23.9.14 Dear Parents, Please take a few minutes to read the following notices. Boston Tea Party Congratulations and sincerest thanks to the group of parents who organised such a wonderful night at the Boston Tea Party. It was a great social occasion, which was supported by huge numbers. The sum of €5, 490.70 was raised, which is a phenomenal sum of money and will
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Commiserations to our Girls’ Gaelic football team who were narrowly defeated by Grange in an enthralling county semi final on Thursday 5th June. Ransboro started the game strongly and raced into a 2 0 lead after a few minutes. Grange pulled back a point shortly afterwards but Ransboro continued to dominate possession and soon added on another score. Several chances were missed by Ransboro and Grange
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Gaelic Football League Winners 2014 Over the last number of weeks, Ransboro NS hosted a very successful in-school Gaelic football league. 72 pupils from 3rd to 6th class competed in the league, with the emphasis on participation and enjoyment. The pupils were divided into six teams of twelve with each team representing a county. After six lunchtime group games and two semi-finals, “Mayo” and
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Yesterday we had Sports Day. All classes participated. We had activities on the field such as sack races, athletic races, egg and spoon, welly throwing, a three-legged race and even an obstacle course. There was also a tug of war. 5th and 6th had a tug of war between them and 6th won. In the Hall there was unihoc set up which is a
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Saturday the 15th of June was the Cumann Na mBunscol final for the girls. The girls played some matches during the season to get to the final: Rockfield (Colloney), Strandhill and Calry. The girls played in Markievicz Park Sligo. They were told to be at the pitch at 12:45 . They got to the pitch, togged out and went for a warm up. The
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On Tuesday June 11th, 6th class went on their final school tour to the Delphi Adventure Centre in Leenane Co. Galway with Ms Hynes and Mr. Quinn. We stayed overnight and we did five activities while we stayed there – raft-building, forest walk, kayaking, zipwire and rock climbing/abseiling. We left the school at 10am and arrived at the centre at 12.30. When we arrived
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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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On Wednesday the 24th of April the girls had a Cumann na mBunscol gaelic match against the Gaelscoil. It was a good day and we got a bus to the football pitch. Mr McGroary and Mrs Hampson came on the bus along with the footballers. The girls on both teams played very well but in the end the Gaelscoil won. After the girls match
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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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On Wednesdays, 3rd-6th classes go to a gaelic lesson on the astro turf pitch. Our coaches names are Aileen & Daire and they are from Mayo. Aileen does some really fun exercises & games with us. We do different games such as Traffic Lights and Tape Player. We also do games with both coaches such as passing games, kicking games and skill games. They show us how to do
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