The school endeavours to take all pupils on an educational tour annually. These tours cover a wide and varied choice of venues of an educational, environmental and historical nature. We have visited Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow & Waterford for tours over the years.
On Monday, 12th March, the Junior Room visited St. Mary’s Church in Castlecomer to complete a church trail on work covered to date in Religion. The children worked in pairs to observe and record the features within a church. Here are some photographs of the children participating in the Church Trail! The children really liked the stained…
A few members of the Kilkenny team dropped in for a very short visit today, Thursday 8th September, at 2.45 pm. They had a very busy day, visiting local schools with the Liam McCarthy cup! Martin Fogarty, a selector for the team introduced the local heroes to us all. We also got their autograph for…
As you all know, 1st and 2nd class went on their school tour on Friday, 27th May. We all had such a wonderful day, from start to finish. Quite a few children in 1st and 2nd class said “It was the best school tour ever!”….which has to be a good sign! Have a look at our…
Last Thursday May 26th the senior classes, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th went to Baltinglass Outdoor Education Centre for their school tour. We had an amazing day there, despite the weather! We left the school at 8:15 am and arrived at 9:20am. First of all we went and got changed for orienteering. We got a…
On Friday, 27th May, Junior & Senior Infants as well as 1st & 2nd Class went on their annual school tour to Rathwood in Tullow, Co. Carlow. On arrival at Rathwood in Tullow, we climbed aboard the forest train and were brought through Rath Forest. On our way, we saw deer, ponies, geese and ducks. We all…
