Entries from May 2016

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

Rugby player of the future

Congratulations to Kyle from 6th class, who got onto the Connacht rugby summer team. He will be playing teams from the other province’s youth academies. Best of luck, Kyle!

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

Milltown mini beast hunt

3rd and 4th class went on a mini beast hunt around the school. The children were divided into groups of 5 and they were given pooters, magnifying glasses and some containers. The children had a list of mini beasts that they had to find-like spiders, worms, ants, snails and earwigs. One group shook a tree and […]

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

Green School Award

And the awards keep coming! We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded our 4th Green Flag! The theme for this flag was transport and travel and we were given the award in recognition of the work that we have done to increase green transport and our effort to lower the speed limit […]

Friday, May 20th, 2016

Discover Science and Maths Award Winners

We are delighted to announce that the school has been awarded a Discover Science and Maths Award for 2016. This award was given for all the work we have done throughout the year in these areas. From parachutes to planetariums and freaky flowers to fish dissections, everyone has worked hard to earn this award. Thanks […]

Friday, May 20th, 2016

Blooming butterflies

We are very excited to watch the caterpillars turning into butterflies. It has been a long process but yesterday we saw the first butterfly emerge from the chrysalis. Today,the second appeared! Their wings are very delicate for the first few days and they are very sensitive so we are watching from a distance.We hope to see the […]