It felt very spring like today when Cairdeas 3 planted some window boxes. Take a look at the video.

It was an amazing evening for our school at this year’s Tullamore Credit Union Quiz.  Our Junior and Senior teams both came 1st in their competitions. Well done to the girls and boys who prepared so enthusiastically for the quiz over the last few weeks.

Our senior team go forward to the National Final which takes place on March 4th.

We celebrated these fantastic teams at a school assembly this morning.

It was Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 7th February. Parents can find some very useful resources on the Webwise website.

Well done to our Vex Robotics team who represented the school so well at the primary school competition which took place on Wed 1st February in the Sacred Heart School.

We had a wonderful Grandparents’ Day on Wednesday January 24th. The school was alive with music, songs, poems, knitting and card games.  It certainly was a day to remember.  A big “Thank You” to all.

Our Student Council organised a Christmas Jumper Week to raise money for our local St. Vincent de Paul. On Wednesday they presented Jimmy Fleming with €688.  Thanks to everyone for contributing so generously.

We had a special visitor to the school on Tuesday.  Santa Claus paid a flying visit to all the classes. We think Santa really enjoyed his visit!

We were delighted to attend the crib unveiling and Christmas tree lighting in the village green on Friday 9th December. It was a very cold afternoon but the Christmas spirit was very much in evidence as the children sang Jingle Bells and Silent Night. As a sign of friendship to our Ukrainian pupils we sang a verse of Silent Night in Ukrainian.

Clean Air Week is taking place from November 21st to 25th. Our Green School Committee is encouraging us all to take part. You can read a letter from the committee here telling us about a no idling campaign it hopes parents will be able to help out with.

Well done to our Green School Committee for all their work in promoting all things green in our school and for helping us achieve 7 Green Flags.