School News

On Friday, the boys in Ms. Herity’s First Class visited Ms. O’Kelly’s Junior Infants to read them stories…some of which the First Class boys had written themselves! The boys really enjoyed themselves and hope to visit again.

Ms. O’Kelly’s boys have gone wild. They have been learning about wild animals in Aistear and making didgeridoos for art. Axel brought in a real didgeridoo and played it for the class.

As well as helping the junior classes, the boys in 6th class had a very busy two days making St. Brigid’s crosses. Using good Galway reeds, the boys made their own crosses and brought them to Terenure College to get blessed. Thanks to Fr Eanna for blessing the crosses and welcoming us to mass. Charlie in Mr. Geraghty’s class even …

Could you crack this puzzle? World Braille Day, on January 4th, is celebrated to honour the birth of Braille’s inventor, Louis Braille. For January’s mind-bending monthly challenge, Mr. Réamonn tasked the boys with a Wordsmiths challenge called ‘Baffling Braille’. The boys were challenged with cracking a secret message using the braille alphabet. Three winners were selected from the boys who figured it out! …

Shay and Christian from Ms.Brogan’s first class brought in their medal haul from their recent Karate and Ju Jitsu competitions. Shay was 4-0 down in his competition but managed to come back and win 6-4. Christian was down by 7-o and through his hard training and skill he came back to record an 8-7 win. Well done boys! 🙂