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.
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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.
Padraig Duncan came to school to teach us how to make jam. He gave us yummy soda bread and jam to taste. He talked to us about how lucky we are to live in Clonown as we are surrounded by nature. Padraig also carved two pumpkins with us. We put the pumpkins in the Community […]
We have lots of beech nuts on our school grounds. The pupils above made this lovely sign at breaktime especially for Halloween.
Pupils in the Junior Room walked up to the park beside Clonown Church to have a picnic with their teddy bears. It was a dull morning so luckily we had our vests from RSA to wear while walking. We had great fun playing stuck in the mud, teddy bear style!
We go to the library each month and promoting reading is a huge part of our school culture. One of our 1st Class pupils won a prize as part of the Summer Reading Scheme.
Pupils in the Senior Room took part in the Co. Roscommon Cross Country Running in St. Joseph’s College, Summerhill recently. The children had a great day and they ran very well. Two 3rd class pupils came in the top 20 and one of our 6th class pupils came 2nd. Well done to them and to everyone who took […]
We had brilliant fun on Sports Day. We played playground games, had lots of races, played with the parachute and did an obstacle course. The ice-cream van came as a big treat! We all won medals.