Events

STEAM

Both fifth classes are currently involved in a 10 week programme with STEAM in conjunction with Teleflex, Athlone.

STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths. Its mission is to inspire children to love STEAM subjects for the future! Pupils really love the hands-on programme, and their interaction with scientists and engineers opens up a whole new world of opportunities for them. It greatly encourages the children and young people to consider STEM careers and to progress to second and third-level education. The programme is an investment in the future as it gives each child, regardless of their ability, an equal opportunity to participate, question & offer opinions.

Grandparents Day 2023

As part of Catholic Schools Week , 5th class invited their grandparents in for a visit. They held a short prayer service, some questions and answers and a little dancing! Afterwards, grandparents enjoyed refreshments and a chat in the hall.

Heritage in Schools

Martin Curley investigating our local surroundings on a recent field trip.

STEAM lessons with Esdras

Maths Week 2023

The children in all the classes had a very busy Maths Week! They explored many different stands of the maths curriculum. They did maths trails, played board games, games online and senior classes even designed their very own games for the junior and senior infants. They also used plenty of concrete materials and enjoyed using their “Maths Eyes” to see the endless world of mathematics that we encounter on a daily basis. We even had some parents come in to share their real life experiences of maths in their daily jobs!

Amber Flag -Term 2 2023

The Amber Flag Committee are currently selling tickets for their Amazing Easter Raffle, which will take place on April 23rd. Prizes include hampers, Easter eggs, vouchers for lots of local businesses and many more. Funds raised will go towards providing Wellbeing Spaces for more classrooms. Thank you for your support. 

Amber Flag-Term 1 2022

The Amber Flag Programme will run from November 2022 to April 2023. Children from 4th to 6th classes will be invited to nominate themselves and make a speech about why they would like to join the Amber Flag Committee after the midterm break. Mrs Cronolly will announce further details nearer to the time. 

Junior Infants-Term 1 2023/24

We are so proud of our Junior Infants classes. They have settled in so well and have worked really hard. 
We learned all about the doctor in Aistear. We sang “Miss Polly Had A Dolly” and created Polly’s quilt cover using coloured foam in Art. We even had a visit from Dr. Conor  and Nurse Mary which was so exciting! We asked them lots of questions and learned so much from them. 
Autumn has been a busy time in Junior Infants. We created an Autumn table with lots of conkers, acorns, helicopters and leaves. We learned all about the horse chestnut tree and the hedgehog. 
We learned all about Halloween. We drew spooky Halloween pictures, read Halloween stories and made some spells and potions in the role play area.

Senior Infants-Term 1 2023/24

The children in Senior Infants have completed lots of fun activities this term. We created Autumn handprint art, painted concentric circles and drew self portraits. 

In Aistear we completed activities about our hobbies, birthday parties and Autumn. We are being very creative during Halloween Aistear. We are dressing up as witches and wizards and creating potions, writing our own potions and designing costumes.

We made personal timelines in History. We learned about the people who work in our school and their roles. We drew birds-eye view maps of our school.

For Autumn and Halloween, we created skeletons, jack-o-lanterns and drew our own scarecrows! We learned about the Sycamore tree. We wrote sentences about the squirrel and completed a step-by-step drawing of a squirrel. 

We used our Maths eyes during Maths Week. We looked for 2D shapes in the classroom and at home. We played Maths games with 6th Class and we learned the poems “10 Fat Sausages”, “5 Little Ducks” and “5 Little Pumpkins”.

Active School Flag 2022/23

All classes are currently completing the ‘Run Around Ireland’ challenge. Each day, students will run laps around the school and calculate what famous Irish landmark they have run to.This month we are focussing on the fundamental movement of running. We have been given teaching tips to improve our running skills and have seen a huge improvement in students’ technique since we started.We will reintroduce Funky Fridays in the coming weeks. Students have chosen their favourite songs to be added to a playlist and these will be played at lunchtime on Fridays for students to sing and dance along to. Both 6th classes are currently taking part in the ‘Cycle Right’ campaign which is organised by Roscommon Sports Partnership. Each class completes a 4 week programme where they are learning new skills regarding cycling safety and bicycle care.Coaching in Gaelic football and Tag Rugby continues each Wednesday and Friday. A huge thank you to all the coaches involved.

Active Flag News

European Sports Day was held in September this year. We joined together as a whole school to participate in a “Take on the Teachers” Challenge. Various pupils from 6th class first took on a group of teachers in a “Basketball Hoop Challenge” . The teachers were victorious on this occasion. However, the students after a long battle managed to redeem themselves during a “Penalty Shootout” to claim victory! It meant the whole school got a night off homework so there was great excitement!
3rd-6th classes have been very busy and involved in lots of training for cross country competitions. We had lots of success in the local derby hosted by Summerhill NS. We then participated in the county competition held at Roscommon Racecourse. The children were successful in lots of categories. We were especially touched by the warm welcome and guard of honour provided by the whole school body on our arrival back to school. It was a moment to treasure for all athletes. A large group of children qualified for the Cross Country Connaught Final in Moyne, Longford. It was a challenging course but the pupils all did fantastic and represented their school so well. To coincide with all this running, we are now signed up to the Daily Challenge. We as a school are committing to running for ten minute slots at least three times a week. We encourage all pupils to be active and to move as much as possible.