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CLASS NEWS - Clonmany National School Newsletter June 2016 Principal Mr. W. Doherty Volume 4 , Issue 3 Vice-Principal Mrs. K. Casey Principal’s News helping to raise funds. Your Well done everyone on another fantastic continued support is invaluable to year. I believe that the boys and girls the running of the school. Thank you have again done themselves and you the for the organisation of all the parents proud. The results and the different events that raised so much behaviour in our school are as always money for the school. Lots of hard really excellent. It is such a pleasure work and continued goodwill ensure knowing that the children in our school that we continue to have such a are actively working in every class. positive school community. th The children of 6 class are going to be The Staff of Clonmany N.S. has badly missed next year. They are going worked so hard this year, throughout to be missed for the fun and positive the whole year. It is a pleasure hard work that has been such an working in a school environment example to all children in the school. I Contents where everyone of the school team is hope they go on to achieve all their pulling in the one direction – long dreams and reach the goals that they Principal’s News 1 may this continue. Good luck and have set themselves. I particularly want enjoy the holidays and hopefully we We are the champions 1 to congratulate the Girls Soccer and will all see you refreshed and ready Gaelic teams and to Susan McCarron and st Fourth Green Flag 2 on 1 September 2016. Ms. Joanne O Donnell for all their Nathan and the Boys 2 coaching and efforts with the girls throughout their campaigns. William Super Speller Grace 2 I would like to thank the Board of L.A.S.C.O. 2 Management for all their support and hard work over the past academic year. Fan the Flame 2 The role that they play is invaluable to Pedal Picnic 2 the running of the school. The support that they give me is always gratefully Fantastic T-Shirts 3 appreciated. I wish to extend a big thank you to the Ready for Take Off 3 Parents Association and to those that Outdoor Adventures 3 are always there behind the scenes Funky Dunky 3 Historic Win for Girls’ Team Beautiful Shape Pictures 3 First Communion 3 Sports News 4 Ancient Egypt 4 Fun Day 4 My Favourite Things 4 Page 2 of 4 CLASS NEWS Clonmany NS Newsletter Fourth Green Flag Nathan and the Boys Super Speller Grace Adrian, Kealan and Matthew did a video This term, Art Parkinson, project with Mr. Toland. They recorded On 13th May Grace Doherty in 5th class a Hollywood actor from a video inviting Nathan Carter to come went up to the Radison Blu Hotel in Moville raised our fourth to the school. The video went viral Letterkenny to the Eason’s Spelling Green Flag for travel. online, unfortunately Nathan was Bee. She tells us all about it. There Denise Ferran and her unable to come to the school as he was were 34 spellers trying to be crowned husband Brian also on tour but he invited the boys to his Donegal’s best speller. At 11 o’clock it attended and judged the concert in the Millennium Forum as VIP began. We had a practice run first. The art competition; Denise is guests. On the 28th April the boys along first round was pretty easy. Once the a famous artist and a with their mums, Mr. Toland and Mrs. second round was over things got really judge in the Texaco Art Atcheson went to the concert. Nathan hard. When there was six of us left the Competition. For the and his manager John Farry met them Beemaster took a photo. Two people competition the junior on their arrival and chatted with them. then went out and I went out after classes had to dress up in They got photos taken with Nathan. He them. The top six spellers got a pen, a travel related costumes, gave them signed tour programmes. €2 voucher, a dictionary and a the senior classes made to Nathan then recorded a video certificate. invent and create a mode congratulating the school on their Green of transport. Each child Flag. Towards the end of the concert had the opportunity to Nathan took the boys on stage and they show off their creations sang Wagon Wheel with him. It was a and designs. Afterwards magical night, one the boys will there was tea and treats remember forever. for every one. Pedal Picnic Earlier this term 3rd class and 4th class had a cycling proficiency day where they learned how to ride their bikes on t he road, they also learned all the signs they have to make while on the road. Then on the 13th June all the senior classes in the school participated in a pedal picnic. In the morning people from Inishowen Cycling came to the school and checked everyone’s bike. We then cycled to Binion beach in sets of two along the road. We pulled in Fan the Flame Mass L.A.S.C.O when there were cars coming and This year’s ‘Fan the Flame’ Mass was on communicated down the line if we Every year our school has a fundraiser th needed to slow down or stop. We then the 9 of June 2016 in Celtic Park, th called L.A.S.C.O. It is to raise money for Derry. It was the 10 anniversary of the cycled back to the school and had our Latin American Street Children. We had picnic. celebration. We brought our school th two days of fun and activities including banner and wore our t-shirts that 6 a treasure hunt; make up application class worked very hard on over the past and nails, football matches, a teddy couple of weeks. The Mass was said by bears picnic, a talent show and lots Bishop Donal Mc Keown. Representatives more. It was a great success and from all the schools present were part together the school raised €1,280.00. of a parade during the mass. Brendan and Alana Doherty represented our school. There was a balloon launch at the end of the Mass. School Newsletter CLASS NEWS Page 3 of 4 Fantastic T-Shirts Ready for Take off Outdoor Adventures This term has been full of Mrs Duffy’s class has been very busy this term. We Over the last few months excitement in Mr. Doherty’s are continuing the “Food Dudes” healthy eating Mr. McKinney’s second class Class. Sixth class have worked programme, with lots of children in our class were very busy working on on and have completed Funky bringing fruit and vegetables to school for their preparation for their First Dunky. They have also lunch every day. Sometimes Teacher brought in Holy Communion. Each child stencilled and painted their Fan fruit and veg. for us to try- we tasted kiwi fruit, had a job or two to do at the Flame T-shirts. In history pineapple, watermelon and even Dulse! Delicious! the ceremony. The class had the class have been learning When the weather was sunny, we went on a “Bug their school tour on 17 about Plantations and hunt” in our playground which was good fun! June, they went to Alcorn’s Settlements in Ireland. In Another time, we looked for wild flowers and Tropical World in Geography we have been plants growing in our school yard and tried to Letterkenny and Wain’s learning about Pentlands and name them all! Not so easy! World in Buncrana, they Tectonics. The class have This term, we started ‘Aistear’. Our favourite also got ice cream. The entered the Carn Show Art theme was ‘The Airport’. It was great fun and we class have recently started Competition and have been learned so much about preparing for and going on the Irish programme Abair busying creating their art work holidays. We went on our first school tour to Liom for the first time, they for the end of year Mass. ‘Bananas’ and to the cinema. We all had a lovely are finding it very enjoyable day! and child friendly! They have been working on gymnastics and outdoor adventure activities in PE, they have also been creating some beautiful summer art for the end of year mass. Beautiful Shape Pictures Mrs. Doherty’s class has been very busy this term. We did a bug hunt with Mrs. Atcheson’s Funky Dunky class; the senior class was so helpful and Every year the sixth class interested. Children worked in groups and makes a magazine called recorded their findings. The children in Room 3 ‘Funky Dunky’. It is filled with also went on a nature walk. They collected a fun activities such as word selection of items for their nature table. We First Communion searches, stories, facts, did a sound walk where we listened and tried nd Mr. Mc Kinney‘s 2 Class recipes, song lyrics, boys and to identify different noises that the children made their First Holy girls fashion, interviews and could hear. The class was involved in a Communion on Saturday the lots more exciting things! The transport survey where we counted the 14th of May 2015. The sixth class really enjoyed different types of vehicles we spotted on the celebrant was Fr. Brady. making this book and they put road. In our play corner we had a café the The children also went to a lot of hard work and effort children were able to order food and engage in the hall after the ceremony into it.