The boys and girls in Mr. Gibbons’ room have been busy developing and perfecting their writing skills through a range of exciting activities! 📝 Stories Full of Adventure 🎣 The pupils created wonderful stories titled ‘The Accident’. This week, they also completed ‘A Fishing Incident’, putting their imaginations to work and practising descriptive language to bring their stories to life. ❄️ Exploring the Polar Regions 🌍 Our young writers completed projects on the Polar Region

Mr. Gibbons’ class have been exploring wind energy, discussing its advantages and disadvantages and learning how wind can be used to generate electricity. The pupils then got stuck into a practical challenge: designing and creating their own model wind turbines! It was a great opportunity to combine science, creativity and problem-solving. Well done to our budding engineers! 👏🔧

Have a look at Ms. Gallagher’s infants enjoying their Bord Dúlra — nature table! The children have been wonderfully engaged as they explore the sights and treasures of autumn. They have also created some amazing autumn birds. Well done to all our little nature enthusiasts and artists! 🌳🎨

Ms. Gallagher’s class have been busy celebrating Space Week with some wonderful creative work! Have a look at their fantastic astronaut artwork. Our young artists have enjoyed bringing a little space adventure into their classroom! 🚀🎨

Ms. Mulhern’s class have been busy with practical investigations for Space Week! The pupils explored how helicopters work and examined rollerblades, investigating the effects of gravity and air resistance. They even explored how the Mars Rover robot works! 🪐🤖

It’s beginning to get a little spooky around the school! Have a look at the terrifying bat artwork created by the boys and girls in Mr. Gibbons’ room. The pupils used oil pastels to bring their spooky scenes to life. These wonderful creations are certainly getting us in the mood for Halloween! 👻🎨

Sa rang Gaeilge, scríobhamar scéalta bunaithe ar ‘Lá ag Iascaireacht’. Bhíomar ag scríobh scéalta Béarla bunaithe ar an topaic chéanna freisin! Rinneamar dráma beag faoin eachtra iascaireachta agus bhaineamar an-sult as na róil a ghlacadh agus Gaeilge a labhairt le chéile. Féach ar ár bhfíseán anseo agus ar ár scéalta! 👏📚

Mr. Gibbons’ class have been taking their learning outdoors, examining the wonderful variety of trees on our school grounds. We are lucky to have oak, sycamore, beech, spruce, hawthorn and even an apple tree! The pupils then completed tree projects, bringing together their observations and what they had learned. Well done to our young nature explorers! 🍂🔎

Ms. Gallagher’s beautiful autumn trees have brightened up our hallways! The boys and girls cleverly used their fingerprints to create leaves in lovely autumn colours. Each tree is a little different, making the display even more special. Well done to all the children for their wonderful work! 🎨👏

Ms. Mulhern’s room has been busy creating wonderful autumn trees using blow painting! The children have cleverly added fingerprints to create colourful autumn leaves and bring their pictures to life. Brian Bilston’s poem “Fall” adds the perfect finishing touch to this lovely autumn display. Well done to all our creative artists! 🍁👏

The boys and girls in Ms. Gallagher’s room have been putting their senses to work on their autumn walks! They have been exploring through sight, smell, touch and hearing — and may even get to taste some blackberries! 🫐 They also examined our school garden, which was in full bloom during September. So much to discover right on our doorstep! 🌼😊

Ms. Murray’s class have been doing wonderful work on phonics! Their fun, “hair-raising” activities certainly got the boys and girls thinking as they explored letters and sounds. 😊 It is lovely to see such enthusiasm for learning. Well done to everyone for their hard work! 👏📚

Look at the wonderful leaf prints created by Ms. Murray’s class! The colourful prints stand out beautifully against the black backgrounds, showing off the shapes and patterns of the leaves. The boys and girls have turned a little piece of autumn into a lovely collection of artwork. Well done to our young artists! 👏😊

Ms. Murray’s class have been busy completing their Daily Mile, with an exciting destination in mind — Paris! They are adding their distances together and working as a team to cover the distance to the French capital. Every mile brings them a little closer. Vive la classe de Ms. Murray! 👏

Féach ar ár mbord Gaeilge! Tá ainmneacha na gcrann atá timpeall na scoile ar taispeáint as Gaeilge agus as Béarla. 🌳 Tá an fómhar linn anois agus táimid ag lorg cnónna agus duilleoga ó na crainn éagsúla. Táimid ag foghlaim faoin dúlra agus ag úsáid ár gcuid Gaeilge ag an am céanna. Maith sibh, a pháistí! 🍂👏

The boys and girls in Mr. Gibbons’ room have been busy creating beautiful owl artwork using autumn leaves gathered outside. The different shapes and colours of the leaves have helped bring each owl to life! A lovely way to combine creativity with the natural materials around our school. Well done, everyone! 🎨👏

We were delighted to welcome Pat Forde from Stop the Bully to our school this week. Pat works with schools and children to build confidence, develop friendship skills and help tackle bullying. He spoke to the boys and girls about building friendships in school and showing empathy towards others. Thank you, Pat, for sharing these important messages with our pupils! 😊

On Wednesday, we had our County Photos Day. Our Junior Infants and Sixth Class pupils had their class photos taken. All pupils also had individual photographs taken, as well as photographs with their siblings. We finished the day with a very special whole-school photograph! 😊

Thank you to Fr Seán Egan, who celebrated our Opening of the School Year Mass. The children did a wonderful job in their various roles and all pupils took part in the choir. 🎶 It was lovely to see so many members of our community in attendance. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special occasion. ⛪

Well done to our girls’ camogie team, who reached the Shield A semi-final at the St. Brigid’s College Blitz last week. We had a great day of camogie! 👏🎉 Thank you to Ms. Gallagher for accompanying the girls and to St. Brigid’s College for coordinating such a successful event. 💚🤍