The pupils of 1st Class joined their Classmates to celebrate the 2nd Class receiving their First Holy Communion last weekend. We played games, listed to music and had some treats – our 1st Holy Communion Cake was delicious!!
We welcomed Minister for Education Joe McHugh and members of the late Fr. Seamus Gallagher’s family to the school today in remembrance of Fr. Seamus, a much missed character in the community.
As Chairman of the Board of Management, Fr. Seamus assisted the school in many ways, and was a very popular presence on his regular visits to St. Naul’s N.S., with pupils and staff alike. The large turnout was a testament to the esteem in which his parishioners held him.
Minister McHugh and Hugh Gallagher, brother of Fr. Seamus, unveiled a memorial bench and willow dome after the pupils of the school had performed a number of musical tributes to Fr. Seamus, followed by a tribute by Fr. Seamus’ uncle, Danny Meehan.
Fr. James Sweeney, Parish Priest of Inver, spoke on behalf of the Parish. The school community was also joined by Seamus’ sisters Ann and Mary Catherine, as well as other members of his extended family.
Rory O’Donnell thanked the Board of Management, staff and pupils for all their hard work in the lead up to the day, and also thanked the Parents Association for their continuing support of the school.
Our thanks, as always, to Barbara McGroary for her fantastic photographs of the day.
A group of boys and girls from 1st Class to 6th Class travelled to Donegal Town on Friday to take part in the Tir Chonaill Athletics schools competition at the Abbey Vocational School. They had a great day out and some were lucky enough to come home with medals! Well done to all the boys and girls for representing the school so well.
The Infants were very busy this week with their Easter art! They made Easter cards, Easter baskets and Easter bunnies!
Our 1st & 2nd Class pupils had lots of fun making their colourful Easter Bunnies today. They even added some extra colourful glasses too!
‘Move Well Move Often’
Everyone at St. Naul’s enjoyed the fun activities out in the sunshine today. The children on the Active Committee organised an obstacle race starting with a ‘bunny hop’ onto hopscotch followed by an egg throw into hoops, and lastly an egg & spoon race. We had five teams of 16 and the red team were delighted to be the fastest ‘active’ winners. Their prize of a night off homework on the first day back after the Easter break was met with great cheers!
Well done to all the boys and girls today.
We did it! One of our three full posters of stickers gathered by all the families of the school. Thank you to everyone who helped us reach our target. They have now been sent back to Aldi – so fingers crossed everyone!
Our Garden Club was set up this week. A group of children will work at tidying up our flower beds and planting new bulbs. This is a great chance for the children to be active and take part in multi-sensory activities such as planting, weeding, feeding and harvesting.
Our boys and girls teams competed in the four teacher school Cumann na mBunscol football league today. Some great football was on display in both games and the school was well represented by both teams. Well done to all!
The Infant Classroom had great fun making their gifts for Mammy on Friday – we hope all the Mammies liked them!
