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In Barefield N.S., We Strive To Make A Difference With All Our Pupils

"Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them. Is this job tough? You betcha. But it is not impossible. We're educators. We're born to make a difference." Listen to  Rita Pierson's full TED Talk by clicking: here. It is inspirational.

By |2020-02-03T19:16:40+00:00February 3rd, 2020|News|Comments Off on In Barefield N.S., We Strive To Make A Difference With All Our Pupils

Lá Fhéile Bríde

St. Brigid's Day is the first day of February, the first day of Spring. St Brigid was born near Dundalk, Co. Louth about 451 A.D. She lived around the time of St Patrick. She is the second patron saint of Ireland, after St Patrick. She is also known as Muire na nGael or Mary of [...]

By |2020-02-03T18:35:25+00:00February 3rd, 2020|Celebrations, News, Religion, Visual Arts|Comments Off on Lá Fhéile Bríde

Vision for Ballyallia Lake

Barefield Tidy Towns has launched the Ballyallia Lake Amenity Enhancement Plan. Many of our parents and  pupils live in Ballyallia, which is a wonderful sporting and relaxing amenity for our young and old to enjoy. The sights and sounds of nature and wildlife are a source of great joy to all. In conjunction with other [...]

By |2020-01-31T20:47:19+00:00January 31st, 2020|News|Comments Off on Vision for Ballyallia Lake

Sound of Music

Our school Choir journeyed to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre to view the musical, The  Sound of Music.  This musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether or not to become a nun. She falls in love with the children and their widowed father, [...]

By |2020-01-31T20:52:43+00:00January 31st, 2020|Celebrations, Drama, History, Music, News, Visual Arts|Comments Off on Sound of Music

Shared Reading

For the last few weeks Ms. Keane's Junior Infants and Mrs. Mahon's 3rd and 4th class have been doing shared reading on Friday mornings. The 3rd and 4th class children have been reading lovely stories to the junior infants. They also have been asking them questions about the story. They all have really enjoyed getting [...]

By |2020-01-31T20:32:50+00:00January 31st, 2020|3rd/4th Mrs. McMahon 2019/20, English, JI Mrs. Keane 2019/20, News, SPHE|Comments Off on Shared Reading

Puppets Show That Recycling Is The Way To Go!

At Barefield N.S we are so fortunate to have wonderful parents who are very generous with their talents and time. Yesterday Jennifer came to visit our two First Classes and treated them to a fabulous puppet show. The puppet show was great fun but also very informative. The children learned all about the importance of [...]

By |2020-01-30T20:58:35+00:00January 30th, 2020|1st Mrs. Collins 2019/20, 1st Mrs. Kilcawley 2019/20, Curriculum, Drama, English, General, Geography, Green School Flag, News, Science, SESE, SPHE, x In the Classrooms 2019/2020|Comments Off on Puppets Show That Recycling Is The Way To Go!

Aimsir Fhliuch ag Am Lóin

Nuair a bhíonn an aimsir fliuch ag amanna lóin, bíonn an-spórt ag ár ndaltaí ag súgradh le cluichí boird, ag imirt cártaí, ag caint is ag déanamh jig-saws.  Cad a dhéanann tú féin nuair a bhíonn an aimsir fliuch? Léigh an dán seo: An Bháisteach Bíonn sé fliuch gach lá Agus mé ag dul ar [...]

By |2020-01-29T18:56:18+00:00January 29th, 2020|Celebrations, Gaeilge, News|Comments Off on Aimsir Fhliuch ag Am Lóin

IT’S ‘DINOSAUR’ THEME IN OUR PLAYSCHOOL.

THE CHILDREN LEARNED THAT DINOSAURS HAVE BEEN EXTINCT FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS BUT PAELONTOLOGISTS DIG UP THEIR BONES AND FOSSILS AND THEY CAN BE SEEN IN A MUSEUM. THEY LEARNED THAT THE DINOSAURS WHO ATE MEAT WERE CALLED CARNIVORES AND THOSE WHO ATE PLANTS WERE HERBIVORES. THEY DID COLOURING PICTURES AND WORKSHEETS AND LEARNED A [...]

By |2020-01-28T15:06:23+00:00January 28th, 2020|Drama, History, News, Visual Arts|Comments Off on IT’S ‘DINOSAUR’ THEME IN OUR PLAYSCHOOL.

Green Flag in the BAG! (Re-usable bag ;)).

The Last 'Green' Hurdle!!!  On Tuesday January 21st we were delighted to welcome our Green School Inspector Ms Róisín Garvey to our school.  Róisín assessed our knowledge of the Global Citizenship: Marine Environment topic which we completed over a two year period, examined our work and shared her own insights into Marine conservation. Róisín informed [...]

By |2020-01-25T20:14:08+00:00January 25th, 2020|Board of Management, Celebrations, Curriculum, General, Green School Flag, Heritage in School, News, Parents' Association, SESE, SPHE, Student's Council, Visual Arts|Comments Off on Green Flag in the BAG! (Re-usable bag ;)).
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