Posts Written By: Mike Quealy

Native Irish Songbirds

Native Irish Songbirds
The children from bernie's/Ellen's and Paula's class had a visit from wildlife and conservation expert Geoff Hunt last week. They learned all about our native songbirds, from the common to the not so common. They…

Junior infant stations

Junior infant stations
Bernie's junior infants have been busy doing all sorts of nice activities during station time as part of the "Aistear programme" Examples of stations include; reading, writing, colouring, pretend play and construction. It is hands…

Green Schools Poster Competition

Green Schools Poster Competition
Well done to all our students who took part in the Green Schools poster competition. The theme of the competition was water conservation. Our winning entries will now be sent onto the national competition. Well…

Credit Union Table Quiz

Credit Union Table Quiz
Two teams made up of students from fourth, fifth and sixth classes represented the school at the Credit Union Quiz. Both teams did very well and did themselves and the school proud. A big thank…

Anti-Bullying Posters

Anti-Bullying Posters
Well done to all the children who made lovely colourful Anti-Bullying posters that are on display on the windows of the school. These posters have an important message for everybody. Bullying is never acceptable and…

Gingerbread Man Treasure Hunt: January 2016

Gingerbread Man Treasure Hunt: January 2016
Paula's class along with Peter and James had great fun doing their Gingerbread man treasure hunt. The children had to use their reading, communication and problem solving skills to find the clues all around the…

Paula’s Post-office!

Paula’s Post-office!
As part of our post office theme, we each wrote a card to Clodagh ( our teaching practice student), put the address on an envelope and designed our own stamps. We even did our own…

Simon Food Appeal

Simon  Food Appeal
Second class want to thank everybody for their generosity towards the food collection for Simon. They collected a lot of food that will help those in need this Christmas. Molly Walsh's mother Jenny who works…

Second Class: Eddie The Penguin

Second Class: Eddie The Penguin
Clair's second class were very busy last week. They had been practicising for a number of weeks and finally were ready to perform their class play " Eddie the penguin Saves the world" They held…