We made a great start to our reading buddies groups which started today, ‘World Book Day’. All the children in the school chose a book from the World Book Day list of books earlier in the week and they brought home their new books today. Special thanks to Catherine in The Clifden Bookshop for kindly preparing the books for us!
Yesterday the whole school got to try some pancake flipping and ate some delicious pancakes with Ms. Griffin and Martina. We even had lovely blackberry compote that was made with the blackberries the children gathered earlier in the year. The pancakes were delicious!
Congratulations to our Junior and Senior room Valentines hamper winners and to Maureen McLoughlin who won the main hamper! Special thanks to The Parents Association for the great work they did organising the raffle and thanks to all who so generously supported.
On Monday, we were delighted to welcome dietician, Aebhin Sheridan to our school. Aebhin did a fantastic talk with the senior room pupils highlighting various aspects of healthy eating. Thanks to Aebhin for giving up her time to give us this excellent talk. Lots of healthy eating tips were learnt!
Congratulations to our two quiz teams from the senior room who entered The Credit Union Quiz in Clifden on Saturday, they did really well and both teams came in 2nd place. We are very proud of you all! Thanks to The Connemara Credit Union for running the event so efficiently.
The children have been learning all about St. Brigid and the great work that she did. They made St. Brigid’s crosses today and did a great job.
This month, the whole school have been doing The Food Dudes Program. The children have been trying a variety of healthy fruit and veg. They are learning about the importance of eating healthy and have done some lovely art in both classrooms. Well done to everyone for their great work on this important topic!
We are currently working on Global Citizenship- Travel theme with the Green Schools. On Tuesday, we had a visit with our Green Schools Coordinator Lorraine and the senior room pupils conducted a ‘Travel Speed Survey’ of cars passing the school. 20 cars were surveyed and in general most were within the 50km speed limit. A couple were over the speed limit!
We did a Christmas Jumper Day today and raised a fantastic €260 and also have donated a food hamper too. Thanks to all who supported our Christmas Jumper Day in aid of St. Vincent de Paul.
