This week we celebrated Seachtain na Gaeilge. We came together to take part in bodhran playing, Irish dancing, ceol and yoga through Irish. It brought an uplifting and positive energy to the school which was needed on this difficult week. Thank you to Caitriona and all the staff involved...
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Did you know skipping is not only a great exercise for our arms,legs and heart but it’s also a brilliant workout for our brains! Lee from Skip -Hop -UK visited the school on Wednesday and Thursday to show us some new and tricky skipping techniques. We had great fun...
The school was buzzing with excitement today as children arrived with their goodies for the bake sale. When it was all displayed by our wonderful volunteers we had the most amazing variety of cakes, buns, biscuits and bites, all beautifully decorated and labeled. We want to say a huge...
In Deirdre’s 3rd class, we were learning about traditions and rituals associated with Buddhist belief systems. We looked at a video of monks creating a sand mandala. Mandala is the Sanskrit word for circle. It is a form of art coming from Hindu and Buddhist traditions. The mandala represents...
Well done to everyone who took part in the first local cross country run of the year, on a beautiful spring day. We had a team of 50 from 3rd to 5th class. Everyone involved showed fantastic resilience and drive! Great Job 🙂
Engine idling is any time your car engine is running but you’re not moving. When an engine is running, it emits carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change. By switching off your engine when stopped, you stop these emissions too! Idling makes for...
We had the lunch of WOW this week. Well done to everyone who took part! Wow stands for Walk on Wednesday. Walk on Wednesday is an initiative to use an environmentally sustainable means of travel to school. The hope is that walking to school once a week will create...
This year is the year of the rat! The Rat is the first of all zodiac animals. According to one myth, the Jade Emperor said the order would be decided by the order in which they arrived to his party. The Rat tricked the Ox into giving him a...
This week we met to discuss how to make our school a greener place to be. The first thing on the agenda is how to reduce our waste. A simple way you can help us to achieve this is by packing “nude food” for lunches. Nude food means food...
