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Camogie
Well done to 2 of our 6th class girls who played at half-time in the Offaly/Kerry match last Sunday in O’Connor Park. Great to see them representing Offaly.
Birr Active Travel Launch
On Wednesday 18th May some of our Green School Committee attended the launch of the Birr Active Travel plan. The girls enjoyed themselves.
National Walk to School Day
A great crowd gathered this morning to celebrate National Walk to School Day on Wednesday 18th May. We walked to school together from Emmett Square. We were delighted with the turn-out, despite the rain!
May news – Senior infants
May has been busy here in Senior Infants. The girls planted sunflowers.Now we have a few sprouting . We had a visit from author George Dempsey who read us his new book- ask your child all about it. In our Grow in Love class our theme is “The Church”- and we made lovely churches. The […]
Origami in Second Class
Local artist and author George Dempsey Flanagan visited our school on Friday. First he read his new book entitled ‘Swimsy the Goldfish’ to the girls in Second Class. Next the girls looked at the beautiful illustrations in the book. Then George showed them how to make some of the characters using the art of origami. The children […]
Tennis in Second Class
Second Class have just completed five weeks of tennis with coach Kieran Galvin. During these lessons the girls learned and practised the basic skills and shots used in tennis ie. the forehand, backhand, serve and volley. They even had some rallies with their friends. They really enjoyed it. Wimbledon here we come … […]
First Holy Communion
Congratulations to the children from Second Class who received the Eucharist for the first time on Saturday April 23rd 2016. We wish God’s blessing on them, their families, friends and teachers and all who helped them on their faith journey to this special time.
Retreat and ‘Keep Safe’ day!
It’s been an extremely busy last term so far in sixth class, taking in a much knowledge as possible before departing for greater shores!!! Along with academics, we try to fit in a few extra curricular activities. On Weds 13th April, we attended the cistercian monastery in Roscrea for our Retreat before our confirmation. We […]
Community Games Winner
Congratulations to the girls who won medals in the Birr Community Games Art Competition – some of them went on to the Offaly competition! What a talented bunch
Discover Science and Maths Awards
Mrs. Fitzgerald has worked very hard to get together our entry for the Discover Science and Maths Awards. All classes and teachers took part in experiments and trips to help us get the application together. Well done to all and we look forward to receiving the award. Below are some photos from the Log […]