The children enjoyed bringing in their favourite books to read in school today. We have just finished reading “The Twits” so they used the ipads to find out some information about Roald Dahl.

We entered some photographs in the INSPA Photography Competition in January.  This week we received the great news that one of our pupil’s entries has qualified for the national final.  Well done to Michael McKenna for taking this lovely photo of our bug hotel.

Three other pupils’ photos were highly commended.  Well done to Jack Dunne, Claire Fitzpatrick and Grace Kinsella for their work also.

Take a look at their photos below:

You can find out more about INSPA here.

Our last board meeting was held on Monday January 27th.  You can read a report from this meeting here.

We took part in the FAI 5 a-side soccer competition in Leah Victoria Park, Tullamore yesterday.  Our girls won two matches and lost one which meant they didn’t qualify for the next round.  Our boys narrowly missed out also.  Needing a draw in their final match to qualify they lost 3-1.  Both teams played very well and enjoyed the experience.

Our brilliant Bottlebusters headed to Limerick to take part in the regional final of the One Big Idea competition organised by the Sustainable Energy Association of Ireland.  Their film about banning plastic bottles from the school was shown on a cinema screen. Then they delivered their Power Point presentation to all the other pupils, teachers and judges.  While they didn’t win any prizes on the day, they were wonderful representatives of the school and their message of cutting out the use of plastic has been spread far and wide! Well done to them all and a big thanks to Ms. Galvin and Mrs. Shaughnessy for all their guidance and support.

Watch their film below.

See their Powerpoint presentation here.

Healthy Habits, the 5th & 6th Class business, has started trading today.  Their Healthy Habits Cookbook is now on sale from the school.  It costs €10. They are selling very fast so get your order in now! In the next week or two their Healthy Habits Protein Snacks will go on sale also.

The children enjoyed making pancakes in school. They enjoyed eating them even more!!

Information on and applications for bus transport for 6th Class pupils moving to secondary school can be found here.

Playground Leadership Training

Last week pupils from 5th and 6th class trained to become Playground Leaders. Jean Brady from Offaly Sport Partnership provided a workshop teaching the pupils to lead younger pupils in structured, fun games at lunchtime. The Playground Leaders were taught skills to promote effective communication, inclusion, organising fair groups/teams and team building skills. Take a look at the video below.

Regular Active School updates can be found here: https://www.geashillns.ie/active-flag/

Congratulations to both of our quiz teams who have carried on our great tradition at the Tullamore Credit Union Quiz on Wednesday 12th of February.

Our junior team made up of pupils from 3rd and 4th Classes won their competition against 18 other primary schools from the Tullamore area.  It was a wonderful achievement and we are all very proud of the pupils involved.

Our senior team made up of pupils from 5th and 6th Classes did really well also.  They came second in their competition and will now advance to the All-Ireland Final which takes place in Blanchardstown on Saturday March 7th.