Gaelic Games Hurling and Camogie
Enjoy reading our pupils' participation in hurling and camogie from January to June 2018:
Jiu Jitsu
Yesterday we were visited by Jiu Jitsu coaches John and two of his experienced students from Clare Jiu Jitsu Academy. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a martial art and combat sport that teaches a person how to defend himself by using leverage and proper technique. They did a workshop with a number of classes and the children [...]
Active Ennis Clare National Schools Swimming Gala 2018
Congratulations to our swimmers who secured 1st. place in Co. Clare in the recent Co. Clare National Schools' Swimming Gala Competition. It was a wonderful occasion for all our swimmers and their teachers, Ms. Daly and Ms. McMahon who co-ordinated this event. During the year, classes from Rang I to Rang VI inclusive enjoyed a [...]
Cycle to Ennis
In all, 128 very happy Barefield N.S. pupils from Rang IV to Rang VI inclusive participated in the National Cycle to School Day today as part of Bike Week in conjunction with An Taisce’s Green-Schools Travel Education Programme. They safely cycled from our school into Ennis Fire Station with 20 supervising teachers and adults accompanying [...]
COW Day has arrived!
Later today will be taking part in the Green Schools' National COW day (Cycle on Wednesday) as part of National Bike Week 2018. Over 120 children from 4th, 5th and 6th classes will be taking part. We will be cycling from Barefield to Ennis. In Ennis we will meet children from other schools and take [...]
County Hurling Champions 2018
It was a brilliant, exciting day in Cusack Park, when Barefield N.S. hurlers won the Sean Harrington Cup by defeating Scariff N.S. in an enthralling and exciting Final. All the hurlers played their hearts out and left nothing on the pitch. At full time the teams were level and the match had to go to [...]
Sports Day 2018
Our annual Sports Day took place Friday 8th June. The children took part in many disciplines; sprint, obstacle course, long race, relay, javelin, three legged race, egg and spoon and the sack race. When all events were completed the annual tug of war with páistí from Rang a Sé took place. A most exciting soccer [...]
Annual School Fun Run
The annual Barefield School fun run was held Thursday 8th of June. Pupils from the school along with their parents walked, ran and cycled on a glorious evening. We had assistance form the local gardaí and there was treats for everybody at the end. Congrats to all the pupils who ran, walked, jogged and cycled [...]
Annual School Sports Day 2018
Today we had our annual School Sports Day. It was great to see so many parents and grandparents in attendance. Our Playschool children launched our Sports Day with the Teddy Bear Run. Numerous events took place concurrently, such as the Obstacle Race, Sack race, Sprinting, Javelin Throw, Three legged Race, Relay Racing, Long Races and [...]
Fun Run June 2018
In glorious sunshine, pupils, parents and teachers participated in our annual school 5 km Fun Run / walk / cycle today at 6.30p.m. There was a great buzz of excitement in the air, a fantastic sense of community and lots of fun. Our thanks to our local Gardai who were also of great assistance and ensured [...]