Well done to 45 pupils from Rang VI for hiking to the highest point in Clare on Friday. We left school for Killaloe at 9am and began our hike at 10.15am. We reached the peak of Moylussa (532 metres) after about 2 hours of walking. We took in the spectacular views of Lough Derg [...]
Congratulations to our Rang VI girls who showed unbelievable determination and skill during a hard fought battle against our neighbours, Knockanean NS, in the Division 1 Clare Ladies Football Final. The match took place in a sun drenched Cusack Park and was a nail-biting encounter from beginning to end. Knockanean led at half time on [...]
Last week we celebrated Active School week. A huge range of activities were organised for the children. The aim behind holding Active School Week is to promote and encourage children to become more active. We had soccer, tennis, rugby, aerobics, hockey, athletics, cycling, basketball and yoga on offer. Many thanks to the parents, older siblings [...]
The girls played two very exciting matches against Knockanean NS and Gaelscoil Mhichíl Cíosóg today. After a slight (accidental) detour to Gurteen we eventually arrived at the Gaelscoil's pitch, just in time for our games! The games were very competitive but our sheer determination and perseverance prevailed and we were victorious against both schools. We [...]
The sixth class girls were crowned champions of Clare in the FAI 5 a side schools soccer competition and will now go on to represent the school in the Munster finals in Limerick next Wednesday, May 15th . We are all very proud of their success to date. We wish the team and their coach, [...]
A new art exhibition: ‘The Circular Revolution – Towards Zero’, involving Barefield N.S. and 11 other primary schools across Clare has been designed and curated by Carmel Madigan, a professional artist and founder of the Loop Head Summer Hedge School. As part of this Explorers Education Programme in Clare, our pupils created unique artworks from marine [...]
Best of luck to our Sixth Class girls team tomorrow as they will be taking part in the final stage of the Marion Keane Basketball Tournament. The competition will take place in Ennistymon at 11am.
Sixth class took part in a beach clean-up of Bishop's Quarter in Ballyvaughan last week. Many bags of rubbish were collected. We found plastic bottles, netting and even a few shoes! When our hard work was complete we got a few minutes to play in the sand dunes! Afterwards we enjoyed a delicious lunch in [...]
The classes have really enjoyed the rugby coaching by Ben from Munster Rugby.
We made delicious chocolate biscuit cake puddings in class. We decorated them with icing and other treats.
