We checked our compost today to see how we are getting on. With lots of Spring planting going on we need to be sure our compost is good!
Today we were delighted to welcome our Spanish Tutor Vivian to the school to start our new ‘Say Yes To Languages’ Programme. Vivian will be here for ten weeks teaching Spanish to the pupils of 3rd-6th Classes. Everyone is off to a great start!
Today in the 3rd & 4th Classroom we made St. Brigid Crosses. A skill that the children enjoyed learning.
The pupils of 3rd and 4th Classes completing their models of aeroplanes after studying about the Wright Brothers.
The children of 3rd and 4th Classes collected hollow plant stems, rocks, bricks, small branches, twigs, wood, pine cones, plant pots and leaves to make their bug hotel. Our thanks to Mr. McDermott’s father for helping us with our project!
The hotel is now open for business – cheap rates available!!
As is a tradition every year, the children of 3rd-6th Classes assemble to treat the shoppers of Donegal Town to their wonderful singing! The children have been working very hard with Mrs McDaid over the past number of weeks and, despite the weather, enjoyed every moment! Well done to all the boys and girls, and of course Mrs McDaid.
Everyone entered into the “spirit” of things this Halloween when all the pupils wore their Halloween costumes to school for the day. Some great costumes were on show – well done to the children (and their make up artists!).
As we begin our final preparations for our Green Schools Biodiversity Flag application, we welcomed our Green Schools Committee to their first meeting of the new school year. They are working very hard to help us obtain our next flag – well done everyone!!
We were absolutely delighted to welcome paralympic champions Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly to school this morning as they spoke to the children about their careers and showed them not only their olympic medals but also their recent gold medals from the paracycling road world championships. To hear the inspiring stories of the success of these ladies after a very challenging year certainly brought about much pride for them within the school. We are always proud of our Irish athletes and to have one with a connection to the Parish of Inver who was so kind as to come to school to showcase their medals is certainly a memory for the pupils here to treasure. Our thanks to Katie-George and Linda – well done to you both!
A very busy day today during our Active Week saw our pupils cycle take place! The Infants, 1st & 2nd Class Pupils carried out cycling activities on the school yards, while the pupils from 3rd-6th Classes went on a cycle to The Warren beach in Inver. Luckily the weather was kind to us for the day and we were able to get all our activities completed. Our thanks to Sean Gallagher, who has been instrumental in organising all of our cycling activities over the past number of years – and this year was no exception. Thanks also to everyone else who helped out today.
