Congratulations to 9 of our children who had full attendance for Term 1. They are Sive, Ruben, Evan, Luke O’Malley, Grace O’Malley, Grace O’Donnell, Lily, James & John. Well done for making every day count! Keep up the great attendance!
This week as excitement is building for Christmas we have been enjoying lots of treats in school- hot chocolate, art activities, co-perative games, a movie day, a live debate and a short play performed by the senior room but the icing on the cake was the Circus that came to Carrakennedy on Monday. We welcomed Circus Corvinni one of the oldest travelling circus to the hall. They put on an amazing show for us all. The performers were fearless and the children enjoyed every minute of it- even the tense moments!! Pop over to the gallery to check out the photographs.
Over the past few weeks the children have been very busy learning about how we can help others and they have done a lot of fundraising. Firstly, they all participated in the MS Readathon, we then had a Christmas Jumper Day in aid of St Vincent de Paul Westport and then we took to the stage in Tesco to raise some funds for the school. We are absolutely blown away by the success of these initiatives.
*The children raised €930 for MS Ireland during the Readathon- such a fantastic amount for 30 children- they are truly remarkable. Together they read nearly 400 books during November and December. We are so proud of you children- Keep up the wonderful reading.
*Our annual Christmas Jumper Day raised €238 for St Vincent de Paul Westport- this money will go towards helping local people who are in need over the Christmas period.
We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful children in Carrakennedy NS who always think of others before themselves. Well Done a phaistí!
We would like to sincerely thank the committee of Cushlough Sheep Show for their very generous donation to the school. The children enjoyed a visit from the circus last Monday with your donation. The rest will go towards the upkeep of our school garden. Pictured here is Seán Hoban presenting the cheque to the children of Carrakennedy NS. Many Thanks
A huge thank you to Mr Fallon and the Senior room pupils for setting up some amazing science experiments in the hall today to celebrate Science Week. We really enjoyed the stations. The 5th and 6th class were brilliant at explaining the Science behind each experiment. 🤩 Pop over to the gallery to see the photos.
We are so proud of the boys and girls who participated in the Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal again this year. Projects like this really make us appreciate all we have and to think of those less fortunate than ourselves. Ms Hester dropped all the boxes to the Leisure Park this afternoon. We hope the children who get them really enjoy them. We have also kicked off the MS Readathon in school this week and look forward to raising money for this worthy cause in the coming weeks.
We had a great day today dressing up as all sorts of creatures and characters for Halloween. Well done to everyone who participated in the Pumpkin Carving Competition. The standard was absolutely amazing. Pop over to the gallery to see the wonderful creations that were on display in the school this week. Wishing you all a Spooktacular Mid Term break.
The junior Room had a great day out in Castlebar. First stop was the playground for some fun followed by a trip to the Linen Hall to watch Bully Bully. We really enjoyed our day. 🤩
We were delighted to welcome Scientist Phil to Carrakennedy today for an amazing Science show as part of our Abbvie STEM prize. We had lots of fun and learned alot about science from Phil. The best part was definitely the explosion at the end!! Check out the photos in the gallery.
Today, we were very fortunate to welcome two lovely Guides from Connemara National Park. Both the Junior and Senior room got the chance to observe a huge range of Mammals and antlers. We learnt that a taxidermist is a person whose job is to prepare the skins of dead animals and birds and fill them with a special material to make them look as if they are alive. The mammals that we got to see were a fox, a hare, a badger, an otter, a pine marten, a mink, a stoat, a hedgehog and a squirrel. We were given lots of facts about the animals. Did you know a baby hare is called a leveret? An otter spends 8 hours a day in water. The mink originally came from America and lives by water. The stoat, even though a small animal, is a good hunter and can even kill rabbits! Lastly, we got to hold the antlers from a stag which is a male deer. What an informative day in Carrakennedy!