


The school will be closed on the following days:
Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April – Easter Holidays
There was great excitement on Thursday 19th March as all classes took part in a mini tractor run, in preparation for our Parents’ Council big fundraiser later in the month.
Thanks to everyone who returned sponsorship cards and for the usual great support.


Well done to both our teams who competed in the FAI 5-a-side competition in Tullamore. Our girls played four games, winning two and losing two. They came third in the group.
Our boys topped their group, winning all three of their games. In the final they narrowly lost out in a penalty shootout following a thrilling match.

Bhain an scoil go léir taitneamh as an Lá Glas inniu, le haghaidh Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bhí rince Gaelach, amhráin, ceoil agus craic againn i rith an lae. Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir.

Congratulations to our 6th Class pupils who celebrated their Confirmation on Friday 13th March. Well done to our pupils who sang in the choir alongside their counterparts from Ballinagar NS.

We celebrated World Book Day with lots of activities in all classes. Buddy reading was a real favourite.

Over the last number of weeks, our infant classes have been learning about Tanzania. To finish off all their wonderful work, they headed on a special flight to Tanzania to see some of the places they had been learning about!

On Thursday 26th February, our Green School Committee welcomed Michele from An Taisce to the school. They presented their work from the last two years in the area of Travel and Global Citizenship.
Well done to all the pupils for their confident presentation and for all their efforts over the last two years. They did us all proud.
We hope to be awarded our 9th Green Flag later this year.

Well done to our senior quiz team who took part in the national final of the CUDA Quiz on Saturday 28th February. They performed very well and after 100 challenging questions, they finished in the top ten. Well done to them for reaching the final and for putting so much work into preparing for it.
