Author: School Administrator
Letter home 12.12.19
The letter I sent home with all pupils today can be found by clicking below
Our Christmas Concert 18.12.2019
Reminder that we will be performing our play Aladdin Trouble on Wednesday December 18th at 7:30pm in The Celtic Ross Hotel. All are welcome to attend!
Willow Den in the garden
We were delighted to work with the pre-school on planting a Willow Den in the garden. Nikki Keeling from the Heritage in Schools Scheme came by on Friday with the knowledge and all important willow and the pupils of the Senior Room together with Anne and Nikki did the bulk of the hard work! The pupils of the Junior Room helped with the weaving once the den itself had been constructed. It was a great day’s work and we really look forward to seeing the willow grow. Well done everyone!
Our bug hotel!
We were delighted to be entered into a draw by our friends from the pre-school to win a bug hotel from Skibbereen Garden Centre and even more thrilled when we were picked as one of the winners! It was delivered last week and already Fiona, Caroline, Sarah and their pupils have been busy making it as cosy as possible. We can’t wait to see who visits!
Science Experiment – First and Second Classes
Next it was the turn of the pupils from first and second whose experiment was a little more challenging that the Infants’ one. This was called ‘Rainbows in a Jar’. It involved mixing oil with warm water before transferring the mixture to a jar and adding food colouring.
The pupils from the Senior Room came to observe and helped the younger pupils think about changes that could be made to cause different outcomes.
Science week – Juniors and Seniors
The pupils of Junior and Senior Infants took part in an experiment called ‘The Dancing Raisins’. We had great fun watching the fizz in the sparkling water cause our raisins to dance around! The 1st and 2nd class pupils gave great assistance to their younger classmates when they were writing their predictions and recording the results.
Letter sent home yesterday
The letter below was sent home yesterday outlining some changes and important dates for the term and year ahead
Halloween writing buddies!
It’s always great fun when both rooms get together! Today it was for a Halloween themed writing buddy session. Pupils of the Junior Room were paired with peers from the older classes to write and draw about the topic of Halloween.
It was a great success and we look forward to working together again very soon!
Election of Parents’ Nominees to new B.O.M.
The term of the present Board of Management is almost at an end. An important note went home today to inform everyone that we will hold elections for the roles of Parents’ nominees to the next Board on Wednesday November 6th at 8pm in the school.
Mid-term break
Just a reminder that we will close for mid-term break next week and will re-open on Monday November 4th.
Children can dress up in Halloween costumes on Friday if they wish. School will finish at the usual times of 13:55 and 14:55.
I would like to thank you all most sincerely for your co-operation this term and wish you all a very enjoyable break next week.
Crackers about Kahoot!
The pupils of 1st and 2nd have been having great fun doing quizzes on a website called Kahoot. The teacher creates a quiz and pupils imput the unique code on the iPad app. Points are awarded for every correct answer with the person answering quickest getting the most points. We used quizzes to assess our knowledge of each chapter of our novel ‘George Speaks’ by Dick King-Smith. We will be doing plenty more of these in future!
Aistear – Halloween
The pupils of the Junior Room are learning so much about Halloween this month.
Today’s activities included threading for Junior Infants, cutting and sticking letters for Senior Infants, cracking a code for 1st and 2nd and in mixed groups pupils were tasked with making 3D spooky Halloween houses. A superb day’s work by anyone’s standard!