by fourth class December This year for Christmas, we made a model of the stable that Jesus was born in. We also made the baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph, shepherds, an angel, three Kings and clay animals. Before we began all the groups had to agree what size the various parts should be. Then we were ready to begin.   Group 1 created the background. They got 20 A3 sheets, stuck them together, drew out and then painted the background. They stuck stars on and also black paper to look l...

by Matthew Houlihan, Darragh Knightly, Odhran Loughman, Harry Maughan, John McKenna & Odhrán Power. November & December In November, we were learning about Celtic legends in our history lesson. We thought of an idea: we would make Photo Stories based on some Celtic legends! Our teacher split our tables up into groups and we each got a title such as “The Salmon of knowledge”, “The Brown Bull of Cooley”, “Tír na nÓg”, “Setanta” and “The Children of Lir”. We had to plan out our ...

by Evan, Niamh, Katie Langan, Daisy, Danny, Harry, Róisín and Tom November Fourth, fifth and sixth class did a mini Scientist exhibition.  We spent six weeks working on our projects. We split into groups, thought of ideas and then worked together to research our ideas. We went to each other’s houses to get the work done. Some of us made models, some of us did experiments and some of us did surveys. We wrote a project book and created posters to show what we had done.   On the...

by Matthew Aherne, Niamh, Daisy, Odhran Loughman, Andrew and Róisín.  October 2017 At Halloween we decided to learn a scary dance. It was “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. We watched videos and practised what we saw. It wasn't too hard because we learned it in a day. The next day Jamie filmed our class when we were in our costumes. We had a lot of fun doing the Thriller dance with our class at Halloween and here’s our video:

by Grace, Isabella, James, Katie & Tom October 2017 This year for Halloween we dressed up in various costumes. Most were scary but some were creative. Our teacher dressed up as Batman. Here are our costumes!             Later we went down to the hall. All the classes showed off their costumes. After that we had a scary break. On break we watched the Thriller video. We would say the best costume was a person who dressed up as a coffin. We think the best costume in our class w...

by Evan, Tessa, Ava, Jamie, Holly & Luke October 2017 This year, for our Halloween art we did spooky silhouettes. First we had to paint the background either blue or orange and red. We had to wait for them to dry.       The next day we had to paint scary silhouettes on top. Some people used Halloween decorations as stencils and some people painted freehand. Some people painted witches, pumpkins, bats and haunted houses. Everyone did brilliantly.        Mr. O'Leary helped ...

by Anna, Lottie, Danny, Harry & Jonathan September & October 2017 This year, we did a nine week Cycling Safety course on Wednesdays. Two girls named Ruth and Caoimhe came in and taught us this. During the nine weeks, we learned: which brakes are which how to make an emergency stop how to look over our shoulder how to make right and left hand turns to keep a bike space behind the bike in front of you about cycling safely on the road by watching a video in clas...

by Matthew H, Darragh, Katie L, John, Odhran P & Eabha September 2017 This year we did a family tree. First we had to find out about our families. We got a sheet that we filled in naming our parents, grandparents, and grandparents. We learned lots about where they were from and what they did for a living.       When we had this information, we painted a tree on an A3 piece of paper. After this we stuck on pieces of paper with our family names on them.              We made a...

The 2017 Lunch Time League began at the start of May. The children from fifth and sixth classes were split into eight teams and then each team drew out a county name and play as that team. Each team will play every other team before the top four compete for the Principal's Cup and the bottom four compete for the Principal's Shield. We have now played five rounds and the league table can be seen below. Group stage after 5 rounds Competitor Pl W D L PF PA +/- Pts 1 Galw...

by Iona Finnerty and Robyn Molloy February, March & April 2017  Rugby For 4 weeks, we did tag rugby with Gareth. We did lots of games and drills. There were four different teams each week. Two played against each other while the others watched and supported. There were pink and yellow tags and a Velcro belt that you stuck the tags on. We had lots of fun and it was very enjoyable. Here are some pictures: Soccer Mr. Mansfield set up soccer teams for boys and girls. There ...