Over the last number of weeks we have been exploring the use of paint and colour in Art. we have looked at the work of some famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh and Wasillly Kadiinsky. We have tried to include some features of their work in our own paintings.  Some examples of our work can be seen above. We have produced work entitled Fantasy
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Bhíomar ag foghlaim faoi teama ‘Bia’ i nGaeilge. Rinnemar biachláranna ar an ríomhaire. Chuireamar ainmneacha ar ár mbialanna mar shampla ‘Bialann Cois Trá’ agus ‘Bialann na hAbhainn’. Bhíomar ag sugradh na cluichí Gaeilge ‘Bingo’ agus Feicim rud éigin…’ ar an téama ‘Bia’. Rinnemar dramaí ar turas go dtí an bhialann. Bhi an craic againn.

Our  third and fourth classes have been studying our family histories over the past few weeks. We made timelines and  family trees and interviewed our parents and grandparents about life when they were young. When we were making our timelines we wrote about all the important events that have happened in our lives such as starting school and making our First Communion. We also drew a family tree
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On the 15th of October, fifth class started constructing models of Celtic ring forts, hill forts, as well as crannógs. We drew up plans and used a variety of materials to create our structures. Some children brought in plastic animals to be part of a farm belonging to the Celts! There was great excitement and creativity in the class. We worked well in groups sharing ideas and tasks
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On the 19th of October 2012, 6th Class had a cake sale in the school hall to raise money for the Mission V Fund IT campaign . Last week our teacher told us that we were going to have a cake sale next Friday. All of the class were really exited. People could bring in buns to sell to all of the pupils in
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This year we are going for our second Active Flag. We have a new Active Flag Committee composed of eight 5th class children. Congratulations to Sophie-Leigh, Jack, Caoimhe B, Amy, Fiona, Lynne, Maeve and Caoimhe O for making the committee. They are all linked to different classes to see how active everybody is. All the committee are on the Friendship Squad which is 5th
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Today and for a couple of weeks on Monday, 5th class and 6th class started Tag Rugby.  6th class started first at ten O’ clock until ten thirty. 5th class then played tag rugby from ten thirty until eleven O’ clock. We played tag rugby on the astro turf. Once we came out onto the astro, the coach told us to stand in a
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On Wednesdays 6th class do hurling. The coaches name is Benny. During the lesson we do drills and short games. Many of us have learned lots of new skills. It is great fun and we all enjoy it  and are always looking forward to Wednesday. Here is a stop motion video  our teacher made using an ipad.

We were delighted to receive the news that our new school website has been featured this week by Scoilnet, the portal website for Irish education, as a Star Site. The aim of the award is to showcase school websites and in doing so recognise the value of creating an online school identity and exhibiting examples of learning and teaching. The Star Site accolade is given
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Last week our class went down to the halla for fun maths activity.  We used the IPods to do a QR treasure hunt where we had to scan the QR codes to reveal math problems.  We then had to write down the answers on our worksheets. Here are some quotes from the children on what they thought about the QR Treasure Hunt. “It was
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