Clarecastle News

Clarecastle NewS “ I have come so they may have life and live it to the full” April 2019 natIonaL aWarD In students from 120 schools in 18 Important counties across Ireland took part InteL mInI-sCIentIst Dates in the competition since last CompetItIon September. The Grand Final April 12th 2019 Three Fifth Class students brought together the top 23 School closes at 12noon achieved wonderful success at projects from across the country for Easter Holidays the Intel Mini Scientist Grand and was filled with innovative Final which was held on and imaginative projects, put th together through months of hard th Tuesday March 5 in Maynooth April 29 2019 University. work. The judges, after a very School re-opens. difficult task of deliberation, Parents Week selected the winning projects. and Technology Week The hard work and commitment shown by Addison, Freya and th Clara was praised by the judges May 4 2019 Clara Powell, Addison in each round of the competition First Holy Communion O’Loughlin and Freya Starr and led to their wonderful at 11am Amran were awarded the ‘Most achievement. Innovative Idea’ Award with th their project ‘The Solar Powered May 6 2019 Car’. The girls demonstrated Bank Holiday - School how solar power works by VIsIt from mInIster Closed making a solar powered car. jIm DaLy tD They qualified to bring their On February 12th, Jim Daly TD project to the Grand Final in and Minister of State at the May 20th to 24th 2019 December. In each round of the Department of Health visited the Healthy Eating Week competition, Freya, Clara and school. He was joined by Mr Joe Addison exhibited their project Carey, TD and by Councillor June 3rd and 4th 2019 which included a visual display, Paul Murphy. School Closed a project book and a Having been made aware of the demonstration of their solar Internet and Technology powered car for a panel of Agreement, which provides th st judges. June 17 to 21 2019 guidelines on best practice on Active Schools Week the use of technology by children and gives resources to parents to help monitor and th June 28 2019 secure their child’s use of School closes at 12 noon technology, by his cabinet for summer holidays colleague, Joe Carey TD, he decided to visit the school to further discuss the agreement August 29th 2019 and to address pupils in the School re-opens school. He was welcomed to the The entire school community are school by the Student Council. The Trad Group enhanced the very proud of the girls’ achievement as almost 8,000 welcome with some lovely tunes. He then proceeded to the how to do so, please contact the condition in your home, it would School Library where members school office after Easter. be greatly appreciated if you of the Learning Squads would donate them to the demonstrated some of the sUrVey on school. Before dropping them in, technological equipment being please check on used throughout the school. LIteraCy anD IrIsH www.arbookfind.co.uk to ensure Members of the Board of A survey for each pupil was sent that they can be added to the Management joined parents, to parents on Literacy and Irish stock in the school library. staff and children from Third to via SurveyMonkey. The Similarly, if there are school Sixth Class in the School Hall to response rate has been excellent uniforms in good condition that hear Minister Daly praise the and the results will be very are no longer needed in any initiative and the foresightedness useful for the school. The household, please drop them of the school and of the Board of feedback will be analysed after into the school. Management with the guidance the Easter holiday. If you have and assistance of Dr Maureen not yet completed the survey, we Griffin, Forensic Psychologist invite you to do so over the Green sCHooLs and Director of MGMS Training holidays. We have decided to Clarecastle NS has applied for Ltd. in devising the Agreement. leave it open until we return on its sixth Green Schools’ Flag th 29 April. The survey should be based on the theme ‘Global in your email Inbox but if you Citizenship – Litter and Waste’. cannot find it, it might have On March 14th, a visit to the gone into Promotions or Spam. school was conducted by a staff He also sought permission from member of the Environmental Department at Clare County Mr Moloney to bring the parents Internet and Technology Use Council, on behalf of An Taisce. Agreement to the attention of an assoCIatIon This visit was part of the assessment process to ascertain interdepartmental working The Sensory Room has been if the school should be awarded group, with the view to completed and is a most the flag. Members of the Green implementing similar enjoyable and relaxing area for Schools Committee guided the agreements in schools students to visit. Thanks to the visitor around the school. They throughout the country. continued commitment and discussed the work of the His visit was completed with a fundraising from the Parents committee and shared their performance by the School Association for all their work in knowledge on the various Choir. Minister Daly thanked furnishing this valuable and projects that had been completed and praised the children for their much needed space. wonderful performances and for over the past two years. the warm welcome shown to Classes were also visited as part him. of the assessment and pupils were questioned on associated Thanks also to all those who project work and on their contributed to the recent Cash knowledge of the theme. Fifth aLaDDIn ConneCt for Clobber collection. A large Class enjoyed performing their Just over 70% of parents have collection of ‘clobber’ was ‘Green Schools Bop’ which was signed up to Aladdin Connect, gathered which will raise written by Thehan Jayasinghe.. an App on your phone through welcome funds for the school. which you receive information Please have a look around at about your pupil and the school. home during the Easter break for School reports will only be any school library books which circulated by Aladdin Connect have been read by your child The work, knowledge and this year – they cannot be and return them to the library in interest shown by the children emailed due to GDPR the new term. on the Green Schools regulations. If you have not Committee was commended on done so, please set up the App the day, as was the amount of on your phones and if you have projects completed and the any difficulty or questions on If there are any unwanted interest and knowledge of the children’s books that are in good pupils throughout the school. Members of the Green Schools They learned all about the cook and taste the fruits of the Committee are: Darragh importance of pollination in the work! O’Callaghan, Lauren Cusack, lifecycle of plants. They Lee Moloney, Caoimhe Parry, observed a map of the school Molly Potter, Liam Lynch, grounds and discussed areas Marcus Sheahan, Cathal within the school grounds where Murphy, Carly McDonagh, additional plants could be sown Keeva Moloney, Elliot Madden, to aid pollination. Robyn Tuohy and Harry The Green Schools Committee Morrisroe. travelled to Irish Seed Savers in The school motto for this green Scariff on April 4th. They had flag is: the opportunity to see the CoICís na GaeILGe Pollution! Pollution! organic seed gardens and the Bhí Coicís na Gaeilge ar siúl ón Let’s find a solution! heritage orchards. Activities on 1-17ú Márta. Bhí a lán imeachtaí the day included seed sowing, a ar siúl sa scoil i rith na coicíse treasure and plant hunt, plant chun na páistí a spreagadh chun CyCLe traInInG identification and a woodland an Ghaeilge a úsáid go minic The Green Schools Committee trail. A most enjoyable time was agus go nádúrtha. Bhí organised Cycle Training for had by all. “Taispeántas” ar siúl sa halla ar Fifth Class pupils. This was an 15ú Márta. Bhí gach rang ag provided by ‘Cycle Right’ and canadh, ag déanamh ceoil, ag was funded by An Taisce, Clare InCreDIBLe eDIBLes déanamh aithriseoireacht nó ag County Council and the Parents The Green Schools Committee déanamh dráma. Bhí Tráth na Association. registered the school for the gCeist ar siúl freisin do na Agri Aware Incredible Edibles ranganna sinsearacha i rith na initiative. This is a healthy seachtaine. Bronnadh duaiseanna ar na páistí a bhí ag eating programme for Primary Pupils had the pleasure of taking School pupils and encourages déanamh sár-iarracht ag an to their bikes in the school yard schools across the country to get nGaeilge. on Thursdays for four weeks. busy growing carrots, lettuce, Ná déan dearmad cúpla focal a The final session involved a potatoes, strawberries, turnips, úsaíd sa bhaile chomh minic supervised cycle whereby spinach and herbs. agus is féidir. “Beatha an teanga groups left the school grounds í a labhairt.” via the People’s Park and came back to school on the road. It was a great opportunity to build cycling confidence in a Schools are supplied with a safe environment and to develop grow pack which contains competence in road cycling. everything necessary to grow a poLLInator feast of healthy foods. Third Class will focus on the WorKsHop initiative and have visited the Fifth Class pupils also had the Community Garden to sow a pleasure of attending a variety of vegetables. They will Pollinator Workshop in the be caring for the food produce in school grounds. This was the coming months. Children in A fortnight of Irish took place in organised by the Green Schools Senior Infants and First Class the school from 1st to 17th Committee and was provided by have also been busy sowing fruit March 2019.

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