Well done to the Senior room pupils who performed in The Town Hall on Saturday night alongside some of the pupils in Brackloon NS for the Festive Harmony concert. We are very thankful to Anne Marie Gibbons for inviting us to join her on stage. It was a magnificent concert and the audience were very impressed by our wonderful singing.
We were delighted to be back on stage with our Christmas Play Lights, Camel, Action 2 The Sequin. We performed it on Friday night in the Community Centre and were thrilled with the amount of people who came to see us. We had great fun preparing for the play over the past few weeks and have now become great dancers! Watch out Dancing with the Stars!
The Junior Room had a great day at the Linenhall for The Polar Bear and the Penguin. We even got to stop off at the playground for a quick play on the way.
We celebrated all things science this week and worked as scientists and meteorologists. The results from our weather records were unbelievable. It was a very wet week and a total of 156mm of rain fell. Strom Debi paid us a visit and we were under an orange weather warning. We also had great fun with experiments and also the Scientific Sue workshop.
We had great fun this week planting seeds in the garden. We also did a big tidy up before the Winter sets in. Like the animals we like to hibernate a little and take it easy!
Happy Halloween
Have a look at the spooktacular Halloween costumes.
Everyone made a fangtastic effort. Wishing you all a very Happy Mid-term break. Enjoy the festivities this week. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Monday 6th November.
Halloween Treats
A massive thank you to the senior room girls who made delicious Halloween treats for all to enjoy- toffee apples and spooky buns. They are making a habit of spoiling us with homemade treats. Thank you to Bernadette and Shirley for giving them a helping hand. I wonder what they will make next?
Mini 7’s Football
Well done to the Senior room Girls and Boys who participated in the INTO Mini 7’s football competition. The girls joined forces with Lecanvey NS and they took to the field in Kilmeena winning all 3 games in their group and making it through to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, it was not their day but they played absolutely brilliantly and we are so proud of them.
The boys teamed up with Killawalla and played on the Astro in Westport on the one of the wettest days we have had this year! They played really well winning one of their group stage matches. They played some lovely football on the day.
We look forward to the Cumann na mBunscol football in the Spring.
Swimming
We had our final swimming class today in the C Club at the Castlecourt Hotel. We really enjoyed the 6 week swimming block and are very thankful to the wonderful instructors who helped us each week. We stopped off at Centra on our way home for a treat.
Green Schools Update
In May, we were awarded our 8th Green Flag- for Global Citizenship- Marine Environment. The children worked very hard over two years learning about this theme. We have now begun working on our next Green Schools theme- over the next two years we will be focusing on Global Citizenship and Sustainable Travel. We welcomed Lucas from An Taisce last week as he introduced us to the topic. This week he returned to the school and we carried out a safety survey on the roads approaching our school. We examined the speed limits and signage and have noted improvements that need to be made which we will send to Mayo CoCo. We hope that working on this flag will help us to make it safer for us travelling to school. Our new bicycle shed will be installed during the mid-term break.