Dear Parents, Please read the following notices, which contain important information. New classes for Next Year We are delighted to inform parents that we have received sanction from the Department of Education and Skills and the National Council for Special Education to open 2 special classes for children with Autism/ASD next September. Each class (a junior and a senior class) will accommodate a maximum
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Some Senior Infants made some Easter nests with chocolate eggs. Our ingredients were Shredded wheat, cooking chocolate and chocolate eggs. Yummy!!
During December 2012, as part of the process of Self-Evaluation in the school, we asked both parents and pupils of the school to take part in a questionnaire. The Parents’ Questionnaire sought feedback in relation to School Organisation and Literacy in the School. We received a 62% response from our parent body to the questionnaire. We thank you all very sincerely for taking the time
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On Friday, Mrs.Lee retired from working in our school. We had a special mass for her in the church. We had Irish dancing by Maeve & Aaron, singing, speeches and special prayers for her as well.The mass was about how special she was to our school and how much she achieved in our school. After the mass family, friends, parents and co-workers joined her in
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Thursday the 15th was “Lá Glás” in our school. Everyone wore green for St Patrick’s Day. The whole school went to the halla where Mrs Clarke gave a Powerpoint display on the history of St Patrick. When Mrs. Clarke was finished, each class got up one by one in front of everyone and sang a song, did a rhyme or poem or played tin whistle. The whole
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On Monday the 4th of March our school went, from snr infants-6th class,to the play Rabhlaí Rabhlaí in the Hawk’s Well Theatre, directed by Mr.Damien Quinn (the 6th class teacher). The first thing to grasp the audiences attention was the detail in the design of the set. Most of the play was set in the seanbhean’s house. Some of it was set outside. We had four children
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On Tuesday the 19th of February Charlie Harrison from the Sligo Gaelic team came to our school. He told us that there was a skills competition coming up soon. Three girls and three boys from 5th and 6th classes would represent our school. All the girls and boys had to try out doing solos and aiming at the post. We were given points on
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Some boys in Senior Infants made a snowman with the polydron at lunchtime. “We had a plan and made our snowman by working as a team”, said Alan. “We decided to put skates on him”, said Joe.
World Book Day takes place this year on March 7th. The main aim of the day is to encourage children to explore the pleasure of books and reading by providing them with an opportunity to have a book of their own. Pupils will soon be receiving a World Book Day Voucher. This will enable them to buy one of the World Book Day books or
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Sligo’s first ever Children’s Book Festival takes place from March 1st to 5th to co-incide with World Book Day on March 7th. This exciting new festival is brought to you by the Hawk’s Well Theatre, The Model and Kid’s Own Publishing. There are events taking place in both the Hawk’s Well Theatre and The Model over the course of the few days which should
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