To mark the end of Book Week we are inviting everyone to dress up as a character from a book this Friday 4th March. It could be anything from Snow White to Denis the Menace from Inky Mouse to Shrek, use your imagination! For some clever dress-up ideas this page has lots of ideas: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/costumes_for_kids.htm Looking forward to seeing all of our favourite characters come to life on Friday, Therese. … [Read more...]
Permission Slips for trips to The Curragh
March 2, 2011 By
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s), As spring has finally sprung, we are very eager to avail of a wonderful natural resource that is right on our doorstep. The Curragh offers many beneficial learning opportunities for all the children and we would like to bring children there on fieldtrips from time to time. We are currently compiling a permission list, so as to reduce the number of notes going home. We sent home the permission slip today and we are asking you to fill the slip out which states … [Read more...]
Book Fair 2011
February 21, 2011 By
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...]
Blending In!
February 18, 2011 By
This week Dylan from 6th class made a scrumptious smoothie recipe. Dylan's smoothie is called "Mix up". Ingredients 1 mango 2 oranges 2 apples 1 tablespoon of honey 1 teaspoon of sugar 1 carton of strawberry yoghurt How to make Mix Up Step 1: Cut up the mangos into thin large slices and add a teaspoon of sugar . Put them in the blender. Step 2: Get an apple and an orange two of each kind. … [Read more...]
News from Sixth Class
February 18, 2011 By
Hi everyone, Now that spring is here and we’re halfway through the school year we’ve been busy working hard preparing for Secondary School. Over the past few weeks many of us sat our entrance exams and attended open nights informing us of the subject choices and facilities available at the local schools. We’re really looking forward to September. In Art we have been creating bags that we will be modelling in a fashion show at assembly. The class have also been rehearsing the song … [Read more...]
Film Review- Sixth Class
February 11, 2011 By
Over the past few weeks we have been learning all about World War 2 in History. Today we watched an amazing movie “The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas” based on the bestselling book by John Boyne. It's a remarkable and inspiring story about happenings during World War 2. The film captures the story of a boy called Bruno who has to move with his family from Berlin to the countryside. He starts to explore his new surroundings and finds himself standing on the boundaries of a Jewish prison camp. … [Read more...]
Sixth Class News
February 4, 2011 By
This week has been a very busy week in Sixth Class. In English we’ve started reading our class novel “Benny and Omar”. It’s the story of Benny, a young boy from Wexford who moves with his family to Tunisia. The move is very traumatic for this hurling-mad youngster. He doesn’t get on especially well with his brother and he cannot come to terms with the enlightened culture of his school. He forms a friendship with a resourceful street urchin, Omar, and becomes ever more involved in his … [Read more...]
Proposed changes to toys brought in on Fridays
February 4, 2011 By
On the 24th of January members of fifth and sixth class sent a letter to Eimear asking if we could meet her to discuss bringing our Ipods and Nintendo’s into school on Fridays for Toy-Day. We met on 26th of January and we discussed the pros and cons of bringing in these devices. Here are some of the main issues that were brought up. Multiplayer mode is a great way to create healthy competition between friends. There are many educational games such as “Brain Training” are a great … [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...]
