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Enhancing the Learning and Teaching of Irish with ICTs

The front cover of this book, Enhancing the Learning and Teaching of Irish with ICTs, which will soon be sent to every primary school in the country, displays a beautiful photograph of two of our pupils, Leah (5th class) and Emer (4th class). The book was recently launched in Dublin West Education Centre. The photograph was taken by James Connolly while taking photographs to illustrate the
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Newsletter 18.02.13

  Dear Parents, I hope this letter finds you all well. This note contains some important update and points of information. Mrs. Lee Retirement Mrs. Lee is taking early retirement from her teaching post at Ransboro National School.  Mrs. Lee has taught many pupils in Ransboro National School over the years and has been a most dedicated, committed and caring member of our staff
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Enrolment Day

Enrolment Day Parents and children wishing to enrol in our school are invited to attend our Enrolment Day on Tuesday, 12th February at 11.15. We look forward to meeting you all.    


Newsletter 29.01.2013

29.01.2013 Dear Parents, Grandparents Day We are looking forward to welcoming grandparents to the school tomorrow for a short service of thanksgiving at 1.15. If there are grandparents who play an instrument or sing or have any other talent such as reciting a short story or a poem, we warmly invite you to do so tomorrow for the children at the end of the
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Newsletter 22.01.13

Dear Parents, I hope this letter finds you are all well. The following are some notices which may be of interest to you. In Sympathy We wish to offer our sincere sympathy to Ms. Rolf and her family at the loss of her Dad. We also extend our sympathy to the staff of Strandhill School and the family of Mrs. Laura O Grady who
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Newsletter October 1st

Dear Parents, 1.10.12 I hope this letter find you all well and settled into the school term. The following are some notices which I would like to bring to your attention so please read carefully. Trip to Hawks Well Theatre All children in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th classes are going to the Hawks Well Theatre on Monday, 22nd October at 10am to see
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Cooking Rhubarb

We picked rhubarb from the organic garden at the back of the school beside our yard. We went inside to the school kitchen and washed our hands. We did this in groups as the kitchen is too small. Everyone else worked in the halla beside the kitchen while the group cooked. We put an apron on and cut off the leaves from the rhubarb.
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Making Crystals

We made crystals in class yesterday. To do this experiment you need a jar, a jug, a pencil, boiling water, some thread, a paper clip and salt. First we put some boiling water into a jug. We then poured salt into the jug and stirred it to dissolve the salt. You keep putting in salt until it stops dissolving. Then you leave the water
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Food Science Experiment

We are doing a food science experiment. We want to see which type of food gets bad first. We got plates and put food on them. These are the foods we put on the plates: a half eaten apple, a piece of cooked ham. some cheese, some bread, a cut grape, a melon skin and a piece of banana. We are going to observe
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The Titanic

Picture by Ryan  The Titanic sunk 100 years ago when it hit an iceberg. It was built in Belfast and took three years to build. Everyone said that the Titanic was unsinkable. It had enormous propellars. The top speed of the Titanic was 25 knots. The crew didn’t believe that there was a hole in the ship. 710 people survived and 1500 people died.
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