On Tuesday 24th of June, Ms Hogan’s 5th class put on 4 plays; ‘Celebrity Chickens’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘The Fwog Pwince’ and ‘The Alien’. In ‘Celebrity Chickens’ the chickens were Jake Bambrick, Leeanne Teesdale, Isabel Evans, Edie Maher and Kaylin Shanahan. The green aliens were Liam Treacy and Aoibhe Collins. Everybody love it. In ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ the grandparents were
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Super Sports Day (written by Annabel O’ Connell) It is the 18/6/2014…Sports day. Yay! The day is hot. I was late for school! I’ll tell you why in a minute. First we jumped some hurdles. Next we played basketball. It was great fun. Then we gave a few kicks to the ball for penalty shoot out. After that we did an obstacle course. When
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(Written by Róisín Lynch, 3rd class) On Friday 13th of June at 8am we all met in our classroom for our school trip. By 8:15 we were on our way to Cork. The bus journey took two hours. When we got to Fota Wildlife Park we went straight in to the park. We ate a snack and looked at the meerkats. Then we met
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Well done to all the boys and girls in Ms Troy’s and Ms Moore’s 2nd Class who made their First Holy Communion last month. 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! We hope
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There was tremendous excitement throughout the school today as a number of chicks hatched from their eggs. We watched the eggs wobble and we heard the chirping from within the egg. It was amazing to watch them peak their beaks through the eggshell, finally breaking free! After the chicks hatched they were allowed to dry off and fluff up in the incubator before removing
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Don’t forget to take a peek at our 13 fertilised incubated eggs situated outside Mrs Walsh’s office. The eggs are due to hatch any day now on day 20 or 21. Soon we will see the eggs wobble and we’ll hear chirping from within the egg just before hatching commences. Have a look at this egg development flip chart to follow the chicks progress
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A huge congratulations to our boys who won out the schools badminton blitz held in the Watershed on Thursday, 8th May. What a fantastic win!
The Easter Bunny visited our school again this year. He brought lots of cheer and delicious chocolate treats for all the children! Míle Buíochas Easter Bunny!! Enjoy your Easter Holidays!
Congratulations to Séan and Éanna who won the doubles in handball in Galmoy last week. The boys beat Clough in the final. Well done boys!!
(Written by Sinéad O’ Keeffe) Thomastown athletics club had a very successful day at the final stage of the All-Ireland’s in the W.I.T. complex, Co. Waterford, on December 13th 2013. The opening race of the day was the U11 girls and Thomastown’s Áine Kirwan had the race of her life, going with the leaders and storming home to take silver for the second year
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The atmosphere was electric in St Mary’s on Friday when Santa arrived with a chocolate treat for everyone! We were very lucky that he took time out of his busy preparations to pay the school a visit. He chatted to all the children from rooms 1 to 8. Thank-you for coming to visit us Santa!!! We hope you have a safe trip around the
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Well done to all the teachers and children who worked hard and took part in Christmas plays this year, especially the Junior Infants in Room 1, 2 and 3, who took to the stage for their very first performance. Everybody did a SUPER job!
The Little Red Kettle Theater Company took to the stage in St Mary’s to perform a play called ‘The Girl Who Was Useful’. The play was fantastic and was thoroughly enjoyed by children of all ages. Once again the actors invited the children to interact throughout the play and some were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to perform alongside the actors themselves.
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