6th Class Retreat

Written by admin on March 19th, 2018May 6th, 2019.

On Thursday 15th March 6th Class, as part of their Confirmation preparation, went on their retreat to Mt. St. Anne’s in Killenard. Confirmation takes place on March 23rd at 2.30pm in St. Joseph’s Church, Ballinagar.

FAI 5-a-side Soccer

Written by admin on March 13th, 2018May 6th, 2019.

We had great success at the 5-a-side soccer competition which took place in Leah Victoria Park in Tullamore today.

The boys’ team topped their group following a draw and three wins while the girls’ team finished second with three wins and one loss. Both teams have now qualified for the Offaly finals which will take place on April 12th, at the same venue. Well done to all!

Talk on Parental Involvement in Children’s Learning

Written by admin on March 13th, 2018May 6th, 2019.

This talk may be of interest to some parents.

5th & 6th Class News

Written by admin on March 7th, 2018May 6th, 2019.

We have been very busy over the past couple of weeks.

Mrs. Kearns has begun teaching us Sign Language again.

In Maths we have been working on Time. We have made Loop Games based on the 24 hour clock.

In English we have continued reading our novel The Guns of Easter.

We have acted out some of the scenes.

We also read about The 6 Nations Rugby Championship and carried out some work in pairs. We wrote a conversation we’d like to have with Johnny Sexton.

In Art we looked at a painting called “Coming from the Mill”, by English artist L.S. Lowry. We learned that he painted scenes depicting industrial cities in northern England. We have been studying the Industrial Revolution in History and the painting gave us a better idea of what these cities looked like. We are going to draw our versions of this painting in the coming days.

Finally, two of the boys in 6th Class helped Ms. Mooney put together a wooden house for her Cairdeas class. They are available for any odd jobs that need to be done!