The children in 2nd class made their First Confessions on Tuesday, 17th April in Church of the Ascension Gortanumera.
Rivers, Adam, Saoirse and Senan took part in the Spelling Bee knock out round. They did extremely well. Saoirse got through to the County Final in Galway on April 10th. Well done Saoirse.
The school was invited to Portumna Community School to celebrate the hurling achievements of Joe Canning.
3rd to 6th classes took part in a Lip Sync Battle. Everyone was brilliant and it was a fantastic show.
Adam Canning, Rivers Foley, Cian Cox, Cillian Woods, Samuel Madden, Andrew Canning, Séan Geraghty took part in the Boys Spar FAI 5 Aside Soccer and Saoirse Hynes, Aisling Madden, Lily Fahy, Ciara Gallagher, Melissa Finnerty, Caoimhe Dermody, Maeve Harris and Kate Geraghty to part in the Girls FAI 5 Aside Soccer. Both teams went to …
Darragh McLaughlin from 2nd Class with his aunt Lisa brought two cute 10 day old kid goats for a visit to the school. They are from a local goat farm where goat cheese is produced. There was great excitement as the children got to hold and pet them. Lisa told the children all about the …
We held our annual Book Fair from March 9th – 16th It was open to parents and the children to browse around or purchase books. It raised €330 worth of books for the school library.
Congratulations to Ciara Gallagher who got 1st place and Kate Geraghty who got 2nd place in the Portumna Credit Union Art Competition.
We had our usual pancake feast on Pancake Tuesday with the children enjoying their pancakes with a mix of their favourite toppings. 6th class did a great job of hosting the event.
The children invited their grandparents to the school on Thursday 8th, February for Grandparents Day. It was our way of saying “Thank You” for all the wonderful things they do. The children had a prayer service, followed by a chat, tea and biscuits and a few songs. It was a very special day.