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And Now Our Year is Coming To an End!
We have had a lovely year and as always we are busy as it is coming to an end. A happy time of looking forward to new beginnings but also...
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Jun 18, 20241 min read


'Incredible Edibles' Gold Award
We were delighted to be awarded the Gold Award for our Incredible Edibles project. Have a look at our entry in the pictures below. We are...
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Jun 17, 20241 min read


Graduation Movie Night
We had a movie night to celebrate our 6th class on their last few days in Ballydrehid!! There was even time for a pupils Vs teacher match.
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Jun 17, 20241 min read


‘Scoot To School’ Week 2024
We brought our scooters to school to mark ‘Scoot to School,’ Week as part of our Green Flag initiative.
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Jun 13, 20241 min read


Ballydrehid Woods
We made our annual summer trip to the woods today. We found the signs of summer in nature, spotted the train on the tracks, built dens,...
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Jun 11, 20241 min read


When There’s Lemons Make Lemonade, When There’s Wind Make….Kites!!
We designed our own kites and tested them out. We decided what shape they were going to be and what pictures we would like on them. We...
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Jun 11, 20241 min read


Let's Play Ball
We attended a football blitz in Bansha on Friday May 31st. We had fantastic weather and a great couple of matches. 🏐
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May 31, 20241 min read


Bike Week for Green Schools
We took part in a bike workshop as part of our Green Flag activities. The perfect way to mark Bike Week 2024.
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May 29, 20241 min read


Incredible Edibles
We have been working hard on our Incredible Edible project this year at Ballydrehid. Each year we grow a variety of vegetables in our...
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May 29, 20241 min read


First Holy Communion
Congratulations to our wonderful First Holy Communicants. We are very proud of them.
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May 27, 20241 min read


Curious Minds Award
We are delighted to have been awarded the Silver Curious Minds award from the Science Foundation of Ireland this month. We submitted a...
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May 22, 20241 min read


Read and Raise
We had a very successful fundraiser in our school called 'Read and Raise' - we registered our children and families and they received...
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May 17, 20241 min read


Confirmation 2024
Huge congratulations to our wonderful children who received the sacrament of Confirmation on Friday.
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Apr 26, 20241 min read


Copy of Confirmation 2024
Huge congratulations to our wonderful children who received the sacrament of Confirmation on Friday.
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Apr 26, 20241 min read


Pancakes
On Pancake Tuesday we made our own pancakes. We weighed our ingredients, followed our recipe and cooked them. We served them with a...
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Apr 17, 20241 min read


Seachtain na Gaeilge
Rinneamar leipreacháin agus bhíomar ag foghlaim seamróg a tharraingt. Rinneamar 'Pinatas' freisin. Bhíomar ag staidéar Meicsiceo. Bhí...
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Mar 22, 20241 min read


Ag Plandáil don Seachtain na Gaeilge.
Bhíomar ag plandáil síolta biolar, cairéad, oinniúin, prátaí, sútha talún agus leitís. Scríobhamar an modh as Gaeilge freisin. We planted...
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Mar 22, 20241 min read


World Book Day
We celebrated World Book Day a number of ways this year. We wrote profiles for our favourite book characters and wore hats to represent...
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Mar 22, 20241 min read


Sunny Egg Hunt
What a beautiful day for an Easter egg hunt. We were in teams with a list of clues. Each team had a colour . At each clue every team had...
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Mar 22, 20241 min read


Scoot-tastic Fun.
We had a great time with Edwina at our recent scooter workshop. We practised our gliding, turning, braking and emergency stop skills.
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Mar 14, 20241 min read
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