We had a great day today celebrating World Book Day. We held our annual book swap in both classrooms. The children brought in books that they had read and swapped them with their peers. Receiving a book recommendation from our friends is often the best way to encourage us to read more! 🙂 Pupils in […]
Author Archives: Fiona
04
Mar
Mar
We wish all our pupils the best of luck as they prepare for Science Blast in the RDS on Wednesday. Our pupils continue to practise presenting our project on hedgerows (and their importance for biodiversity) to one another in school. They are very well prepared and we hope they have a great day. This is […]
01
Mar
Mar
We are taking part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. As part of this we invited Padraig Hegarty from the Viking Riverfest to come to our school to speak to the children. They loved hearing all about this festival which will take place in Athlone during the August Bank Holiday weekend. The children had the opportunity […]
29
Feb
Feb
Our pupils had a great time at the Chess Tournament in Ballinamere N.S. It was a brilliant experience for them. Thanks sincerely to the staff and pupils from all the other schools for a lovely day and to Ballinamere N.S. in particular for their hospitality. Photos below show our pupils practising before the tournament started. […]
27
Feb
Feb
We are putting the finishing touches to our Water for Peace posters this week. We really enjoyed doing them and the lessons that went beforehand.
23
Feb
Feb
Well done to all our 4th – 6th Class boys and girls who took part in the FAI 5 aside blitz today in Lecarrow. Both teams played brilliantly and reached the semi-finals; a great achievement. We hope the children had a lovely day out. Thanks to Brendan for all his help and support with our […]
02
Feb
Feb
We had a great time making St. Brigid’s Crosses today. 5th and 6th Class loved working with pupils in the Junior Room and helped them to make their crosses out of pipe-cleaners. Pupils in the Senior Room made their crosses using rushes. Thanks sincerely to Conor and Sean who collected the rushes for us. Have […]
01
Feb
Feb
Jim Mulkerrin, Chairperson of Feile na Sionainne, came to our school today to present us with a certificate for taking part in the festival last August. We played a few tunes for him and we were delighted when he joined in on his banjo. We are really looking forward to taking part in Feile na […]
30
Jan
Jan
There’s a new restaurant at Clonown NS shelter. It’s open each day at break-times. Cash/leaves only as payment! 🙂
26
Jan
Jan
We were busy planting today throughout the whole school. We planted carrots, peas, lettuce, mint, daffodils and crocuses. 5th and 6th Class pupils took the lead and helped pupils in the Junior Room with their pots. They had lots of fun with them. Most of our pots will stay inside on our windowsills until the […]