Student Council’s last meeting

Last week our first ever Student Council had their final meeting. The Student Council term runs from February to February each year and we are getting ready to select a new Student Council. The current council have been an excellent resource for the school and for their fellow peers. They led a fantastic Yard Games […]

Spring is here!

This week in 5th and 6th class we have been learning about seed germination. We went to Doyle’s and chose some seeds to plant in our propagator. We chose some silver foliage, nasturtiums and an exotic blue flowering plant. We wrote about the process as an example of Explanation Writing. Check out our class blog […]

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Our Students of the Week!! Congratulations! 🙂

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Our Golden Rules Champions this week are from Junior Infants. Congratulations and keep up the great work 🙂

Peace Proms Workshop

  On Thursday, the children travelled to Kilkenny to attend a workshop for the upcoming Peace Proms concert. We practised all the songs with Gearóid, the conductor. The Peace Proms concert will take place on Saturday 2nd March at 7pm in The Hub, Kilkenny. Tickets can be purchased from http://cboi.ie/tickets.htm. Tickets are priced at €12.50 (+€2 […]

Operation Transformation

Operation Transformation is an Irish television show that encourages healthy living. It focuses on maintaining a healthy weight and keeping fit. As part of this initiative, Operation Transformation has launched a song which encourages children to improve their fitness through ‘stepping it up’ to a pop song.  The song is sung by Fresh Ré (a youthful/young […]

Golden Rules Champion

 Evelin from Michael’s class is our Golden Rules Champion this week. Well done Evelin! She was nominated by her friend Greta.

A Visit from Order of Malta

Today we had a very special assembly when Phil (Seán’s dad) came to visit us. Phil works for The Order of Malta and he and Andrew work together in an ambulance. They go all around Carlow helping people who are sick or need first aid. We were very lucky because Phil brought his ambulance for […]