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Summer Newsletter 2022
We wish our wonderful 6th class pupils the very best of luck as they begin the next chapter in Secondary school. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on September 1st at 9:00am.
School Tour 1st to 4th class at UL Adventure World
Active Schools Week 2022
Medal presentation with Donal O'Grady
GAA Blitz 3rd and 4th class
Summer in 2nd Class
We've had a busy few weeks here but lots of fun. Here are some of the highlights!
Term 3 fun in rang a trí
Peer Teaching: 3rd class and Junior Infants
Congratulations to the girls from 4th and 5th class who won the U12 Division 3 Desmond Final against Abbeyfeale with Ballingarry AFC
Congratulations to Danny who represented Limerick on the Primary Games team on Sunday the 5th of June against Clare at Semple Stadium. Well done Danny and well done Limerick on a great win!
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A massive congratulations to Annabel in 6th who represented Limerick on the Primary Games Team on Sunday 15th of May v Clare at Cusack Park. Well done Annabel
Congratulations to Stephen in 5th class who is vice captain of the U12 Limerick Desmond boys team. They beat Cork recently and have reached the All-Ireland Semi-Final of the National cup. They will be playing against Waterford in the coming weeks in the Semi Final. This is a fantastic achievement for Stephen and Ballingarry AFC. We are extremely proud!!
Our new neighbours!!
Easter Newsletter
Friendship Week Buddy Reading in 2nd and 5th class
As part of Friendship Week 2nd and 5th class did some buddy reading. 2nd class picked some books and read them to 5th. 5th class were super listeners and some people even recognised books that they had enjoyed in 2nd class. Mr Flynn and Mrs McHale were so impressed by how the 2 classes cooperated and respected each other.
March Marathon finale and Liam McCarthy cup visit
MARCH MARATHON FUNDRAISER: click on the link to donate https://www.idonate.ie/event/3459_march-marathon.html
March Marathon running with 3rd and 4th class
News from rang a trí
Peer teaching
We recently as part of our maths revision planned a maths lesson to teach to our partner. We really enjoyed planning games and activities for our partner. We are hoping to do some peer teaching with Junior and Senior Infants next week!
STEM in 3rd class
3rd class were given the challenge to design bridges. They had to create a bridge to allow toy cars to travel through. Each pair gave their bridge a name and presented their bridge to the class. They spoke about the different features their bridge had. We really enjoyed this activity!
Week 4 update: To date we have raised €3630 for our March Marathon Fundraiser. Here is how the boys and girls got on in week 4:Each child in Junior Infants ran an average of 7km all the way to Granagh National School.
Each child in Senior Infants ran an average of 13km all the way to O'Rourkes Cross.
Each child in 1st class ran 27km all the way to Templeglantine.
Each child in 2nd class ran 15km all the way to Adare.
Each child in 3rd class ran 20km all the way to Patrickswell.
Each child in 4th class ran 23km all the way to Kilmallock.
Each child in 5th class ran 20km all the way to Newcastle West.
Each child in 6th class ran 19km all the way to Askeaton.
Each child in Senior Infants ran an average of 13km all the way to O'Rourkes Cross.
Each child in 1st class ran 27km all the way to Templeglantine.
Each child in 2nd class ran 15km all the way to Adare.
Each child in 3rd class ran 20km all the way to Patrickswell.
Each child in 4th class ran 23km all the way to Kilmallock.
Each child in 5th class ran 20km all the way to Newcastle West.
Each child in 6th class ran 19km all the way to Askeaton.
3rd class buddy reading with Junior and Senior Infants
News from 5th class
March Marathon running at Grange stone circle at Lough Gur
Lough Gur Confirmation Retreat
Birdwatching - 5th and 6th class enjoying the weather and spotting the different wildlife down in Lough Gur on their Confirmation Retreat Day
Gaeilge i rang a cúig
5th class were really enjoying the recent spell of sunny weather and enjoyed learning new vocabulary to describe the weather in Irish.
STEM
5th class were busy designing and creating a protective suit for an egg. The egg was dropped from a height of 2metres and their job was to ensure it came out in one piece.
FAI Soccer coaching with 3rd -6th class
A big thank you to Shane and Nessa Markham from Ballingarry AFC who have provided soccer coaching for 3rd-6th class for 6 weeks. The pupils had lots of fun throughout the 6 weeks playing lots of games and learning all about the different soccer skills. Thank you to FAI and Ballingarry AFC !
Congratulations to Caoimhe, Danny and Annabel on making the Larkin Shield (football), Mackey (hurling) and Eithne Neville (camogie) West Limerick schools teams. We are very proud and wish you the best of luck in your upcoming games
Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations!!
Junior Infants news February
MARCH MARATHON FUNDRAISER: https://www.idonate.ie/event/3459_march-marathon.html
March Marathon week 2 update!!!
Each child in Junior Infants ran an average of 7.5km all the way to Rathkeale.
Each child in Senior Infants ran an average of 6km all the way to Kilfinny NS.
Each child in 1st class ran 11.3km all the way to Croom GAA pitch.
Each child in 2nd class ran 25km all the way to Bruff rugby club.
Each child in 3rd class ran 14.2km all the way to Bruree NS.
Each child in 4th class ran 19.2km all the way to Fedamore.
Each child in 5th class ran 19.3km all the way to Charleville.
Each child in 6th class ran 17.1km all the way to Newcastle West.
Each child in Senior Infants ran an average of 6km all the way to Kilfinny NS.
Each child in 1st class ran 11.3km all the way to Croom GAA pitch.
Each child in 2nd class ran 25km all the way to Bruff rugby club.
Each child in 3rd class ran 14.2km all the way to Bruree NS.
Each child in 4th class ran 19.2km all the way to Fedamore.
Each child in 5th class ran 19.3km all the way to Charleville.
Each child in 6th class ran 17.1km all the way to Newcastle West.
Week 1 progress update
Dear Parents,
To date we have raised €1270 for our March Marathon Fundraiser. We would like to thank everyone for their donations so far. If you would like to donate here is the link:https://www.idonate.ie/event/3459_march-marathon.html please share the link with friends and family. The pupils have been very active this week running their laps and have got off to a fantastic start. Here is where each class ran to:
Junior Infants ran 374km, they ran as far as Pembrokeshire in Wales.
Senior Infants ran 240km, they ran as far as Croke Park.
1st Class ran 714km, they ran as far as Edinburgh in Scotland.
2nd class ran 359km, they also ran as far as Pembrokeshire in Wales.
3rd class ran 1119km, they ran as far as Paris in France.
4th class ran 876km, they ran to Southampton in England.
5th class ran 987 km, they ran as far as Norwich in England.
6th class ran 847km, they ran as far as London in England.
Keep up the fantastic work boys and girls, we are all so proud of your contributions so far!
To date we have raised €1270 for our March Marathon Fundraiser. We would like to thank everyone for their donations so far. If you would like to donate here is the link:https://www.idonate.ie/event/3459_march-marathon.html please share the link with friends and family. The pupils have been very active this week running their laps and have got off to a fantastic start. Here is where each class ran to:
Junior Infants ran 374km, they ran as far as Pembrokeshire in Wales.
Senior Infants ran 240km, they ran as far as Croke Park.
1st Class ran 714km, they ran as far as Edinburgh in Scotland.
2nd class ran 359km, they also ran as far as Pembrokeshire in Wales.
3rd class ran 1119km, they ran as far as Paris in France.
4th class ran 876km, they ran to Southampton in England.
5th class ran 987 km, they ran as far as Norwich in England.
6th class ran 847km, they ran as far as London in England.
Keep up the fantastic work boys and girls, we are all so proud of your contributions so far!
March Marathon
Ballingarry National School is on the move! Christ the Saviour National School is participating in a 4 week virtual challenge to Run around Ireland and beyond this March. The Active Schools Initiative will bring learning outdoors this Spring encouraging the children to get out and get running while also improving fitness levels and promoting wellbeing.
Beginning on Monday 7th March and continuing for 4 weeks the children will work together with their class running laps of the school yard. Every lap matters and they will be counted each day to show the progress the children are making. Weekly updates will be shared across school and fundraising platforms documenting the wonderful places around Ireland they have reached. Our final day will be a running extravaganza on the GAA field and will showcase just how far the children have come. Our School is growing in numbers and additional funds are needed to enhance the schools sports and recreational areas making it a fun and enjoyable space for all our children.
The parent’s council have set up an IDonate fundraising page here: https://www.idonate.ie/event/3459_march-marathon.html
Please share this link with families and friends near and far.
Ballingarry National School is on the move! Christ the Saviour National School is participating in a 4 week virtual challenge to Run around Ireland and beyond this March. The Active Schools Initiative will bring learning outdoors this Spring encouraging the children to get out and get running while also improving fitness levels and promoting wellbeing.
Beginning on Monday 7th March and continuing for 4 weeks the children will work together with their class running laps of the school yard. Every lap matters and they will be counted each day to show the progress the children are making. Weekly updates will be shared across school and fundraising platforms documenting the wonderful places around Ireland they have reached. Our final day will be a running extravaganza on the GAA field and will showcase just how far the children have come. Our School is growing in numbers and additional funds are needed to enhance the schools sports and recreational areas making it a fun and enjoyable space for all our children.
The parent’s council have set up an IDonate fundraising page here: https://www.idonate.ie/event/3459_march-marathon.html
Please share this link with families and friends near and far.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Several month ago we successfully applied for a Bosca Leabharlainne. Those books have arrived, 25 beautiful Gaeilge books that support reading for fun. Even though we don't know all the words we are using our reading skills to help us understand.
We are:
1. Looking at the Pictures
2. Finding words that we know
3. Making connections to stories we already know.
Hopefully these books will help us to enjoy our Gaeilge even more.
We are:
1. Looking at the Pictures
2. Finding words that we know
3. Making connections to stories we already know.
Hopefully these books will help us to enjoy our Gaeilge even more.
Keep an eye on our Active Schools page for some more news! www.ballingarryns.com/active-schools.html
Internet Safety Week 2022
2nd Class made a great effort learning how to stay safe online during Internet Safety Week. So today we had great fun with the iPads. We did some computer programming with the BeeBot app and Scratch Jr app. We also challenged each other in Maths Fight!
St.Brigid's Day 1st of February
Egyptian Pharaohs...can you recognise the 3rd class?
Maths stations in 3rd class
St Brigid's Day in 2nd Class
2nd Class joined a zoom class today to learn some facts about St Brigid and to follow an art lesson. This class was hosted by an author and artist on behalf of Wexford Education Centre.
We learned that:
We learned that:
- Wet weather on St Brigid's Day means a good summer.
- If you see a hedgehog on St Brigid's Day it means good weather.
- On St Brigid's Eve you should leave out cloth, ribbons and water to be blessed.
- Her dad had lots of dreams before she was born telling him to call her Brigid.
- She was very kind and generous.
- She wanted to be a nun so she could help people.
Thank You!!!
A huge thank you to Annette Clifford for nominating our school in the Analog Community Awards Scheme. Analog Devices donated € 1000 to our school. We are greatly appreciative of this donation.
Pictured here is Clodagh and Roisin making the presentation to Mrs.Cleary.
Pictured here is Clodagh and Roisin making the presentation to Mrs.Cleary.
Arctic Theme in 3rd class
We made Arctic animals using clay. We all designed an Arctic animals. Once they were dry, we painted our Arctic animals. Take a look at our before and after pictures.
Arctic animal projects: each pair were given an Arctic animal to research. They researched all about the animal under the following headings: what it is, what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, how it has adapted to the Arctic climate and any extra information. They compiled their facts onto posters and presented the facts our classmates. We really enjoyed learning from our classmates about the different Arctic animals.
We made blubber using soft margarine. We tested how long we could keep our hands in a basin of icy water for. We then added a layer of margarine to our finger to create the extra blubber layer that the Arctic animals have. We all found that we could not feel the icy water with the layer of blubber.
Magnets: for our STEM activity, we designed a race track using cardboard. We made our own paper cars and attached a paper clip to the back of it. Using magnets we had races against our classmates.
Arctic scene: we used paints, salt and cling film to create our Arctic scene. The salt added the effect of a starry night to our skies while the cling film created the ice effect.
Colours Day presentation to Ballingarry Park and Playground
We raised 700 euro on our recent colours day for Ballingarry Park and Playground Committee. A big thank you to all parents and families for your support.
Christmas newsletter: Click on the file to view
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Christmas Fun Day
Transfer Prints in 3rd class
We drew and coloured our silhouette winter scene. We then coloured in some tin foil with markers. Ms.Shelton added some water to our tin foil and we placed our picture on top of it. We really enjoyed this lesson. Check out our step by step process below.
November news from Junior Infants
News from Junior Infants: October
News from Junior Infants; September
New Aistear Equipment
A big thank to the Parents Council, the children in both Junior and Senior Infants are learning so much as well as enjoying their structured play immensely. The photos show a selection of the resources for our work on 'The Hospital' theme.
News from 3rd class
For science week, we designed rollercoasters. Each group was given the task of creating the longest marble run. They also had to include a loop or swirl for their marble to travel. Once we created our rollercoasters, we tested them with a marble. We also timed how long it took the marble to travel.
Maths stations
We are very busy in 3rd class learning our tables. We are learning our tables through different games. We are having lots of fun learning through games.
Tin Foil Sculptures in 3rd class
Halloween 2021
Pumpkin Competition 2021
3rd class Autumn 'Senses Trail'
Space week 2021: For space week we focused on the planets and the solar system. Each group got to research a planet and design a poster with facts about it. They then presented their facts to the whole class. We also planned and designed a space buggy in our groups. We designed a new planet for our english writing task. We then painted a planet using a design of our choice.
Check out our 'FROM GRASS TO GLASS' projects.
There are a lot of young farmers in 3rd class so we decided to zone in on the milking process and learn all about it. After learning all about milking each pod group created a poster full of facts that they learnt. It was great to see all the cool facts the pupils had on this topic.
First Holy Communion 18th of September 2021
2nd Class - Outdoor Day
What a busy day we had!! We all brought our wellies and old clothes into school. First we headed to the park to find some autumn leaves. We learned that leaves have a special chemical made from sunlight called chlorophyll. This is what gives leaves their green colour. Deciduous trees lose their chlorophyll in autumn and that's when we can see the other colours in the leaves, such as red, yellow and brown. Evergreen trees stay green all year round. We collected leaves to use for Art and of course we stopped by the playground.
After lunch we carved 6 pumpkins. We used the seeds and offcuts to feed the birds. Some boys and girls planted the seeds so you never know, we might have a pumpkin patch next year!! In History we learned that the original Halloween tradition was carving turnips, we think pumpkins are much easier to carve!
We did some gardening then, dead heading and cutting back our wildflower garden, and digging up the flower beds in preparation for planting. We got pretty dirty but it was great fun!
Finally we used our pumpkins to do a Science experiment. We added baking soda, washing up liquid, water, food colouring and vinegar to our pumpkins and observed what happened.
A great day!
After lunch we carved 6 pumpkins. We used the seeds and offcuts to feed the birds. Some boys and girls planted the seeds so you never know, we might have a pumpkin patch next year!! In History we learned that the original Halloween tradition was carving turnips, we think pumpkins are much easier to carve!
We did some gardening then, dead heading and cutting back our wildflower garden, and digging up the flower beds in preparation for planting. We got pretty dirty but it was great fun!
Finally we used our pumpkins to do a Science experiment. We added baking soda, washing up liquid, water, food colouring and vinegar to our pumpkins and observed what happened.
A great day!
