This is where you will find all the latest news for the whole school. If you wish to find out about the latest news from any one class please click on the class links above the first blog post below.

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Friday Coaching ⚽️

Today we started coaching on Fridays with Rebecca. It was lots of fun practising our skills. There was lots of teamwork.

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Mar 14, 20251 min read

Tráth na gceist 2025

Bhí craic againn tráthnóna inniú ag imirt Kahoot! Ghlac gach éinne páirt sa chomortas. Bhí cuid de na ceisteanna easca agus cuid eile acu...

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Mar 12, 20251 min read

Trees 🌳 🌲 🌳

We had a very interesting visit from Martina yesterday. We learned a lot of facts about trees and the wildlife around us in our school...

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Mar 11, 20251 min read

Buddy Reading

We completed our two weeks of buddy reading today. It was wonderful to see the reading and the friendships that developed!...

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Mar 7, 20251 min read

Golden Day

What a lovely day we had yesterday. Lots of games and cards brought in so people could play together. Also a lovely treat of popcorn and...

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Mar 6, 20251 min read

World Book Day

Today we listened to two stories: The Giving Tree and The Full Stop That Ran Away. We also had DEAR time and completed our buddy books. A...

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Mar 6, 20251 min read

Lego Spike

We've had a few wonderful days using Lego Spike. Have a look: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGg2DRlecc/8QWWjVJ6h2kolAmHtWtXvw/watch?utm_c...

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Mar 5, 20251 min read

County Sligo

We have learned about Sligo in geography by researching facts. The website choose Sligo has lots of interesting information about places...

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Feb 27, 20251 min read

SESE: Castles

We have learned a lot about the Normans, their lives and their castles over the past few weeks. We also learned about a local castle-...

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Feb 24, 20251 min read

Tanzania 🇹🇿

We have been learning about Tanzania over the past two weeks. When we were learning about rocks and minerals we learned about tanzanite....

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Feb 13, 20251 min read

An t-Earrach

Tá píosaí scríofa againn ar bhileoga agus tá siad le feiceáil sa seomra ranga. Nach bhfuil siad go hálainn? 🪹 🪺 🐣🌿🦔🐦‍⬛

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Feb 12, 20251 min read

Safer Internet Day 2025

Today we did two of the webwise lessons on internet safety day. The first was all about the world wide web 🌐 The second was about...

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Feb 11, 20251 min read

The Aztecs

We were learning in history about the Aztec people who lived long ago in Mexico. It was very interesting to hear about their games, foods...

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Jan 30, 20251 min read

Drama

Today we worked in pairs finding the differences between two pictures. The kitchen was in an awful mess! We had to decide what happened...

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Jan 30, 20251 min read

SESE: Materials

Today we did an exercise in science- exploring materials. We talked about materials being flexible or inflexible. We had to feel an...

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Jan 22, 20251 min read

An Chéad Nollaig

Tá na leabhair scríofa againn. Nach bhfuil siad go hálainn?

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Dec 18, 20241 min read

Christmas trees 🌲

Yesterday we made Christmas trees using paper doilies. We had to cut them so they would fold into a cone shape. We used pipe cleaners as...

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Dec 18, 20241 min read

Winter Display ❄️

We have all finished weaving and the trees look fantastic on display!

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Dec 18, 20241 min read

Santa

Today we entertained Santa by singing a song 🎵 Then he gave us presents 🎁

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Dec 16, 20241 min read

Christmas in other countries

Today we used the chrome books to research Christmas traditions in other countries. We looked at Greece 🇬🇷, Australia 🇦🇺, Italy 🇮🇹...

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Dec 10, 20241 min read