Author Archives: Fiona

We made St. Brigid’s Crosses during Catholic Schools Week. The older children helped the younger pupils to make a cross and everyone was happy bringing one home. We made them out of pipe cleaners as we found it difficult to find rushes in our area this year. The crosses looked very colourful and we really […]

We are taking part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme 2019. Alan Mc Caul, from the Shamrock Lodge Hotel, visited our school to talk to the children about owning a business and to advise them about their own business idea. He gave them great tips and ideas. The children really enjoyed his visit.

Pupils love art in our school and it is an important part of our week. The children enjoy taking part in various competitions. Recently we took part in a Design-a-Christmas Card competition at Athlone Library. All the entries were displayed in the library and pupils loved seeing their own designs hanging up. Three of our […]

We hold a Christmas Show in our Community Centre every year as part of our Drama curriculum. Everyone takes part and gets a line (or lines) in our concert. Pupils sing, dance and have brilliant fun. Our parents, friends and families come to see us perform. This is fantastic for the confidence of pupils in […]

We love science in our school. For Science week Cell Explorers from Athlone Institute of Technology came to our school to carry out a workshop with the children. We had great fun. Firstly, we learned about DNA. Then we did a hands-on experiment in groups with a leader from the AIT. In this, we extracted […]

Every year we take part in the cross-country running competition. This year it was at Kiltoom GAA pitch. The event was very well organised and we had a great day. One of our pupils got through to the Connaught competition and came in the top 30 runners there. We are extremely proud of all our […]

We go to the library every month and all our pupils are avid readers. We follow the Accelerated Reading programme in school which has been a great success. The pupils read a book and then they answer questions on it on the computer. They really enjoy doing this and love stocking up on new books […]

Fin comes to our school twice a year for a pottery workshop. The children absolutely love his visits; they are fun, interactive and everyone gets to participate at their own level. This time the children made their own boxes out of clay. They designed the boxes themselves, everyone came up with great ideas and unique […]

  We take part in Cumann na mBunscol with our boys and girls Gaelic football teams. We were delighted to host the blitz this year here in Clonown on our new Sports Field. Five other schools took part in the blitz with us. Our girls team got through to the next round. Well done girls! […]