Fundraising
A big thank you to everyone for bringing in all your unwanted clothes, shoes and bed linen. We raised a fabulous €220.
We are looking forward to our School Sponsored Walk in Rossmore Park on Monday 18th March.
Food Dudes
We are participating in the EU Funded Food Dudes Programme. The Junior Class have been tasting and eating carrots, cucumber, sweet corn, peppers, apples, oranges, grapes and bananas. The grapes seem to be the favourite fruit while carrots have been the favourite vegetable. A big thank you to Chloe, Zoe Donaldson and Zoe Dickson for helping to make a delicious carrot soup last Friday which was enjoyed by young and old at lunch time. We would encourage all the children to eats lots of fruit and vegetables at home too.
100 Day Walking Challenge
Why not take up the challenge of walking for at least ½ hour every day whatever the weather for 100 days to improve health and fitness. It’s free and easy. After 20 days it becomes a habit and you won’t want to stop! Any more get fit and keep fit ideas? Share on the Whats App group.
Photographer
The photographer is coming to school next Tuesday morning – younger/older family members welcome. Full uniform to be worn for school photos.
Enterprise Ideas
We loved all the brilliant Enterprise ideas. We are inviting the children to make 3 of their products each and we will host our very own SALE DAY on Friday 12th April.
Dates for your diary
Open Day for new pupils Tuesday 19th February 2-3.30pm (Please let us know of any new families in the area so we can sent them an invite)
Mid-term break No school – Thursday/Friday 21st/22nd February
Primary Language Curriculum Day No school – Friday 15th March
St. Patrick’s Day No school – Monday 18th March – Sponsored Walk in Rossmore
The Peace Link
On the 16th November we travelled to Clones Peace Link with Derrynoose P.S. as part of our Shared Education. We split into 6 teams and we went to the running track and the astro turf pitch. We did different activities such as obstacle course, rounders, Olympic hand ball, javelin, long jump relay race and high jump. During our two breaks we spent time with our friends from Derrynoose P.S. After lunch Derrynoose P.S. went home first while we waited for our bus. We had an enjoyable day and the weather was pleasant.
By Olivia & Aaron
The Orchestra in Derrynoose P.S.
On the 17th December we were invited to Derrynoose P.S. to listen to the Orchestra. When we arrived the Principal welcomed us and we took our seats. The orchestra played some Christmas pieces like ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Rudolf’. They also played ‘Baby Shark’ and a piece from ‘The Greatest Showman’. They showed us their instruments and we had to guess what they were called. There was a dance competition – the girls against the boys. The girls won. We enjoyed our musical afternoon and we were back to school for 3pm.
By Zoe Do & Luke
Our Christmas Plays
On Wednesday 19th December we held our Christmas plays in Tullycorbet Hall. The Junior Room did a Nativity play. The Senior Room did a play on Christmas 1914. It was based on a boy called Joe who wanted to sign up for the war. He liked a girl called Grace and he wrote her a letter before he went. There was confusion in getting the letter to Grace and it was misplaced. Joe signed up and Grace thought he didn’t care about her and she went off by train to London to train as a nurse. When 4 children found Joe’s letter Grace was already gone to London. In the last scene in the ‘children’s Carol service’ Grace was delighted when she came back got her lost letter from Joe. In the last song the soldiers marched onto stage. We had tea after the play and we all had a great night.
By Leah B & Tristen
Shared Education with St. Mochua’s P.S. Derrynoose
On Monday 21st January 3rd-6th Class went to St. Mochua’s P. S. Derrynoose at 9.45am. We were welcomed and sorted into groups. Mr. Woods had 5 groups, Mrs. Gilmour had 5 groups, Ms. Hamilton and Ms. Johnston had 5 groups. We had to work with each other and come up with selling ideas. We mixed well and had some very interesting ideas. After break we had to draw out our idea, colour it in and work out prices.
We got a hot dinner – a choice of irish stew, stuffed bacon and chicken roll with potato and gravy. For dessert we had fruit salad or rice pudding. We really enjoyed dinner. We went outside for a break. We went back to class to write up a slide about our idea. We were back in Clontibret for 2.30pm.
By Zoe Dickson and Callum
On Tuesday 22nd January the Junior Room went to St. Mochua’s P.S. in Derrynoose. The children were all divided into groups. They had 3 different stations – outdoor play, P.E. and class activities. In outdoor play they had balance bikes and scooters to share. There was an outside kitchen playhouse and shop. There was also a digging area. In P.E. they played some team games and basketball. The children mixed well and worked well as a team. In the class activities they had a choice of painting, play dough, lego, roll play and drawing/cutting/sticking. They children enjoyed their day out.
Lego Mindstorm Project
As part of our afterschool Lego project Ethan, out teacher gave us a new Lego kit. We built scraper robots and had to collect little bricks on the table. We did different challenges. One was to use the scraper robot, come out of your garage, put bricks around the wall and then try to get the bricks back into the garage. We are doing the Lego Mindstorm for 4 weeks and then we are going to have a competition to build a space robot.
By Jonathan and Thomas