Fanore National School - News


Christmas Jumper Photoshoot!

December 19th, 2024

The school participated in the LauraLynn Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser. The school raised an incredible €400 for this charity and the children had a photo shoot competition to come up with a creative pose!

The children then got to direct the teachers into their poses!


Mini Genius Hour

December 19th, 2024

Here are some activities the infant group got up to as part of Genius Hour!


Genius Hour

December 11th, 2024

The perfect dish on a cold December day….vegetable soup courtesy of our mini-chefs today


Writer in Schools

December 8th, 2024

We were very lucky to have a visit from Ballyvaughan-based children’s author David Donohue this week to talk to us about his books, characters and how to write interesting and exciting stories


Shape fun

November 27th, 2024

Children in the junior room have been learning about shapes and are enjoying hands on exploration and play!


Colouring Competition Winners

November 22nd, 2024

Well done to our colouring competition winners! Each child received a Folens Annual!


Genius Hour

November 21st, 2024

We have started our second block of Genius Hour activities at school. Genius Hour takes place for one hour each week  with children having the opportunity to engage in a range of fun activities they children have suggested – this terms activities are cooking, sports conditioning, mini genius hour and board games. Here is the cooking group who have so far learned to make scones and pizza toasties…yum yum

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Do you want to build a snowman…

November 21st, 2024

What else would you do on a snowy school day? This magnificent specimen was a whole-school effort today and very handsome he is too!!

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Rosary Beads

November 20th, 2024

The children in the senior room have been learning about the Rosary and have made their own. Aren’t they beautiful

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Science Week

November 15th, 2024

The children have been engaging in lots of activities to celebrate Science Week.

The children in the senior room investigated the effects of different substsances on melting speed of ice.

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They also joined in with the Curious Minds Science Week show

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