It was very cold this week and we even got some snow! The ground was very hard and we knew that the poor birds must be very hungry. We brought in stale bread and scones and left them out on the wall for them. We watched from inside our classroom as many different types of […]
We are working towards our 13th Green Flag. Our theme this time is Global Citizenship – Food and Biodiversity. At the moment we are learning about where our food comes from and our theme is ‘From Farm to Fork’. We are learning about the journey that our food makes from the farm to our plate. […]
We didn’t let the damp day discourage us and we went on a School Walk around Clonown to celebrate Clean Air Week. We enjoyed the chat, the exercise and the lovely clean air. đ
We completed lots of fun activities during Science Week. MicheĂĄl Coughlan came on Thursday for a Biodiversity and Biology workshop with all pupils in our school. This workshop was funded by Roscommon County Council. Pupils in the Senior Room carried out a Scientific Survey to investigate whether taller people have larger feet. We predicted, measured, […]
A sincere thank you to Owen Murphy from National Parks and Wildlife Service who came to our school on Friday. He did a fabulous workshop with all our pupils on the birds of Lough Ree and the Shannon Callows. This included Owen showing the children lovely photos of birds which he took around Athlone. Our […]
On Friday we celebrated Culture Night during the day in school! Laureate na nĂg Ăine NĂ Ghlinn and the Arts Council produced a fun and interactive online event especially for primary schools. Ag BuzzĂĄil leis an Laureate was a bilingual poetry and drawing workshop presented by Laureate na nĂg Ăine NĂ Ghlinn with special guest […]
We are all settled back to school and very happy to see our friends again. We are delighted to welcome our four new pupils to our school. We are a committed Green School and every Wednesday we walk to and from school together. It is brilliant fun and we enjoy one another’s company on the […]
We were awarded our 12th Green Flag from An Taisce recently. As a committed Green School, the staff and pupils worked hard on their recent project, Global Citizenship – Travel. We celebrated our award with a trip on the Viking Boat. What better way to spend an afternoon together đ
This week we focused on how to use our back brakes properly. We also learned about hand signals which are really important. The rain didn’t dampen our spirits and we really enjoyed today’s class. We are looking forward to next week.
Our teacher did a science course over the last 7 months with Curam at NUI Galway. As a result Curam gave our whole school a free trip to Galway Aquarium which included a guided tour of the aquarium in groups with Maria and a science workshop with Sarah from Curam. We had a brilliant day. […]