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Swimming Lessons

January 12th, 2024

Swimming lessons commence on Wednesday 17th January for 8 weeks.

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Meet a Zoologist

November 15th, 2023

We are taking part in a variety of Meet the Scientist Webinars.

Today we met a Zoologist.

What a fascinating job exploring the deep oceans of the world.

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Space Week

October 16th, 2023

As part of Space Week the children examined the size of planets using fruit. They also investigated the size of the planets relative to Earth. Lots of predicting, discussing and active learning. Jupiter was very tasty after all their hard work! IMG_0922

 

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Calf and the Cuckoo Workshop

October 9th, 2023

The senior room had a fantastic workshop with Karen from Burren Beo as part of the ‘Calf and the Cuckoo’ program on Place, Geology, Archaeology, and People.

They looked at the history and geography of The Burren, participated in many different group activities, conducted some investigations and (tasty) excavations!

Karen will be back next year for the second workshop and we look forward to learning more from her in the new year.

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Cross Country Running

September 18th, 2023

Cross Country Running takes place on September 27th at 10.30am in Lees Road, Ennis.

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Forest School Trip

September 18th, 2023

What a fantastic day was had!

We commenced our day by meeting Grandfather Oak Tree, followed by clay animal making!

This session ended with time for a swing!

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Following our busy morning in the meadows, we entered the Ancient Oak Forest.

Children had a great time exploring animals houses and playing the game “Find my Tree”.

Many thanks to Marina for welcoming us into her school.


Blackberries!!

September 8th, 2023

September wouldn’t be September without some berry picking and we were rewarded with a magnificent bounty this year. Now, the only decision is what to make with them…..

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After our monster haul, it was time to put our baking skills to the test. The 6th class boys and girls were up to the job and served up a delicious blackberry and apple (from our own trees) crumble with ice-cream. 10 out of 10!!

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Hurling lessons commence

September 8th, 2023

We are delighted to commence hurling training again this year.

All classes will be participating in our weekly sessions.

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Autumn Rambles

September 5th, 2023

We have been taking advantage of the much needed sunshine this week and taking the classroom outside. We have been exploring the natural heritage of Fanore by visiting and learning all about shell middens. The midden in Fanore can be dated back 6000 years and provides one of the earliest pieces of evidence of humans living in the area

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As the season turns we have also been exploring our local hedgerows for signs of autumn and recording our findings. Children used school iPads to take pictures and in groups created a poster about Autumn in Fanore using their pictures. They used google reverse image search to investigate plant names.

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Burren Marathon

May 29th, 2023

Well done to all our pupils who participated again this year in the Burren Marathon. A special congratulations to our Under 16 winner

Fantastic achievement!

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