Over the past three weeks, Ms. O'Sullivan and our Senior Infants have been exploring and engaging with different Mindfulness activities. Each day, the pupils have taken part in a range of activities such as meditation sessions, breathing exercises and mindfulness art. As part of this Programme, each pupil created his/her own individual flower. These flowers [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
2nd Class celebrated their First Communion ceremony in The Church of our Lady on Sat 8th Aug. The beautiful ceremonies were concelebrated by Fr. Jerry assisted by Méabh's uncle Fr. Aidan. The church was looking splendid with the children's Communion art and there was glorious sunshine for the whole day. Well done to all the [...]
Some pictures from our wonderful two weeks of July Education. The children had a great time playing together in our sensory rooms, school halls and with our imagination playground. They even learned to make pizza and chocolate rice krispie buns. A great time was had by all.
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 [...]
I am delighted to inform you all that our application for the Global Citizenship Marine Environment Green Flag has been successful. Barefield School has been awarded its eight Green Flag! Ms. Power, Mr Chambers and the Green Schools Committees, past and present, deserve a huge amount of thanks for their hard work and dedication. We [...]
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Dear Parent/Guardian, I have created a Padlet of resources for your child over the last number of days. They include access to all the online educational companies sites and resources for each subject area. I have also put in additional worksheets for Irish, English and Mathematics in their relevant columns. You can access this Padlet through the [...]
Dear Parents, I hope you are keeping well and staying safe during these times. Please ensure the skill of cursive writing is being kept up to highest standard during these two weeks. Please see the following hand hygiene videos to do with your children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYhm9oa-DM Please be aware during this time educational websites with fantastic [...]
