School Newsletter – November 2017

Posted on January 12, 2018 by MrsMeehan
  • Quiz Team members Matthew Boylan, Anna Hughes, Stephen Shiel and Caoimhe Duffy claimed second prize at the Library Services Quiz held in Ballaghaderreen. This placing qualified the team to compete at County Level (Roscommon) in December.

 

  • Pupils from each of the classrooms had the opportunity of receiving instruction in long jump, high jump, hurdles, relay and javelin at the Athletic Centre in Claremorris.

 

  • Parent –Teacher Meetings were held in the school.

 

  • Children in Fifth and Sixth Classes had six sessions of Spikeball with Transition Year Students from St. Joseph’s Community College in Charlestown.

 

  • Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Classes commenced camogie/hurling training with Mike Raleigh.

 

  • The boys won the Local Area Final in the Mini Sevens Competition. Former Mayo Footballer Kevin Cahill presented the shield to the team-captain Eoin McCann.

 

 

  • The Aistear Theme in Mrs. Warde’s Classroom was; The Doctor.  In the Socio- Dramatic corner the ‘receptionist’ interviewed each ‘patient’, eliciting relevant details such as name, address, symptoms etc. Children engaged in play using stethoscopes, thermometers, syringes and blood-pressure cuffs.  In the Creative Area pupils learned the names of various organs in the body through the game of ‘Operation’ and made skeletons from cotton buds, black paper, glue and scissors. They also ‘designed’ a hospital ward and used figures from “Small World” as patients. First Class compiled mini-booklets entitled “What’s in my bag?” Each page had a picture and a sentence describing items found in a doctor’s bag. Pupils also heard a range of songs, rhymes and stories related to The Doctor. Children reported that this was one of the most enjoyable Aistear themes ever!
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