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School Christmas Concerts 2022!!

What a fantastic day we had last Friday in St Fiacc’s hall for our Junior and Senior Christmas Concerts. A huge thanks to Mr Kelly for organising so much of the music as well as our teachers and support staff more »

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Coffee Morning

Ms Payne, our wonderful Home School Liasion Teacher organised a brilliant coffee morning with Barrow Brew last week. In freezing temperatures, the morning was a great success with lots of parents, school staff and teachers availing of lovely teas and more »

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Library Committee Update

Thanks so much to Ms Minnock for ordering over 750 new books for our library which include lots of top author names, graphic novels and non-fiction books which were badly needed. Our dedicated library committee were fantastic all week to more »

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Advent Mass of Giving

Our Advent Mass of giving was a huge success last week. A huge thanks to all families who donated food stocks to St Clare’s Hospitality and also to Fr Dunphy, Cathríona and the Parish team for their continued support for more »

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Blue Bots in 2nd Class

Ms McCarthy’s 2nd class were busy yesterday using our Blue Bots to develop computational thinking through a STEM activity and as part of our Digital Learning Framework. Pupils all had a great time while learning how to navigate their Bots more »

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Civil War Poetry Workshop

Ms Minnock’s 6th class took part in poetry as a commemoration workshop which was based on the 100th anniversary of the Irish Civil War. They were joined by author, Caroline Busher and their poetry was recorded and played on national more »

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Science Week

3rd class made parachutes, tin foil towers, papercopters and vinegar and baking soda explosions during Science Week

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Science Week

THurd class had great fun making papercopters, paper chains and creating colourful explosions.

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Crocus Rememberance Planting

5th and 6th classes were busy last week planting Crocus bulbs in memory of those who lost their lives in the Holocaust. We hope that the bulbs will spring up in early February and we are going to add more more »

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Running a Mile!

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Some action photos from our Mile Run on Tuesday which was done by all students from 3rd-6th class! Maith sibh !!

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Lyons Club Visit

On Monday, members of the Carlow Lyons Club visited the school to spread awareness for the prevention of Diabetes Type 2 through healthy eating, exercising and drinking lots of water. Students in 6th classes received goody bags which had lots more »

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Happy Hallowe’en

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Model of teeth

Room 13 have  been learning about the teeth. Our stem challenged was to make a model of the teeth showing the shape of the different types of teeth! The children had a great time and really enjoyed the process and more »

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Halloween STEM Challenge in Junior Infants

Our Junior Infants completed a Halloween STEM Challenge this week. They enjoyed working together to make spider webs using just marshmallows and stick  

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Coding with Probots

3rd class used probots to draw 2-D shapes this week.

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Maths week

Regular and irregular 2-D shapes in 3rd class

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Maths Week in Ms Hennessy’s Class

Ms Hennessy’s 4th class had a great day yesterday for Maths Week as they were playing lots of chance games including die, cards and counters.

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Maths Week in Ms Minnock’s 6th Class

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  Ms Minnock’s 6th Class were busy yesterday with hands on Maths activites to kick off the start of Maths Week in the school. They had lots of fun solving Maths puzzles and playing games- who knew Maths could be more »

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Maths Week 2022

We have started Maths Week today with lots of fun activites including a Maths Table Quiz designed by Ms Minnock and Mr Kelly has been busy with IZak-9 block activites.

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6th Class Activites

We have been very busy in 6th classes with Olympic Handball and Cricket in PE. We are also learning how to Code using our i-Pads as parto of our Digital Learning Framework. A huge thanks to Mr Kelly for all more »

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