Author: LMNS

We went to the Park with all our Teddies.  We went to the playground first and played  games and we played on the swings, we went on the slides and on the climbing frames.  After that we went to have our lunch in the Park.  The teddies all sat on blankets while we eat our…

At the end of May, Olivia and Mary came to our school to do an Art class with us.  First of all Olivia showed us how to make pictures with string.  Then we all had a go.  After that we drew pictures upside-down.  Then Olivia and Mary had to go.  I really enjoyed Olivia’s and…

There’s something special about being able to sit in the sun and enjoy good food. We had our annual barbecue on May 25th, it was a lovely sunny evening and we had a great time. We would like to thank our chefs for cooking all the lovely food. We would also like to thank our…

This year we were invited to attend Lismore Opera. Zarra and Lochie represented us. The evening was warm and the Opera was enjoyable. They really liked the 2 men who kept doing silly things. The singing was not in English but some of the speaking was. The music was lovely.    

We recently got a Polydron set for the school playground. We have had fun making different things. We even made a house and some of the second class girls fitted inside!   Teacher got some bricks to play with during big break.  They are all different shapes and different colours and you can build anything…

This month we have had lots of visitors. The local Fire Brigade came and gave some of the children in the Senior Room a talk on Fire Safety. The Garda from Tallow came and spoke to the Senior Room about internet safety and a man from the Tidy Towns came in to talk about keeping…

The fine weather lasted long enough for us to have our annual Sports Day. We finished lessons early and went to the Cricket Field. We had running races, sack races, spud and spoon races, skipping races and a long race. We also got a chance to try out shot-putt and discus. Some of our parents…

In the Senior Room we made tie-dye t-shirts. We had 4 colours to choose from. We used elastic bands to make designs on the t-shirts and then we squirted the dye onto the t-shirts. Then we left them to dry and after this Miss Quin washed them. Don’t they look stylish!      

Pat came in to visit our school on May 8th as part of Heritage in Schools. He showed us how to make our own butter and told us all about how butter was made when his Grandmother was young. He had a special churn, paddles and a special tool to add salt to the butter.…