Our Green Schools Committee held a ceremony in the halla today to celebrate Barefield N.S. being awarded our ninth Green Flag for the Global Citizenship: Travel Theme. Senator RóisÃn Garvey was a special guest at the event. After Committee members said a few words, Senator Garvey congratulated our pupils and staff on the wonderful achievement. [...]
This week we are learning all about 3-D shapes and to coincide with World Maths Day on the 23rd we decided to work with real shapes - cubes, cuboids, cylinders and spheres, to build some structures of our own. We had to work as a team and develop some of our engineering skills to build [...]
Monica, our local travel officer came to visit our school this morning. Senior members of our Green Schools Committee conducted a walkability audit and travel survey under her guidance. The children looked at the condition of the footpaths, road signage, accessibility and discussed road safety when walking, scooting or cycling to school. Committee members also [...]
As Forest School draws to a close in our school this year, we reminisce on what was a most wonderful experience for first class pupils. Veronica and Gráinne nurtured a great love and respect for nature and wildlife in the children through projects, art and craft activities and games. Every session was full of smiles, [...]
We have been overwhelmed by the response to the Big Travel Challenge! Here are just some of the parents and pupils who are taking part in the challenge. Thank you to everybody who chose a sustainable mode of transport last week. The Big Travel Challenge will continue this week so we are looking forward to [...]
Our January Assembly took place outside on the astro turf. Each class grouping gathered to say a prayer together and to mark the end of winter and to say hello to spring.🌸🌷🌼 The focus of our assembly was to remember the importance of friendship. As we celebrate ‘Friendship Week’ in our school Mr Ruane reminded the [...]
We had a great day today drawing snowflakes on the yard with chalk. We also made some elves this week and I have to say they were full of mischief in our classroom as our class elf ‘Cookie’ sprinkled them with some magic dust which gave them the power to move around our room  - [...]
We gathered together on Friday to mark the end of school term and to award our Pupils and Classes of the month. The focus of our assembly today was to wish everyone a happy  and healthy Christmas and as a reminder to always be thankful for everything we have. Our Junior and Senior Infants sang [...]
To celebrate National Maths Week the children had to complete a Maths Trail using all their maths skills and teamwork. They were counting, adding and subtracting inside and outside the school. They had great fun.
