Ashley from Agri Aware joined us last week for a Farm Safety Futures workshop. She spoke to every class about Farm Safety and the children completed fun activities on farm safety also. Each of the children got a certificate and a rubber as a reward for their participation. It was very enjoyable.
Last week was Food Dudes Week in our school. This is where we got to taste some of the fruit and vegetables we have previously eaten through our Food Dudes programme, which we have participated in for many years. Here are the infants with some of the delicious fruit and vegetables we tasted this time.
The infants carried out some experiments with water to investigate floating and sinking. They had some help from some of the senior boys and girls!
Well done to all the boys and girls that made their First Holy Communion on Saturday morning. They all looked wonderful and did brilliantly with all their jobs on the day.
Well done to Whitehall’s representatives on the St. Barry’s u10 team that participated in exhibition games at half time of the minor Connacht final on Friday evening in Dr. Hyde Park. The boys played some excellent football in these games. It was a special occasion for them and it is something they will always remember. …
The junior classes had great fun playing with chalk on the yard on Friday. One of the many joys of the dry weather!
There was great excitement in school last Wednesday when our boys and girls Gaelic teams were successful in their semi finals. They will now play in the finals in June. The younger boys and girls welcomed home both teams after their victories. Huge congratulations to both teams. We are so proud of you!
Well done to the boys and girls in fifth and sixth class who recently participated in the Roscommon Primary Schools basketball competition. They were up against some difficult opposition but played great basketball in their games. Well done all!
Some of the classes in the school have been participating in the Safe Farm Futures programme, ran by Agri Aware. It has been really enjoyable. We have webinars to watch and worksheets to complete. We are really enjoying talking about farm animals, different types of farms, farm machinery and farm safety as well as much …
Fifth class were busy completing science experiments today. Take a look!