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Pompeii Creative Writing
3rd and 4th have been doing Report Writing for creative writing in English. Before mid term break they wrote some excellent reports on...

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Nov 4, 20241 min read


Erupting Volcanoes
The 3rd and 4th class pupils did a terrific job painting their paper mache volcanoes. For Science they created their own eruptions using...

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Nov 4, 20241 min read


Italy Projects 🇮🇹
For the last two weeks before mid-term break 3rd and 4th class have been busy working on Italy projects for SESE. They worked on their...

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Oct 30, 20241 min read


Fire Brigade Fun!
A huge thank you to the firemen from Abbeyleix Fire Station for coming to our school and showing us their fire engine and answering all...

Ms. Joanne Jackson Junior & Senior Infants
Oct 29, 20241 min read
Halloween-y Spooky Parade!
Infants had so much fun today parading around the school in their costumes. The Senior pupils made a Guard of Honour for us to parade...

Ms. Joanne Jackson Junior & Senior Infants
Oct 29, 20241 min read


Spooky Experiments
We had great fun making a ghost and some slime today.

Mrs. Orla Mythen First & Second Class
Oct 25, 20241 min read


Halloween Fun
Lots of great costumes from our junior pupils today . Happy Halloween.

Mrs. Orla Mythen First & Second Class
Oct 25, 20241 min read


Our Forest School Experience
The pupils in second class had a fabulous day out at Abbeyleix Estate and Farm. We headed into the woods with Maura from The Acorn...

Mrs. Orla Mythen First & Second Class
Oct 18, 20241 min read


Maths Week!
We have been enjoying Maths Week in 3rd and 4th class. Here are some photos from the Maths Trail and board games.

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Oct 17, 20241 min read


Growing our own Vegetables
The pupils in 3rd and 4th class planted vegetables in the polytunnel last week. Super work!

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Oct 17, 20241 min read


Italy Projects and Volcanoes
3rd and 4th class have been learning all about Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. They have been very busy this week working on their Italy...

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Oct 17, 20241 min read


A super science experiment
We enjoyed our science experiment this week. We talked about the circulatory system of a stalk of celery. We used food colouring to show...

Mrs. Orla Mythen First & Second Class
Oct 14, 20241 min read


PowerPoint Presentations
3rd and 4th class have been working together in pairs, every Tuesday, creating PowerPoint Presentations based on the topics we are...

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Oct 9, 20241 min read


Halloween Picasso Heads
The children in 3rd and 4th class created terrific 'Halloween Picasso Heads' for art class last week.

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Oct 9, 20241 min read


Autumn Art and Castles 🎨
The 3rd and 4th class pupils drew and painted beautiful Autumn Art in the form of 'Falling Leaves'. In groups, they constructed castles...

Mrs. Laura Kerr Third and Fourth Class
Oct 9, 20241 min read
SNA Appreciation Day
Today we celebrated SNA Appreciation day! The children made a fantastic bulletin board of thanks for our wonderful SNAs. We also held an...

Mrs. Orla Mythen First & Second Class
Sep 26, 20241 min read


Cumann na mBunscol
We played our first match against Ballinakill today. Well done to all our players on a great first match. Well done to Ballinakill on...

Ms. Joanne Jackson Junior & Senior Infants
Sep 10, 20241 min read


Outdoor maths activities
We enjoyed creating some great equations today.

Mrs. Orla Mythen First & Second Class
Sep 7, 20241 min read


Our first full week in school!
Junior Infants spent their first full week in school this week. We have enjoyed our stations which involve lots of fine motor skills such...

Ms. Joanne Jackson Junior & Senior Infants
Sep 6, 20241 min read
Rás na mBan
Senior Infants joined Third and Fourth class at the school gates to support the women taking part in Rás na mBan. It is Ireland’s only...

Ms. Joanne Jackson Junior & Senior Infants
Sep 5, 20241 min read
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