Month: October 2013

Debating Team Triumph!

Our first debate team was formed last week. The team members for this year are: Jack, Jake,  Ryan, Sorcha, Sophie, Zoe M and Zoe W. The team competed in their first competitive debate this morning against Wolfehill NS in Co. Laois and they emerged as winners! We now progress onto the next stage of the […]

Scratch Programming in 3rd and 4th Class

The boys and girls in Michael’s Class were joined by a parent in the school, Jean Peters for two sessions of Scratch this week. The results were simply amazing! Click here to download Scratch at home. Here are some photographs from our Scratch session. A big thanks to Jean Peters for volunteering her time with […]

Thank You!

Second class would like to say a big thank you to everyone involved in organising Healthy Eating Week. We learned lots about healthy food and the importance of dental care from the dental hygienist. We really enjoyed the week, especially pyjama day on Friday! Here are some pictures of our week.

Maths Games with Parents

All this week, our Parents’ Council have been setting up maths games in the foyer with the children. Each day a different class comes out to play the games and so far they are having great fun! Jean is visiting 3rd to 6th class to teach them how to use the programming language, Scratch.

Tá an siopa oscailte

Carlow Educate Together NS has opened a school shop for pens, pencils, notebooks and other stationery. The shop opened just in time for Maths Week and children will be able to buy items from the shop every morning this week. The shop is being run by members of 5th and 6th class and it aims […]

Maths Week in Room 4

It’s Maths Week and 3rd and 4th Class are engaging in lots of fun Maths activities this week. To kick off Maths Week 2013, we went on a Maths trail this morning. The children were asked to find different angles in the playground – acute angles, right angles and obtuse angles. Here are some photographs […]

Maths Week Begins

Maths Week begins today in Carlow Educate Together. We’ve a huge line up of events all week in conjunction with our staff, pupils and Parents’ Council. Below is a picture of our 24 Board where everyone has the opportunity to post up a question. The answer is 24. There might be a prize for the […]

Childline Breakfast

Childline Breakfast was a great success. Children, staff and even some parents came along in their PJs to celebrate together and raise important funds for Childline. Here are some photos of our parents’ breakfast.