Santa must be on his way!
Spotted over Barefield National School on Tuesday morning was one of Santas reindeers. Also we were lucky enough to see one of Santa’s signs, X marks the spot. These signs tells us Santa is definitely on his way…..
Choir Competition
Our choir are finalists in the Audiology Medical Services Online Christmas Carol Competition!! We are one of 11 finalists and our entry is now open to a public vote! The school with the most votes wins, so get voting! Here is the link needed to cast your vote: https://bit.ly/31Ba7Fe Please [...]
Merry Christmas (Junior Infants) 🎅 🎄
Junior Infants are very excited about Christmas and are counting down the days! We have been learning lots of songs and rhymes like "Where is Santa? 5 little snowmen, Jingle Bells, We wish you a merry Christmas..." We made Gingerbread Men during art. We hope you like them. A few [...]
Community Games Swimming
Congratulations to the pupils of our school, Leah, Ingrid and James who took part in the Community Games All-Ireland finals today in the University of Limerick.
Science Week Scribble Bots
After some experimentation with simple circuits, series circuits and parallel circuits the children had fun assembling their very own Scribble Bots. By making a circuit involving a motor which spun a weight, vibrations were transferred to the body (and coloured markers) of the Scribble Bot. Many different patterns and designs [...]
‘Tree-mendous’ Fun
We are very lucky to have so many beautiful trees right on our doorstep in Barefield N.S. During the week, 5th class set about the task of identifying all of these trees. On the path just outside our school we identified birch, maple, elder and ash trees. Further down the [...]
Junior Infants- Dress Up Day
Here are some pictures of Junior Infants on our "dress up day" before Halloween.
Junior Infants
Junior Infants have been very busy. We have started Aistear and our theme is The Doctor. We have had great fun in the different stations- Home Corner, Construction, Scissors and playdoh, Small World and Art. In History we read the story of the Three Little Pigs and sequenced it. In [...]
Junior Infants – Science Week
Junior Infants were learning about electricity for Science week. We went on an electricity hunt around the school to find things that use electricity. We found lots of things like the photocopier, microwave, fridge, kettle, toaster, water boiler and lights. We also planted Spring flowers- daffodils, hyacinth, snowdrops and tulips. [...]
A moment of ‘Science’ please!
What a great science Week. We had so much fun. We had a magnetic science trail around the school, we tested and investigated magnets and even got to see the magnetic field of a magnet using iron filings. We made a maths game called ‘Go Fish’ using magnets - one [...]
Senior Infants Planting.
Senior Infants have been very busy planting seeds and growing cress. They have been learning all about what seeds need to grow. They even made some clay pots to grow more plants from seeds at home! Well done Senior Infants!
New Infant Resources.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to our Summer Raffle. All of the profits raised has been used to buy new play based resources for our four infant classrooms. Many thanks again!