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Fundraising for Temple Street

Congratulations to our past pupil Ciarán Burns along with Patrick McInerney, Frank Melody and Dean Ryan fundraised €27,199.91 for Temple Street Hospital. We were very proud to hold a raffle here in the school for a delicious hamper and a signed jersey from the Kilkenny hurling team. Many thanks to Ciaran for coming in and [...]

By |2020-02-10T13:45:57+00:00February 10th, 2020|Active School Flag, Board of Management, Celebrations, News, PE|Comments Off on Fundraising for Temple Street

All Ireland Surf Life Saving Champions

Congratulations to the pupils from Barefield National School who were part of the Clare team that participated in the All Ireland Surf Life Saving Competition in Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo.   Both the Junior and Nipper teams from Co. Clare were the overall 2019 National Beach champions.

By |2019-10-16T21:43:56+01:00October 16th, 2019|Active School Flag, Celebrations, News, PE|Comments Off on All Ireland Surf Life Saving Champions

Moylussa Adventure

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 [...]

By |2019-06-16T19:26:32+01:00June 16th, 2019|6th Mrs. Corrigan 2018/19, 6th Mrs. O'Connor 2018/19, Active School Flag, Field Trips, General, News, PE|Comments Off on Moylussa Adventure

Clare Ladies Board Football Div 1 Champions

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 [...]

By |2019-06-10T22:15:12+01:00June 10th, 2019|6th Mrs. Corrigan 2018/19, 6th Mrs. O'Connor 2018/19, Active School Flag, Celebrations, General, News, PE, Team Sports|Comments Off on Clare Ladies Board Football Div 1 Champions

Active School Week

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 [...]

Football Finalists

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 [...]

By |2019-05-22T19:42:12+01:00May 22nd, 2019|6th Mrs. Corrigan 2018/19, 6th Mrs. O'Connor 2018/19, Active School Flag, News, PE|Comments Off on Football Finalists

Soccer Champions

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, [...]

By |2019-05-08T15:28:17+01:00May 8th, 2019|6th Mrs. Corrigan 2018/19, 6th Mrs. O'Connor 2018/19, Active School Flag, Celebrations, General, News, PE, Team Sports|Comments Off on Soccer Champions

Marion Keane Tournament

The girls School Basketball team were unlucky in their final of the Marion Keane Tournament.  They were beaten by an excellent team from Cree N.S. and Clohanbeg N.S..  Well done to all the teams who took part and thank you to Mol and Óige for hosting such a great tournament this year.

By |2019-04-17T13:27:05+01:00April 11th, 2019|Active School Flag, News, PE|Comments Off on Marion Keane Tournament

Basketball Tournament

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.

By |2019-04-09T18:34:21+01:00April 9th, 2019|6th Mrs. Corrigan 2018/19, 6th Mrs. O'Connor 2018/19, Active School Flag, News, Team Sports|Comments Off on Basketball Tournament

Beach Clean Up

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 [...]

By |2019-04-09T18:18:58+01:00April 9th, 2019|6th Mrs. Corrigan 2018/19, 6th Mrs. O'Connor 2018/19, Active School Flag, Field Trips, General, Green School Flag, News|Comments Off on Beach Clean Up
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