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Halloween Movie Night
We continued our tradition of Halloween movie night. Great costumes and great fun.
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5 days ago1 min read


Spooky Art
We have been very busy with our Halloween art as always. We created haunted schools, 3D ghost portraits, monster drawings, and charcoal ghosts.
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5 days ago1 min read


Stop Motion
Our Senior Class made stop motion videos after learning about the movement of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood through the body.
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6 days ago1 min read


Science
We have been enjoying learning about the lungs and heart. We studied the path of blood through the heart, air through lungs and even tested our lung capacity. We used our apples to carry out an exploding apple experiment and found the best preservative to stop them from going brown. We studied chemical reactions by making mug cakes and tested the effect of different substances on our teeth. We also used red cabbage to test the pH of different substances we use in our home and
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6 days ago1 min read


That's Maths
We had lots of fun this Maths week!!! Board Games, Pizza Maths, online Maths quizzes and enjoying the outdoors. We also made lots of Real Life Maths posters to solve!!
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Oct 191 min read


Berries and Baking
We collected berries and what better thing to do than bake a pie with them. What a great review from one of our pupils.
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Oct 191 min read


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Oct 170 min read


Our First Walk of Term
We had out first walk to the woods for the school year. We had beautiful weather and found lots of signs of Autumn. We picked some gorgeous blackberries on our way.
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Oct 141 min read


NextGenerationEu
The school received a grant in 2021 to implement initiatives aimed at addressing the digital divide and support our learners at risk of...
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Jul 101 min read


Ardnacrusha
We took a trip to Ardnacrusha where we had a lovely guided tour. It was really enjoyable.
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Jun 131 min read


Curious Minds Gold Award
We were delighted to earn our Curious Minds Gold Award from The Science Foundation of Ireland.
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Jun 131 min read


Our Fourth Green Flag
We were delighted to be awarded our An Taisce Green Schools Transport Flag this year. We really enjoyed all of our workshops -learning...
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Jun 131 min read


JEP - Junior Entrepreneur Project
We took part in JEP this year. We set up our 'companies' and brought them to the 'Dragons'. The decision was made to go with the tote bag...
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Jun 131 min read


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Jun 120 min read


Craggaunowen Castle & Crannóg
We took a trip to Craggaunowen as part of our school tour 2025.
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Jun 121 min read


Seatbelt Sheriff
We had a brilliant visit from the Seatbelt Sheriff to remind us all about road safety. He was very funny and we all really enjoyed it. We...
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Jun 101 min read


Good Luck!!!
Good luck to two of our fantastic past pupils on the panel for Tipperary tonight at Semple Stadium!
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Mar 281 min read


A Visit to St Patrick's Well
We had a very busy Wednesday. We had our final swimming session today. We started the day with a visit to the library before our swim g...
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Mar 51 min read


Ag Damhsa.
TáimÃd ag foghlaim Ionsaà na hInse.
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Mar 51 min read


Painting Snowmen in The Moonlight.
We used colour to show light and shade. The end result was magical.
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Feb 111 min read
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