Visit from David Donohue

Second Class had great fun with author David Donohue today. David is the author of books about a boy called Walter Speazlebud. Walter has mild dyslexia and can read and spell any word backwards, which is a talent shared by David himself. The children loved listening to his stories and really enjoyed when he said […]

Kung Fu in 4th Class

We had a fantastic P.E. Lesson with Brian from Kung Fu after school club today. We wish he could come every week it was such a special treat!

Condemi Saves the Day

For the first time ever CETNS participated in the Football Association of Ireland’s annual Carlow Futsal Soccer Competition for 3rd and 4th class children. The event took place in St. Fiaac’s Sportscentre this past Wednesday. Our team was placed in a group with Bishop Foley’s N.S. and Carlow N.S. and our brave warrior gave a […]

Assembly Report

Sinéad was in charge of this week’s assembly. We had a very special guest speaker Danny from Irish Red Cross who spoke to the children about the migrant crisis around the world and the work the Red Cross are doing. We also gave our update on the daily K as we edge closer to Lapland. […]

Aunty Ben Visit

Last week, our students in 5th and 6th class visited the Axis Theatre in Ballymun to see the play Aunty Ben. This play deals with issues of gender and difference in a child-friendly way. The children took part in a Q&A with the cast, crew and writer after the show. They got loads of enjoyment […]

Weather in Senior Infants

This week we are learning all about weather in Senior Infants. We are checking, recording  and reporting back on the daily weather in Aistear. We noticed a big difference between outside Vicky’s class and ours. We are also measuring daily rainfall. We made windmills and they were nearly blown away with Barney. We read a […]

November in Róisín’s

What a busy month November has been! We were focusing on the themes of Homes and The Weather. We learned all about the different types of homes and also about the different materials used to build homes. We also learned all the different types of weather. We made wind sock to check the direction of […]

Most Popular Books in School

I wonder if you can guess what books are taken out of our library more often than others… Here’s our top ten loans since the start of the year: Lego Star Wars has been rented 23 times. The Savage Stone Age has been rented 21 times. Where’s Wally? has been rented 18 times. Football Record […]