Pupils from 1st to 6th Classes recently took part in handwriting and art competitions organised  by Killeigh Community Games. This week we received the results and were very happy to have so many medal winners.

We celebrated Rainbow Day on Friday 28th April. We wore bright coloured tops to school to raise money for Laois Offaly Families For Autism. Thanks to everyone’s generosity we raised over €240.

The senior classes were very busy since Easter preparing our vegetable garden for planting.  A lot of digging and weeding was done before a variety of vegetables were planted. We’re looking foward to seeing them grow over the next few weeks and months.

Active School Week proved to be a lot of fun once again this year. There were lots of activities going on all around the school every day. Thanks to 5th & 6th Classes for leading the school in 10 at 10 each morning and for organising each afternoon’s activities. The pupils versus teachers events on Friday afternoon were undoubtedly a highlight!

Cairdeas 3 have been learning about pets and other animals this month. We were all very excited to welcome some four-legged friends to school on Thursday 27th April. It was a great day!

The Confirmation ceremony for pupils of Ballinagar and Geashill schools took place in St. Joseph’s Church, Ballinagar on Friday 10th March.

Congratulations to all the pupils involved and we hope they all had a very happy family celebration.

Well done also to the 5th Class children from both schools who sang so beautifully in the choir, under the direction of Ms. Rabbette and Mrs. Hyland.

We had a great day celebrating World Book Day on March 2nd. There were lots of reading based activities going on in all our classrooms. Children also dressed up as characters from books they enjoyed reading.  Well done to everyone for taking part so enthusiastically.

We took part in the FAI 5-a-side competition in Tullamore on Monday 6th March. Both teams performed really well. Our girls topped their group but narrowly missed out on progressing to the next round when they lost 3-2 in a play-off.

Our boys, despite being unbeaten, missed out on a play-off place on goal difference.

Well done to our senior quiz team who took part in the national final of the CUDA quiz on Saturday March 4th. At the end of a very tight and dramatic quiz they finished 5th, just 2 points behind the winners.  The team worked very hard over the last number of weeks and should be very proud of their achievements.

It felt very spring like today when Cairdeas 3 planted some window boxes. Take a look at the video.