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Sewing

The children started sewing in 4th Class. First they learned how to ‘backstitch’. Once they had all mastered that skill, they could start on their art piece. They traced a hand print from either their grandparents or parents. They then drew that hand print onto hessian material. They threaded their needles and started to back-stitch the outline of the hand onto the material. Afterwards they
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Making Soup

Blog Post by Killian and Julie-Rose Today we drank and made soup. We went to the Glen and used the kitchen there. Our class got different jobs such as cutting unions,peeling the carrots,putting vegetables into a pot and peeling potatoes. We also cut the bread. The Green School Committee took the peas out of the pea pods. (Mrs O Rourke,Jamie,Jacob,Oisín,Frazer,Lily,Killian,Julie,Nicole,Isabel,Brian and Lily) We then got
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4th Class Science Project

Marble run Our teacher asked us to make a marble run project because we were learning about force and slowing things down .When teacher asked us to make a marble run we all screamed ‘yes’ !! We had a competition for most decorative and the slowest marble run. Teacher thought they were all so good, so we all got a prize aswell as a
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Fourth Class go to Parkes Castle

Post written and typed by Joe, Lucy and Emily B. We visited Parke’s Castle on Monday the 19th of September. We had lots of fun on the bus to the castle. When we got there we were amazed at how old it was.We went into a separate room and saw a small clip of all the monuments around Ireland for example our local Carramore
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Titanic

Last week 1st Class had a ‘Titanic Day’. The children got a ticket for the boat in 1st Class, 2nd Class or 3rd Class and they had to dress accordingly. The effort that was put into the children’s outfits that day was second to none. They looked brilliant. Many thanks to all the parents for all the time they put into it. The children
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School Tour 1st Class

This year 1st and 2nd Class went to ‘Castle Adventure’ farm and playground in Ballyshannon. It really was a tour to remember! The children had a smile on their face from the moment they got on the bus to the moment they returned. There was a wide selection of animals for the children to see and learn about…and even pet! The children became very
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Irish Coastguard 1st Class

There was great excitement last week with the visit from the Irish Coastguard helicopter. Here are some of the photos from 1st Class.


Sports Day

‘Olympics 4 Schools’ came to our school this year to run the Sports Day. It was a brilliant Day, The sun even came through the clouds to help make the day even better. There were many activities taking place over the day. Here are some of the pictures from 1st Class of the events of the day.


Mad Hair Day

          We had a wonderful day today fundraising for ‘The Sligo Cancer Support Centre’. The children and staff alike went to great lengths in creating crazy hair! Thanks for all who supported.


Chinese New Year 2016

It was Chinese New Year on the 8th of February. 1st Class took part in a number of activities to acknowledge the famous festival. They learned a lot about the weeks long festival. Such as- Each year is named after an animal. This year, 2016, is named after the monkey. There is an ancient story written about how different years were named after animals. The
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