CLASS NEWS - Clonmany National School Newsletter June 2015 Principal Mr. W. Doherty Volume 3 , Issue 3 Vice-Principal Mrs. K. Casey Principal’s News have achieved better results in What a busy end of year we all have Literacy while also maintaining our had! Thank you all for your help, high standards in Numeracy. I hope support and kindness this year Thank we can continue the trend of you to the Board of Management, the maintaining such high standards in Parents Association, all the staff of the years to come. school, the children and to all the parents for your generosity and support We are due to lose Ms. Faulkner for throughout the year. We have had a this coming year. She is moving on to very busy and successful period since Scoil Eoghain, Moville next year and this time last year. our loss is certainly their gain – good luck Áine for the future! Áine is also Our Sacrament classes have successfully getting married this summer so we received their holy communion and in all wish her well on her big day! Contents th the case of 6 class they have successfully received the Holy Spirit in Principal’s News 1 Finally, may I take this opportunity being confirmed. Both occasions were to wish you all a very happy, safe and Sacrament Classes 1 joyous and very uplifting and occasions enjoyable summer, I look forward to that we as the school community should L.A.S.C.O. 2 seeing you all back safe and well in celebrate. September. Museuem Visitor 2 Good luck to all of our 6th Class pupils Trip to Derry 2 as they leave to start at their new William Chicks Online 2 school. I hope that they take all the opportunities that are given to them. I Learning about Eyes 2 hope they ask for lots of support and Busy End of Year in Rm 5 2 give their best everyday and hopefully they will enjoy their secondary Healthy Eating 3 education. New Dressing Up Costumes 3 We have been very successful in our Walk to School Week 3 academic achievements this year. We Garda Station Visit 3 Sacrament Classes Bishop Donal Mc Keown confirmed Fan the Flame 4 Mr. Mc Kinney‘s 2nd Class made their children from Clonmany N.S., Tiernasligo Soccer Tournament 3 First Holy Communion on Saturday N.S., Cloontagh N.S. and Rasheeny N.S. th the 9th of May 2015. The celebrant on Tuesday 28 April 2015 in St. Mary’s Finn Valley 4 was Fr. Diggin. The children also Church, Clonmany. After the ceremony My Favourite Things 4 went to the hall after the ceremony he also went to St. Mary’s Parish Hall to for pictures. take photos with the Confirmation Candidates, their Sponsors and their families. Page 2 of 4 CLASS NEWS Clonmany NS Newsletter Museum Visitor Trip to Derry L.A.S.C.O. Mr. Toland’s children had an end of This year 6th class year trip to Derry. They went to the A curator from the Donegal County organised LASCO. It took bowling alley. After that they went to th th Museum in Letterkenny came to visit place on 17 and 18 MacDonald’s for their lunch. They then Rooms 5 and 8 in May. She showed us June. In preparation we walked over the Peace Bridge to St. some artefacts from the Stone Age and made posters and decided Colum’s Park where they played in the the Bronze Age. We saw a bronze axe, a what activities were on play park. Everyone enjoyed their day spear and teeth and horns from ancient each day. This year we out in Derry! had some new activities animals. We also saw a knife made of such as remote control flint that was found in Clonmany. We car racing. Instead of a found Ms. Carr’s visit very informative. bring and buy sale we had an activity morning. Classes came to the hall and choose different activities to do. We still Chicks Online had many of our old Martin Coleman gave us 42 eggs and an favourite activities such incubator. The eggs were put into the as the Junior and Senior incubator. We put a webcam on the cinema and Treasure Hunt incubator and hooked it up to the and Candy Trail as well as school’s website so Mammies and Daddies Teddy Bears’ Picnic. could watch the eggs hatch at home. Lunch time activities After 3 to 4 they started to hatch, not all included hair, make up of them hatched but many did. The and nails, guess the chicks were yellow, brown and black they number of sweets in the stayed with us for about a week before jar and guess the Teddy’s going back to the farmer. It was a great Name to name but a few. experience for all the children. LASCO was very successful this year and we raised Room 4 Learn about Eyes €1060. We want to thank all parents for their Third and fourth classes learned about . support and for all their how their eyes work. They learned home baking for the cake about the different parts of the eye and sale. how important it is to protect them. They looked at their eyes using mirrors. Everyone discovered that each of their eyes is 100% unique to them. They then painted their eyes from observation. In art they also painted Kandinsky’s Circles. They took part in an obstacle course. They walked individually and in pairs to get around the course. They laughed all the way it was great fun. Busy End to Year in Room 5 This term Room 5 participated in a and examined these in class. We studied number of sports events. We played a life long ago in Ireland and listened to soccer blitz against 16 other teams, the story “Under the Hawthorn Tree”. we also attended a Gaelic Blitz in We studied the fishing industry and Foden, Carndonagh. John gibbons located some fishing vessels of Ireland came and trained our class every online. In music we listen to famous Tuesday this month. We had a visit movie soundtracks and learned a song from the Donegal County Council who from “The Lion King” called “We are informed us of the importance of One”. In Art we painted stones to keep water conservation. In history we as a souvenir of our time in Room 5. brought in artefacts from our homes School Newsletter CLASS NEWS Page 3 of 4 Healthy Eating New Dress up Costumes in Room 1 The children in this room participated in Food Dudes, they Since Easter we have been busy doing lovely got the opportunity to taste artwork such as spatter painting, finger painting different fruit and vegetables. They using a variety of objects and handprints for our “Friendly Tree”! We also made crocodiles and were encouraged to eat more fruit and vegetables at home to defeat turtles out of egg boxes. The children also the evil General Junk. In maths one enjoyed getting some new costumes for our of the topics we did was Weight. “Dressing Up” box, such as a chef, a princess, a We had to guess the weight of racing driver and a doctor’s outfit. The children various objects before weighing have been working hard in class and at home each object and finding out the doing their homework and classwork. We are busy correct answer. We made Father’s Day cards and trophies for our bees! We recently went on our Annual School tour to Leisureland in Redcastle and to the play park in Dads. We also participated in walk to school week . We were given arm Carndonagh. It was awesome! We had great fun! bands, high viz jackets, balloons and stickers as they walked to school each day for a week in May. School Tours For the school mass we made a This years school tours took place in June. The display based on walk to school Junior and Senior Infants went to Leisure Land week. in Redcastle and the Play Park in Carndonagh. First and second class went to the Garda Station in Buncrana and an art workshop in Carndonagh. Third, fourth and fifth classes went to Arena 7 for Lazer Tag and bowling and after that they went to Letterkenny Fire Station. Sixth class went to the Old Foundry Games in Letterkenny for mud activities. A great time was had by all on all tours! Walk to School Week Garda Station Visit We took part in ‘Walk to School Week’ this year. It was an excellent First and second class went on their experience for everyone such as school trip on the 15th June to the Garda teachers, children, and parents. There Station, where they got their were four different spots to walk from fingerprints taken, blew into a which were Corner Cash, Diffley’s breathalyser, got their mug shot taken, Garden, Gaddyduff and the new saw the armed response unit and the graveyard. The teachers at Corner Cash traffic corps car. They went to the Four were Mr. Doherty and Mrs. Duffy. The Lanterns for their lunch. They went to teachers at Diffley’s Garden were Mrs. the park after that. They then went to Doherty and Mr. Mc Kinney. The the Colgan Hall in Carndonagh where teachers at Gaddyduff were Ms. they took part in an art and drama Faulkner and Mr. Toland. The teachers workshop. They made sun catchers and at the new graveyard were Ms. Mc Clay mobiles.