Pupils’ News

Bloom in a Tin

We recently went on a trip to Bloom. It's like a festival for plants. After the trip there was a project we had to do.  We had to make a garden in a tin. It's a competition. 5 people in our class made one. Myself, Kian, Nancy, Penny [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:45:25+00:00June 23, 2023|Pupils' News|

3rd Class School Tour

Our School Tour On Wednesday we went on our school tour.  We went to Ardgillan park.  There was a big slide there and a huge climbing frame.  We had great fun!  We had our lunch at the park.  We went on a big double decker bus.  We also went to Butler’s chocolate factory.  We ate chocolate and learnt how [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:45:30+00:00June 23, 2023|Pupils' News|

3rd B School Play!

We were practicing the play for a few weeks.  On Wednesday it was the big day.  We had to do the real play, but first we had to do our play to the whole school!  Then we had to do the scary bit...  The real play in front of our parents.  8 people had microphones.  Everybody laughed at the [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:45:38+00:00June 15, 2023|Pupils' News|

Agri Aware

On 1st of October to June 13th our class did an Agri Aware project called Incredible Edibles.  Everybody grew a plant, there were pumpkins, cress, strawberries, potatoes and lettuce and many more.  Most people’s plants thrived.  We had to water them every day.  Our teacher showed us how to transplant our plants when they got bigger.  One half of [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:45:43+00:00June 14, 2023|Pupils' News|

Beach Day

Last Friday we went to the beach with a marine biologist named David.  First, we had to climb on rocks to look for rock pools and animals in the rock pools like crabs and sea snails and shrimp.  David said we're not going to use the first aid kit because it has not been used [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:45:48+00:00June 14, 2023|Pupils' News|

Public Speaking Report

In May the public speaking final took place.  After succeeding in round one and two of the competition the finalists, representing 4th, 5th & 6th classes, were selected.  The six were critiqued by Mrs. Lawless, Brigitte and our guest judge Patricia Reynolds.  Although it was nerve wracking, every contestant did a tremendous job and should be very proud of [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:45:52+00:00May 31, 2023|Pupils' News|

Feis Mhuirtheimhne

On Sunday the 21st of May, 2 pupils from each class took part in Feis Muirtheimhne. The Feis Muirtheimhne includes pupils from schools all around the area.  The pupils had to recite a poem in Irish in front of 2 judges and a hall full of parents and grandparents, so it was very exciting but also a nervous time [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:45:57+00:00May 31, 2023|Pupils' News|

Intercultural Day

On 19th of May it was Intercultural day.  Intercultural day is a day when we learn about different cultures around the world.  We had passports to tick off the country's food we ate.  We brought in food from many countries.  Also we wore clothes to represent the cultures we originated from or where our parents are from. We got [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:46:02+00:00May 24, 2023|Pupils' News|

Public Speaking Competition

On Thursday, 18th of May, we had the finals of our public speaking competition!.  We were down to our final 6.  Our judges were Ms Lawless, Brigitte, and our special guest:  Ms Reynolds! It was nerve-wracking, but it was so enjoyable to listen to everyone else's speeches!  I was second in the line-up, nerves to say the least!!  Despite [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:46:07+00:00May 22, 2023|Pupils' News|

County Museum, Dundalk

Last Friday, Sixth class A and B visited the County museum in Dundalk.  We were split into 2 groups and toured around the museum.  There were three different floors.  The ground floor consisted of farms, factories and Louth’s Industrial legacy.  Floor 1 consisted of Historic Louth AD500-Present.  Floor 2 consisted of Ancient Louth 7500BC - AD500.  There were also [...]

By |2024-03-08T11:46:11+00:00May 22, 2023|Pupils' News|