Author Archives: Emer Russell

Many thanks to Eoin and all at @GoreyRFC for a great blitz yesterday. It was run really well and our 5th and 6th class pupils had a super time! @ActiveFlag

An important message regarding sacraments:The dates for sacraments this year are as follows: First Confession (current 2nd class) – will take place the week beginning 28th March – time to be confirmed (may be after lunch or in the evening)First Holy Communion (current 2nd class) : Sunday 22nd May at 11 amConfirmation (5th and 6th class) – Friday 1st April at 11.30 am * subject to final word of Bishop.Thank you

Well done to our playground leaders who are taking on their new role as part of our Active Flag status. They will lead playtime activities and we are very proud of them! We look forward to seeing more skipping, playing structured games and using more equipment for play time. We hope that this will both improve fitness and enhance friendships on yard. See pictures of Elena and Bart looking great in role!

1st and 2nd class are learning about toys and games from the past and having great fun! Who needs screens?!

We are excited to kick off #FriendshipFebruary tomorrow in association with Special Olympics Ireland. Here Anna and Aodán are displaying our quote of the week – Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud!

Thanks to Nathaniel for this fabulous speaker that he won in an Active School competition, we will be having music on yards every few Fridays! Keep moving!Thanks Ms. D’arcy for organising and for the great set list! Click the link to view!

Our Active Committee interviewing junior and senior infants with the Active Flag questionnaire. It is lovely to see interaction between older and younger pupils and we hope to be able to do it indoors with buddy reading etc. once restrictions lift!

We are delighted with our new purchases of laptops to be used in station teaching. Along with our new interactive whiteboards, we bought these with our most recent ICT grant. The laptops can be used differently from our ipads as they have keyboards and so our students will be enabled to learn some elementary typing skills and basic use of Word etc. We think this is a great addition to our Digital Framework plan. Here Ms. ní Shúilleabháin’s students are using a programme called Typing Club and they love it!

We were delighted to welcome Irish Heritage in Schools expert Sarah Myers to talk to the children about Mythology. She told magical tales and the children explored her wonderfully theatrical masks! The children then got to decorate their own masks. They were all so engaged! Thank you Sarah and well done everyone!

I have collated the updated restriction situations for your ease. They are also available under the Covid tab on the website.