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Olive Giblin
Oct 200 min read


Olive Giblin
Oct 200 min read


Board games with Fifth & Sixth class.
While the senior girls were at their football match last week, some of the boys from their room came to teach us the rules and how to play some board games like scrabble and the cube. Thank you boys. We had great fun.
Olive Giblin
Oct 201 min read


Olive Giblin
Oct 200 min read


Autumn Art
Leaf rubbings by first and second class. We used crayons and water paints to create this beautiful artwork.
Olive Giblin
Sep 291 min read


Autumn Nature Walk
First and Second class went for a walk to the village. We were on a scavenger hunt and we found what we were looking for…. Spiders,...
Olive Giblin
Sep 291 min read


Celebrating European School Sports Day 2025
Our Sixth Class pupils set up PE lessons for us today to celebrate European School Sports Day. We had lots of fun outside together. Thank...
pcloonacool
Sep 261 min read


Olive Giblin
Sep 150 min read


Cloonacool Sheep festival
First and Second class are bursting with excitement with the upcoming Cloonacool sheep festival this weekend.
Olive Giblin
Sep 151 min read
Holy Communion
Congratulations to the boys and girls in 2nd class who celebrated First Holy Communion today.
cloonacoolnational
May 241 min read


Bee-bot Fun 🐝
Today, on National Bee Day we were using the bee-bots in the GP room. We had fun controlling them and using the mats. Working together in...
cloonacoolnational
May 201 min read
First Confessions
14 boys and girls in 2nd class received the Sacrament of Penance on Thursday evening. Thank you to our parents, teachers and Fr Vincent...
cloonacoolnational
Apr 101 min read
Lunch outside
Junior & Senior Infants enjoyed lunch outside today with First and Second Class. It wasn't planned but very enjoyable. Long may this...
cloonacoolnational
Apr 21 min read


Mother’s Day
We hope that you enjoyed Mother’s Day!
cloonacoolnational
Mar 311 min read


Spring on the Farm
Check out our collaborative art piece! It’s called “Spring on the Farm”
cloonacoolnational
Mar 281 min read
Book Fair Prize Winners
Congratulations to our Book Fair prize winners from Junior Infants to 6th Class. Some fantastic work submitted. Well done to all. We hope...
cloonacoolnational
Mar 191 min read
World Book Day
We brought our favourite books to school for World Book Day. The children did some fantastic book reports on their favourite books and...
cloonacoolnational
Mar 61 min read
Golden Day
We had great fun playing games together!
cloonacoolnational
Mar 61 min read
LEGO Education Spike
Today we were builders, suppliers and engineers. We worked together and completed some tutorials with very exciting results!
cloonacoolnational
Feb 271 min read
Buddy Reading
We were so excited this morning to welcome fifth and sixth class to our room for Buddy Reading! We designed bookmarks yesterday and chose...
cloonacoolnational
Feb 261 min read


Our Assembly
Today, St. Valentine's Day, we presented assembly to the school. They really enjoyed our poems and song! https://www.canva.com/design/DAG...
cloonacoolnational
Feb 141 min read


Catholic Schools Week
As part of catholic schools week, First and Second class went for a short walk to the church. While we were there we lit two candles and...
cloonacoolnational
Jan 271 min read


The Solar System
First and Second class are learning all about the solar system. In January 2025 there will be a Planet parade. Astronomers and stargazers...
cloonacoolnational
Jan 271 min read
Parachute Fun!
We had such fun during P.E. working as a team!
cloonacoolnational
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Snow White
We had front-row seats for a very enjoyable performance of Snow White today! A lovely treat for all.
cloonacoolnational
Nov 4, 20241 min read


Halloween Display
Look at the lovely display our class has in the GP room.
cloonacoolnational
Oct 25, 20241 min read
Science in the sun!
The children had great fun locating, sorting and classifying various items found in their school yard!
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Sep 10, 20241 min read


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Jun 12, 20240 min read


Our School Tour
We had a fantastic time at Five Star Fun in Grange! We went on the go karts, had a disco and played together in the soft play area. The...
cloonacoolnational
Jun 8, 20241 min read


Our Assembly May 2024
We said a lovely Irish poem called Ag Scipeáil. Then another poem called Here is the House by Ken Nesbitt. We have been learning about...
cloonacoolnational
May 23, 20241 min read


Summer Beats
We had great fun composing and playing music in the sun!
cloonacoolnational
May 15, 20241 min read


Big Smiles!
The wonderful children from second class practising their smiles for their big day tomorrow! Wishing the children making their First Holy...
cloonacoolnational
May 10, 20241 min read


Happiness is…..new Lego!
There was great excitement today as our gift from the PA arrived. We are very grateful to receive such a nice gift!
cloonacoolnational
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Junk Art!
Creative juices were flowing today in first and second class. Step one of our junk-art project is complete!
cloonacoolnational
Apr 26, 20241 min read


Lunch in the sun
Junior Infants, Senior Infants First & Second Class enjoyed their Fresh Today dinner outside today. Fresh air always makes us hungry.
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Apr 26, 20241 min read


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Apr 19, 20240 min read


Relaxing Yoga
First and Second took some time out this morning to relax and breath😊
cloonacoolnational
Apr 19, 20241 min read


Fables
A fable is a story that features animals, plants or forces of nature which are given human qualities. A fable always ends with a moral....
cloonacoolnational
Apr 19, 20241 min read


Mona Lisa
We learned all about one of the most famous paintings in the world! Then, we gave her a makeover!
cloonacoolnational
Apr 19, 20241 min read


Rain, rain, go away!
It rained all day today so after learning all about magnetism; In small groups we created our very own board games using different...
cloonacoolnational
Apr 10, 20241 min read


Visiting author- Martina Kilian
How lucky we are to have an author living so close to us in Cloonacool NS. After reading the beautiful book 'Trees don't bite...but they...
cloonacoolnational
Mar 14, 20241 min read


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Mar 14, 20240 min read


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Mar 14, 20240 min read


Trees don’t bite…but they do love to giggle by Martina Kilian.
We are currently reading all about trees in this wonderful story by local author Martina. Here are some of our illustrations.
cloonacoolnational
Feb 28, 20241 min read


Our Assembly
Everyone enjoyed our assembly today. We learned about looking after our teeth and then we learned a poem. It is a cautionary poem that...
cloonacoolnational
Feb 21, 20241 min read


Gaelic Skills with Mairéad
On Friday we enjoyed practising and learning skills with Mairéad. It was wet so we had our lesson in the GP room. We had fun learning!
cloonacoolnational
Feb 6, 20241 min read
Our Snowboard ❄️❄️
For procedural writing we wrote about how to build a snowman. We learned how to make snowflakes from paper, each one as unique as we are!
cloonacoolnational
Dec 21, 20231 min read


Pastel Snowmen ☃️
Look at the beautiful snowmen we created in art using pastels.
cloonacoolnational
Dec 8, 20231 min read


Our Assembly
Today we had a lovely assembly presented by us! We said an Irish poem called An Lón. Then we sang I'll Tell me Ma. Everyone enjoyed our...
cloonacoolnational
Nov 16, 20231 min read


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Nov 8, 20230 min read
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