Confirmation 13/3/23
We are immensely proud of our 5th and 6th class pupils who received the Sacrament of Confirmation yesterday in St Fachtna’s Church, Rosscarbery with the pupils of Lisavaird NS, Ardagh Boys NS and St Mary’s GNS.
Category: Scoil Náisiúnta Rae na Scríne
World Book Day
We enjoyed a session of Reading Buddies on World Book Day recently!
Trip to Darrara
The whole school was invited to visit The Agricultural College in Darrara for their open day on Tuesday. On a beautiful spring day, we had a wonderful visit. We say calves and lambs, tried out the tractor simulator and sat into an array of tractors and machinary. It was a day we won’t forget!
Fícheall tournament Ballineen
Pupils from the senior room had a chance to put their chess skills to the test against pupils from other schools last Friday. They had a great day!
FAI 5 a side soccer in Bantry
8 pupils participated in an FAI soccer tournament in Bantry yesterday. They had a very enjoyable day and competed really well. Maith sibh!
Updated policies
You can find some of the most relevant policies regarding the running of our school by clicking here. At our most recent Board of Management meeting, we reviewed and ratified our Anti Bullying policy, Child Protection documents and Swimming policy. Please take the time to read these important documents.
Step Into Spring Schools Walking Challenge 2023
We are delighted to be taking part in the ‘Step Into Spring Schools Walking Challenge 2023’ in association with the Cork Sports Partnership and Get Ireland Walking. The challenge consists of 3 distance options (10KM, 15KM and 20KM) and will begin on the 6th February and will run until the 17th March 2023. Here are some photos from our first walk.
Lá na bPancóga / Pancake Tuesday!
Fionnuala and Claire displayed their terrific cooking skills, making pancakes for everyone today. Go raibh míle maith agaibh, they were simply delicious!
Learning with 6 Bricks in the Junior room
We had great fun today using our 6 bricks in many different ways. We followed teacher’s silent instructions; worked in pairs to mirror each other’s builds; played desk Twister and then 1st and 2nd worked on their addition tables while Junior and Senior Infants worked on sounding out words. Everyone worked very hard and had fun at the same time!
Love is in the air…!
Happy Valentine’s Day from the pupils of the Junior Room!
Preschool open day – March 4th
We are so lucky to have the facility of a fantastic community preschool on our premises. Come and see for yourself on Saturday March 4th!
Chess with Oisin!
We are delighted to be getting some help from Oisin of Clonakilty Chess Club as we prepare for the Fícheall tournament later this month.
Infant PE time!
We combined racing with literacy and numeracy when we went looking for particular numbers and words. It was terrific fun!
Hard at work!
Have a look at Infants and 1st class hard at work recently!
Homework passes!
Pupils of 1st and 2nd receive a homework pass when they present a book report to their peers. This is their first opportunity to earn the pass which is causing great excitment!
Visit of INTO president John Driscoll
We were delighted to welcome John Driscoll to Reenascreena recently. The pupils were very impressed by his gold chain!
Ag imirt cártaí
Bhí rang a trí agus rang a ceathair ag imirt ‘Go Fish’ inniu as gaeilge! Maith sibh
6 bricks fun!
We had so much fun using our 6 Lego duplo blocks in many ways this week!
We started by choosing our favourite colour and went into groups to make the biggest towers we could!
Then we played desk twister where we listened to various instructions e.g. put your left thumb on your green brick, your nose on your orange brick and your right elbow on your red brick. It was so much fun!
We also followed instructions, played memory games and worked together to make different structures.
On Friday, 1st and 2nd used their mats to work on addition tables. Tables has never been so much fun!
PE in Reenascreena NS
This month we are all focusing on the fundamental movement skill of balancing. Have a look at the effort pupils across all the classes have been making!
1st and 2nd working on iPads!
1st and 2nd went out to Rosarie and worked very hard on their spellings and tables using iPads this morning!
Infants’ golden time!
Friday afternoon is a popular time when Infants are rewarded with golden time for working so hard all week!
Post concert treats!
After the magnificent effort everyone made last night, some treats were in order today! Everyone was given a Christmas annual and there was hot chocolate all round as well.
Junior Room stars!
The Junior room performed ‘Ralph the reindeer’ and they were simply magnificent! Well done everyone!
Senior Room superstars!
The wonderfully talented pupils of the Senior Room performed ‘Straw and Order’ last night in The Celtic Ross Hotel. It was a magnificent production which had the audience entertained all the way through. Maith sibh go léir, a pháistí!
Our Christmas Concert!
We just cannot wait to perform in The Celtic Ross Hotel this coming Monday night at 7:15pm! The Junior Room will be performing ‘Ralph the Reindeer’ while the Senior Room will entertain you with ‘Straw and Order’.
The pupils have worked so hard and we promise a fun filled night with lots of laughter!
A VIP visitor!
We were more than happy to drop everything and welcome a very special visitor to school yesterday!
Sneachta!
In the midst of all the recent cold weather we had some lovely sneachta in Reenascreena but unfortunately it didn’t stick. It was nice to see it while staying warm and cosy inside!
Infants working hard at Maths!
Infants are learning all about the number 7 and having great fun working together in the process!
Senior Room PE
The pupils of the Senior Room had great fun playing co-operative games recently. The tasks turned out to be harder than they imagined!
Infant Winter Art
The pupils of Junior and Senior Infants created beautiful Christmas trees today. This involved cutting, sticking, painting and careful deliberation about decorations! I think you’ll agree the end result is just fantastic. Maith sibh, a pháistí!
Junior Room visits a Mobile Zoo!
We were delighted to take a bus to the Pike Hall this morning to visit a mobile zoo which had travelled from Kilkenny. David the zookeeper told us some very interesting facts about the blue tongued lizard, tortoises and snakes. We even got to hold the reptiles as well!
Dance Invasion in the Junior Room!
We had a fantastic morning today as we were visited by Chrsitian, Mats and Monica as part of a programme called Dance Invasion organised by the West Cork Arts Centre. The pupils really enjoyed themselves!
Senior Room – Maths Mobile
Today the pupils of the Senior Room attended a Maths Mobile workshop in The Pike hall, Lisavaird organised by The Lifetime Lab in Cork.
It was a series of mathmatical challenges which encouraged teamwork, critical thinking and gave opportunities to problem solve in a fun environment.
Everyone really enjoyed the experience!
Halloween horrors and happiness!
Enjoy these pictures of Juniors, Seniors, 1st and 2nd smiling and scowling as scarily as they can!
Visit from a Champ!
We were delighted to welcome the captain of Rosscarbery Ladies Gaelic Football U12 team to school this morning. She is none other than our own past pupil Annie! Annie and her teamates won the Cork County League recently and we all got a good look at the trophy! We heard from Annie and one of the coaches, her uncle Conor, about their road to the final and the very tough game they battled through to claim the title.
Well done Annie, you are an inspiration to us all and the Senior Room pupils were fired up and ready for Sciath na Scol action after learning of your great success. Watch out West Cork!
Enrolment 2023
We will begin taking enrolments for the year 2023-2024 after the midterm break.
You can view our Admission Policy here. This was reviewed at our most recent Board of Management meeting earlier this month.
You can view the schedule for enrolments by clicking on our Admission Notice here. This details key dates in the process.
Finally, you can view our information booklet for the current school year by clicking here. You will find the relevant enrolment information that we require contained within.
If you have any questions or would like to speak with me, please do not hesitate to get in touch by emailing principal@reenascreenans.ie
Eimear O’Donovan, Príomhoide
Sacraments 2023
We are delighted to share the news that the 4 schools of the parish will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation on March 13th 2023 and Sacrament of First Holy Communion on May 13th 2023. Both ceremonies will be held at St. Fachtna’s Church, Rosscarbery.
We look forward to working with our pupils, their families and Fr. John to prepare for what is sure to be a very memorable day in both cases.
1st and 2nd Scaveneger Hunt!
1st and 2nd had great fun inside and outside completing a Scavenger Hunt for Maths week. They worked together to complete such tasks as finding something smaller than their thumb; bigger than their hand; evidence of patterns; estimating how many star jumps they could do in a minute and many more maths-related activities. It was so much fun!
Maths week fun!
Junior and Senior Infants had so much fun using their Maths Eyes to spot circles, squares, triangles and rectangles in our school environment. They then worked together to make shapes using pegs. Maith sibh, a pháistí!
Senior Room maths trail
The pupils of the Senior Room had a great time following a maths trail yesterday!
Trip to Clonakilty Black Pudding Factory!
The whole school took off on tour this morning and we had a terrific day at the Black Pudding Factory!
We learned about the history of black pudding, how it’s made, saw the production in action, learned about some of the history of Clonakilty and best of all – got to taste some delicious black, white and vegetarian pudding as well as sausages. The staff of the factory complimented the pupils on their magnificent behaviour which of course was not news to those of us lucky enough to work with these fantastic children every day but was lovely to hear all the same!
Celebrating greatness!
The wonderful pupils in our school have an array of talents and recently some of the Junior room pupils brought in medals they have won recently, among them Gaelic Football and road bowling! Maith sibh go léir, we are all so very proud of you!
Gaelic Football training!
We were delighted to welcome Paudie Crowley Games Development Officer with Cork County Board to school last week for a training session. We are looking forward to seeing him again next Monday!
Six bricks
We recently invested in a programme called ‘Six bricks’. It is a very simple concept whereby pupils each have 6 Lego duplo bricks which they can use in endless ways including:
• Language such as describing in rich detail, giving clear instructions, explaining your reasons, and telling stories, which helps you to communicate with others and express your ideas.
• Problem solving including to stay focused, and remember a task or a challenge, set goals and make plans, come up with creative ideas,and reflect on what you do and how you do it.
• Collaboration as in working together in pairs or teams, share turns and the materials you work with, learn from your peers and their ideas, and give each other roles and responsibilities.
We had so much fun today and look forward to exploring more in the coming days!
Senior Room trip to the Warren
The pupils of the Senior Room had a fantastic day at The Warren Beach today. We are so lucky to live in this beautiful part of the world! Our pupils learned about various aspects of ecology in the company of Calvin Jones from the Heritage in Schools project. An exhausting but enjoyable day all round!
Junior Room Nature Walk!
We had a lovely walk around our locality today. We spotted berries and plants, birds, burrows, bees and all sorts. It was terrific fun!
