Author: LMNS

The Senior Room planted some tulips recently. Each group had to put their tyre wherever they thought the tulips would grow best. Then they filled the tyres with soil and planted their bulbs. We  look forward to seeing how they grow.

It was a privileged to see the children respond to Operation Shoe-box’s appeal for Christmas shoe-boxes for those who may not otherwise receive a Christmas present. Many of the children put together a shoe-box filled with practical items as well as some goodies and treats. Well done everyone!

Science Week was November 12th – 16th and we had a special event on November 15th. A lady from Anyone4Science came in and did some activities with us. In the Senior Room she talked about Forces. We did an experiment that proved Hooks Law. It showed that force and extension are proportional to each other.…

A celebration is never complete without a party. This Hallowe’en we celebrated in style. The day was full of activities and after completing some school work in the morning we enjoyed a presentation in the Junior Room. They entertained us with stories, poems and songs. It was wonderful and we all really enjoyed it. Then…

Hallowe’en is a fun time of year and this year in the Senior Room we put together Hallowe’en menus. We tried to think of the most unusual starters, mains and desserts and some of us even invented awful drinks. For Art we choose some of the items from the menus and made them. Here are…

Swimming: We went swimming for 6 Fridays. We went to Youghal. It was great fun and we enjoyed our lessons and bus trips Inspector’s Visit: Our school inspector came to visit the school for two days. She came to see what we were learning. She asked us questions about our work and about our school.…

Occupation: Painter Born: November 14, 1840 in Paris, France Died: December 5, 1926 in Giverny, France Famous works: Impression: Sunrise, Water Lilies, Haystacks, Woman with a Parasol Style/Period: Impressionist   He once said “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.”   In the Senior Room…

We were invited to an Imrama event. The author, Michael Smith, told us about books he had written and in particular he talked about Tom Crean.

This year for our school tour we stayed in Lismore and took advantage of the wonderful things that are right on our door step. We went to the tours and explore and did a drama. We hide raisins and had to find them when we pretended to be squirrels and we went bug hunting. Then…

We have created our own Bug Hotel. We used the crate from the Geodome and filled it with stones, pieces of wood and grass. We are hoping that lots of bugs will move in and make their homes in our hotel. The Senior Room also planted some wildflower seeds in bottle which we hung on…