October was a very enjoyable month in our school as all of the children looked forward to mid-term break and Halloween celebrations.
After working super hard during the first term and completing some mid- term assessments, countdown was on to our 'Spooky Halloween party'.
During the final week of school each child participated in a 'Spooky Craft Competition'. Children had to design and carve a pumpkin, magic potion, mask or costume, type their procedure and upload onto their seesaw account.
All children participated and then voted for their favourites.
The winners in the junior room were Aoife O' Reilly and Rosalie Cox. The winners in the senior room were Lucy Meagher and Fred ffrench Davis. Well done to everyone!

We had a wonderful Halloween party on Friday 23rd October and whilst we knew Halloween would be different this year due to Covid 19 restrictions, it did not stop us from having fun! All children dressed up and participated in socially distant Halloween games such as musical statues and designing a monster. They then enjoyed some treats and a Halloween movie.

In other news, well done to all the senior room pupils who participated in Clonmel Rotary's club 'Young writers competition'.
We were delighted to hear that Max O' Reilly, 6th class won second prize and Alexis Roche-Nagle, 5th class won first prize in the intermediate division of this competition. Alexis'story will now be forwarded to the regional competition.

During the month, we also enjoyed a visit from Mr Walsh, principal of the Patrician Secondary school in Fethard. He made a lasting impression on our senior room pupils with amazing  magic maths tricks.
The children in the junior room worked really hard on a class project about 'The Amazon' and the children in the senior room have been learning all about Africa. You will see some very impressive art work in our school windows. 
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Well done also to Max and Robyn O' Reilly for all their achievements and awards they have won with the pony club. Keep up the great work!!!

All of our children have well and truly settled back into school at this stage.
It is great to hear the sound of laughter and learning filling the classrooms once again.

On 27th August 2020, we were delighted to welcome our new Junior Infant students - Lacey Nolan, Rosalie Cox, Clara O' Donnell, Fern O'Reilly, Tadhg O'Reilly and Charlie Meagher. They have all settled into 'Big School' really well and are always eager to learn.

Children are busy engaging in projects, art work and music lessons.
The Junior room have started working on a project all about the Amazon and the Senior Room have just finished their project on France and the French Revolution.

All children have recommenced their music lessons with Gillian on Wednesdays and our new football coaches - John and Keith have also started lessons with the children.

We were thrilled to learn this month also that our school was selected to participate in the Creative Schools programme 2020-2022.
We will be assigned a Creative Associate who will work with the staff and children to create a plan based on promoting the arts in our school. We will also receive a total grant of €5100 over the next two years to spend on arts education and development in our school.

The following is a list of some fun art websites that your children might enjoy;

-Scrap Colouring

-Bomomo

-Aminah's World

​-Toy Theatre

Also find attached a GAA Heroes colouring book for those children that may be interested.

The World of David Walliams is releasing an audio story every day for the next 30 days! www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

Keep the children busy with these daily audio treats, perfect for tea and biscuit breaks.

And why not write a book review after listening or draw a picture? Have fun!

Well done to all our staff and pupils for taking part in World Book Day and dressing up as characters from their favourite books.

Congratulations to Lucy Meagher, Ellie O'Donnell, Alexis Roche-Nagle and Lucy Burke who won the World Book Day Easons vouchers.

For January and February, all children participated in 5 lessons with the East Cork Academy. The children built robots using Lego We-Do which they then added motion sensors to to make them move.

Using iPads they coded their robots using the Scratch programme. They could then get the robots to move and make various adjustments to see how they could improve their builds.

These lessons were great fun and provided lots of learning opportunities for the children.

This month, the Senior room engaged in Izak 9 maths - a fun, dynamic and interactive way for children to learn mathematics.

On Thursday 27th February, the Junior room took part in a Spring nature walk spotting and identifying various items on their check lists.