Our School tour to Bunratty
We travelled to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park on our school tour yesterday. First we visited the castle. We then visited the old houses and learnt about Life in Ireland long ago. The children loved seeing the artefacts We met Dr Mary who gave us all a little bit of [...]
Junior Infants Sports Day🙂🏃🏃♀️
Junior Infants had great fun on their first Sports Day🙂. There was great excitement as they lined up for their sprint, sack race, long race, 3 legged race, relays, obstacle course, crawling race and welly throw. They were delighted with their medals and wore them proudly going home at 2 [...]
School Tour to Bunratty
Today pupils from Rang I and Rang II went on their school tour to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. First the children explored the castle, including The Main Guard, the Earl's Bedroom and the Great Hall where the Earl gave his judgements while sitting in his Chair of Estate. They [...]
Rang III & IV Sports Day
Sports Day 2021 was a huge success and was thoroughly enjoyed by all the boys and girls!
The sun came out for some ‘Sports Day’ fun 🤩
Our annual sports day took place on Friday 11th and it was just fantastic. Along with the great weather we all had fun. The children ran sprints, relays and even threw some wellies😀 They all participated and enjoyed a well earned Mr Freeze & party bag from the Parents Association. [...]
World Ocean Day 2021
Tomorrow is World Ocean Day 2021. We are asking all of the pupils to think blue and identify ways we can protect our ocean. Did you know that every second breath we take comes from the ocean? The sea and its inhabitants provide food, shelter and livelihood for people all [...]
The John Burns Debating League Final
The Final of the 6th class debating league was held in the school today. Both teams debated the motion ‘Primary School Children should not have a mobile phone.’ Both teams were of a very high standard and the opposing team emerged victorious. Mr. John Burns got a big surprise when [...]
A Gift for John Burns
The Parents Association and the Board of Management presented a gift to John today. This special gift was an art piece commissioned by the renowned artist Carmel Madigan. Carmel created a beautiful piece with many references to the wonderful contribution John has made to the school over the years that [...]
Footage of the Drive by Sunday 23rd of May 2021
https://youtu.be/meeKtKAYY-Q Many thanks to Cormac O Sullivan for the filming the occasion.
‘Ode to Mr Burns’
IMG_3548 We were so delighted when Mr Burns came to visit us today in our classroom. We were so thankful for all the treats too. 🍬 We also had a surprise treat for him - a performance of a poem we wrote in honour of him called ‘Ode to Mr [...]
Making Memories for Mr Burns
Parents, grandparents, staff and friends of Barefield National School turned out in their hundreds to bid a fond farewell and best of luck to Mr John Burns who retires on Friday 28th May 2021. Cars were decorated with messages of good luck and thank you while they drove passed the [...]
National Walk to School Week 2021 (May 24th-28th)
We hope that the sun will be shining next week for National Walk to School Week 2021! The response to our Scoot to School Week in March was amazing! Where possible, we are asking you to walk, scoot or cycle to school again next week. Participating in Walk to School [...]