English is taught to all children from Junior Infants to Sixth Class. Oral language, reading and writing are all encouraged and promoted throughout the school. The child’s reading and writing experience in school can contribute greatly to their cognitive, emotional and imaginative development. The children love to write stories, complete projects and post their blogs on the school website.
September has been busy for us all settling back into school after our Summer Holidays! We welcomed 4 new pupils into Junior Infants: Anya Morris, Alish Cooney, Theo Neale & Clinton Griffith. We also welcomed back Senior Infants and First Class into the Junior Classroom 🙂 To start off the month, the children made their own…
With the Ploughing Championships coming up, minds were on all things agricultural, so in the middle room we had a general farming theme for September. In history we looked at the Sumerians in Mesopotamia and the beginnings of farming. We wove our own pieces of cloth as the Sumerians would have. Everyone really loved the weaving. As…
April has come and gone and the children in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class have been busy working in all subject areas! Today, on Tuesday, 26th April, we welcomed Philip and Richie, from the local Fire Brigade in to talk to the children about fire safety in the home. They presented each child with a…
This term has been jam-packed with lots of fun activities and the children have worked very hard! 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class were very lucky to have Ms. Kathy Ryan teaching them for 3 and a half weeks in February! Thank you Ms. Ryan for all your hard work with the children! In Art, the children…
Another month has come and gone and the pupils in the senior room have been busy! In art we made St Patrick’s Day shamrocks and painted them using different items to create various textures. We also made Easter chicks and rabbits from clay. For Mother’s Day we sewed the word ‘Mum’ and framed them for…
