Students of the Week
Carol Singing in Superquinn
Today after school we all went to the Carlow Shopping Centre to sing loads of Christmas Carols. We had great fun. Clare played the organ, John’s brother, Michael, played guitar and Rebecca’s dad, Wayne, also played guitar. We sang ten Christmas songs and after we had a break of juice and crisps we sang our […]
Our Winter Display
On Friday the Junior Infants made a lovely Winter display in pur classroom. They stuck their photos onto pretty snowflakes. Then we painted a Winter sky and stuck on cotton wool for snow. The display really brightens up the room. Well done everyone!
Infant Art Fun Day
Last Wednesday the Junior Infants were very lucky to have had a visit from an artist. Her name was Tunde and she was Hungarian. Tunde taught us how to make art by printing. We painted sticky ink onto plastic and then spread it out with a roller. We then gently put a peice of paper […]
Fair Trade Talk
Today we had Bríd and Bernadette from Fair Trade Carlow in to give us a talk about Fair Trade issues in the school. We watched a presentation and got to ask loads of questions about Fair Trade. Thanks to the Fair Trade folk for donating some chocolate and tea and coffee to the school.
Turning on the Christmas Lights
Graiguecullen had a community Christmas party today. The lights on the Christmas tree were turned on by the winner of the Graiguecullen Community Development logo competition winner from St. Fiacc’s NS. The picture shows a group of children and adults from Graiguecullen just after the lights went on. It was great to see so many […]
All about Kwanzaa
Happy Kwanzaa! We’ve been learning about Kwanzaa from watching videos on the Internet. Sorcha, Oisín and Elly are going to tell us one thing they now know about the festival. Sorcha: There are 7 principles of Kwanzaa Elly: There is a flag for Kwanzaa and each colour represents something different. Oisín: They light the middle […]
Christmas in America
Simon chatted to Kevin and Ben who used to live in America. He asked them about a normal Christmas day for them and their family in America and what is different about Christmas in Ireland. There was always proper snow in America. We had lots of presents and we always had a plastic tree. After […]
What we’d like from Santa
“I’d love a new bike from Santa because I have no bike.” “I would love ‘Bend the Rules’ from Santa because it never breaks.” “I’d love Optimus Prime with swords out of his arms.” “I’d like Ben 10 cards from Santa because you can write on them and press lights on them and you can […]
Sitting around the Christmas tree…
Everyone is looking at the Christmas tree. Rebecca got to turn on the train. The train goes around the Christmas tree. We were singing Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree while the train went around. Also, my sister turned off the train when we were finished. She was five years old last week. The teachers are […]