St. Brigid’s N.S. will close on Friday 11th April at 12 o’clock for the Easter holidays and will reopen on Monday 28th of April at 9am. It has been a very busy term for the teachers and students in the school with lots of sporting and fun educational activities taking place over the last few months.
Games
Cumann na mBunscol Indoor Pella Blitz: 4th class took part in this fun event in Old Leighlin Sports hall.
Soccer Coaching for 3rd and 4th Class took place over the last 6 weeks with Coerver Coaching Leinster which was funded by SCP.
Table Tennis Primary School Roadshow visited St. Brigid’s recently. Ivanna Yates gave 3 coaching sessions to 4th, 5th and 6th Class on Thursday 3rd April. The school received equipment and session plans, allowing teachers to continue sessions after the event. The programme will conclude with a festival in May, where schools will come together for games, competitions, and skill challenges.
Athletics: School teams from 5th and 6th took part in the Relay competition in SETU Carlow on Tuesday 8th April. Congratulations to the teams from 5th class and 6th Class who came 1st. Our school also won the cup for best overall single sex school.
Spar FAI primary school’s soccer competition: Two teams from 5th and 6th Class who took part in the Regional competition in St. Pat’s in Carlow. The team from 6th Class went forward to represent the school in the County Finals on Thursday 10th April. They won the Carlow Final and are now through to the South East Leinster Finals in May where they will play teams from Wexford and Kilkenny. Well done!
Sacraments
Thanks to the boys from 5th and 6th Class who made crosses for the community as part of their Confirmation Challenge. These were distributed to the community after the Mass on St. Brigid’s Day.
Congratulations to the boys in 6th Class who made their Confirmation in St. Andrew’s on Saturday 8th March. It was a very special occasion and well done to all the boys who took part in the various parts of the mass.
2nd Class made their First Confession on March 19th and will make their First Holy Communion on Saturday 10th May.
Thanks to the boys from 5th and 6th Class boys who distributed the ‘Trocaire’ boxes to the local community.
Other School Activities
Quiz News: Junior and Senior teams represented the school in the recent Credit Union Quiz with both teams doing very well.
Well done to the boys who came 2nd in the Carlow division of the first ever Cumann na mBunscol Primary School Sports Quiz.
Flew to you: Colin Travers visited the school in early March with his owls and hawk . He gave a fun, educational presentation about the birds. It was a great chance for the children and teachers to get close to these beautiful birds and learn some facts about them. It was very interactive as the boys asked lots of questions and they also got the opportunity to hold one of the birds.
Debating: Congratulations to the school Debating Team: Isaac Sheehan, David Vlas and Owen Doyle who took part the Final of Concern Debating Competition for schools in the South East, against Newtown Dunleckney in Kilkenny City Hall. It was a great achievement to reach this level in their first year. Thanks to all the staff involved in preparing them for their final debate especially Mrs. Carrigan.
World Book Day As we built up to World Book Day in early March the school organised for author & illustrator Alan Nolan to visit the school on Tuesday 25th February. Alan gave 3 hour long workshops with the mainstream classes exploring the narrative writing genre and gave tips on how to add illustrations to a story. It was a really entertaining educational workshop and was enjoyed by both students and teachers.
World Book Day took place on Thursday 7th March. Lots of students dressed up as their favourite character and the students took part in a range of book related activities during the day.
Gardening with Shirley Lee: Different groups form each class were involved in gardening activities over the last few weeks: tidying up the school garden, taking cuttings and planting seeds in the raised beds.
Parents Council held their Annual Easter Draw with fantastic prizes once again. Thanks to all the boys for selling the cards and to all who supported the school. A special thanks to the Parents Council for all their hard work in finding sponsors for the prizes and organising the draw.
The winners are as follows:
- A child’s Mountain Bike sponsored by Bradbury’s: Sheila Connolly
- €100 Supervalu Voucher sponsored by Mary Purcell: Patricia Downing
- €100 Dunnes Stores Voucher sponsored by Eoin Cowman Carlow Express: Sandra Mc Assey
- €50 Bird Cage Voucher sponsored by Bagenalstown Credit Union: Jack Mc Shane
- €50 Voucher for Jones Business Systems: Charlie Condron
- Super Valu Hamper Super Valu sponsored by Michael Connolly: Mr. Cummins
- €50 Topline Voucher: Michelle Cummins
- Large Easter Egg Hamper sponsored by EMS Copiers: Martin Mara
- Gift and voucher from Illuminate by Shauna: Jack Coogan
- €30 The Railway House Voucher sponsored by Mark Doyle: Annie Nolan
- Carlow Jersey sponsored by EMS Copiers: Laura Murphy
- Hamper from Healy’s Pharmacy: Hugo Cunninham
- Brandy and Glasses set sponsored by Carrigan and O Dwyer Accountants: Bill Stringer
- Hamper from Nolans Pharmacy: Susan Doyle
- Voucher for AOM Massage: Barbra Adamowski
- Hamper for Bagenalstown Pharmacy: Joan Mc Keon
- Bottle of Brandy sponsored by Kathleen Minchin: Delia Roche
On behalf of the staff and the Board of Management I’d like to thank you the parents for your support over the last term. I hope everyone makes the most of the fine weather and enjoys the Easter holidays.
O. Tuffy
Principal