Regional Winners of the HSA Ocean Safety Art Competition Megan Roche and Peter Walsh at the book launch of "Too Cold for Sharks" in Croke Park.

Regional Winner of Lions Club Peace Poster Competition

Congratulations to Abigail Quigley who was the Regional Winner of the
Carrick-on-Suir Lions Club Peace Poster Competition.
Best of Luck Abigal in the National Finals.

5th and 6th Class Debating Team

Well Done to the 5th and 6th Class Debating Team who were very
narrowly defeated on Friday 5th December by St. Michael's N.S.
Clerihan. We are very proud of the boys and girls. They did
extremely well in the competition. The team was Katie Cooney
(Captain), Megan Roche and Saoirse Hennebry. Other team members were
Holly Roche, Paul Guiry and John Walsh (Research, Chairperson and Time
Keeper).

Tipperary County Museum

We would like to thank Julia Drohan, Educational Officer of the County
Museum and parent of Darragh Drohan, who came to the school to give a
talk to all classes about the museum and history.

Science Week 2014

Past-pupils Patrick Hahesy and Liam Connolly with their two classmates
gave a demonstration of science experiments to third and fourth class
for science week. We were all very impressed and interested in their
capabilities. Their experiments were much appreciated by the children.

Aistear - The Enormous Turnip

Christmas Shoe Box Appeal

Drama

Thank you to Pat Bolger who has been teaching drama in the school for the last few weeks. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed it.

Our Green Code

Some of our pupils performing their Green Code for the Global Citizenship, Litter and Waste theme.

Primary Debating Ireland

Congratulations to the 5th & 6th Class boys and girls on their recent
victory in the Primary Debating Ireland Competition against Knockmahon
N.S., Bonmahon.
The winning team were Megan Roche (Team Captain), Katie Cooney and
Holly Roche. Other team members were Saoirse Hennebry, Paul Guiry and
John Walsh.

The pupils are now through to the 2nd round of the league and we wish
them the best of luck.

"Go n'eirí an t-adh libh"

National Parents Council - Primary Conference

Rexam Visit

3rd and 4th Class visited the Rexam factory in Waterford as part of their prize for the "Life of a Can" competition. We got a tour of the factory and a fantastic day was had by all!

U13 Football Cumann na mBunscoil

Well done to the girls on reaching the u13 Football Final - East
Waterford Cumann na mBunscoil. Congratulations to Kilmacthomas N.S.
who won the final.

School Cookbook

Our school cookbook is ready! Thanks to everyone who contributed. Click the link below to view an online version of the book (names have been removed from the online version)

Winner of the Cookbook Cover Competition

Winner: Saoirse Hennebry 6th Class

Highly Commended:
Holly Roche - 6th Class
Barry Power - 5th Class
Anna Doyle - 4th Class
Emma Power - 3rd Class
Conor Hearne - 2nd Class
Joanne Brunnock - 1st Class

Safe Cross Code

Our pupils performing the Safe Cross Code.

Bike Week 2014 Mizen to Malin Challenge

Cycle Journey Log

Each child kept track of what they cycled for Bike Week.  

The total for the whole school is 3,487 Kilometres & 865 Metres

Well Done to all the Boys and Girls for having all their bikes in good working order.

A big "Thank You" to John O'Keeffe - OK Cycles - for his very generous sponsorship of prizes on the day.

Presentation to Irish Cancer Society

Irish Cancer Society Presentation

A collection on cycle day raised 240 euros for the Irish Cancer Society which was presented to Ger Kirwan and Matt Greene.

Sports Day / Ice-cream Day

The weather once again contributed to a wonderful Sports Day held on Friday 20th June.  Great fun and laughter was had by all.

Ms. Kiely's class also held their ice-cream day fundraiser for "Friends" of WRH Neo-natal Unit, on that day.  125 euros was raised.  Thank you to all the pupils.

School Tours

Junior and Senior Infants went on their annual school tour to Sallyfort Farm.

1st and Second Class traveled to Dunhill Sports Centre for their outing.

3rd and 4th Class traveled back in time in the Irish National Heritage Park in Ferrycarrig, Wexford.

5th and 6th Class braved UL Adventure World.

All had great days!

Texaco Children's Art Competition

Congratulations to Oscar who was awarded a Certificate of Commendation for his artwork in the above competition.

Rexam Competition Winners

Congratulations to 3rd Class who won a creative writing competition sponsored by Rexam.  They won 1,500 euros for the school and 250 euros for themselves, along with a trip to the recycling plant in September/October.  A special commendation was awarded to Adam Murray for his entry.

Bike Day

Cycle Day

For Bike Week 2014, the school held a bike day on Thursday 19th June.   The Council's Smarter Travel Officer, our own Johnny Brunnock, supplied balance bikes and brought the infant classes on circuits of the school yard.  Middle classes with some confident infant cyclists cycled around the Community Centre Block (2 km) and Senior Classes cycled the Feddans/Clonmoyle block.  Barry Meehan gave talks on bike maintenance and 260 euros was donated to Ger Kirwan (Caretaker) and Matt Greene (Parent) who are cycling from Mizen to Malin for Cancer Research.  The pupils also filled out their cycle logs for the week in an attempt to accumulatively match the Mizen to Malin distance.

Thank you to the Parents, to Johnny Brunnock, Barry Meehan and the transition year students, who gave so generously of their time to make the day such a great success.

5th & 6th school trip 2014

Photos from 5th & 6th class school trip to UL Adventure World

GAA Primary Skills Competition

Jack Hickey, James Power and Cian White represent Waterford at the Primary Skills Competition in Mallow on Tuesday 10th June.  Well done Boys!

Cake Sale

A hugely successful Cake Sale by 6th Class was held on Friday 30th May.  Parents and Pupils donated a wonderful selection of home made goodies.  885 euros was raised to help fund school activities for next year.  Well done to Ms. Kiely, 6th Class and all who donated.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Megan and Peter who were winners in the Ocean
Safety Competition organised by the Teachers Centre.

Annual Spring Clean

We did our annual spring clean on yesterday, covering the school
grounds, community centre, graveyard and village.

Fair Trade Status

Fair Trade Status

The school was awarded Fair Trade Status recently. Many thanks to everyone for all their efforts.

HURLING COACH

Hurling coaching for all classes will take place on Friday 11th April.

Former Student

Former Student Michael Cullinan who was part of a group in Trinity
College who developed a robot for Cork teenager Joanne O'Riordan, who
was born without limbs. Well done Michael - we are proud of your
achievements.

"Springtime" - Junior Infants Aistear

Thank you to Kieran Hearne and Francis Quigley for bringing in a new
born lamb and calf, which brought "Springtime" (Junior Infants
Aistear) to life. Naturally we took the opportunity to give all the
pupils a chance to pet them.

Trath na gCeist Winners

A big Congratulations to our pupils from 6th Class who won the Trath
na gCeist organised for Seachtain na Gaeilge in Carrick-on-Suir
to-day.

Fairtrade Fortnight (24th February to 9th March)

We have been doing a lot of work on Fairtrade this week. We have
learned that a lot of the food we eat comes from developing countries,
for example, chocolate, bananas, tea, coffee, sugar. Fairtrade is
about ensuring that the farmers who produce these foods get a fair
price for their produce. We now know that if you see the Fairtrade
Logo on a product it means the farmer got a fair price.