We had brilliant fun during our egg hunt in school today. Our playground is perfect for hiding and finding eggs! We hope you enjoy our photos. Have a lovely Easter everyone! 🙂
Author Archives: Fiona
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Mar
Mar
We hope you all have a lovely Easter. Enjoy the well-earned break. We had great fun creating these Easter baskets during Art. Didn’t we do a brilliant job? 🙂
25
Mar
Mar
Our pupils enjoyed taking part in the Texaco Art Competition recently. I know you’ll agree, they did a fantastic job.
15
Mar
Mar
We were delighted to welcome back our pupils in the Senior Room today. Our focus for the day was to enjoy each other’s company and we did exactly that. The children were delighted to see one another and we enjoyed a walk around Ballinaculla together to catch up and to enjoy the lovely weather.
08
Mar
Mar
We came back to school on Monday. It is great to see my friends again. We checked the hedgehog bunker and guess what? She was awake after hibernation! We learned about her in the classroom. We learn the mandolin every Tuesday – chords, songs and tunes. We were excited to see Jean for PE again. […]
05
Mar
Mar
The children in the Junior Room were introduced to Hailey the Hedgehog by Mr O’Leochain. They learned lots of interesting facts about her and released Hailey onto our school grounds. Last November the children made a Hedgehog Bunker as part of science week. Mr O’Leochain also showed us a fancy pigeon this week. We gave […]
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Feb
Feb
The children in our school write a report for the Parish Newsletter each month. They love when it is their turn as they really enjoy this activity. A sincere thank you to Rosaleen Fallon for publishing this for us – it’s lovely to read our school news each month. February: This month we were all […]
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Dec
Dec
We are a committed Green School and recently our pupils took part in a poetry competition with An Taisce to celebrate Clean Air Week. They did a terrific job. We really appreciate the lovely, clean air which we have in Clonown 🙂
03
Dec
Dec
In the Senior Room, pupils made an electrical circuit and used it to create their very own lighthouse. We had great fun. The science kits were provided to us free of charge by Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR). We also learned about bridges and the different types of bridges that can be seen all over the […]
03
Dec
Dec
A volunteer from Kildare Animal Foundation Wildlife Unit found a little hedgehog stranded under a cattlegrid near Glasson in September. He was underweight, hungry, cold and wet. During Science week, Ruairi released the now healthy hedgehog on the grounds of Clonown N.S. He said he couldn’t think of a better place for the hedgehog to […]