Principal: The Minister for Children pays a visit
Hi all The last 24 hours have been probably the most exciting of my career to date. I have been absolutely blown away by the reaction of the parents and children to last night’s celebrations. If anyone has any good photos from last night of the children performing, please email them to me on sconboy@cscns.ie All of the teachers and children were still buzzing this morning. We had invited Katherine Zappone (Minister for Children) to the event last night but she was unable to attend. However, she did come out to the school this morning to pay a visit. She watched the video with second class and they performed their song ‘Together we can Change the World’ which was so appropriate to be singing to the Minister for Children! I’m still reeling after her reaction to the work in the school. She has worked in education for years and she said she had never seen a school like this one before. She said she will be getting straight on to her colleague, Minister Richard Bruton (Education) to tell him about this school. She wants to widely share our video as an example of where schools should aspire to be. Incredible! It’s always interesting to see the school from an outsider’s perspective. I am just so full of pride of what we have together developed over the past 4 years. I am also really excited about what lies ahead in our future. Séamus ...Principal: Our First Holy Communion
Hi everyone I was absolutely delighted to be there on Sunday when some of the Catholic children in 2nd class made their First Holy Communion. This was a truly special day for the children and their families. The children all looked absolutely beautiful in their suits and dresses. We were all so proud to see them in the church. They were fantastic ambassadors for our school as they behaved so well all the way throughout the mass. I would like to say a special thank you to the parents of our 1st class children and some parents of other children in 2nd class who were not making their communion, for coming along and helping out by throwing a party for them. I am confident that next year’s 1st class parents will do the same for you. I would also like to say a very special thank you to Ms. Whyte for the incredible amount of work she put into making the day as meaningful as possible for the children. I was speaking with Fr. Enda afterwards and he agreed that the children were very aware of the meaning behind the day and that they had been exceptionally well prepared for this sacrament by Ms. Whyte. If you would like to see some pictures for Sunday, please click...Principal: We are the Fitness Five!!!
Hi everyone 5 of the Scoil Niamh staff had great fun last night participating in the Dublin Staff Relay in the Phoenix Park. We were absolutely delighted with our times. We had predicted we would do the 25km in 2.5 hours, with 30 minutes each to do 5km. However, we way exceeded our own expectations. We are thrilled to be going round this morning showing off our medals to the children for a change....Junior Infants Room 2: Hotel Super Stars
Room 2 have been super busy in their Class Hotel over the last few weeks, learning how to give a number of procedures, checking their guests in and out, ordering breakfast, and calling the receptionist, and the porter to help with their bags! They also made fantastic hotels as Gaeilge, with their very own fuinneoga (windows), doras (door), dian (roof), ballaí (walls) agus simléar (chimney)! Room 2 have also become great Mathematicians, learnt how to give and follow lots of directions, played Simon Says, and navigated themselves and their friends around Room 2! The Room 2 Geographers have also been exploring, using and making their own maps, and have really enjoyed hiding teddies and stickers and locating them around room 2 with their friends! They have been learning all about Kenya aswell and even made Maasai Warrior Headdresses using lots of beautiful shapes, lines, patterns and beads last week. Room 2 have also been learning and using lots of new reading and writing skills (can you remember any of your skills Room 2?) and have even started to use the class computers by themselves! They read a great new story ‘Peace At Last’- and felt so sorry for poor Daddy bear, they made him a new class quilt to keep him warm in case he has to sleep outside again! One of their favourite new rhymes about sleeping is ‘Are You Sleeping Brother John‘ – they liked it so much in fact, that they even learnt it in French ‘Frére Jacques‘ ! Well done Room 2, vous êtes fantastique (you are fantastic!) For more photos of the Room 2 Super Stars please see...Junior Infants Room 2: At School!
Room 2 have been very busy over the past month learning all about school. They had a mini-school in their classroom, where they played the role of Prinicpal, Teacher, Student and Secretary, and did a brilliant job of interviewing their school Secretary Karen, asking her clever questions about what her job in the school community is like. They went on a ‘5 senses’ hunt around the school, investigating the smells, sights, sounds, textures and tastes to be found in the school building, and even made it into the staff-room! Room 2 have also been discussing the time, and learnt some new songs (‘This is the way we go to school‘ and ‘I went to school one morning…’), to help them order their day from morning to nighttime. They have also been learning lots of new skills to help them become great readers and writers, and can now give a procedure (a set of instructions) to a new girl starting school, on how to come into school in the morning. Well done Room 2, you are brilliant students, secretaries, principals, and teachers! For more photos of Room 2 busy at work and play, please see...Notice Board
