Well done to our pupils who won medals in the Community Games art and handwriting competitions. It’s great to see the tradition of success in these competitions continue among our pupils.

We had great fun in school on Friday as all classes took part in our Mini Tractor Run. Thanks to everyone who dropped in scooters, go carts, tractors etc. Thanks also to everyone who has collected money and returned sponsorship cards over the last fortnight.

Well done to our boys who took part in our first ever hurling match against Cloneygowan today.  While the result didn’t go our way the match was played in a great spirit and well done to both teams.

History was made today as these Geashill girls played in our first ever camogie match. Playing in the colours of our local camogie club, St. Sinchill’s, and alongside our friends from Cloneygowan NS we took on Scoil Bhríde, Edenderry. While the result didn’t go our way all the girls gave it everything and look forward to the next game.

Eimear our GAA coach has started hurling coaching again every Friday. All classes have been taking part and it’s great to see the progress being made.

We’re also looking forward to playing our first hurling and camogie matches in the next few weeks and we have been training hard in preparation.

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 pupils who were confirmed in Ballinagar Church on Friday 14th March. Thanks to Bishop Denis, Msgr. Coonan and Fr. Stapleton for such a lovely ceremony.

All classes celebrated World Book Day on March 6th.  Lots of reading and other book related activities took place. Well done to everyone for their efforts and remember something magical can happen when you read a good book!

Following on from their wonderful performance at the Tulllamore Credit Union Quiz, our senior team took part in the national final in Portlaoise on Saturday 1st March. They performed wonderfully well again, and in a very close contest with twenty two other schools from all around the country taking part, they came in third place. Well done to the team for all their hard work over the last number of weeks. We’re all very proud of them.

The school will be closed for the mid term break from Monday 17th to Friday 21st February.

It’s been a very busy few weeks in all our classes. From nature walks to pizza making, planting bulbs to celebrating  Grandparents’ Day, Valentine’s Day and lots more,  we’ve certainly packed a lot into every day. Take a look at some of the photos below and read the other posts beneath to get a flavour of what has been going on.