Monthly Archives: October 2017

Oh what a night! It was fantastic to see so many turn out for the annual Hallowe’en disco in The Golden Anchor. There was an amazing array of colour and costume! Music was provided by DJ Donal and the dancefloor was full for the whole evening – this will be recorded for our Active School Flag! Lots of prizes were won and the Parent’s Association were run off their feet serving food! Many thanks to all involved including Parents’ Association members, DJ Donal and all at The Golden Anchor! The children had a blast and the school is most grateful for the fundraising. 

Happy Hallowe’en from all at Scoil Ghormáin Naofa, Castletown! We talked at assembly today about Hallowe’en safety. Candles and long capes are a dangerous combination so please stay alert! If you use sparklers, make sure that there is an adult supervising! Have fun everyone!!  

1st and 2nd class enjoyed their second library adventure of the week with a viewing of the Bumbleance – how interesting! They have learned lots about the services available at Gorey library and were delighted to borrow some books!

Despite the inclement weather, our resilient students played on and each team won 2 out of their 3 matches. Many thanks to Michael Bolger and Gorey RFC for coordinating this morning’s event!  

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

  ‘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!