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 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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(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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(Written by Sadhbh O’ Neill and Evana Rose Minogue) Our class got to dress up for World Book Day on the 6th of March. We got to dress up as any character from any kind of book. It was great fun looking for a costume. There were lots of children dressed up at school….lots of cool characters. They were from all genres of books.
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(Written by Kyle Jordan) Conor Holden and I won our all our handball games against Ulster, Munster and Connaught opposition in the Cumann na mBunscoil All-Ireland finals in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan. It was a great day and we got to meet all the top women and men pros and watch them play. We also got our photograph taken with four times world champion, Paul
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Congratulations to all the members of St Mary’s N.S. choir who performed alongside the Three Tenors at the Watergate Theater on Saturday night. What an OUTSTANDING performance! Thank you to Mr Brennan and Ms Shaughnessy for their hard work in preparing for the show. It truly was a night to remember! [Show as slideshow]
Come along and enjoy ‘The Three Tenors’ perform this Saturday February 7th in the Watergate Theater at 8pm with very special guests….St Mary’s National School Choir! The choir will perform hits such as ‘My Way’, ‘New York’, ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Song for Ireland’ and ‘The Wild Rover’ along side The Three Tenors. Come and enjoy this musical extravaganza! You won’t be disappointed! Book now at 056
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December has been an incredibly busy month at St Mary’s with children and teachers doing Christmas art, practising and performing poems, plays and Christmas carols. We even had a surprise visit from Santa as he heard our pupils have been so well behaved! Wishing all our pupils and families a wonderful, peaceful Christmas. [Show as slideshow] 12►
(Written by Orla O’ Keeffe) On Saturday last, 5/12/14, Thomastown girls – Áine Kirwan-2nd, Ellen Ryan- 49th (presentation), Ciara O’Keeffe-44th (loreto), Orla O’Keeffe-55th , Edie Maher, Anna Cass – were running in Santry Demense, Santry, Dublin. The six girls ran a superb race yet again this year through muck, swampy grounds and slippery surfaces. Striking gold yet again this year. There were 150 girls
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(Written by Aoife Coverdale and Hannah Hughes) We got to the Roinn A football final. We were playing against a very strong St. Canice’s team. Our captain was Dearbhla O’ Reilly (and a good one too!) In the first half St Canice’s played well. At the end of the first half the score was Thomastown 1-0 to St. Canice’s 1-1. In the second half
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