Author Archives: Emer Russell

We have updated our Child Protection section of the website to include a link that parents may find useful in the area of online safety. Webwise is a wonderful resource and I’m sure that parents will find it most useful. It is under the Publications tab, then click policies, then Child Protection.

Here is an insight to the wonderful world of Aistear. Aistear promotes the importance of learning through play. Junior and Senior infants have this week been engrossed in the theme of farming. We had wonderful donations of astro turf and farming apparel from our parents – thank you! Donal O’Shaughnessy (pictured below) gave a super talk about farming which really engaged the little learners. Well done Donal, it’s great to see peer tutoring in action! The pictures above show the socio-dramatic area (pretend play!), the construction area, small world area and junk art. The thematic approach has proven to be very successful. Thank you to Ms Whittle for the pictures … Continue reading →

Standardised testing: Later this month, we will carry out standardised testing. If you would like to know more about what this means for your child, here is a link. Thanks, Emer https://www.ncca.ie/media/1424/standardised_testing_sten.pdf

Many thanks to Graeme and Robyn’s dad Shane and his colleague Amy of Sprint College who gave of their time to do a healthy eating workshop with each class today! The children enjoyed a crunchy fresh apple whilst they learned about the food pyramid! The level of questioning was great from the children and Shane and Amy had put together a really interesting presentation for each level! We are so lucky to have such interested parents among us. Just another example of our wonderful relationship with parents. Thanks to Ms D’Arcy who coordinated this experience as part of our Active School work.

Congratulations to our boys’ Mini 7s hurlign team who have progressed to the semi final having won all three of their matches today. Well done boys! Thanks to the opposition for three great games. We are very grateful to Mr Breen, Michael and Carmel for all their coaching, support and encouragement. Our girls’ game had to be called off today due to weather conditions but we are hopeful that they will get to play next week!! Bring on the next round!

Today we finished working on our Moo – The Party Animal! 5th class had so much fun bringing this project to life! Our creation will be on display in Bridgewater Shopping Centre soon and we need your votes!!

What a week we have had! It started on Sunday, where Ms D’Arcy’s speech and drama students excelled in the duologue and monologue competitions. Sofia Church came first in her monologue competition. Louise Foley and Síofra Higgins were placed very highly commended. Well done to all! On Tuesday, Ms. Russell’s 5th class were awarded second place and 90 marks for their rendition of Macavity the Mystery Cat in the Choral Verse competition. On Wednesday, Mr. Breen’s class,supported by Ms. D’Arcy, won their Action Poem competition – they brought the house down with their entertaining performance. Ms. Byrne’s 6th class came second in their competition having put on an amazing performance … Continue reading →

Greenschool Award It is with great pride and excitement that we can announce that we have got our 5th Green flag!!!!  Yes we have our Biodiversity flag!!  Well done to all involved, especially the committee.  Our garden is flourishing and we have a lot of pictures to take of it during the coming months to prove ourselves to An Taisce.  We also have to keep sending in lots of evidence that we are doing all we have promised to do, so our trip to the beach will have to be documented well.  We will undertake this big adventure in June as the weather is not on our side. We will … Continue reading →

There was great fun in school today as our second term drew to a close! The Easter bunny is great friends with our Parents’ Association and together they delivered special treats to all our students!! We remember the true meaning of Easter as we enter into Holy Week. Thanks to Ms. Byrne for this display. We wish everyone a happy and holy Easter.

Our Mini 7s Camogie and Hurling campaign got off to a flying start on Tuesday when our girls team emerged victorious, followed by our boys team on Thursday. Both teams played an excellent Kilanerin side and they thank the teams for a great game. I would like to thank Ms. D’Arcy, Mr. Breen, Ms. Murphy, Carmel and Michael for all their dedication and support. We look forward to the next games after Easter!