Author Archives: Lisa Dempsey

Welcome back to Scoil Ghormáin Naofa for our final term! This will be an exciting term with lots to look forward to. There are the Sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation that will be big events for the boys and girls and families of 2nd, 5th and 6th class. 6th class will begin their very last term of primary school and be prepared to make the transition to the next stage in their education. Junior infants will complete their first ever year at ‘big’ school. There will be the Sports day , school tours, Active Week, Rackard league, and much much more! So dust off those lunch boxes and schools bag … Continue reading →

Scoil Ghormáin Naofa has registered for the Eason’s Spelling Bee competition for the first time. This sees students from 5th and 6th class volunteer to take part in an In-school Spelling Bee competition. Our In-school Spelling Bee competition took place yesterday, Tuesday 24th March. Well done to David Byrne who was crowned our In-school Spelling Bee Champion 2015. David will proceed to represent Scoil Ghormáin Naofa at County level at Loreto School in Gorey  in April. For more information on the Eason’s Spelling Bee go to http://www.easonedition.com/category/spelling-bee/ Well done to all the brave boys and girls who volunteered to participate this year.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation, or First Confession, as it is better known took place for 2nd class children on Friday evening in St. Patrick’s Church Castletown. This was another important milestone for these children on their journey towards making their First Holy Communion. Well done to Ms. Byrne and all the 2nd class for their lovely presentation of the story ‘The Good Shephard’ . Also well done to the all the children from the rest of our school community who sang beautifully for the occasion.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone for their support of our Book Fair. We had total sales of  €1956.62 and  as the school receives 60% commission on total sales we now have €1173.97 to spend on new and exciting books for our classrooms. This is a fantastic achievement and a testament to the support and dedication of the Castletown community towards our school. Here are some pictures of 3rd and 4th class engaging with our new ‘Connectors’ courtesy of the Book Fair.

Ms. D’arcy’s 5th and 6th class put on a very entertaining drama for us on Saturday at the Arklow Feis. Their play ‘Robin Hood’ was full of action, colour and song and they were a credit to both themselves and their teacher. It was evident from the laughter of the  audience that they enjoyed it immensely.  Well done to Gearóid Condron and Jamie Kavanagh who were both highly commended for their individual roles as Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham respectively. This was a great experience for everyone involved and I have no doubt that we will see some of these talented actors and actresses on the stage in the years to … Continue reading →

Ms. Byrne’s 1st and 2nd class have been very busy practicing for their performance in the Arklow Feis over the past few weeks. Their funny poem ‘Her First Flight’  told the story of a child going on holidays to Tenerife, questioning their Daddy about everything around them. All their hard work paid off today as they took 1st prize in their Action Poem category  in the Arklow Bay Hotel and brought the cup back to  Scoil Ghormáin Naofa Castletown. Well done to all involved!

Our Book Fair is all set and ready to go! Don’t forget to come in and visit us during the week and grab some great bargains. Remember that every book we sell will earn us commission to purchase books for our school.  We are open from 1.30 – 3pm Monday 2nd  to Thursday 5th March. Looking forward to seeing you there! 🙂

We will celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 5th  March. To coincide with this we will host a Scholastic Book Fair  in the school library next week. Each child in the school will receive a voucher to the value €1.50 to contribute towards the price of a book. The commission from sales at the fair will allow us to buy books for the classroom and library so every book you buy helps us to get new books for the school. There will be hundreds of exciting books to choose from. Please come into the school when the fair is open and browse the full selection. Book Fair opening times are as … Continue reading →

Well done to Jack O’Gorman who won our Active School Flag Poster Competition. Jack won a prize of  football gloves for his slogan: ‘Being Active is Cool. Especially in School’. There was tough competition for the prize but Jack’s catchy slogan encapsulated all that our Active School represents. Well done Jack! Also well done to Courtney, Eimear, Megan and Kyle who won our runner-up prizes 🙂