1st and 2nd class School Quiz
The children from first and second enjoyed a great morning answering questions at their school quiz.
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Our school hosted our Seachtain na Gaeilge in the two weeks running up to St. Patrick’s Day. The children were encouraged to use their Gaeilge through out the day and every class was given a chance to speak on Radio Naomh Feargal and recite or sing a poem or song as Gaeilge. Claire hosted an Irish Cēilī for all the classes. Ms Forster brought two visitors to the classes to announce our frāsa an lae each day and we held a very special Lā glas assembly where children got to listen to traditional Irish music, play their tin whistles and perform Irish dancing.
On Tuesday, March 5th, St.Fergal's participated in the annual Féile Fichille chess tournament. This is a series of chess tournaments that take place in venues throughout the country during March. The overall aim of these tournaments is to promote the benefits of chess in primary schools. Four other schools were present in our venue on the day.
St.Fergal's entered a total of 24 pupils comprising two 'masters' (5th and 6th class) and one 'Buds' (4th class) team. Mr.Reilly and Ms.Gleeson chaperoned the teams on the day.
The format of the competition was 6 rounds across the whole day, each round consisting one timed 15-minute game.
As it was a non-competitive tournament no final scores were issued on the day, however our pupils played with great skill and enthusiasm, and racked up a few wins along the way. They also did a wonderful job demonstrating the principles of fair-play and sportsmanship which we discussed ahead of the tournament.
Overall, our pupils represented the school brilliantly and really enjoyed their day of chess!
The fifth class children went to Peace Proms on Saturday 2nd of February. Peace Proms is comprised of a cross border orchestra of young students and 2000 strong primary school children's choir. The children learned 16 tracks and actions to perform on the big stage in the RDS. It was an amazing night for both the audience and the children!
The children wowed both parents and staff with their fantastic talent this Christmas. The Early start, Junior and Senior Infants performed plays in the school and the 1st class to 6th class children performed class pieces in St. Fergal’s church.
We had a really hectic day! We had the most exciting crazy hair day as a fundraiser for our parents association. We had some amazing styles, take a look at some of our great ideas from various classes. We also participated in Art for all day, where we created art throughout the day, with our class teacher and other teachers within the year group. It was lots of fun!
We sent two of our Sixth Class children off to learn how to be referees. They have come back to school and are beginning to practise refereeing small matches within the school. Well done!
We celebrated Science Week last week. Classes participated in a variety of science experiments throughout the week. We also visited the science room to explore a set of specific experiments. It was lots of fun.
The fourth, fifth and sixth class were fortunate to have Gary into visit. Gary is a forensic scientist. He set up a scene of robbery and the children had to investigate who stole the diamond. Through this scene, they learned about DNA and how they find it, examining finger prints and how every persons are unique and each finger has a different code. They also looked at foot prints and how unique each of them are. The children were fascinated and so engaged!
We are very sad to say good bye to Aveline and Barbara/ Ms. Bennett. Aveline, one of our school secretaries is retiring after 40 years in our school. Barbara or Ms. Bennett depending on how you knew her, was in our school for 30 years. We presented some lovely gifts and the children from Fifth and Sixth Class wrote a poem for each of the ladies. Thank you for everything you have done for our school, you will be greatly missed. Mr. Creamer and Ms. Gleeson played the tin whistle and the violin for all of the children and the children sang a couple of songs. We also showed off our amazing costumes.
Halloween has been a very creative time in our school!
Scroll through to see examples from a variety of classes across the school. They are all amazing
The Boys from Fifth and Sixth Class were lucky enough to be invited to the Allianz Participation Blitz in Bray Emmets on Thusday 12th October. Scoil Chulann, St. Cronans, Greystones Educate Together, St Laurences and our school were the participating schools. We had great fun and managed to win a couple of matches. Well done to all those who participated and thank you to the parents who supported the children and provided the transport for the children
We had a zoom call with Juan Miro on Monday 9th October. Juan Miro works with the European Space Agency. It was so interesting to learn about the I.S.S., the International Space Station, how it works, who works there and what its job is. He also talked about his work. He is involved in designing the rockets that brought the different parts of the Space Station up into Space and for bringing the astronauts up to space. He also talked about the selection process for an astronaut and the type of work they have to do before they go to space. Lucky us.