Tuesday started off with the students skipping around the yard to accomplish their “A Mile with a smile” challenge. Some students reported an increase of their fitness already so that was a great boost to them. Just as well really as after break Jonathan Davis a qualified fitness instructor set out a rigorous boot camp
The sun shone brightly as we kick started the first active morning with our “walk a mile with a smile”. The 6th class calculated it would take 21 laps all around the perimeter of our school yard to clock up this distance. We partnered a senior room and a junior room student together to complete
We are always committed to healthy eating but this week we thought we would show you our delicious fruit cones with frozen yoghurt.
All the pupils enjoyed a 6 week golf lesson stint with Kenmare Golf club expert Adrian. They loved all the pitching and putting shots and even designed their own golf course in the yard. The Senior room have converted our top yard to a badminton court and here they are playing a doubles match
We had a great turnout for the St. Patrick’s Day parade and everyone had really entered into the spirit of the day. We were lucky that the weather was bright and dry. Pupils and parents took great care with their costumes and the parents had created wonderful banners, based on themes from the Proclamation as
Our pupils really enjoyed Pancake Tuesday!
In keeping with our commitment to information technology education, we have recently purchased four new laptops for our pupils. This has enabled us to add a new subject – coding. This has been enthusiastically taken up by our pupils, as can be seen from the pictures.
Our Proclamation Day today consisted of an introduction by Rev Stephen McCann followed by Tin Whistle Concert, poetry reading, reading of the St Matthias Proclamation and the raising of the flag, while the children sang the National Anthem. Finally Billy Barry read out the names of the 40 children killed in the rising, while the
The students learned about Pulley systems, the effects of force and mass, using hands on manipulatives and experiments. They experimented with Mentos and Coke to see how nucleation works. They learned about closed circuits, then designed and built electrical quiz boxes to review maths facts and some research topics. The structure of a molecule –
On Tuesday, March 8th, our 5th and 6th class students visited Glengariff Nature Reserve to take part in a 5K orienteering challenge. It was a beautiful day and all 3 teams completed the course, scoring very high in the rankings, so well done to all who took part! This was followed by a picnic in
