The school will be closed on the following days:

Thursday 19th & Friday 20th February – Mid Term Break

Friday 27th February – Teacher in-service training day

Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th March – St. Patrick’s Weekend

Well done to our junior and senior quiz teams who took part in the annual Tullamore Credit Union Primary School Quiz on Wednesday 11th February. Over the last few weeks all ten pupils have worked very hard preparing for the competition.  Both teams performed very well on the night.  A special well done to our senior team who came 4th in their competition and now move on to the national final which takes place in Portlaoise on February 28th.

We were delighted to welcome back three past pupils to tell us about the sustainable grass paper project they were involved in, during their TY year in Tullamore College.

Their group won national and international awards and represented Ireland in SAGE, a worldwide competition for student entrepreneurs who have developed sustainable initiatives. They travelled to Georgia late last year where they won the overall 2nd prize.

It was Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 10th February. Classes learned again about the importance of online safety. Senior classes focused on becoming more aware of AI and being Safe, Smart and In-Control.

More information on online safety and Safe Internet Day can be found at Webwise.

In November, two inspectors from the Dept. of Education carried out an inspection of Music in our school. The inspection report has now been published and can be read here.

5th & 6th Class are working on building the Robotics arena and designing this year’s robot.

We celebrated St. Brigid in school this week.

As part of our Green School work on Travel, Michele from An Taisce brought a speed gun to school. Some of our pupils got a chance to measure how fast vehicles were travelling past the school.

Our Green School Committee are working hard on the Global Citizenship -Travel theme and are hoping to be awarded our 9th Green Flag later this year.

Our Student Council presented representatives from our local Vincent de Paul charity with €400. This money was raised as part of the Christmas Jumper Week, orgainsed by our Student Council.