We are very excited to announce that the annual Travelling Book Fair will be arriving in NETNS on Wednesday 2nd of March. The Book Fair will be in the school until Monday 7th March and will coincide with NETNS Book Week 2011. The Book Fair will take place in our Library on the first floor. The Book Fair will have hundreds of books to choose from and the children will have time each day during school to visit the Book Fair to look at and purchase books. Books that are not in stock will be … [Read more...]
Busy week
February 18, 2011 By
Rowan in 2nd class wrote a terrific story at home inspired by the book he has been reading. It was lovely to read and great that he brought it in to share with his teachers and class. Some of 2nd class were busy making menu's for a Café. It was great fun pretending we were in a real restaurant. 4th class have been working hard to make sure their belongings are kept neat and tidy. This week for the first time this year, everybody got a tick during the spot check. It's great to see you are … [Read more...]
Friendship Squad
February 11, 2011 By
The Friendship Squad is off to a great start in 2nd class with the first five children working hard to make sure everyone is included and no one is lonely. Shane, Muyideen, Liam, Iona and Aodán were the first five picked from a hat! 2nd class also made a beautiful friendship book. Everybody wrote about what friendship means to them. It is now in the second class library if anyone would like to read it. … [Read more...]
Seomra Trish
February 4, 2011 By
Ciarán's (4th class) first comic book story is on display at the top of the stairs to the senior corridor. Stop and have a read when you get the chance. It's about Macac-Gobah...a mad scientist! A boy in second class is starting a really interesting project on the Romans...so far we have learned that they only ate one meal a day. Imagine how hungry they'd be! A boy in 4th class is also beginning a research project about Afghanistan. We're investigating where it's located and one of the … [Read more...]
Comic Creation and other things in Seomra Trish
January 28, 2011 By
Ciarán from 4th class is almost finish the first in a serious of comic stories. Keep you eye out for the first edition which will be displayed in the corridor next week. Gary's castle is slowing but surely filling up with all the spellings he has learned so far this year. Loads of children have taken a guess at how many spellings or blocks it will take to finish the whole castle. Some people have estimated 2008! Only time will tell. So far, there are almost 100 words on it! I've really … [Read more...]
Realt na Seactaine
January 28, 2011 By
Congratulations to all the winners this week. Unfortunately the colour printer was broken but your photo will be displayed in Monday. Comhghairdeas! … [Read more...]
Realt na Seactaine is back!
January 22, 2011 By
A big thank you to Ciarán and Lucy from 4th class who got Realt na Seactaine underway again in NETNS this week. The photograph's of this year's first ten Irish stars are on display in the reception area of the school. Well done to everybody who won this week. I know the teachers had difficulty deciding and we even had two from 1st class which is fantastic . Good luck to everyone for next week and remember bígí ag caint i Gaeilge! … [Read more...]
Welcome back!
January 14, 2011 By
Welcome back to everyone after the Christmas break. This week I noticed a few sleepy heads but we still got some work done. Realt na Seactaine has started thanks to Ciarán in 4th class. So keep an ear out for Irish speakers and children trying their best. I have been in 4th class during Maths and it's great to see such great concentration, you should be very proud of yourselves. … [Read more...]
Sound Tree in Seomra Trish
January 14, 2011 By
Our sound tree has continued growing since we first planted it! This week we added the sounds ai, ay and a_e. We even came up with a list of words with these sounds. Ethan, Rowan, Tori and Samantha from 2nd class made beautiful creatures to live on the tree including a fairy, a squirrel, a beehive and a garden gnome! … [Read more...]
Twink is visiting…
December 17, 2010 By
It has been a very exciting week for some of 2nd class. We kept finding trails of glitter in the room and then one day there was a little letter in a golden envelope. It turned out Twink, one of Santa's fairies, was visiting our school to count the children but she has gotten stuck! Some of the children in second class are now writing her letters to find out all about her and offer her help. They made a little bed that Twink just loved. They are learning all about how to lay out a letter … [Read more...]
