Seachtain na Gaeilge 1ú - 17ú Marta

Táimíd ag baint an-taitneamh as Seachtain na Gaeilge i mbliana! 

The pupils have been very busy celebrating our national language with a tráth na gceist, amhráin agus dántaí. There was also a seanfhocail art competition carried out in each class and below are our winners.

Junior Infant Winners
Hajira Athar -Room 11

Light Bosede- Room 12

Abbie Donnelly- Room 13

Amelia Makowska- Room 14

Senior Infant Winners
Sara Wojtan - Room 15

Isobel Mooney - Room 16

Tegan Williams - Room 17

Aaron Brady - Room 5

1st Class Winners
James Cumisky - Room 7

Dylan Buckley - Room 8

2nd Class Winners
Leon Doroszke - Room 3

Darragh Hanratty - Room 4

We have also been enjoying daily "Aimsir" reports on the intercom from a different class each day-maith sibh go léir!

Junior and Senior Infants have been learning "Óró sé do bheatha vhaile" and 1st and 2nd class "Amhrán na Bhfiann ahead of our Proclamation Day. We would encourage parents and children to try and use a little Gaeilge at home as much as possible.

Go raibh maith agaibh.

1916 Rising Commememorations

On Tuesday 15th March, we will be celebrating the 1916 Rising Commemorations by hosting a number of activities around the school. At 11am, the Irish Flag will be raised on our new flag pole at the front of the school building. All parents are welcomed to this event, where the children will attend and sing Amhrán na bhFiann & Óró Sé Do Bheatha Bhaile. 

There have been a number of activities happening around the school to commemorate the 1916 Rising. 

• The Junior & Senior Infant children took part in a poster competition where they had to imagine what 1916 was like & then draw of picture of it. 
• The 1st class children listened to poems by Padraig Pearse and were set the task of writing their own poem to commemorate 1916.
• Finally the 2nd classes were asked to examine and discuss the Proclamation and then write their own Proclamation for 2016.

The winning entries from these activities will be read out on Tuesday in front of the whole school. It is sure to be a great event and one that won't happen for another 100 years!!!

World Book Day 2016

World Book Day 2016

In spite of a hectically busy week, we had a fantastic World Book Day here at SS Peter and Paul JNS! The whole school fell silent after little break, as the boys and girls stuck their noses firmly into their favourite books for Drop Everything And Read. It was a real pleasure to walk around the school class after class full of bent heads, as the children engrossed themselves in their reading.

Some classes accepted the challenges of the on-line World Book Day Quiz, whilst others got creative with our 1916 themed Story Writing Competition. Our finalists are: Anna Guba (Room 6); Noah Lyons (Room 3); Jamie Bullivant (Room 4); Matthew Stuart (Room2); and Isabella Gaughan (Room 10). Our overall winner will be declared at the end of the week, so watch this space!

But undoubtedly the highlight of World Book Day was the sight of so many of the children dressed up in wonderful costumes as their favourite book characters. Many thanks to the family members who clearly put in so much work on these! It was extremely difficult for the teachers to choose a winner from each class, and even more difficult for Mrs. Frayne, Mrs. Bouzzah, Mrs. Adderly and Ms. UaConaill to choose the top three, but congratulations to:

1^st Place – Rachel, as Betty O’Barley

2^nd Place – Hannah, as the Queen of Hearts

3^rd Place – Wiktor, as his favourite dinosaur from The Dinosaur Book

Our runners up were: Mia Casey, as Medusa; Caoilte Duff, as Captain Underpants; Sam Jackson, as Dr. Noel; Sadiya Alabi, as Cat; Dylan Stuart, as The Wimpy Kid; Brooke O’Hanlon, as Stampy Cat; Grace Allen, as Gangsta Granny; Rian Dunne, as Dr. Noel; Daisy Casey, as Little Red Riding Hood; Honzi Dobysek, as Asterix; Daniel Smith, as Mr. Bump; Wictoria Brys, as Hedwig; and Amie McCafferty, as Betty O’Barley.

Mr Donovan's Class

Mrs Cleary's Class

Mrs O Connor's Class

Ms Meehan's Class

Mr Keane's Class

Ms Fagan's Class

Mrs Cummins' Class

Ms Ní Mhaonaigh's Class

Ms Hickey's Class

Mrs Tobin's Class

Little Music Makers

We at SS Peter & Pauls were delighted to welcome Maria Sheil from ‘Little Music Makers’ back to the school for some interactive music workshops. Over the past number of weeks all classes enjoyed two workshops with Maria. This is in keeping with the school’s focus on Music this year. Junior and Senior Infants enjoyed an introduction to the Dalcroze method which incorporates the basic elements of music- rhythm, melody, harmony with body movements to provide and multi- dimensional approach to music learning. 1^st and 2^nd classes built on the basics covered in their workshops last year and incorporated some musical notation work into the sessions. Each class was buzzing and so enthusiastic after each workshop. Many thanks go to Maria for her time and effort over the past four weeks.

Tesco Community Fund Initiative

Back in September our school was chosen as part of the Tesco Community Fund Initiative. We asked for your support when shopping in Tesco to give your blue goodwill token to our school.  Last week we received a cheque for €285.71 which will go towards school resources. Thank you so much to both Tesco and to all the families who gave their blue tokens towards SS Peter and Paul JNS.

Hall Noticeboards

Hall Noticeboards

Every few months, the hall notice boards get a makeover where a class from each level displays their magnificent art skills. This term, Ms O Brien's junior infants, MrsTobin's senior infants, Ms Harrington's 1st class & Mrs O Connor's 2nd class made fantastic displays. Take a look at them below and make sure to pop over to the hall to see them. 

Ms O Brien's Junior Infants Class
Ms O Brien's Class started off the season with a beautiful St Brigid's display.

Mrs Tobin's Senior Infants Class
Ms Tobin's class made a beautiful bright Spring display that really brightens up the hall.

Ms Harrington's First Class
Ms Harrington's class decorated intricate flowers and put them together to make a wonderful display

Mrs O Connor's Second Class
Mrs O Connor's Class brightened up their noticeboard with some colourful rainbow spider webs.

Cake Sale

The whole school thoroughly enjoyed our annual Cake Sale held on Friday, 5^th of February. Many thanks go to the Parents Association and all the parent volunteers for running the event so smoothly. Well done to all the parents and pupils who made such a variety of beautiful cakes, buns and treats for the sale. The standard was so high this year. Thanks also go to all who bought goodies on the day. A special mention must go to Tara Murray, mother of Matthew in Ms. Harrington’s 1^st class who made a fantastic S.S. Peter & Paul’s school jumper cake! It was so special the decision was made to raffle it among all the pupils. The lucky winner was Tadhg Rodgers in Mrs. O’Connor 2^nd class. Well done Tadhg- we hope you enjoyed it!

Non-uniform day fundraiser- Adam Dunne:

Non-uniform day fundraiser- Adam Dunne:

Many thanks go to all who supported our December non-uniform fundraiser in aid of past pupil Adam Dunne. The super sum of €785 was raised and the cheque presented by Mrs. Frayne to Adam’s mum Niamh. Niamh expressed her sincere gratitude to all who supported the event. All of us here at S.S. Peter & Pauls would like to wish Adam and his family good health and happiness for the future.

World Book Day-Thursday 3rd March

It's that time of year again as World Book Day will take place tomorrow-Thursday 3rd March. We have our usual range of exciting events to look forward to including a short story competition (this year reflecting the theme of the 1916 Rising), school wide DEAR time (Drop Everything and Read) and of course our ever-popular "Dress Up As Your Favourite Book Character" competition. We  can’t wait to see the finished results!

For more information and activities to do at home visit;

www.worldbookday.com

First Confessions

This week is a very special week for all our second class children as they will be making their First Confessions. They all have been practising their beautiful religion songs and preparing with their religion lessons.

Ms Ní Mhaonaigh & Ms Fagan's classes will be making their First Confession on Tuesday 1st March at 11.30am in SS Peter & Paul's church.

Ms Feeney & Mrs O Connor's classes will be making their First Confessions on Wednesday the 2nd March in SS Peter & Paul's church.

All family members are welcomed to attend.