It was lovely to see our new Junior Infants playing outside today. They really enjoyed it. They listened so nicely to their teachers’ instructions and followed the guidelines really well. We were very proud!
The older children in the school are back to playing with hula-hoops and skipping ropes on yard. It’s wonderful to see everyone [...]
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Categorised in General, Junior Infants
Staff Changes
Hi all,
I hope you are all having a brilliant summer!
I’d like to keep you all up to date with the new staffing arrangements for Sept 2010. It is with regret for NETNS that I am informing you that we received Sinéad Ahern’s resignation last week, she has secured a teaching post in the new Portlaoise [...]
Categorised in Class News, Featured
A complimentary goodbye for 3rd class!
On our last day in Third Class, we created Compliment sheets for each of us. Everyone wrote compliments for the others in the room and it was lovely to read the kind words everyone had written.
We also held a talent show today. Unfortunately we ran out of time and didn’t get to see every performance [...]
Categorised in 3rd Class
Our class stars
Everybody in Third class is very excited to be finishing up next Wednesday for the Summer. Loads of people in the school are bringing in their NETNS T-shirts for others to sign. (by Brian)
We are going to miss Science with Caitriona. We will miss Lisa, Bryan’s mum, doing basketball with us. Some people won’t know what [...]
Categorised in 3rd Class
Orienteering
We went orienteering with First and Second classes. We had lots of fun. The maps were well done. “Dumb and Dumber” were first. Deniz, Rowan, Benjamin and Eve won. (by Ben Mc)
We had bottles with numbers and letters on them and we had to go to nine different bottles. Then we had to unscramble the [...]
Categorised in 3rd Class
Cool Pompoms
Third class have been busy making pompoms. Everyone in our class made the pompoms with cardboard boxes and wool. Some people brought in wool and cardboard boxes and some people shared their wool and cardboard boxes with others. (by Nosa)
We had different coloured wool and there were different sizes of cardboard. Some pieces of cardboard [...]
Categorised in 3rd Class
Art experimenting
3rd class have been experimenting with different techniques in Visual Arts. We created some amazing clay sculptures and used our fingers and toothpicks to mould and design them. Following this, we used paint to cover each one in a base colour before adding the details. They turned out great!
We used the three primary colours along [...]
Categorised in 3rd Class
3rd class news
Molly and Hannah came back to visit us today. The were in our class up to last Summer and we really enjoyed catching up with them. We also had a visit from a girl who may be joining our class in September. We really enjoyed meeting her and we are looking forward to having her [...]
Categorised in 3rd Class
Our Top-Class Music Projects
A HUGE well done to the children in Fifth Class who presented their music projects today. We saw the first half of our projects on our favourite band or artists today and we are looking forward to the second half of the projects after the holidays.
Today’s projects showed that the children are real experts on [...]
Categorised in 5th Class, Class News
The Special Olympics Torch Run.
The Special Olympics Ireland Torch run began on Wednesday the 2nd of June. Our school had the honour of being visited by one of the teams,comprising of members of An Garda Síochána, the Police Service Northern Ireland and local Special Olympic athletes. The opening ceremony will take place when the torch arrives in Thomond Park, Limerick on [...]
Categorised in 6th Class
