Welcome to our School Website.
Céad Míle Fáilte go Láithreán Scoil Ghormáin Naofa, Baile an Cáisleáin.
We hope that you enjoy your visit to our site and that you learn about all the activities we are involved in here in Scoil Ghormáin Naofa.
Is mise le meas,
Emer Russell
Principal
After a tense, nail-biting clash with Castlebridge, our boys emerged victorious in their quarter finals match today, Monday 23/10/17. The score was 2:14 to 4:4. Congratulations to our players and thanks to Mick and Mr Breen for the coaching and encouragement!!
We can’t wait for the semi-finals!
Mini 7s Girls; The girls’ mini 7s team was very successful this year. In the first round they won all three games beating Loreto Gorey, Ballyellis and a strong Gaelscoil team. They went on to the second round on Friday 6th October. They came up against a competitive Kilmuckridge side but kept their cool and battled hard to overcome them. The Scoil Ghormáin Naofa girls had all the play in the second half and were so unlucky not to have tallied a higher score. They then went on to play Ballyfad who had beaten Kilmuckridge. Ballyfad had a strong team out especially the mid-field but the Castletown girls didn’t give them much space and were only a few points down at half time. However the home side found it difficult to get scores and the neighours pulled away in the second have to win the game. Well done to Sarah McCabe, Ciara Byrne Kavanagh, Sophia Church, Cáit Gregan, Sophie Ivanoff, Louise Foley, Sofia Higgins, Sofia O’ Connor, Mia O’ Donnell, Julie Ivanoff, Aedin Condren and Usha Daly O’ Toole.
Girls’ Rackard League; The girls have played three football matches in the Rackard League competition to date and have also had some great training sessions after school. With all three schools on board, we have a great panel of girls and lots of talent to choose from. While we were unfortunate to lose our first two games against Craanford and Kilmuckridge, we showed great teamwork and skill.
Boys’ Mini 7s and Rackard League.
The Boys have been extremely busy from the very beginning of the year with both Rackard League and Mini 7s. The teams are very well represented and are performing excellently on the field of play. We are in the thick of things in Rackard league with just one group game left to play against Ferns. To date, we have played Bunclody, Kilmuckridge and Kilanerin where the boys came out on top with three hard fought wins while having just one narrow defeat to St. Joseph’s CBS. A win over Ferns will place us in the A semi-finals which would be a great achievement for the team. The Mini 7s side are certainly representing the school with pride and have qualified for the semi-finals in Monamolin where we will take on Monamolin and Gaelscoil Inis Córthaidh to battle it out for the final. The last day out the boys had three very tough games against Kilanerin, Ballyellis and Monaseed, however the back line held strong and we came away with three wins. Best of luck to both teams in the rest of their games. Also a huge thank you to Michael Kavanagh for helping out with the teams and to the parents for their great support and for providing transport to the games. Thanks to Carmel for her coordination of all the logistics! It’s very much appreciated.
‘BRING YOUR SCOOTER TO SCHOOL’ DAY!
Vroom vroom! Friday 20th October was Bring your scooter to school day! Ms D’Arcy organised this as part of activities for our Active School Flag. What fun was had!! We think we would like to do it more often!!
Positive Mental Health Week 2017
This week was Mental Health Awareness Week and we continued our sessions of mindfulness in class. We regularly talk about the importance of practising positive mental health strategies. Our teachers will be upskilling in mindfulness training in the coming weeks.
As part of the week’s activities, 5th and 6th class took part in The Big Sing, run by Arklow HSE. The emphasis was on the part that music plays in positive mental health. We sang Believe in Yourself and Ms Russell and Ms Byrne were so proud of us! We had fun dancing to Firework at the end before we watched doves being released outside.
MATHS WEEK 2017
Despite the interference of Hurricane Ophelia, Maths Week 2017 was a great success! Each class took part in Maths problem of the day and some students won prizes for their efforts. Ms. Whittle ran a Maths Eyes competition which resulted in some very creative entries! During the school closure (Hurricane Ophelia), children were invited to enter a 2-d shapes art competition and Ellie Byrne from Junior Infants was the worthy winner. Ms. Kinsella ran a Maths trail which saw our students out and about investigating numeracy in the school environs. We overheard some wonderful mathematical language during the Maths Trail!
Update: As per department directive, school will remain closed tomorrow, Tuesday 16th October. Thank you.
Hurricane Ophelia: Owing to extension of status red to include Co. Wexford, we will remain closed tomorrow, Monday 15th October . Stay safe everyone!
Ms. Whittle and Ms. Kinsella have worked really hard to coordinate an exciting programme of events for this year’s Maths Week.
Our students are really excited about the Maths Eyes competition! They will capture photographs of numeracy in their environment. Perhaps it’s a pizza divided into sixths, the temperature on a thermometer or a half eaten bar of chocolate! We can’t wait to see what creativity is produced through this project. There will be prizes for the winners.
Each day there will be problem solving challenges for each class and children will engage in maths through linkage with other subjects.
Here at Scoil Ghormáin Naofa, we regularly practise mindfulness in class so we are well equipped in terms of practising positive mental health strategies. As part of Mental Health Week, we will be participating in The Big Sing in Glenart College, Arklow. This initiative aims to promote positive mental health through the medium of song. Our 5th and 6th class will be performing ‘Believe in Yourself’, an anthem that is especially appropriate for the event. Miss Byrne has worked hard preparing students for their performance and we are very grateful.
We talked about this image in assembly – we think it is really powerful and certainly gives us something to think about!
6th class enjoyed a trip to Gorey library today where they had a Q&A session with author Caroline Kelly. Ms. Byrne told us that the children were so enthused that they have decided to run a bake sale to raise funds towards the purchase of Caroline’s new novel. We love this entrepreneurial spirit!! The bake sale will take place on Thursday 26th October. 
