Author Archives: Clonown NS

We were very privileged when Bishop Kevin Doran visited our school. He met all the children, the teachers and some parents. He spoke to us about the Holy Spirit and preparing for our sacraments. The pupils sang a hymn for the Bishop and played a polka on the tin whistle for him too. One of our […]

Pupils in the Senior room are doing the Junior Entrepreneur programme at the moment. This innovative programme opens the minds of primary school pupils to the joy of entrepreneurship at a time in their lives when they are full of imagination and open to new possibilities. The programme helps participating pupils to develop a number […]

Pupils in the Senior Room visited Ericsson as part of our Discover Primary Science Project. We learned about Ericsson and what this company does. We learned about the role of the engineer and we met software engineers; they told us about their jobs in Ericsson. The engineers highlighted the importance of Mathematics in Primary School  […]

We have a Christmas Nativity Show every year. Everyone takes part from Junior Infants to 6th Class. We sing songs also which really adds to our show. All the parents and many neighbours came. We asked everyone for a small donation and we managed to raise €132.07 for the Midland Simon Community. We were thrilled […]

We go to the library every month. This month was very special. We were invited to the library for storytime, The Polar Express, read to us by the Snow Queen. The snow, glitter, lights and Christmas Trees were really nice. It was the perfect end to this school term. Thank you to all at Athlone […]

Pupils in the Junior Room are painting a Christmas house each morning in school. They are doing a fantastic job. Look at all the lovely colours they have used to paint the roof.  

Pupils in the Junior Room went to see The Three Little Pigs Night Before Christmas in the Dean Crowe Theatre. We loved the show. The wolf was very nice in the end!

Teachers have completed training in Aistear recently. We have introduced the programme (learning through play) into our school. This month’s theme was Food and we set up a restaurant in our classroom. Pupils enjoyed looking at recipes, reading menus, cooking, taking orders and sampling delicious ‘food’! We can already see the huge scope for learning […]

All pupils in our school enjoyed an hour bowling as part of the School’s Tenpin Bowling Week in the Planet (Athlone Leisure World). Sponsored by Media Scene Technology schools got the opportunity to bowl free of charge from Monday 10th to Friday 14th November. We had a brilliant morning.