This year our school is taking part in the Discover Primary

Science and Maths Award for the 2nd time. As part of this we

celebrated Science Week in our school this week. All classes

completed a number of science investigations and some classes

also participated in a science themed table quiz.
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On Wednesday, we had a visit from Nuala Barry, a parent in our

school and also a secondary school Science teacher. Nuala

visited each classroom where she completed a number of very

exciting and engaging science experiments with the children. We

thank Nuala for taking the time to visit the school and are very

grateful for all of the time and effort she put into preparing all of

the wonderful activities. It was a fantastic day which was greatly

enjoyed by all.

Below are some of the pictures from our week.  Details and

pictures of other activities completed in individual classes

throughout the week will be uploaded in the Science Award Log

of Actions in due course.
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​We have had a great start to the year having loads of fun. As

Term 1 is coming to an end, we look back at some of the

activities we have done. Painting, dress up, playing, making

clay, singing and of course lots and lots of learning

An enjoyable week was had as we celebrated Maths Week back

in October. A number of challenging maths activities took place

in all classrooms.

The children of Junior Infants, Senior Infants and 1st class

played lots of fun maths games in the classroom and

participated in a maths trail around the school.

In 2nd and 3rd Class the children created their very own Maths

trail for the Infant classroom and also played a number of

engaging number based games in the classroom throughout the

week.
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In 3rd & 4th Class the children explored 2D and 3D shapes.

They constructed the shapes from nets and completed a maths

trail in groups around the school.

5th & 6th Class undertook a maths trail around the school

grounds. They also explored lines, angles and distance as they

made and launched rockets. The measured and compared the

distance travelled when launched at the various angles. 

Garda Visit

On Monday 11th November, Sgt Brian Murray from Rathcormac 

Garda Station along with his colleague John who works with the

dog unit came to the school with 2 other members of staff,

Buddy the labrador and AJ the German Shepard. John spoke of

the duties of the dogs, Buddy was used for sniffing out different

things such as drugs or bombs, AJ was used for crowd control

and rioting. We would like to thank Sgt Murray for organising

​ this talk for us. It was very interesting and the children loved it.

​On the 25th of October, the children dressed up for Halloween.

They had great fun on the day and they all looked

​ SPOOKTACULAR!

​Mercy Hospital Fundraiser

On October 18th, the boys and girls took part in the Mercy

Hospital Dress up or Dress down day in order to raise money for

​ the Mercy POONS Service. This is the Paediatric Oncology

Outreach Nursing Service. This crucial service allows children

who are suffering from cancer to be treated in their own homes.

They deliver a home based option to these children which

enhances their quality of life and allows for some normalisation

of family life during cancer treatment. We were delighted to be

able to support this great cause, raising €220 and the children

were delighted not to have to wear their uniform!