A Message from Mr. John Burns to the Confirmation candidates
Our former Principal, John Burns, wishes to convey his warm congratulations and best wishes to all pupils of Rang VI who will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. He wishes all families a most enjoyable day tomorrow.
View Saturdays Confirmation Ceremony on the Webcam
Wishing the candidates for Confirmation the very best for Saturday 28th August at 11am and 1pm. The great news is the ceremony can be viewed at home from Barefield Church, The Church if the Immaculate Conception”s, newly installed webcam. https://www.doorabarefieldparish.ie/barefield-webcam/
School Summer Raffle
We are delighted to announce details of our Summer 2021 Raffle! 1st Prize: Center Parcs Longford trip to the value of €2000 (comprised of €1000 Center Parcs voucher and €1000 cash) 2nd Prize: €500 cash Ticket sales will be limited to 1000 so be in quick for your chance to win! We [...]
Board of Management Meeting 05/07/21
The Board of Management met recently and had a very productive meeting. The Board would like to wish everyone in Barefield school and the wider community a happy and safe summer holidays.
Graduation 2021
Congratulations to the young women and men who graduated from sixth class today. We had a discrete ceremony in the Halla, where Mr. Ruane, Ms McMahon, Mr. Chambers and Ms Corrigan gave encouraging speeches. The pupils were then presented by Ms. Elaine Corkery, Chairperson of the Board of Management, and [...]
School Tour Junior Infants
Junior Infants had their 'school tour' on Monday. They had a great time. We started off walking up a steep hill where we could see the school! After that they watched different animals on the Dublin Zoo webcam. The children had great fun playing different parachute games in the field. [...]
Local Trip to Ballyalla and Le Chéile Café
Third class enjoyed a fantastic day kayaking on Ballyalla Lake, facilitated by Clare Water Sports. The children experienced kayaking, paddle boarding and diving from the pontoon. After a quick walk around Ballyalla the class then enjoyed some treats at Le Chéile Café. The day was finished off with some time [...]
Junior Infants Fun Day🙂🏃♀️🏃
Junior Infants had great fun in school today. They participated in a fun day for their school tour. They did lots of activities like a walk up Farmer's hill, spotting animals on the webcam in Dublin Zoo, a disco, a mini sport's day, parachute activities, Teddy bears picnic, a short [...]
Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Junior Infants
On Friday Junior Infants put on a performance of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children have been working very hard over the last couple of weeks learning their lines and songs. They did a fantastic job. They all looked great! Mr. Ruane was our audience and he thought the [...]
Junior Infants-Jack and the Beanstalk 🙂
Junior Infants had great fun today. They put on a performance of " Jack and the Beanstalk ". They put in a huge amount of practice, both at home and at school, over the last couple of weeks. Thanks so much to all of the parents for helping their children [...]
Music with Elvie Miller
This morning, as part of the Creative Schools programme, the two first classes were lucky enough to have a music lesson with Elvie Miller. Elvie brought her piano accordian into the classrooms and taught the children some fun and catchy songs including 'Hello', 'What are you Wearing? and 'Hop Little [...]
There is no day like school tour day!
1st & 2nd class had a brilliant school tour to Bunratty on Friday 18th. The folk park was full of fun and exciting things to see and do - from the castle tour, to the Fairy Trail, the playground and the stroll around looking at all the cottages and schoolhouse [...]