Sportshall Athletics
We have been using the Sportshall Athletics equipment from Clare Sports Partnership for the last few weeks. We are improving our jumping skills. We are also working on our throwing skills.
Christmas is a coming!
Let us all look forward to the next few weeks of fun and enjoyment. Our school is buzzing with excitement. Our crib with baby Jesus has just been constructed. Decorations and Christmas lights are everywhere. Pupils are brimming with smiles. Santa is coming! The magic of Christmas helps us to remember that our greatest gifts [...]
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 but 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 our 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 [...]
Garden of Gratitude
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 [...]
Poets of the Future.
This week Mr. Gleeson and pupils of Rang V were busy learning all there is to know about poetry. They explored a variety of poetic techniques, practised their rhyming skills and studied the work of William Shakespeare. Each pupil got the opportunity to create a poem based on a close encounter. Their poems were influenced [...]
Diocesan Day of Remembrance
Ceremonies were held in different classrooms in Barefield N.S. today to honour, and to remember those who have died this year and those who have been bereaved through the death of loved ones. We also remembered those who have died due to the global pandemic. Ar dheis Dé go raibh siad go léir! It was [...]