(written by Guy Watts) Guy and his sister, Posie, brought their one year old Bantam hen in to school last Friday. They brought her around and showed her to some of the classes in the school. They also showed the children an egg that “Cutie” had laid. Her egg was about 1/3 the size of a regular hen egg. All of the children who
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Well done to all the boys and girls in Mr Reade’s and Ms Moore’s 2nd Class who made their First Holy Communion recently. We were all very proud of how well you prepared for this special day. You behaved beautifully in the church. Everyone agreed you sang, and read very well, and brought up the gifts with great reverence. Well Done! Enjoy the photos!
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Congratulations to all our children who were confirmed in Church of the Assumption, Thomastown. The children put in a lot of work and preparation into their very special day and great credit must be given to them and their teachers Mr. Delahunty and Mr. Roberts. Thank you to all involved. It was a fantastic occasion. Click link below to view Dylan Vaughan’s Confirmation Photos
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(written by Tadhg and Ashton) On the 20th of May a puppet show called ‘Over the Rainbow’ came to St Mary’s. The puppeteers used marionette puppets which are puppets controlled from above using strings. A marionette’s puppeteer is called a marionettist. The marionettists were very good at acting with their puppets and behind the curtain they used an i pad for sound effects. Our
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(written by Eabha and Lee Doherty) We brought in our chicks to school to show everyone. They are a mixture of Rhode Island Reds, White Sussex and another breed we’re not too sure of! These chicks are only about two weeks old. We hatched them from an incubator. We put 12 eggs into the incubator but only 6 of them hatched. Aren’t they so
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(written by Hannah Hughes) Ms O’ Connor’s 4th class hosted ‘A Fashion Show Through Time’ from the Roman Era through to the Middles Ages, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1960’s and 1970’s. It was exciting choosing our costumes and it was very educational too. Annabel and Cónal both said it was fun and interesting to take part in. To conclude, it was an amazing experience for the
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(written by Dearbhail O’ Reilly) Two weeks ago we had ‘Active Schools Week’ at St. Mary’s. All the classes in the school participated and we all worked hard to run 42 Km. Each day different classes ran around the pitch for as long as they could. Each class recorded their efforts on the ‘Active Week’ noticeboard. By the end of the week we had
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As part of the strategy to improve children’s literacy and numeracy skills, the national Adult Literacy Agency developed the website www.helpmykidlearn.ie. This provides some suggestions for enjoyable activities in which parents and their children can engage. Enjoy!
(Written by Áine Murphy) On Saturday 28th of March, in the Under 12 girls South East basketball league, Berkley played Wildcats in the final. The semi-finals had been played earlier that day and now it was time to see who was the best! Berkley scored 39 points whilst Wildcats scored 8 making Berkley the winners of the championship and the league. The Berkley team
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[Show as slideshow] (Written by Darragh Skehan) On the 25th of March, St Mary’s N.S. took part in a badminton tournament in Dublin. Both the boys and the girls teams won it out. Peter McDonald, Luke Connellan, Lukas Fromman and Darragh Skehan played for the boys. Una Donnelly, Katie Tylicka, Laurie Moylan and Sarah Barcoe played for the girls. Both teams played well. The
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(Written by Guy Watts and David Holden) The Easter bunny made a surprise visit to our school this morning at 10:15am. The Easter bunny gave us all a cream egg. It was delicious! Some of the children grabbed his tail and lots of children shook his hand. Some people even hugged him and others got photos taken with him. Later that morning, when Fionn
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(Written by Nicole Cranley and Briona Rothwell) On Thursday, March 26th at 10:30am, Fionn Gardiner visited our school. We were all so excited. He performed three songs; ‘Thinking Out Loud’, ‘High Hopes’ and ‘Uptown Funk’. He sang all three really well. After his performance the Easter Bunny jumped up on stage and gave him an Easter egg because he was so impressed with Fionn!
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(Written by Chloe Scanlon) Last Thursday the 19th, the fire brigade came to our school. Two firemen came in their fire engine to give us fire safety training. They showed us things that we should be careful with like electrical cables, deep fat fryers and all electrical items that could start fires. The firemen gave us a fire safety selection pack. Each pack contained
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