Clean Air Week 2020
This week is Clean Air Week. The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness of air pollution and to take action to reduce it. This can be done by increasing active travel such as walking or cycling to school. To celebrate Clean Air Week, we will be encouraging fifth and sixth class pupils to [...]
Green Flag Celebrations
Tomorrow, the pupils and staff of Barefield NS will be celebrating. We will be raising our eight Green Flag for our work on Global Citizenship:Marine Environment. Please watch the video below to hear from our Chairperson and Secretary. We were also delighted to receive special messages from Carmel Madigan (Loop Head Summer School and the [...]
Our Beautiful Rainbow
Ms. Whelan and ourĀ Senior Infants have been very busy learning how to look after their minds over the past three weeks. They have created their own colour monsters and a mindfulness jar to represent their busy minds. Our busy Senior Infants have worked on meditation, and learned how to use bunny breathing and rainbow [...]