Green School Travel Programme
As we come to the end of May, the children continue to make good efforts in our walk, bike, scoot, bus, carpool and park & stride programme. Since coming back after the Easter break, our overall figures have varied between 75% and 82% of children taking part with the last three weeks steadily increasing to reach the 82% last week. Special mention must be made to 1st class who are puling out all the stops and have been in the 90%s each week in this term so far. At the moment they are coming in at a very close second to the leaders 5th class, who again have not dipped below 90%. Well done to all and please keep up the good work. This is a great way to encourage the use of environmentally friendly modes of travel and it also helps ease the traffic congestion on our roads.
As we come to the end of May, the children continue to make good efforts in our walk, bike, scoot, bus, carpool and park & stride programme. Since coming back after the Easter break, our overall figures have varied between 75% and 82% of children taking part with the last three weeks steadily increasing to reach the 82% last week. Special mention must be made to 1st class who are puling out all the stops and have been in the 90%s each week in this term so far. At the moment they are coming in at a very close second to the leaders 5th class, who again have not dipped below 90%. Well done to all and please keep up the good work. This is a great way to encourage the use of environmentally friendly modes of travel and it also helps ease the traffic congestion on our roads.
AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
April was Autism Awareness month and Mrs. Pearson signed us up for the AsIAm same chance challenge.
The whole school came together in the hall to play a game of heads or tails! The Acorns class were integrated with their mainstream class and everyone really enjoyed the game.
The aim of the game was to give every member of the school the “same chance” of winning regardless of their abilities or diagnoses.
There were prizes for each individual class winner and an overall winner of the whole group. Teachers and snas played too and congratulations to Sadie who won for the adults and a member of 3rd class for the students!
Mrs. Pearson made a donation to AsIAm to help keep up all the supports made available to parents and children from this wonderful organisation. If you wish to donate follow the link on their website asiam.ie
April was Autism Awareness month and Mrs. Pearson signed us up for the AsIAm same chance challenge.
The whole school came together in the hall to play a game of heads or tails! The Acorns class were integrated with their mainstream class and everyone really enjoyed the game.
The aim of the game was to give every member of the school the “same chance” of winning regardless of their abilities or diagnoses.
There were prizes for each individual class winner and an overall winner of the whole group. Teachers and snas played too and congratulations to Sadie who won for the adults and a member of 3rd class for the students!
Mrs. Pearson made a donation to AsIAm to help keep up all the supports made available to parents and children from this wonderful organisation. If you wish to donate follow the link on their website asiam.ie
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BISHOPS MEDAL
A massive thank you to everyone in St. Patrick’s for all the hard work and effort put into the Bishop’s medal project.
This year we did our project on St. Brigid. Every class had a part to play and it looks absolutely amazing.
5th class will be attending the service with the Bishop on 10th May where Bishop Pat will announce the winners. We hope we are lucky 🤞🏻
Mrs Pearson was the coordinator but a special mention to Mrs Walshe who brought it all together and enjoyed using her artistic flair with the clay model and scrapbook decorations.
BISHOPS MEDAL
A massive thank you to everyone in St. Patrick’s for all the hard work and effort put into the Bishop’s medal project.
This year we did our project on St. Brigid. Every class had a part to play and it looks absolutely amazing.
5th class will be attending the service with the Bishop on 10th May where Bishop Pat will announce the winners. We hope we are lucky 🤞🏻
Mrs Pearson was the coordinator but a special mention to Mrs Walshe who brought it all together and enjoyed using her artistic flair with the clay model and scrapbook decorations.
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End of Term
The children and teachers have been very busy this past term, with the highlight being Grandparents' Day. It was great that so many grandparents were able to attend, and to have them back in the school once again brought a great lift to the week. We also had World Book Day when the children looked great dressed up as their favourite book character.
All the children were very involved in our Seachtain na Gaeilge events and they all enjoyed their session with the 'Irish Juggler' who visited the school.
During this term the children have participated in basketball leagues and blitzes, chess tournaments, mini 7s tournaments in boys football and girls camogie, 5 a side soccer tournament and debating, and we have the cross country coming up in Rathcoffey. As well as all that, all our classes have been very busy preparing our project on Brigid 1500 for the Bishop's Medal competition.
I am delighted to tell you that there has been an increase in our 'green travel' to school participation particularly in 1st and 3rd classes who are now starting to challenge the senior classes. The winners this term with an impressive overall percentage of 93% were 5th class. Well done to all! When we come back after Easter our target will be to get 85% as our school average. This will be an achievable challenge as our average for this term is 75% but hopefully better weather will facilitate the increase in children taking part in our walk, bike, scoot, bus, park & stride and carpool to school programme.
Joe
All the children were very involved in our Seachtain na Gaeilge events and they all enjoyed their session with the 'Irish Juggler' who visited the school.
During this term the children have participated in basketball leagues and blitzes, chess tournaments, mini 7s tournaments in boys football and girls camogie, 5 a side soccer tournament and debating, and we have the cross country coming up in Rathcoffey. As well as all that, all our classes have been very busy preparing our project on Brigid 1500 for the Bishop's Medal competition.
I am delighted to tell you that there has been an increase in our 'green travel' to school participation particularly in 1st and 3rd classes who are now starting to challenge the senior classes. The winners this term with an impressive overall percentage of 93% were 5th class. Well done to all! When we come back after Easter our target will be to get 85% as our school average. This will be an achievable challenge as our average for this term is 75% but hopefully better weather will facilitate the increase in children taking part in our walk, bike, scoot, bus, park & stride and carpool to school programme.
Joe
WHATS GOING ON AND UPCOMING EVENTS
8th March - Seachtain Na Gaeilge
15th March - Grandparents Day
MONTHLY RECAP
Dear Parents/Guardians, boys and girls,
We have had a very busy and exciting month in school. Besides the normal school work the children
and staff have put loads of work into getting ready for world book day, seachtain na gaeilge and
Grandparents Day. The school looks fab with all the book reports on display and the classroom doors
are covered by beautiful book covers created by each class of their favourite book. The children are
making a huge effort to use the cupla focail gaeilge i rith an lae as well.
On the sporting front our basketball teams had a very successful month with both our girls and boys
teams doing the double by winning the Cumann na mBunscol league and blitz. We sent four
volleyball teams to the regional finals in Portlaoise, two mixed teams, a boys team and a girls team
where they all performed admirably. Our mixed A team were successful on the day and qualified for
the All- Ireland finals which took place in UL in Limerick. They had a great day reaching the quarter
finals where they lost to Spa from Kerry by a point. We had a sixth class mixed football team that
took part in a blitz celebrating Brigid 1500 and they were undefeated on the day with all teams
receiving a memorable medal at the end of the day. Our quiz teams took part in the Credit Union
quiz and also in the Cumann na mBunscol table quiz where they put their general knowledge against
over 30 other schools. Our chess teams, 2 Masters and one Rookie team, took part in a chess
tournament in Kilcullen where there were 160 children taking part. Our Masters A team won came
out tops on the day and special mention must go to Alexandras who went undefeated in the
tournament.
Fifth class are coming towards the end of their Cycle Right workshops with two to go. They have
improved their cycling and learned about the rules of the road and cycling safty.
We had a big improvement in our green walk participation last week with special mention to first
and third classes who had over 85% participation. Keep walking, cycling, scooting ,busing etc as
much as you can.
We were all looking forward to welcome our Grandparents back and meeting you all on the 15 th of
March.
Le gach dea-ghui,
Joe
Dear Parents/Guardians, boys and girls,
We have had a very busy and exciting month in school. Besides the normal school work the children
and staff have put loads of work into getting ready for world book day, seachtain na gaeilge and
Grandparents Day. The school looks fab with all the book reports on display and the classroom doors
are covered by beautiful book covers created by each class of their favourite book. The children are
making a huge effort to use the cupla focail gaeilge i rith an lae as well.
On the sporting front our basketball teams had a very successful month with both our girls and boys
teams doing the double by winning the Cumann na mBunscol league and blitz. We sent four
volleyball teams to the regional finals in Portlaoise, two mixed teams, a boys team and a girls team
where they all performed admirably. Our mixed A team were successful on the day and qualified for
the All- Ireland finals which took place in UL in Limerick. They had a great day reaching the quarter
finals where they lost to Spa from Kerry by a point. We had a sixth class mixed football team that
took part in a blitz celebrating Brigid 1500 and they were undefeated on the day with all teams
receiving a memorable medal at the end of the day. Our quiz teams took part in the Credit Union
quiz and also in the Cumann na mBunscol table quiz where they put their general knowledge against
over 30 other schools. Our chess teams, 2 Masters and one Rookie team, took part in a chess
tournament in Kilcullen where there were 160 children taking part. Our Masters A team won came
out tops on the day and special mention must go to Alexandras who went undefeated in the
tournament.
Fifth class are coming towards the end of their Cycle Right workshops with two to go. They have
improved their cycling and learned about the rules of the road and cycling safty.
We had a big improvement in our green walk participation last week with special mention to first
and third classes who had over 85% participation. Keep walking, cycling, scooting ,busing etc as
much as you can.
We were all looking forward to welcome our Grandparents back and meeting you all on the 15 th of
March.
Le gach dea-ghui,
Joe
WORLD BOOK DAY
LOCAL INFORMATION
Athgarvan GAA and LGFA are delighted to announce their first ever Easter Camp with experienced coaches. Monday 3rd April to Friday 7th 10am-2pm €60 per child. Age 5-12 years old Early drop off at an additional cost. Family discounts available. Follow the link below to register your child, payments may be made on the first day. Contact Tracy (087) 9212664 or Lorraine (087) 6610801 for more information. https://athgarvangaa.ie/products/11035/purchases/new
QUIZ TEAM
What an incredible performance from our quiz team in the Cumman Na mBunscol Quiz in Scoil Mhuire this week. They were fantastic and had a score of 78/100. The team member were Bilgunn Munkhzorig, Ryan O; Connor, Ethan Darcy and Oscar Connolly. Well Done :)
What an incredible performance from our quiz team in the Cumman Na mBunscol Quiz in Scoil Mhuire this week. They were fantastic and had a score of 78/100. The team member were Bilgunn Munkhzorig, Ryan O; Connor, Ethan Darcy and Oscar Connolly. Well Done :)
FOOTBALL BLITZ
Our mixed football team brought their A game to the St.Brigid's Football Blitz in Halkfield. The was a blitz held to celebrate the anniversary of St. Brigid. Each team member received a commemorative medal to celebrate St. Brigid 1500. We also walked away with a clean sweep winning 5 out of 5 games :) A great day for St. Patrick's.
Our mixed football team brought their A game to the St.Brigid's Football Blitz in Halkfield. The was a blitz held to celebrate the anniversary of St. Brigid. Each team member received a commemorative medal to celebrate St. Brigid 1500. We also walked away with a clean sweep winning 5 out of 5 games :) A great day for St. Patrick's.
ONLINE SAFETY
Online safety has never been more important than now. Internet Safety Day is on the 7th of February and each class will participate in activities to increase awareness for them. Our 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Classes were fortunate to have Barnardos in this week for an online safety workshop. ‘We all want children to lead happy, healthy and safe lives, both offline and online’.
Barnardo’s have upcoming dates available for parents that you may have an interest in logging into. The next available date is the 7th of February at 8pm.
Link below.
https://www.barnardos.ie/learning-development/training/online-safety-programme/for-parents
BASKETBALL
Our senior Boys and Girls team played in the intermediate basketball finals this week in Scoil na Naomh Uilig, both teams playing Athgarvan
Up to this point, both teams had to play home and away games in their respective groups and they came through them in great fashion.
The boys were up first and straight from the tip, they started off at a lightening pace with a basket from Tiago. Alexandras helped to continue the scoring in the second quarter and they kicked on from there. The boys played exceptionally well throughout and put in one of their finest performances this year.
Alexandras and Mason received the cup as joint captains.
Next up was our Senior girls team. Much like the boys, they started off quickly with the first few scores in the first quarter with Elaine leading the charge.
They kept that pressure up in the second quarter with Anna hitting a few shots and they always kept a comfortable score between them and their opponents to close out the final 2 quarters.
The cup was presented to captains Faith and Sinead.
We would like to congratulate both teams for the effort and training they have put in all year and it was a well deserved win for both. We are very proud of them and they should be extremely proud of themselves too!!
BASKETBALL
Our senior Boys and Girls team played in the intermediate basketball finals this week in Scoil na Naomh Uilig, both teams playing Athgarvan
Up to this point, both teams had to play home and away games in their respective groups and they came through them in great fashion.
The boys were up first and straight from the tip, they started off at a lightening pace with a basket from Tiago. Alexandras helped to continue the scoring in the second quarter and they kicked on from there. The boys played exceptionally well throughout and put in one of their finest performances this year.
Alexandras and Mason received the cup as joint captains.
Next up was our Senior girls team. Much like the boys, they started off quickly with the first few scores in the first quarter with Elaine leading the charge.
They kept that pressure up in the second quarter with Anna hitting a few shots and they always kept a comfortable score between them and their opponents to close out the final 2 quarters.
The cup was presented to captains Faith and Sinead.
We would like to congratulate both teams for the effort and training they have put in all year and it was a well deserved win for both. We are very proud of them and they should be extremely proud of themselves too!!
CHESS
Well done to everyone who represented the school in chess this week. Super performances and effort by all involved. 160 children took part on the day.
The masters team won out of 12 teams with a score of 33.
Our 2nd Team were 6th out of 12 teams with a score of 24.
Our Buds Team placed 4th out of 8 with a score of 25.5.
What an achievement!
Strive for 5!
Congratulations to all who recieved their Certificates for being in school and on time all week!
