On Thursday, 14th March, we all wore green, white and orange themed clothes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and Seachtain na Gaeilge. Some of the classes made Irish flags to wave. Then we all had a ceolchoirm in the school hall. Each class group performed a piece as Gaeilge such as a poem, rhymes, a song or a sketch. It was great to see everyone performing so well on stage. We all enjoyed it very much. Here are some photos from the day.

Today, as part of our Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations, the Parent’s Association organised some Irish Dancing classes for all the children with Irish Dance teacher Lisa Hegarty.

Here are some pictures of the children enjoying their steps!

Our second Seachtain na Gaeilge event was held on Tuesday. The Parent’s Association organised an arts and crafts morning which was led by an arts and crafts instructor called Diane. Each class group were involved in making a St. Patrick’s Day themed piece of art work / craft. It was a very enjoyable morning.

Here are some pictures of the children creating their crafts and some of the finished masterpieces!

To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge 2019, we have a number of events happening in our school.

Our first event took place on Monday when the Parent’s Association organised a wonderful session of traditional Irish music, song and dance. Nearly 20 young members of Comhaltas came to our school and performed some fantastic traditional Irish music, a few Irish dances and a song also. It was a very enjoyable morning.

Congratulations to some of our 6th class students who won 1st prize in the McEgan College art competition. The children, working in groups had to create a piece of art work using recycled materials. A number of groups attended on the day with the pieces they had created. The winners in the 6th class category were our students Brian, Bláthín, Grace and Sean.

Well done to all who took part and to their teacher Mr. Verling.

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Today we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as characters from some of our favourite books. We also brought books to school and shared the stories with our classmates. A collection was made on the day and our donations amounted to over €300 which is being sent to the Mercy Hospital Heroes Charity.

Here are some of the wonderful costumes …

Ms. Spillane’s class have reached 68 Acts of Kindness out of 100 and they hope to reach their goal of 100 Acts of Kindness before St. Patrick’s Day. The most recent Queen of Kindness is Zong!