BOOK WEEK
Book week 2005 was a very successful
and enjoyable week here in the school with the children involved in
a variety of books related activities.
These activities included:
· Buddy Reading
· Visit from an author
· Share a book
· Book reviews
· Art activities
· Musical books
· Book character parade
Read - Succeed
At the beginning of the Book Week we set ourselves a target of reading
500 books in the school. The children documented all books read in their
Book Week Reading Cards and when the number of books read was totalled
we found that 598 books had been read that's over 7 books per child
or one book a day per child for the week, so well done to all our avid
readers.
Book Character Parade
Without a doubt the highlight of the week was the Book Character Parade
on Friday, February 11th. Once again the children made huge efforts
with characters ranging from the Queen of Hearts, to Harry Potter to
James Bond. We were delighted that every child made and effort and it
was very difficult to choose winners from the variety and colour of
the characters on parade.
Infants/Senior Infants: Aislinn
Mullins, Breffni Horner & Martin McMahon
1st & 2nd Class: Caoimhe Horner, Hannah Leonard & Dylan Goodman
3rd & 4th Class: Youen Horner, Mark Perrill & Aine McNamara
5th & 6th Class: Paul McNamara, Shane Loughrey & Ruth Kearney
Art Competition:
Prizes were also given on the day to pupils for Art related activities
1st & 2nd Class: Favourite Book Character Teresa Hurley, Colm McNamara
& Kailey Arcainia
3rd & 4th Class: 3-D Pictures David Kearney, James McNamara &
Luke Hayes
5th & 6th Class: 3-D Book Covers Hazel Grassie, Trudy Perry &
Conor O'Loughlin
Book Fair:
A big thanks to you all for supporting our Book Fair. Scholastics offers
60% commission in Books on all takings. Over €1000 was spent during
the week so we were able to get €600 worth of books for the school.
The books are being covered and stamped at the moment and will be in
all classrooms by the end of the week. A special thank you to Christine
and Dolores for running the Book Fair.
Visit by Children's Author:
Mary Murphy, children's author visited both Miss O'Keeffees and Miss
Bradys class. She read them some of her stories: How Kind, The Flyaway
Alphabet, 3 Ones and a Half and I Like It When. The pupils responded
to the stories through art. They produced some lovely paintings and
drawings, which are now displayed in their classrooms.
ENROLMENT
Parents/guardians wishing to enrol
their children in our school should contact the school for applications
forms on (065-6827183)
Enrolment forms for children aged 3 upwards, who wish to attend Playschool
are also available.
CREDIT
UNION QUIZ
On Sunday 6th Feb. four pupils
from Mr.Kearney's class, Jamie Fitzgibbon, Aoife O'Brien, Conor Hayes
and Paraic O'Malley represented the school at the Clare Credit Union
Quiz. Our team scored 58 points just 5 behind the winning team, The
Ennis National School. Well done to all involved!
HURLING
NEWS
On Monday last our Senior Boys
Hurling Team played Tulla in a challenge game. This was a very good
practice game for our hurlers and in a well contested match our boys
emerged victorious. All of the players gave a good account of themselves
with a special mention to Bryan McInerney who was exceptional on the
day.
CONFIRMATION
A preparation ritual for confirmation
candidates and their families took place at 11.30 a.m. Mass last Sunday.
School Calendar
School will be closed on 17th March,
St.Patricks Day and on Friday the 18th March.
CROSS
COUNTRY
The Primary Schools Cross Country
will take place on Wed. 9th March in Tulla. The races will begin at
11 a.m. Teams to represent the school will be picked next week.
GIRLS' BASKETBALL BLITZ
The Marian Keane Memorial Tournament
for 4th, 5th & 6th class girls will take place in Toonagh at a date
to be decided. All our senior girls are busy practising their basketball
skills in preparation for this exciting tournament.
