We were delighted that the weather was kind to us today as we got to gather in our class groupings on the astro turf to have a chat, some words of welcome and to acknowledge and congratulate our classes and pupils of the month. Mr Ruane’s ‘Principal Prizes’ for all pupils of the month [...]
Here are some photos from our visit to Mr. Ruane's office. We loved sitting in his chair. We said 2 poems for him while we were there. In Maths we have been working on "matching" things that are the same and belong together.
Junior Infants have had a busy month and are all settling in very well. We were working on some action rhymes and nursery rhymes " Jack and Jill " and "Twinkle Twinkle." We made our own star in Art and sang the song. We practised performing Jack and Jill and some children were even [...]
Today, in Irish, we read a story in our ‘Léigh sa Bhaile’ reader called ‘Cuimilt Duilleoige’. We read and translated the story about leaf rubbings & produced lovely pictures using Autumn colours. It so easy to do. Nil uait ach duilleog tirim, páipéar bán agus crián. (All you need is a dry leaf, white paper [...]
Pupils from Rang I had a very exciting morning this morning. Mr. Ruane invited us to visit his office to learn all about what it is like to be principal of Barefield N.S. First, Mr. Ruane showed us all of the files and folders he uses. Next, Mr. Ruane drew our attention to the portraits [...]
The sun shone brightly today for the girls and boys who received the sacrament of First Holy Communion in The Church of The Immaculate Conception Barefield.
The children had the opportunity to revisit the story of The Ugly Duckling with Ms Róisín Callinan yesterday. Ms Callinan is on her final placement from Mary Immaculate College. Firstly the children were read the story of The Ugly Duckling. They discussed the different language and explored lots of different emotions. Finally the completed some [...]
Ms. Buckley is currently on placement in our school. She visited our classroom today and taught two lovely lessons. The children listened to a beautiful story called "Cloudette" by Tom Lichtenheld. They read some of the story, discussed it and answered questions based on the story. Afterwards, pupils were treated to a fabulous autumn collage [...]
Here are just some of the pupils, parents and staff members who cycled, scooted or walked to school this morning on National COW Day (Cycle on Wednesday). Well done everybody!
This week in science we are learning all about our 5 senses. We decided to go on a sensory walk around the school to put them to the test. We were so delighted that Mr Ruane’s sense of hearing was working well as when he heard us passing his office he invited us inside to take [...]
