Many thanks for €433.30 donated to Trócaire. Happy Easter to all.
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Each class did three activities over 30 minutes and made a donation to Trócaire.
Easter Egg Hunt April 2019
First, Second and Third had great fun on their Easter Egg Hunts with the help of our playground leaders from Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. They all finished up with an egg and spoon race!
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Food Dudes
The Food Dudes Programme which is run by Bord Bia provided the children with tastings of fruit and vegetables over 16 days in the first term and a further 5 days in April. They all enjoyed trying out peppers, cucumber, carrots, mangetout, baby corn, apples, strawberries and blueberries!
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Robotics Competition
Well done to our team of Laura Flynn, Luke Hartnett and Sarah Nicholas on reaching the final 16 teams in this competition held in Analog Devices European Research & Development Centre last Saturday. Points were awarded for their teamwork, their robot design and innovation and how well their robot competed in the challenge. Although this was a competition, our three team members enjoyed their day.
Analog Devices Primary Schools Robotics Competition
The pupils of Fifth Class enjoyed a robotics workshop today where they were given the opportunity to work together as engineers, researchers, analysts and designers. The boys and girls took measurements, analysed data, made predictions, solved problems and designed solutions as they worked in teams to build and test their projects. The children who will go forward to the final of the competition on Saturday March 2nd are: Laura Flynn, Luke Hartnett and Sarah Nicholas. The runners up were: Darragh Cummins, Eve-Ann Shanahan and Kyle Gow.
5-a-side Indoor Hurling
East Limerick 5-a-side indoor hurling blitz
Well done to the 3rd and 4th class boys who competed in the East Limerick Cumann na mBunscol indoor hurling blitz at Caherconlish Hall on Tuesday the 5th of February.
The boys competed very well and showed great skill, heart and determination throughout the competition. They defeated Donoughmore, drew with Castleconnell and lost to Nicker. A big well done to all involved.
Panel: Cillian Holmes, Cian Long, Joseph O’Brien, Adam O’Riordan, Tadhg McElligott, Peter Ashe, Alex Woodland, Zinedine Laihem.
Spraoi sa Sneachta
Enrolment 2019
Enrolment 2019
Enrolments are now being taken for September. The closing date is January 31st and places will be offered in February.
Visit from Santa Claus
The boys and girls of Junior and Senior Infants were delighted to receive a visit from Santa Claus today. They asked him many questions and he advised them to go to bed early on Christmas Eve.
Science Fair
Congratulations to all the boys and girls in 4th and 5th Class who hosted a Science Fair as part of Science Week 2018. All classes were invited to the school hall to observe their experiments. Each group researched their chosen experiment and completed a group project. The groups were as follows:
Bouncy Egg by Laura Flynn and Rachel Kemp
Tie-Dye Milk by Leslie Martin and Aleesha Drew
Slime by Jenna Johnson, Lauren Cusack, Kerrie Moroney, Reuben Crowe and Rebecca McCormack
Ooblek by Maeve Cullinan, Ruby Fadden and Millie Rickerby
Snake Bubbles by Dylan Barry, Tadhg McElligot, Peter Ashe, Cillian Kinsella
Balloon in a Bottle by Aishling O’Dwyer, Allyson Quinn, Cara Cremins and Ronan O’Brien
The Dancing Man by Tommie Cusack and Alex Woodland
Blow up Balloon by Alex Guerin, Jack Slattery, Zinedine Laihem and Conor Walsh
Giant Gummy Bears by Darragh Cummins, Oisin Delaney and Kyle Gow
Lava Lamp by Ella Dunne Byrnes, Maddie Dunne Byrnes and Callum Jordan
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