Congratulations to the girls’ football team. The girls won the Cumann na mBunscol County Final for their group this evening. The match took place in McHale Park, Castlebar. Sincere thank you to Ms Coyle, Ms Sarsfield, Ms Horkan and Mrs Tansey who worked with the girls over the past year. Thanks also to Pauline Flatley for her encouragement and support.
The NCCA have compiled a number of video clips, outlining maths games that parents can play with their children to assist with their learning. Click on the link below to access this resource
We had great fun this month and learnt so much. We explored items that float and sink. We went on a walk around the village and learnt about all the different types of transport vehicles. We made our own vehicles using construction materials. We took part in a Letter and Sound Scavenger Hunt with Ms. Coyle’s class.This was so much fun looking for different sounds and letters in the environment. We learnt about Weight in Maths. We picked daisies in our groups out on the yard and we weighed them using a balance scale.
Ms. Sarsfield kindly treated us to some ice- lollies to cool us down in this warm weather.
All children have received their booklists for the 2016-2017 school year. If you need to check anything, you can contact the school secretary or your child’s class teacher. Copies of each booklist are available by clicking on the relevant link below.
Class Teacher
Junior Infants Ms Sarsfield
Senior Infants Ms Coyle
1st Class Ms Coyle
2nd Class Mrs Tansey
3rd Class Mrs Tansey
4th Class
5th Class
6th Class Ms Horkan
For Aistear, The Post Office was set up in the Infant room for the month of April. The children enjoyed writing their own letters to their friends and then would post them in the morning. Ms. Sarsfield was busy delivering the post every morning.
Each child made their own Postbox using a shoe box. Ms Sarsfield would like to thank all the parents/guardians who contributed items for The Post Office.
We had a very busy month in the Infant Room. The children enjoyed the story of The Three Little Pigs. They learnt about all the different kinds of houses and even made their own three houses for the pigs using straw, wood and bricks.
The children created chalk drawings and drew their own houses using 2D shapes.
The children also visited the local church where Fr. Patrick gave them a tour.
The children enjoyed exploring Capacity in Maths and also made their own musical instruments.
During the current sunny, warm weather parents are reminded to ensure all children have adequate sunscreen coverage to protect their young skin from the sun.
As a farewell to Fr Patrick, we will be having an assembly on Friday 10th June at 1.15pm. All children are asked to bring in €1 each towards a gift from the children to be presented to Fr Patrick at the assembly. Please have the €1 sent in to school by this Friday 3rd June, to give time to purchase a gift. All parents, friends etc are invited to attend and the children may go home after assembly if they wish.
The girls’ Cuman na mBunscol football final will be held in McHale Park on Wednesday 1st June at 6.45pm. All team members MUST be at the venue by 6pm the very latest; there are several finals on from early afternoon and the area will be busy.
Dressing rooms are located under the main stand. Please leave gear stacked neatly when heading out to play as you may be sharing a changing room.
Parents and all observing on the side line are asked to show encouragement to the children that are playing; please show respect to referees and officials.
Please refrain from using abusive and inappropriate language. Unintentional and accidental slips are often heard in the heat of the moment. Remember this is a competition for children, involving children.
Thank you to the Parents’ Association for organising this event. Sincere thanks also for donating two buddy benches to the school and for funding our Educational Blinds.