All staff of Barefield N.S. attended certified training today in essential First Aid, CPR and responding to serious medical emergencies by Brendan McAuliffe, Safety Consultant @ B MacSafety Solutions and his colleague, Marion Morrissey R.G.N. Topics covered ranged from CPR, Choking, Anaphylaxis, Diabetes, Epilepsy and basic medical First Aid procedures. It was a most educational [...]
What a wonderful and colourful Christmas Assembly morning we had in school today. Our pupils were dressed in green, red, white and blue as they learned about the Christmas Story. Afterwards, we were treated to a Christmas Concert of festive carols and songs. Every class performed from Junior Infants to Rang VI. It was very entertaining [...]
We had great fun working on our Christmas Art in preparation for Christmas. The children drew and painted Santa going down the chimney, penguins in the snow, Christmas stockings and snowmen. In addition to this, we also learned the song 'Merry Christmas Everyone' and we performed it at our Christmas Assembly. Wishing you a Merry [...]
Pupils in my class completed very interesting projects involving Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. Each group planned, constructed and decorated a marble run at least 1.5m long and the marble had to enter the top of a bottle positioned at the bottom of the run. It was a very creative, enjoyable and fun project [...]
Beidh Scéal na Nollag agus Aifreann Scoile na Nollag ar siúl Dé hAoine seo chugainn ag 11.30a.m. Beidh ár Naíonáin Shinsearacha ag cur Scéal na Nollag ar siúl trí dráma le linn an Aifrinn. Tá fáilte roimh cách. Beidh Laethanta Saoire na Nollag ag tosnú Dé hAoine 21-12-2018 ag 12.30p.m. cruinn. Our annual Nativity Play [...]
Our annual choir Table Quiz was held last Wednesday night, 12-12-2018 in our halla. It was a huge success with a massive turn out of parents and pupils. The Quiz consisted of 8 rounds with a mixture of current affairs and fun questions. Fr. Jerry was our Question Master. Congratulations to Amelia's and Kadi's team [...]
There was great excitement in our school when our Doora-Barefield Minor A Football Champions visited us with their Mentors, Albert Hardiman and Kieran Ryan. They visited our classrooms and proudly displayed their cup to our pupils. They received a huge cheer and bualadh bos. Both the teachers and pupils were delighted with their surprise visit. [...]
In recent weeks Angela Didek, from Dance it Out Ireland, visited our school and taught our pupils movement through fun and energetic dance routines. Music was brilliant. She taught all class levels. Our pupils enjoyed her lessons and teachers were even seen participating! It has been a great number of weeks of fun, movement and [...]
Alot of fun was had decorating the school in preparation for Christmas!
On 10th December 2018 Barefield N.S. musicians, singers and dancers went on our annual trip to Clarecastle Day-Care Centre. 33 pupils entertained the elderly for an hour and we even had some lovely singing by our hosts. It is a timely reminder for us all that we need to look out for our older neighbours [...]
