‘Wednesday Walk and Talk’
Today 5th class enjoyed 'Wednesday Walk and Talk'. Everyone paired up with a partner and completed a few laps of the school grounds while having a chat. The class decided on some possible conversation-starters before the walk such as Halloween costumes, favourite books and television programmes. The fresh air, exercise [...]
Halloween Artwork
5th class have enjoyed creating some Halloween themed artwork in recent weeks. Take a look at some of the finished products!
Climate Action Week 2021
This week is Ireland's fifth Climate Action Week (October 11th to 17th). As part of Climate Action Week, the Green Schools Committee constructed a bug hotel so that we can play our part in increasing biodiversity in the area. The Green Schools Committee is calling on all pupils to become [...]
All Bugs are Welcome!
The Green Schools Committee had a very busy afternoon on Friday. Ms. Buckley taught the children how to construct a bug hotel with assistance from Ms. Callinan. The children really enjoyed the lesson and they did an amazing job! Many bee, wasp, ladybird, butterfly and moth species hibernate for the [...]
Safe Routes to School Application
Last March, we submitted an application to express our interest in becoming involved in the Safe Routes to School programme. The aim of this programme is to: improve safety at the school gates. improve access routes to the school. increase the number of pupils who cycle to school. The programme [...]
⭐️ September Assembly ⭐️
We were delighted that the weather was kind to us today as we got to gather in our class groupings on the astro turf to have a chat, some words of welcome and to acknowledge and congratulate our classes and pupils of the month. Mr Ruane’s ‘Principal Prizes’ for [...]
Junior Infants
Here are some photos from our visit to Mr. Ruane's office. We loved sitting in his chair. We said 2 poems for him while we were there. In Maths we have been working on "matching" things that are the same and belong together.
Junior Infants
Junior Infants have had a busy month and are all settling in very well. We were working on some action rhymes and nursery rhymes " Jack and Jill " and "Twinkle Twinkle." We made our own star in Art and sang the song. We practised performing Jack and Jill [...]
Learning through Irish is fun! 🍃 🍁 🍂
Today, in Irish, we read a story in our ‘Léigh sa Bhaile’ reader called ‘Cuimilt Duilleoige’. We read and translated the story about leaf rubbings & produced lovely pictures using Autumn colours. It so easy to do. Nil uait ach duilleog tirim, páipéar bán agus crián. (All you need is [...]
A Visit to Mr. Ruane’s Office
Pupils from Rang I had a very exciting morning this morning. Mr. Ruane invited us to visit his office to learn all about what it is like to be principal of Barefield N.S. First, Mr. Ruane showed us all of the files and folders he uses. Next, Mr. Ruane drew [...]
First Holy Communion 2021
The sun shone brightly today for the girls and boys who received the sacrament of First Holy Communion in The Church of The Immaculate Conception Barefield.
The Ugly Ducking
The children had the opportunity to revisit the story of The Ugly Duckling with Ms Róisín Callinan yesterday. Ms Callinan is on her final placement from Mary Immaculate College. Firstly the children were read the story of The Ugly Duckling. They discussed the different language and explored lots of different [...]