Parent, Liam McCauley, and experience hiker and local tour guide, organised a trip for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class up Slieve Foy on Thursday 19th June 2014. The pupils, along with their teachers, helpers and Fr Murphy started their climb at 10 am and returned at 3pm. It was an enjoyable day, coupled with Continue Reading
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Slieve Foy Hike
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Who’s going to have the tallest sunflower on the Cooley peninsula?
MoreThe children in 1st and 2nd class have been taking part in a sunflower growing competition against other schools in local area. The children have learned so much so far about gardening as they have observed their seeds germinating and sprouting. They’ve learned how to take care of their plant by regular watering and ensuring Continue Reading
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Cooley Credit Union Eassy Competition
MoreCongratulation to our fourth class student, Anna Carroll who recently came 1st in the Jim Savage, Cooley Credit Union Essay Competition. She received E50 and her school and classmates are extremely proud of her achievement. Please read her entry below. On The Right Track The atmosphere was electric as we stood on the starting Continue Reading
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Fun Day With The Magician
MoreOur pupils would like to thank our Parent Association for organising the visit of Martin The Magician to our school on Thursday 10th April as a special treat. We had an enjoyable show, but the good news was that the magician was not able to make any of the teachers disappear.
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The Winning Smiles Of Senior Infants
MoreSenior Infants recently took part in the ‘Mighty Mouth’ dental health programme. We learned all about how to take care of our teeth. Miss Byrne showed us the best way to brush our teeth using a giant toothbrush and a huge mouth! Here are some of the things that we found out. · Milk and Continue Reading
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Gary McBride Delivers Road Safety Presentation
MoreOn Friday 14th March, Gary McBride, a parent in Bellurgan N.S as well as a local Driving Instructor, came into the school to speak to the fifth and sixth class pupils about Road Safety. Gary, with the aid of a PowerPoint Presentation which included short videos, stressed to the pupils about the importance of their Continue Reading
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Heart Children Ireland Fundraiser
MoreEach year, we encourage the senior pupils in our school, in Rang 5 & 6, to organise an event which will raise funds for the many important charities that exist in our society. Last year our pupils raised a total of E300 through a brown money collection which was divided evenly between Trocaire and St Continue Reading
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Senior Infants Celebrate Chinese New Year
MoreSenior Infants have been learning all about Chinese New Year. This year, the new year fell on January 31st and we paraded through the school to celebrate. We sang the other classes a song about how Chinese people welcome the new year. We used instruments and covered our faces with our dragon masks. Our huge Continue Reading
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Catholic Schools’ Week 2014
MoreA group consisting of pupils and staff travelled to St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh last Wednesday, 22nd January, to attend a mass with all of the other schools in our diocese with Archbishop Eamon Martin. The mass was to celebrate Catholic Schools Week which started yesterday and will run throughout this school week. Our fifth Continue Reading
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Conor Watters Makes Louth Development Squad
MoreCongratulations to Sixth Class pupil Conor Watters who has been chosen to be part of the Louth Underage Development Squad following a recent trial in Darver Centre of Excellence.