Hi all, 

I'm absolutely over the moon to share with you that some of the children from my art class has been picked to light up some iconic buildings in Galway this Friday 27th January as part of the light show to honor our wonderful goddess/ St. Brigid. 
I am letting the national schools know that there pupils have been picked for this project as It's such a wonderful achievement for them all. 

The children's artwork that entered the project and got picked from the  Garrafrauns area are as follows. 

Avery Slattery 
Hayden Slattery 
Abby Kearney 
Tomas Keenan 
Igor Semczyszyn
Elena Haverty 
Lee Slattery
Phoebe Bishop

All the details are below.

Thank you 
Anna Slattery 

https://www.brigidsday.org/events/event-one-Galway


This year Herstory will spark the national St. Brigid’s Day celebrations in Galway city on Friday 27th January with a spectacular Herstory Light Show from 5.30pm until midnight in honour of Brigid and Galway women. Iconic landmarks will be illuminated including Lynch’s Castle, St. Nicholas Church, Galway City Museum and Pálás Cinema. 

HERSTORY LIGHT SHOW SCHEDULE

Friday 27th January 2023

5.30 - 7pm: Lynch’s Castle 

7.30 - 8.45pm: St. Nicholas’ Church 

9.00 -10pm: Galway City Museum 

10.30pm - 12.00am: Pálás Cinema

The Herstory Light Show is co-produced with Dodeca funded by Galway City Council and Creative Ireland programme, with curation by Herstory in partnership with Galway City Arts Office.  

The Galway illuminations will celebrate Brigid and the strength and spirit of Galway women.

Galway City Arts Officer Kate Howard says: “We are thrilled to present The Herstory Light Show and the work of so many wonderful Galway artists on January 27th, in the lead-up to St Brigid’s Day and the first public holiday in her honour! '

We have been very creative by writing our own scripts and designing and making our own props and costumes. We will be showcasing our talents of preforming, singing and playing music. The 5th and 6th class have written their own lyrics for a song based on bullying and are excited to preform it for the rest of the school! Keep up the great work everyone! :)

Following the School Library Grant webinar, we have created a "Reading for Pleasure" board which gives recommendations of various books based on authors they enjoy. We are very excited to discover some Irish author also! We love to read in Garrafrauns N.S!

If you liked David Walliams try......
If you liked Michael Morpurgo try......
If you liked Diary of a Wimpy Kid try.......

We have been working hard in 1st and 2nd class this month on our literacy stations.
1: comprehension station
2:familiar reading/ reading fluency station
3. ICT station: literacy games station
4: Handwriting/ letter formation station
5: Tricky words/ spelling and dictation station

This week, children from 1st- 6th class, were assigned the task of designing and constructing a robot from recycled materials. They then showcased their robots to the rest of the school. What creative and imaginative designs! Well done for putting in such effort this week with the maths project!