Burren Centre Competition by Kayleigh Shannon Summer 2016 New Quay St. Colman’s National School news GREEN FLAG NEWS Flag Raising & Art Exhibition Enjoy the Summer holi- by Mia Farrell days! School reopens on Wed 31st August

In 2015 we were invited to take part in an art competition for Centre Kilfenora. We had to submit an entry for how The Burren Centre and The Kilfenora Ceilí Band Parlour will look in 2050. We were put into teams of four. Each team was assigned a differ- ent room in the centre. When the teams finished each picture, we joined them all up and it formed one big picture. A few months later, in April 2016 Múinteoir Carmel got a letter invit- ing us to visit the Centre. We met some people who manage the Centre, one of which was my uncle (Seán Shannon). They told us we had won the competition and we were delighted. For our prize we were given a tour of the Centre, a cheque and a book on the Burren. The Centre was really fun and at the end and On Friday the 17th of June we had a flag raising ceremony to celebrate gain- we were treated a huge feast of cookies, muffins, sweets and ing our fifth green flag for Biodiversity and an Art Exhibition of our Art work drinks. My favourite part was the feast at the end! completed during the year. They are going to keep our entry and display it in nine years’ time We went outside to watch the flag raising ceremony when our local musi- when the Centre is 50 years old. Imagine we will be in our twenties cians Chris Droney, Séan Tyrrell and Gary O’Brien raised the new flag. by then! Then we went inside into the exhibition room and several parents were awarded with cards in honour of all the help that they had given us this year. GREEN FLAG NEWS down by 6 points early on, we played better in the second half and we won by 10 points in the end. Our last game was against Clouna /Furglan. We lost that game also, so we Flag Raising & Art Exhibition by Mia Farrell were knocked out of the league.

School Hurling by Tommy Fahy On the 7th of April 2016 Tubber/Boston/New Quay/ played a hurling blitz in Inagh. The first match was against Inagh/Kilamona. Unfortu- nately we lost. The weather was very bad so we let in a few easy goals. The score was 1 goal 2 points to 6 goals 7 points. The next game was against Inis Beag and we played very well. We won by 1 point. The score at the end was 2 goals 1 point to 2 goals. On 27th of May 2016 the team played a Hurling Blitz. The first game was against Kilnaboy. The scores were level at the end of the match, 1 goal and Lots of members of the New Quay community came to celebrate with us 4 points apiece. Both teams played very well. The second match was also and we were very happy. very close. It was against Connolly. Unfortunately we lost by two points. At We then tucked into all the different tarts, buns, cookies and other delicious the end Pappy Taaffe had a close up free, which if it went in, would have treats that were piled on the tables while everyone looked at the many won the match for us. Unfortunately it was saved. The score at the end was 1 paintings, drawings and other forms of art that we had made this year with goal 4 points to 1 goal 6 points. Cate King and Ellie Farrell in our monthly ‘Art Appreciation Classes’. While We would like to thank the parents who supported us, all the teachers who they were walking around Séan, Gary, Chris and his granddaughter Ciara let us go to the matches and Pat Taaffe and Noel Clancy for being our played some lovely tunes. coaches. All in all it was a very enjoyable day and thanks to everyone who helped out and the Parents’ Association for the goodies!!! Our last swimming class at the start of this term. Great progress was made by everyone.

A big THANK YOU to Eileen for coaching us in Basketball all year and also to Bernard for all the chess lessons. We really enjoyed them! SPORTING NEWS

Girls’ Football by Sinéad O Dea A Triumph of All Sorts by Sara Shields

On the 9th of June the Girls’ football team played two matches against Lis- doonvarna and Lahinch in Ballyvaughan. We won the first match against The senior room performed a play on 1916 on the 14th of April 2016. It was Lahinch 4-6 – 0-6. Sadly we lost the second to Lisdoon 2-5 – 4-0. At the end of called ‘A triumph of All Sorts’ We practiced for 2 months. the afternoon all three teams had won one match and lost one. The play was about the 1916 rising. The play began with the Narrators ex- On the 16th of June we met again in the Kilfenora GAA grounds to replay the plaining 1916 and afterwards, there was a funeral for O Donovan Rossa. matches. We played great games winning our two matches comfortably and (Chloe, Tommy, Paddy and I brought a board with a dummy on it which was were very happy to be in the final. O Donovan Rossa.) Cha and Mixer (Caoimhe and Líle) were two Dublin characters talking about the events. They were talking about going to the In the final we played Doonbeg. We played skilfully but unfortunately lost by 3 points. The score was 1-5 – 1-2 to Doonbeg. Lisa Shields got all our scores. It races on Easter Monday 1916. Mixer wanted to put a shilling on a horse was great to see everyone play and in the end we had a great day. called All Sorts. Cha thought it was a bad idea. When Cha and Mixer left the We would like to thank our coaches Múinteoir Mary and Annie Nolan. stage, Padráig Pearse, Tom Clarke, Thomas Mac Donagh, James Connolly and Joseph Plunkett entered to read the Proclamation. Boys’ Football by Paddy Nolan Next James Connolly got shot on the leg and he was nursed by Elizabeth O During the months of May and June we joined with Carron, Ballyvaughan Farrell. Two British Soldiers came on stage and talked about going to France and schools for the football leagues. We were in a group with , to fight in World War 1. When they left the stage, Grace Gifford entered in Kilfenora, and Clouna/Furglan. First we played Kilkee and we won her wedding dress and veil, with a priest. Two British Soldiers brought in Jo- as a result of a goal from a free kick that Lorcan Doolin from Ballyvaughan seph Plunkett. Joseph and Grace got married and afterwards the two British scored. Soldiers brought Joseph out and then the British shot him dead 16 hours after The second game we played was against Kilfenora. Sadly we lost that game. his wedding. Then we played Liscannor and although we didn’t start that well and were At the end of the play we all went on stage and bowed.

Holy Communion Science Day at Bishop’s Quarter Beach by Chloe Fahy

This year’s Holy Communion girls Hannah, Miriam and Sa- rah Anne were joined by Seán On the 17th of June we went to Bishops Quarter beach on a Science day. We on 22nd May in a lovely mass went with the Burren Outdoor Education Centre. The weather was cold and at New Quay. windy. When we arrived at Bishops Quarter we were split into two groups: the older classroom and the younger classroom. Our first port of call was the tent Congratulations to Mia Farrell which the BOEC had pitched on the beach. We left our bags there. who was highly commended The older group started off by going down to the shore to look at the rock in the Blue Flag Art Competi- pools, where we found butterfish, blenny, starfish and lots of crabs, while the tion held by Clare County smaller classes did a treasure hunt. Then we swapped over. When we finished Council Environmental Sec- that we had lunch in the tent. tion. She was awarded a prize After lunch we did some orienteering and we finished off with some crab fish- at the school. ing. We caught the crabs with some cardboard, string, sausages and hair- Well done Mia! nets. We all had a great time. Confirmation Class 2016 Fun in Fanore with BOEC

On our last week of school we were treated to a day at the beach surf- ing courtesy of BOEC with tutors Jess Buckley and Ger Cullen. We had a great time splashing in the waves .

Thanks to Jess for organising it!!

This year 5th & 6th Class from Carron and New Quay were confirmed together in St. Colman’s Church, New Quay on 19th May. A lovely ceremony with si- niging and music performed by students past and present. Artwork by the stu- dents decorated the walls of the church and everyone looked beautiful in their lovely outfits.

European Day

Sixth Class 2016 by SCHOOL TOURS Senior Room Tour by Caoimhe Kerin On Monday the 13th of June the senior classroom went to the Kingfisher Club Junior Room Tour NUI Galway. Sinéad came on the school tour even though she was unable to by Rachel Daly do most of the activities because of her broken leg. In the Kingfisher Club there are a few small rooms and one huge room reserved for Lets Go Summer Camp, which we went to. Let’s Go Summer Camp is an activity packed camp. There are lots of bouncy castles with different activities on them. First of all we were partnered with a school from Portumna. Our first activity was a water bed bouncy castle activity. We wore helmets and tried to walk on the water bed. Then we went upstairs to do some cup stacking. Sinéad was able to do this activity. First, we stacked three cups, then we stacked six cups. We also went in a disco bouncy castle where you got to dance to mu- sic. Next we went in a zorbie and got pushed down a slide. It was so fun and I think it was the best activity. We also went on a bouncy castle slide where we raced against Portumna. We won the race but just by five seconds. We went on an obstacle course bouncy castle and raced against Portumna. Again New Quay School won. We went on a climbing wall where they set you three levels to try to get to. We also went on roller racers and were put into teams and had to race against each other. We went on a wrecking ball bouncy castle where four people stand on cubes and hit one big ball at each other. We also went on a wobbly ladder bouncy castle where you try and get to the top of the ladder. On Tuesday the 21st of June the Junior room went on their school tour to Turoe We played a memory game where you have to get from the start to the finish Pet farm in Loughrea, County Galway. of a twister board. We had so much fun and to top it all off we got to go to At Turoe Pet farm they have a huge pet farm, 2 large indoor play areas, Jun- Subway after our school tour. gle Town and Inflatable City. The most popular animals are peacocks, cows, rabbits, ponies, pigs, donkeys, goats and sheep. When they arrived the Juniors went on a walk around to see the animals fol- lowed by some playtime in the outdoor playground. At around 11:30 they went inside to eat their lunch and play in the indoor soft area called Jungle Town. After that they went to Inflatable City which is a massive bouncy castle. As they were so good and well behaved they all got a delicious ice-cream. They all had a fabulous day and would love to go again. A big THANK YOU to the Parents’ Committee for Funding this year’s tours!! We really enjoyed them!