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World Book Day in 5th/6th

The girls in 5th/6th celebrated ‘World Book Day’ by dressing up as characters from some of their favourite books! We designed a book mark and participated in buddy reading, reading to the children in Junior & Senior Infants! We had our very own table quiz too! What an action packed day – we had so much […]

Mary Arrigan visits 5th & 6th class!

Mary Arrigan well known Irish author of children’s and teens books visited the girls in 5th & 6th class. Mary told us all about her book ‘The Adventures of Milo’ and she even read to us. We each got a signed copy of the book! We thoroughly enjoyed the visit.     

Pancake Tuesday in 5th/6th!

On Pancake Tuesday the girls in 5th/6th got a lovely surprise when they were treated to some yummy pancakes from the 6th class girls! They were delicious! A big thank you to the Mammy’s who helped make the pancakes!    

Valentines Day Arts & Crafts in 5th/6th

For our Valentine’s Day art and crafts, the girls in 5th/6th have been very busy working on their fabric and fibre projects! Each girl sewed a felt shaped heart using the back stitch, we then stuffed them and added lavender to the inside for a lovely scent! Take a look at the pictures below!   […]

Table Quiz Winners

Well done to our 4 book characters who won the library table quiz on World Book Day!

February events in First class

                                    

First Class- March Activities.

First class have had an eventful start to March- with pancake making in class for Pancake Tuesday, a day full of reading adventures on Thursday 6th March to mark World Book Day.To set the day off we were treated to  a lovely reading of”The Cat in the Hat”(Dr. Seuss) by our guest reader. We then did […]

Classes on World Book Day

                             

Costumes on World Book Day

Here are photos of the classes in their costumes on World Book Day. There are some of the teachers too!!!                                                          There were lots of other brilliant costumes too – well done to all for making such a […]

Buddy Reading on World Book Day

We had Buddy Reading on World Book Day and all the classes loved it. Here are some photos of the girls reading to each other.                                           

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