Fanore National School - News


Senior School Tour

June 24th, 2022

The senior room travelled to Bay Sports in Athlone for a day out on Irelands biggest inflatable waterpark. They followed up with some retail therapy and dinner in Burger King. A great way to end the year

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Junior School Tour

June 24th, 2022

The children in the junior room visited Turoe Pet Farm in Loughrea on their school tour this week. They fed the animals, jumped around in Inflatable City and finished off with an ice-cream. A great day out was had by everyone

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Surfing

June 17th, 2022

This week saw us taking to the waves for some surfing workshops with Peter. Great fun was had by all. Thanks to Peter and Ale as always for facilitating this very fun end of year activity!

 

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Father’s Day

June 17th, 2022

Happy Father’s Day to all the Daddies in our school community this Sunday. We hope you are all spoiled!

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Discover Primary Science Award

June 16th, 2022

The school has achieved SFI Discover Science and Maths Award for engagement in STEM activities in science, technology, engineering and maths over the past year. Well done everyone!

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6th Class Graduation

June 15th, 2022

Congratulations to our 6th Class on their graduation today. They are going to be very missed in Fanore NS but we know that they are going to be amazing wherever they go.

 

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Boys Football

June 13th, 2022

Well done to the senior boys team on their valiant effort against Kildysart. The boys and girls showed great team spirit and worked hard but unfortunately were unsuccessful on the day

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Aillwee Caves

June 13th, 2022

As a thank you for the schools involvement in the Burren Geoparks promotional video, the children in the senior room were treated to a very enjoyable visit to the Aillwee Caves and Birds of Prey experience today.

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Design and Make

June 10th, 2022

The senior room children got to try out their home-made anemometers today. An anemometer is a device that is used to measure wind (something there is an abundance of in Fanore), specifically its speed and direction.

 
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Workshops

June 8th, 2022

The children in the senior room took part in two workshops this week:

Plastics Problems Workshop

This introduced the students to the science of plastic, what it is, where it comes from, different types of plastics and the problems caused to the environment by plastics

 

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Transport for the Future

Here the children explored transport and the impacts of transport on people, the planet and sustainability. The children even got to design their own potential transport solutions

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