On Thursday 16th of May 6th class in Ransboro and Strandhill School made their Confirmation. The mass was on in Ransboro church and at eleven o’clock the bishop started the mass. Everyone listened as the bishop said the homily and then it was time for the 6th class to receive Confirmation. As they went up their Sponsor held their Baptismal candle in one hand and had the
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Today, June 6th, we had a visitor in 6th class. A really nice lady called Maureen from the Sligo Cancer Support Centre. She came so that we could present her with a cheque for €500! We raised this money together, donating from our Confirmation money, so that the centre could continue to provide the excellent services that they provide. The Support Centre cares for
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We grew watercress seeds in our class. We put some compost into a yogurt pot and planted some seeds in it. We watered our seeds every day and placed them in sunlight. Our seeds grew in a few days! We also set up two control pots – Pot 1 was watered but placed in darkness, Pot 2 was placed in sunlight and not watered.
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A race night to raise funds for a new set of supplementary readers for the school, will be held in The Strand Bar on Friday 7th June. Please come out to support and return your cards to school by Friday, 31st May. We look forward to a great night! Many thanks to all parents involved!
22.05.2013 Dear Parents, I hope this note finds everyone well. It is hard to believe that we are heading towards the end of May! Please take note of the following notices: First Communion A heartfelt and very sincere thank you to all involved in making the First Communion celebration so special- Well done to Mrs. O Rourke and the children on the beautiful
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InTouch is the monthly magazine for Irish primary school teachers which is published by the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO). The magazine is delivered to every INTO member in every primary school in the country. The current April/May edition of the magazine features a two page spread about the Friendship Squad that operates in our school. It was written by Principal Siobhán Clarke in
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We had a visit from Mr. O’ Hara and his two pet lambs, Sarah and Humphrey! They are four weeks old. They need to be fed four times a day with milk. Mr. O’Hara fed the lambs with a bottle, they drank the milk very quickly and were wagging their tails really fast! The lambs were very friendly and we
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Please keep Friday Night, June 7th free in your diary. A Fundraising Race Night will be held in the Strand Bar. Please support by purchasing a horse, sponsoring a race or by being there on the night.
We just wish to alert parents to a problem we had with school email over the past while. If you sent an email to the school between mid-February and the beginning of April, it may not have reached us. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. We think that this problem is now resolved and we ask that you re-send us any email that you
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We visited the Fire station in Sligo last Wednesday. Jason and Glen (Firefighters) showed us around the station. We saw all the different fire engines, they were so big and we got to sit in one! Glen put on the siren for us, it was very loud. The firemen showed us all the different equipment that they use, it was very interesting. The fire
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