Operation Transformation

'10 at 10'

At exactly 10 o' clock this morning, on the 10th day of February all of the children and staff took part in the nationwide initiative '10 at 10'. This initiative, which is being backed by Operation Transformation took place in the majority, if not all, primary schools across the country!

As a school community we felt that it was very inportant to take part, as getting up and active has proven to have hugely beneficial health outcomes for children and adults alike. It also tied in nicely with our current Health Promoting Schools programme. 

To complete the challenge we combined running and circuits. We began by running around the school perimeter for 2mins and 30sec. We then spent 2mins and 30 sec doing 30sec segments of the following activities - Lunges, Jumping jacks, High Knees, Squats and Strides. We then repeated the process again to ensure that we had 10 minutes of sustained activity.

A huge well done to all children and staff for taking part.

 

 

 

 

 

Confirmation 2016

 

We would like to congratulate four of our 6th class pupils who received the sacrament of Confirmation on the 6th of May 2016 in St. Mary's Church in Killenummery.

The sacrament was conferred by Bishop Francis Duffy during a lovely ceremony and the mass was concelebrated by Bishop Duffy and Parish priest Fr. Vincent Connaughton.

A big thank you and well done to their teacher Ms. Quinn for all her work in  preparing the children and thank you also to the childrens' parents and to Fr. Vincent for all their help and support to the children.

The children are pictured here with their Tecaher Ms. Quinn, Bishop Francis Duffy and Fr. Vincent Connaughton.

 

 

 

 

 

First Holy Communion Day 2016

 

On Saturday the 23rd of April our 3 second class pupils received the sacrament of First Eucharist in St. Mary's Church in Killenummery.

They are pictured here with their teacher Ms Loughlin and Parish Priest Fr.Vincent Connaughton

We would like to say a huge Congratulations to our 3 pupils Amy Gallagher, Conor Higgins and Luke Fitzmaurice. You all did very well on the day and we were very proud of you. 

 

 

Proclamation Day.

On the 15th of March, the Staff, Parents, Grandparents, members of the BOM and the pupils celebrated Proclamation Day in line with National events. 

It was a means of commemorating the signing of the 1916 proclamation.

Our National Flag was raised by one of our own, Mrs. Anna Conlon.

Anna is a cousin of Séan Mac Diarmada, one of the 7 signatories of the proclamation.

The children played music, sang and also read both the 1916 proclamation and their own revised proclamation - a copy of which is on the downloads page.

The children also performed a dramatic piece retelling the story leading up to and including the events of 1916.

It was a very memorable and enjoyable day.

 

Féasta Pancóga.

On pancake Tuesday the staff once again took to making pancakes.

Every child got to take part in weighing, measuring and mixing their own batch of pancakes. 

Fr Vincent even came to lend a hand.

They were delicious.

 

 

 

Credit Union Schools Quiz.

Congratualtions to 4 of our 6th class pupils who came third in the local heat of the Credit Unions Schools Quiz.

The heats were hotly contested by all local schools.

The Credit Union Schools Quiz consists of two knock out stages at local and regional level and culminate in a National Final in Dublin’s RDS where 100 qualifying teams compete for the title of Schools Quiz champions.

The Quiz is divided into two sections: Competition A for children up to 11 years and Competition B for children under 13.

Local quiz winners go through to the Regional Finals and regional winners and runners-up (100 teams of 4 children) compete for the National titles.

The Schools Quiz is run throughout communities all over Ireland.

The questions are compiled by primary school teachers and cover topics such as geography, history, music, literature and sport.  

 

Congratulations again to the 4 6th class pupils and well done to our other teams who also took part.

 

Presentation of

The Irish Flag & The Irish Proclamation .

On Thursday the 26th of November, our school community was presented with the Irish Flag and an official copy of the Irish Proclamation.

This is happening in every Primary school in the country in the run up to the centenary of the 1916 Rising.

We were presented with these items by 4 members of the 5th Infantry Battalion from Athlone.

It was a very special and memorable occasion. They spoke to us about the imporatnce of the Tricolour and also read the proclamation.

They were joined in the reading of the proclamation by one of our 6th class pupils.

The tricolour was presented to our 2 youngest pupils and the copy of the Proclamation was presented to a pupil from 4th class.

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween 2015

On the final day before mid term the school was overrun with ghosts, ghouls, witches, magicians, devils, demons and many more scary and interesting characters.

Below are some photos to prove it.....

 

 

 

 

 

Confirmation and Communion 2015.

Congratulations and well done to those pupils who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday the 25th of April 2015. 

6th class pupils Eoin Ryan and Keith Kilfeather were conferred by Bishop Francis Duffy. 

Thank you to their teacher Ms. Quinn and also to Fr. Vincent Connaughton PP for all of their work in preparing the boys for this special day.

 

 

We would also like to congratulate the five

2nd class boys who received the Sacrament of First Eucharist.

Daithí McPadden, Dara O' Brien, Ben Harte, Oisín Conlon  and Ronan O' Leary  received the sacrament in St. Mary's Church Killenummery on

Saturday the 2nd of May 2015.

 

 

 

50th Anniversary fundraising raffle.

On Friday the 27th of March, the raffle which had been organised to raise funds for the 50th Anniversary celebration weekend was held in the school.

We would like to say a huge Thank You to all who supported this raffle.

We would also like to say Thank you to all of the ticket sellers and to the members of the 50th Anniversary Committee for all their hard work.

The results of the raffle were as follows:

 

1st Prize  

Andrew Sweeney  - Maldon hotel voucher. 

Seller - Martina Devaney - Ticket 1051

2nd Prize 

Naoife Mc Padden -  Oil voucher .

Seller - Maighread Mc Padden - Ticket 456.

3rd Prize

Leanne Kelly - hamper.

Seller - Maggie Mc Loughlin (Mc Goldricks) - Ticket 943
 

The winner of the children's hamper for the school children was: 

- Conor Kelly - 3rd Class.

 

Walk On Wednesdays.

 

The staff, children and parents are continuing their W.O.W days. 

We have been undertaking to do these walks in line with our Green Schools initiative.

This year we are hoping to achieve our 6th Green Flag which is on the theme of Global Citizenship-Litter and Waste.

On Wednesday 25th of March the children also undertook a 'spring clean' of the route.

Well done to all involved.

 

 

 

Science and Engineering Fun.

 

As part of National Science and Engineering week, the children took part in a Science and Engineering show in The Bush Hotel, Carrick-On-Shannon on Wednesday the 11th

of February 2015. 

They, along with 400 other children from across Leitrim, Roscommon and Longford were learning about the uses of Science and Engineering in our everyday lives.

The show was presented by 'Science 2 Life' and was fascilitated by Sue McGrath aka 'Scientific Sue'.

During the show, the children learned about various areas of the Scientific and Engineering world. 

The show was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Below is a photo of Scientific Sue carrying out an experiment.

 

 

 

 

 

TEAM HOPE 

Christmas Shoe Box appeal.

Once again, the generosity of the School community shone through when we launched the TeamHope Christmas shoebox appeal.

The aim of the appeal was to fill shoeboxes with ages appropriate gifts for children in less well off countrie around the world. These were then shipped to the children by the TEAMHOPE organisation.

In total the school donated 23 shoeboxes to the appeal, ensuring that 23 children would definitely have a christmas preset this year.

Well done to all involved.

 

 

Happy Halloween

 

On Friday the 24th of October, all the pupils and staff dressed up for halloween.

There was a fantastic effort put into costumes and some VERY scary pupils arrived at school.

Below are some of the photos taken on the day.