The Junior Room had a brilliant day at The Hidden Village, Castleblaney with St Mogue’s N.S. as part of our PeacePlus programme.
The children got to become firefighters, construction workers, hairdressers, beauticians, farmers, cafe workers and lots more. There were pamper sessions in the beauty parlour, fires to be extinguished, vehicles to be driven on the farm and building work in the construction corner. What a day to remember!
The Junior Room had a very special delivery this week – the masks they made last month at Leitrim School of Art arrived and they were well worth the wait! Look at all our fabulous creations!
We were invited to take part in an art competition as part of the Killeshandra St Patrick’s Day Parade and are delighted to have two winners! Well done to everyone who took part, and a special congratulations to our prize winners!
To mark St Patrick’s Day and Seachtain na Gaeilge, we had a Céilí in the Hall today. It was a celebration of poetry, music and dance – we have so many talented performers in our midst! We had all been learning Cailín na Gaillimhe and started off with a whole school performance.
We had a whole host of wonderful musical performances – we had tunes on guitar, violin, bango, piano and tin whistle!
We also had some fantastic Irish dancers who showed off their skills!
There were some poems, recitations, songs and prayers – well done everyone!
We finished off our céilí with An Damhsa Mór where everyone had the chance to join in!
Maith sibh go léir – bhain gach duine an-taitneamh as an gcéilí!
We ran a competition in school this week as part of our Scholastic Book Fair. The Junior Room had to design a book mark while the Middle and Senior Rooms wrote a letter to an author or a character from a book. Mrs Comiskey had the very difficult job of judging all the entries, but she managed to choose a winner from each room.
They were able to pick a book from the Book Fair as their prize. Well done everyone, and a special congratulations to our winners!
The Scholastic Book Fair arrived in school today! We had the chance to look at some of the lovely books and stationery and think about what we might like to buy during the week!
Today was our last Drumming workshop with Alan Laird from the Ulster Scots Agency. We have really enjoyed learning how to play the snare drum over the last few months, and today we had the opportunity to try out our skills on a real drum! Alan also showed us how well he can play – thank you Alan!
Today is World Book Day!
We had lots of special activities today to celebrate books and reading – we read Irish books, took part in webinars and quizes, wrote stories, shared our books with our class and spent some time reading and talking about our books with the whole school.
Happy World Book Day 2026!
We finished our Fit for February challenge today and we hit our target! At the beginning of the month, we set a target of 700 laps. Today was our highest number of laps – we walked and ran 224 laps of the football pitch.
Over the 4 weeks, we managed to complete a total of 712 laps – great running everyone!
This evening, members of our school community attended a gathering in Cavan Town to show support for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) following the recent announcement regarding proposed cuts to SNA provision. SNAs provide a vital role in supporting pupils with additional needs, helping them to access education, build independence and fully participate in school life. We stand in solidarity with SNAs and acknowledge the invaluable contribution they make to pupils, families and wider school communities.
