Assembly Report

This week we had another special belief system assembly. Frances and Carolina, from the Jehovah Witness community in Carlow, joined us to speak about the life of Jehovah Witnesses. The two ladies described the meaning of their religion and how it started. They spoke about how they believed that the bible teaches them. The children […]

Storysacks ends

The Storysacks project ended this week with a lovely celebration with parents and pupils. The scheme, which gives parents and children the opportunity to learn about books and reading through a fun environment was a great success with 6 families participating. Below are photos of some of the sacks that were created. A big thanks […]

Great success at the Book Fair

The annual Book Fair raised almost €500 for schoolbooks for the school. We were delighted with the response! The school will now be able to buy 2 new class sets of novels for classrooms. A big thanks to the Parents’ Council for helping out on the day and thanks to everyone who supported the event.

Hi-Viz Jackets Arrive

  The Parents’ Council have donated hi-viz jackets to every pupil in Carlow Educate Together NS. The jackets can be used for any purpose by class teachers, for example, if going for a walk in the woods or in a place where they may need to be identified. Below is a picture of two members […]

Second Class Expositions

In First Steps writing we are learning how to write expositions. Expositions use persuasive language, second class wrote about our school. Jake Title: C.E.T.N.S is Brilliant C.E.T.N.S. is an absolutely brilliant school, over average in positives and under average in negatives! Our school is perfect for pretty much anyone on the globe, every continent and every country. […]

GAA Match against Portlaoise ETNS

Portlaoise ETNS came to visit us on Thursday as part of Active Week and we had a great game of football with them. Our school were kitted out in blue this time (Laois colours!) and we had a very close game against our visitors.

An Active end to Active Week

Active Week came to a close with a very active day. The fantastic week organised by a group of staff and helped along by all members of the Carlow Educate Together community was a massive success. We were very lucky with the weather and it was great that we were able to take part in […]

Active Week 2013 – By 3rd and 4th Class

We celebrated Active Week in our school this week. Every morning we held an assembly on yard where we participated in ‘Wake and Shake’. This was a five minute exercise class and everyone got involved. We played co-operative games on Tuesday and on Wednesday the Parents’ Council organised a yard game for us. On Thursday […]

Wake and Shake starts Active Week

Active Week began today with Wake and Shake! At 8:45am, children lined up outside the school, the stereo pumped out some cool tunes and Vicky led the school in some warm up exercises. All the staff and children took part and we had a super time. Tomorrow is Jersey Day so everyone needs to come […]