School Newsletter-September 2017

We welcomed six children into Junior Infants this year-Noah Duffy, Chloe Roddy, James Kelly, Áine Duffy, Carly Egan and Ronan Duffy.

Winners from the school in the Colouring/Wordsearch/Poetry Competitions organised by Urlaur Pattern Committee were Patrick Duffy, Steven Rush, Ethan McCormack, Robbie Dodd, Aoibhín Boyle, Micaela Roddy, Caitlin Duffy and Aoibhínn Duffy.

Fifth and Sixth Class pupils competed in the Cross-Country Competition for schools in East Mayo.

Eugene Ivers began coaching Gaelic Football skills to pupils in First to Fourth Class.

Ryan Egan had the honour of being a flag-bearer at The All-Ireland Senior Football Final between Dublin and Mayo.

Mrs Warde brought First Class on a visit to Ballaghaderreen Library where the pupils had a guided tour of the facility and had the opportunity of browsing a range of fiction and non-fiction material.

Fr. Sherlock conducted a prayer service to celebrate the start of the new school year, with a special emphasis on welcoming our new pupils. Parents of children in Junior Infants were invited to attend.

The Aistear theme in Mrs Warde’s classroom was Transport. Children discussed their experiences of different types of travel, vehicles that help us and the best way of travelling to various places. They role-played asking for directions, buying travel tickets and dressed up as pilots and drivers. At the Art Station, pupils used shape pictures to invent vehicles and experimented with designs produced by pressing wheels of various sizes and textures onto a paint pad and then ‘driving’ them on sheets of paper. Children listened to a range of transport themed stories, poems and songs. They also listened to and recited the Safe Cross Code and talked about the benefits of walking and cycling. Bus Driver, Michael Roddy visited the classroom and reiterated the importance of always wearing a seat belt when travelling in a car or bus.