Author: LMNS

  The Red Kettle Theater Group joined us once again this year for an interactive drama. The Red Kettle team lead the children through a drama. This year’s once was about Normal Norman who was weirdly normal. All of the children go involved either playing a character or joining in with the audience participation. We…

We were delighted when we received the news that Alison Tanner, from 3rd class, had become a semi-finalist in the Doodle for Google Art Competition. Her picture was based around the title ‘If I could create anything ti would be…’ Alison is one of 75 all-Ireland semi-finalists in her age group. Well done Alison.

Show and Tell   Every year in Mrs. Sheehan’s room,  we bring in our favourite toy and show it to our friends and tell them all about it.  Zarra forgot her toy; she was going to bring in a remote control car that she got from Santa.  Luke brought in a Nerf Gun; it shoots…

Heritage in Schools: We recently had the privilege of having Jo Moran visit the school as part of the Heritage in Schools Initiative. Jo is an archaeologist. She told the children about digs that she had recently been part of. The children in the Senior Room were all excited to hear about a bronze piece…

For the first time in a long time we sung in a choir at St. Carthages’ Christmas Carol Service. Kathyrn practiced a piece with us and then we preformed it at the service. We learned all about breathing properly and the importance of singing correctly. It was fun and we hope that we can to it…

In the Senior Room we earned enough tokens to get our December treat, we made pizza. We also made Rocky Road for the December birthdays….we devoured these yummy treats and hope we earn enough tokens for next month’s treat.

Yesterday we had so much fun. Firstly we did some school work, then we walked (rather quickly) to St. Carthages Nursing Home where we sang Christmas Carols and gave out Christmas Cards and wished the older people Happy Christmas. The staff then gave us juice and sweets. Our teachers said that they had never heard…

We were delighted to take part in making and collecting shoe boxes for children who may not receive a Christmas present. Here are pictures of all the boxes we collected. We hope they brighten up some child’s life and make Christmas a joyful time.