Last week, pupils in The Glen were surprised and delighted to find out that a Fairy has taken up residence. Her home just appeared overnight, and beside her front door was a bottle with a little key. Special instructions were left in The Glen telling pupils what to do. They named the Fairy Sparkle Jewel. When they arrived in school the next morning, there
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In Fifth class we have been involved in debating for the past few months and have enjoyed it very much .It was a fun way to read and research topics like the benefits of homework, climate change, use of iPads in the class and charity begins at home. There were six on our debating team; three speakers, a chairperson and two time keepers, though
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3rd & 4th class last year completed a beautiful ceramic art installation on the theme of Irish Myths and Legends with the ceramicist Rachel Quinn. Rachel recently completed a ceramic heading for the installation and this can be seen in the porch inside the front door. This really enhances the appearance of the installation and is a great addition to our school.
10.01.14 Dear Parents, Welcome back to everyone and we look forward to a new school term! The following are some notices for your attention. Sympathy We extend our sympathy to Mrs. Majella O Donoghue, Learning Support teacher in our school, on the death of her beloved Dad. May he rest in peace. Congratulations We extend our congratulations to Mr. Mc Groary and his wife
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On the last day before the mid-term break we all dressed up in our Hallowe’en outfits. Third class was a scary place to be with zombies, vampires, witches, science fiction characters, ghosts and even two babies let loose for the day! We made symmetrical pumpkins for Art using orange and black paper. We performed a Hallowe’en poem called ‘The Haunted House’.
This year 5th class are involved in Friendship Squad. 6th class are helping out because there are not enough children in 5th. This year there is lots of brilliant new equipment for all the classes. We have space hoppers, lots of dice, chalk, bean bags, a giant target board, a giant chess set, a snakes and ladders game and lots more fun toys. Friendship
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We discovered that there was an unusual visitor to The Glen last Thursday night. It appears that one of Santa’s elves visited The Glen, had a look around to check up on pupils and left a small gift.
On the 15th of November, the school held a collection for the people in the Philippines. As you probably know the Philippines was hit over two weeks ago by a typhoon which destroyed many people’s homes and left thousands dead or injured. The school had a non-uniform day and pupils brought in money for the Philippines. Over 1,583 euro was raised by the pupils and teachers. We also had
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One of our pupils compiled these videos, using the Tellagami App, for a school assembly last week to explain to pupils what living with autism is like. Living With Autism Living With Autism 2 The Glen @ Ransboro
On Thursday 16th of October a woman called Suzanne talked to the school about autism. I started off the assembly. Ms Hynes and I made a presentation speech using Microsoft PowerPoint. I was a little nervous at first, but then I got used to the presentation. I spoke about the way I live and how everybody’s different. I talked about my family, the things
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