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We had the pleasure recently of welcoming in John Murphy to the school. John  brought in some wonderful instrument including the clarinet and saxaphone. He explained how the instruments work and treated the children to some beautiful pieces of music. Many thanks to John for giving up his time to come and visit.

The children in Sonas were busy making mixtures this week. They looked at what could be separated and not separated. They also investigated the impact of mixing and heat. These investigations lead to us making fruit smoothies, giant bubbles and honeycomb!          

2nd class made their First Holy Communion On Friday 12th. It was a lovely sunny day which matched everyone’s spirits! After the ceremony there was light refreshments back at school which allowed the children to show off their lovely outfits to other classes. We are very proud of the class for their hard work in […]

The children in Sonas really enjoyed Wellbeing Week. We have been doing yoga, art, baking and enjoying our relaxing reading time.

Senior Infants had a fun week before St.Patrick’s day. They enjoyed learning new poems as Ghaeilge, learning some Irish dance steps and songs, making cards as well as having a mini parade in their classroom. They fitted alot in such as learning about St.Patrick, new Irish words about Lá fhéile Pádraig, bingo as Ghaeilge and […]

The children had lots of fun today. The whole school did the HAKA as Gaeilge and each class sang an Irish song for the school. The Irish dancers showed us their moves and everyone had a chance to copy.

Dia Daoibh!  Bhí Rang a 3 agus Rang a 4 an-ghnóthach ag foghlaim faoin aimsir nuair a d’fhill muid ón scoil tar éis na Nollag!  D’ullmhaíomar réamhaisnéisí aimsire agus chuireamar os comhair an ranga iad. D’úsáid muid frapaí chun cabhrú linn! 3rd and 4th Class were very busy after Christmas learning about the weather in Irish. […]

Over the past few weeks the 5th and 6th have been helping the Senior Infants learn how to use the Chromebooks. The children in Senior Infants have learned lots of skills like how to log into the Chromebooks, how to look up maths games and work on their maths skills. They have been doing great. […]

On 25th January, as part of Catholic Schools Week, we invited grandparents to come in and tell us a little about what life was like for them as a child. We learned so much from them. Most grandparents had to walk to school, there was no technology and some grandparents didn’t even have a television […]