Author Archives: Fiona

Pupils had great fun at our Book Swap on Monday. Each child brought in books from home that they had read and were ready to give away, and they swapped them with their friends. What better way to promote reading than to get a lovely ‘new’ book from one of your peers! Thanks a million […]

Last week our topic throughout the whole school was Space. Pupils in the Junior Room integrated English, Geography and Science when they read about the Moon, the Stars and the Planets. They completed writing activities based on what they learned. Pupils in the Senior Room read a story called Space Above Planet Mars about a little […]

Last week, we learned about the Netherlands, Amsterdam in particular. Included in our lessons was the story of Anne Frank. We found this really interesting. We also learned about Van Gogh. We decided to recreate his famous Sunflowers painting during Art. I think you’ll agree we did a brilliant job.

Well done to our 4th class girls who made us very proud yesterday at the Girls Schools Blitz for 4th, 5th and 6th classes in Johnstown. We joined with Ardkeenan and made two teams. We played against Cornafulla, Cloonakilla and Summerhill. It was a brilliant day and a great way to meet girls from other […]

To celebrate Safer Internet Day, 7th February, pupils in the Senior Room enjoyed a lesson on being kind online. We discussed and explored how we should use the internet safely, how to be kind online and what to do when we come across someone who is behaving inappropriately during online activities. We enjoyed this great […]

The pupils in the Junior Room had a lovely time making St. Brigid’s Crosses. Our 4th class pupils really enjoyed helping them. The children in the Senior Room learned the prayer to St. Brigid. They did a great job decorating it and brought it home to find a nice place for it there. They made […]

We had a lovely week celebrating Catholic Schools Week. We followed the daily reflections and prayers and enjoyed using the primary classroom resources during the week (link below). On Wednesday we made cards/postcards for our Grandparents thanking them for all they do for us. On Friday we made St. Brigid’s Crosses. The children did a […]

We are delighted to be back to our music lessons in school after the Christmas holidays. We learn the tin-whistle every week with James Donohue (Junior Room) and Fiona O’Neill (Senior Room). Lisa Quigley teaches the Ukulele in the Junior Room also. We are very proud to be part of Music Generation. Cian Cunniffe comes […]

There was great excitement in our school today with the arrival of the snow! Our pupils had great fun playing outside together.