We love Art and Craft in our school!The six strands in the Primary School Visual Arts Curriculum are Drawing, Paint & Colour, Print, Clay, Construction and Fabric & Fibre.As you walk through the corridors and classrooms, you will see lovely art displays.We enjoy entering art competitions such as the Texaco Art Competition and also Doodle 4 Google.We also encourage local craftspeople to come in and share their expertise with the children at various times of the year.
During December we have been busy practicing for our Christmas play which was held yesterday. Afterwards we went back to school for a party and a visit from Santa! In art we created these Christmas Stars, weaving paper to create a pattern in the middle. We also made snowmen on…
December has been a busy month for all of us! For the past number of weeks we have been busy practising for the Christmas play which was held yesterday in St. Mary’s Church, Castlecomer. Afterwards, we had a party in school and a visit from Santa Claus! When we were not practising, we were busy…
As always we have been working hard during the month of November. We have completed lots of work in all subject areas. In English 5th and 6th class read about Polar animals and wrote up information on the different creatures they studied. They also read a story called Catty Bimbar, Pirate Cat and designed…
We have had yet another busy month in the Junior Classroom. In Art, the children drew a portrait of another member of their class. Didn’t they do a great job? Can you guess who is who? This month, the Whole School started the “Food Dudes” Programme. We have had great fun tasting and eating fruit and vegetables…
Another month has come and gone and once again the Junior Classroom have been hard at work! In English, we learned a lot of new letters. We made our very own Paper Plate Indians for the letter “i”. and Colourful Cupcakes for the letter “c” In History, the children learned about the Aboriginal Culture and painted Australian…
