After a great effort at collecting tokens the pupils were rewarded with the presentation of a full set of gear (jerseys, togs, socks) for the school. Thanks to all our pupils who collected the Daily Star tokens, all the parents who supported the project and to Mr. Cunningham for organising the collection.
Hurling Coaching began again in March with coaches Johnny Cleary and Barry Whelehan. The pupils enjoyed developing their skills, doing the drills and playing the games during these sessions.
Congratulations to Dean Cahill (6th) who was selected to represent the school in a Gaelic Football Skills Competition recently. Well done Dean.
Our Fruit Scheme continues to be a great success. It ensures that all pupils in the school have access to a fruit on a daily basis. Thanks to Margaret and Emily who organise the scheme and to all the wonderful parents who give of their time and effort in running the scheme.
Mr. Cuningham organised a Table Quiz with an Irish cultural theme.Classes were divided up into mixed ability teams amd they enjoyed showing off all their knowledge.Well done to all participants. Congratulations to Jamie Grimes, Alex Smith, Niall Cunningham, Shane Moloney, Andrew Milne Cosgrove(1st place)—Conor Brummell, Thomas Rattigan, Donal Coffey, Conor Saxby, Padraic Watkins (2nd place) and Nickolas Cordial, Joseph Kelly, Keelan Burke ,Rian-Digan Sullivan(3rd place). Also thanks to all the teachers who helped out on the day.
Congratulations to Mr. Kennedy’s class (2nd) on making their First Confession. They participated in a beautiful ceremony in St. Brendan’s Church. They said the prayers, sang the hymns and the ceremony went very well on the night. Thanks to Mr. Kennedy, Majella, the priests and parents for all the preparatory work and for making the ceremony such a special occasion.Of course a special thanks to all our boys who were all wonderful on the night.
In preparation for Easter we held our Stations of the Cross ceremonies in the gym. Various classes read the prayers while other pupils held the cross and candles at each station. The pupils were able to follow the story of Jesus on his journey to calvary. They also saw how many elements of this story can be applied to their own life also. We were also very lucky to visit the stations in the beautiful station area behind the church. Miss. Doyle’s class read the stations as all other classes prayed and sang in the beautiful surroundings in glorious sunshine.
First class participated in the Lift Off programme this term. This programme is dsigned to develop the pupils literacy skills.The programme follows an eight week programme with follow up classroom based activities.The pupils were given certificates designed by Miss. Ryan and presented by Mr. Crofton.
Miss. Tooher’s class visited the Oxmantown Theatre to see aperformance ofPinnochio. The boys really enjoyed the show and got to interact with the characters afterwards. We hope that such initiatives will develop the creative talents of the pupils. We hope that they will be able to transfer their experiences into other areas of the curriculum such as creative writing, drama and many other aspects of the visual arts.
The Maths for Fun Project was in operation in first class this term. The pupils enjoyed developing their Mathematical sklls in a fun manner.Thanks to all the parents who participated in the project and to Margaret and Emily for organising the event. We also had a maths practical circuit in operation in the gym and the boys gained many practical skills as they explored the areas of number, shape, measure and data.
