Incredible Infants!

Below are a selection of images of our incredible infants participating in playtime activities. These activities allow the Children to learn about themselves and the world around them. In particular playtime allows the pupils to:

·         Learn to get along with others

·         Sort conflict/resolve issues

·         Practice language skills

·         Develop small (fine) and large (gross) motor skills

In addition, play encourages independence, self-esteem & creativity.  

 

Get Busy Knitting!

Well done to Paul, Sinéad, Rhona, Aoibhe, Ruth, Ruby, Isobelle and Evan on their wonderful knitted creations, keep up the good work!

Paul knit a neck warmer.

Ruth created scarves for her teddies.

The girls made a selection of neck warmers and scarves. 

Isobelle knit a blanket for her teddy.

Ruby knit a bracelet.

Evan knit a cosy neck warmer.

Shoebox Apppeal 2016

The closing date for returning shoe boxes for the event below is Monday 14^th November 2016.Shoeboxes will be collected from the school on this date. This is a very rewarding initiative and we sincerely appreciate the effort our pupils and their families have gone to. Many thanks.

Colourful Crests - A chance to reflect

We thoroughly enjoyed investigating and delving into our family crests. While doing so, we also explored and examined the significance of our school crest. Our school crest comprises of 3 significant images. The first is that of a book. The book represents our commitment to promoting and enhancing pupil’s academic achievement. The second symbol is of two hurls. This reflects the strong tradition of hurling in the Cregmore community. In our school we continue to promote and create a love around hurling and camogie. The third and final image in our school crest is that of a bridge. This represents the bridge in our community. It is known locally as Cregmore Bridge. We also recalled with love and affection those that built the bridge, hurled for our community and taught in our schools. They were very inspirational people. This was a very rewarding and worthwhile lesson.

'The times, they are a changing!' - Beautiful Sunrise

To reflect the change in time, we explored the morning sunrise.

 Remember: ‘spring forward, fall back’.

This means that during springtime, the clocks go forward. During the ‘fall’, also known as autumn, the clocks go back.

If you see the sun rising in the morning, take a minute and investigate its beauty. Lots of different colours can be seen while the sun is rising.

Exploring Colour

Exploring the various shades of green in our environment, enhanced by a never ending circle of yellow.

Comhghairdeas TG4 - Teriffic Teilifís!

As you all know TG4 celebrated its 20^th anniversary on Hallowe’en night 2016. To celebrate this fact, we chose to display a wonderful array of seanfhocails throughout the school.  We also made a very special effort to tune into our indigenous TV station. TG4 reminds us on an ongoing basis of our wonderful heritage and culture, through song, music, sport and its wonderful nuacht service. Thank you TG4 and wishing you all continued success. Go n-éirí an t-ádh libh agus comhghairdeas.

Did you know……….?

When TG4 launched in 1996 it was called T na G (Teilifís na Gaeilge)

TG4 is in Galway

President Michael D. Higgins was the Miniister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht when TG4 went live on air in 1996.

 

Happy Hallowe'en!

Hallowe’en was celebrated throughout the school before our mid-term break. Some pupils participated in ‘dress up’, Hallowe’en poetry, songs and stories were explored. Creative writing took place to reflect this time along with many pupils playing traditional Hallowe’en games. It was a ‘spooktacular’ time in our school!

 

Baboró Children’s International Arts Festival 2016

Younger pupils of our school community thoroughly enjoyed a recent trip to the Baboró Children’s International Arts Festival. The production entitled ‘I Pack My Bag’ took place in the Nun’s Island Theatre. The cast of the show provided an opportunity for the Children to respond the show, by facilitating a questions and answers session at the conclusion. While making our way to Nun’s Island we also had great fun identifying signs of autumn, including the naming of various trees, along with identifying Galway Cathedral, Galway City Courthouse, the Town Hall Theatre, the Poor Clare’s Convent and the Salmon Weir Bridge. It was a very memorable occasion. Many thanks to all at Baboró for inviting us to this special event.

Book Week 2016

From 24^th- 28^th October 2016, we celebrated Book Week. Throughout this time we engaged with various form of literature. We hosted our annual book fair & investigated the lives of many well-known authors. We particularly focussed on the life of Roald Dahl, as he would have celebrated his 100^th birthday this year. Each class was brought on a visit to Ballybane Library. In the library, children were presented with a chance to meet authors who presented their works. Pupils throughout the school enjoyed exploring the story of ‘The Ugly Duckling’ & 'The Children of Lir' and drew many comparisons between  the swans & ducklings in the stories to those found in the Claddagh in Galway City. As always, this was an incredible time in our school.