Thursday was jackpot day in the advent calendar with two exciting treats…no homework and best of all, Christmas cookie decoration…yum yum!!
Wednesdays advent calendar reveal saw both classes take to the beach for the last clean up of the year. The children collected lots of rubbish and got some fresh air and exercise in the process
The senior room were treated to a creative writing workshop this week with Shane Hegarty, author of the Darkmouth and Boot series of books. The workshop was informative and interesting and we can’t wait to see the children put what they have learned into practise in their essay copies
Today was a very exciting day in our advent calendar with the reveal of the start of our school ukulele lessons. The school has purchased 20 ukuleles under the Creative Schools programme and has enlisted Mark from the Music Generation Programme to run a 6 week programme. We look forward to performing for the parents when we have a few tunes under our belts
The junior room are celebrating the 12 days of Christmas Book-Fest this month. Each day the children choose a book for Miss Kavanagh to read aloud in class. There is always great excitement in the classroom to see what today’s book might be
Today saw a visit from Áine Ní Fhlatharta from the Heritage in Schools Programme. Children from both classrooms investigated how biodiversity friendly our school is and learned how best to garden for nature and pollinators. Thanks to Áine for a fun and informative day!
We welcomed School Fitness Ireland today for some festive fun with Vivienne. We didn’t let the miserable weather dampen our spirits and enjoyed yoga, gymnastics, hurdling and boxercise
The school advent calendar arrived this week. So far we have had extra break time, games afternoon and rice krispie buns courtesy of Harry, Annie, Lily and Miranda….what will next week bring??
The children in the junior room are preparing for Christmas this week with their beautiful Advent wreaths
As children from 3rd to 6th class are now required to wear masks in primary school, please see below as guide for parents and children in how to use face coverings
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